There’s a new f-word at the University of California at Irvine: FLAG. Higher education is teaching students to think critically all right — about their own country. In a head-shaking move even by California standards,…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
2 University of Oklahoma Students Expelled for Racist Chants
University President David Boren expelled two students who were involved in a racist chant, caught on video and which has gone viral. The incident has also led to the suspension of the fraternity involved.
UC-Irvine Students, Who Banned U.S. Flag, Apologize and Explain Why
This is an apology, but it still doesn’t resolve the issue how this became an issue in the first place.Their statement reads as follows (via The College Fix): Fellow UCI Students, We would like to…
Notre Dame ObamaCare Case sent back to the Lower Courts
The Supreme Court sent the Notre Dame ObamaCare case back to the lower courts for reconsideration, ruling that Notre Dame can object on religious grounds to providing contraceptive care or having a third party take…
Losing a Friend, Gaining an Inspiration
When author M. Stanton “Stan” Evans died last week at age 80, Accuracy in Academia and the conservative movement lost an irreplaceable friend and mentor, as did many of us personally. Those of us who…
Novel Critique of Campus Sex Speech Codes
A veteran professor has come up with an objection to new campus sex codes that may not have occurred to other critics of the recent policies who are fixated on the First Amendment. “You have…
George Washington U College Republicans give Young America’s Foundation Student Group the Shaft
The Young America’s Foundation (YAF) student group on George Washington University campus could lose funding because they object to mandatory sensitivity training on LGBT issues on religious grounds. The university’s College Republicans chairman, Alex Pollock, said…
The Serious Side of Funny Man Stan Evans
Stanton Evans joked about his “Law of Inadequate Paranoia” at the Thirty Fifth Annual The Pumpkin Papers Irregulars dinner on October 31, 2012. He said, “No matter how bad you think something is, when you…
Tufts University’s Israeli Apartheid Week has Black and Palestinian Queer Workshop
As if Israeli Apartheid Week wasn’t a ridiculous notion, the week featured a workshop on the connection between black and Palestinian queer issues.
Anti-Racist Statue upset Iowa College Students, They Get Class Extensions
It’s a ridiculous assertion of University of Iowa students, that the removal of an anti-racist statue caused trauma and didn’t allow students to focus properly on their coursework. The statue in question was not promoting…