An instructional assistant professor at the University of Houston, Cyrus Contractor, apologized for sending a mock letter of the GOP’s open letter to Iran via e-mail to his students.
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Loyola-Chicago Students Continue to Push Divestment from Israel, Admin Says No
After the university president blasted the student government body’s divestment from Israel resolution, it was temporarily tabled. Now, the student body has made another divestment push even with the knowledge that both the college administration…
Liberty University Female College Chapter Offers Support for Jewish Fraternities in Light of Anti-Semitic Graffiti
The Liberty University chapter for the Young Women for America, released a video to show their support for Jewish fraternities and college groups, which are becoming the target of anti-Semitic graffiti and rhetoric across America.
Political Discrimination against Conservatives at Iowa Law School
Think politics does not play a part in hiring decisions at universities? Think again. Teresa Wagner, a conservative lawyer, has been in the center of a years-long legal battle with the University of Iowa’s Law…
Feminists Launch “Womyn’s Bracket” for Equality in March Madness
You think this is a joke? Nope. One of the University of Michigan’s dorm halls launched a “womyn’s bracket challenge” to highlight women’s sports during March Madness, which refers to the NCAA men’s basketball championship…
Hilarious Tweets from Feminist Conference #NYFLC2015
They’re rather jarring, yet hilarious in that the tweeters are being serious. They range from “trans women of color” to one talking about they’ll change single-sex bathrooms to “gender-neutral” ones to how video games are…
$1.2 Billion Afterschool Program just doesn’t work, Study Finds
More government waste, and yet we keep spending money on wasteful programs that don’t help. In this case, this afterschool program actually led to worse results among students.
Cal-Berkeley Black Students want to Name a Building after a Cop Killer
Uh, apparently being in exile in Cuba and on the FBI’s Most Wanted List still doesn’t deter admirers of Assata Shakur i.e. Joann Chesimard at Cal-Berkeley.
Appalachian State Dorm Bulletin doesn’t like Privileged Students
According to Campus Reform, a resident assistant put up a bulletin board that railed against privilege. The board’s contents was to shame “those who are have white, male, Christian, able-bodied, heterosexual, or cisgendered “privilege.”
Boston College Law Professor Puts Limits on First Amendment Speech
The professor, Kent Greenfield, condemned the racist chant of a University of Oklahoma fraternity, but had praised the existence of polygamous marriages in the past. Rather confusing, no?