From the College Fix: The wide variety of healthy lifestyle programs at Colorado College are bodyshaming, arguessenior Jade Frost in an op-ed in The Feminist Wire. And in particular, the programs are hurtful to overweight…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Cue the Outrage Mob: Girls Basketball Team Poster Featured Wearing Native American Headdresses
From the College Fix: The Clarke High School Indians women’s basketball team made a poster, using the Iowa school’s “Tribal Family” moniker as a theme. (The photographer told Deadspin that he devised the exact representation, just…
The U. S. Constitution: The Ultimate Endangered Species
Back during the 1972 campaign, satirist Mort Sahl, long thought to be a man of the Left but actually quite independent-minded, said something like this: “In less than 200 years we’ve gone from Madison, Adams,…
Western Kentucky Assistant Dean Claims Someone Slipped Her a Racist Note
Is this a race hoax, or isn’t it? Read this from the College Fix: Get the “hate crime hoax snoopers” ready: Assistant Dean Michelle Jones of Western Kentucky University claims a note was slipped under her…
Some Texas A&M Students Push for Mandatory ‘Racial Justice’ Course, Hit a Trump Piñata
Oh, hitting a Trump piñata filled with notes of racist incidents on campus sounds very reasonable and tolerant *sarcasm*: A group of students at Texas A&M is pushing for a mandatory “Racial Justice” class, citing the…
Arizona State Hosts Founder of ‘White Privilege Conference’
Sounds like taxpayer dollars going to waste: Arizona State University’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy (CSRD) hosted three events this weekend on “white privilege and oppression from systemic organizational design.” The diversity…
Cal-Berkeley Forced to Cancel ‘Decolonizing Palestine’ Course
It does sound like a political indoctrination course, so it’s a good call by Berkeley: The University of California, Berkeley was forced to cancel a course on decolonizing Palestine after conceding that it violated policies…
Federally Funded Anti-Semitism
We’ve reported on the movement on college campuses to apply boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against entities that invest in the state of Israel. As well, we’ve shown the anti-Semitism in this campaign. Now, a…
Harvard Study: Government Inhibits Economic Development in America
A Harvard economist was stunned by the results of his study: The political system is hindering economic development in America. This was a key finding in Harvard Business School’s study on competitiveness. Professors, led by Michael…
Low Attendance Confuses ‘Social Injustice’ Conference Organizers at Bucknell
Hmm, maybe students are busy studying and not spending time talking and venting about social justice/injustice issues?