From Campus Reform: The College of William and Mary’s Student Assembly recently introduced a bill to provide $7,550 for a Black Lives Matter conference, nearly 14 times the amount it allocated for its Suicide Prevention…
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Transgender Woman Can’t be a Chief Diversity Officer because She is a Man
Oh, the irony is strong at Wellesley College: Timothy Boatwright was born a girl, and checked off the “female” box when applying to the Massachusetts all-women’s school, according to an article in the New York…
Universities Celebrated Socialist ‘International Women’s Day’ on Social Media
A good round-up from USA Today on the major universities celebrating ‘International Women’s Day’ on social media, ranging from Harvard University to Georgetown University to Texas A&M: Happy #InternationalWomensDay! HMS celebrates women in medicine and science…
‘A Day Without a Woman’ Backfired, Didn’t It?
An interesting column by Amanda Carpenter at Politico on the mixed messages from the ‘A Day Without a Woman’ strike protest by the Women’s March on Washington protest organizers: The “Day Without A Women” organizers made…
College Newspaper: Hosting a Liberal Democratic Politician for Commencement is Fine since Majority of Students are Liberal
George Washington University (GWU) will host Tammy Duckworth, a Democratic U.S. Senator, as its commencement speaker this year. This marks the second consecutive year where GWU students hear from a Democratic politician: An editorial published…
University Floats Idea of Loan Forgiveness for Deported Students
From Campus Reform: In a letter addressed to the school’s chancellor, a group of “faculty and graduate employees” present five explicit demands to be “implemented as quickly as possible,” including loan forgiveness for students potentially…
Schools Close in Virginia after 300 Teachers Won’t Work for ‘A Day Without Women’ Protest Day
Over three hundred teachers said they planned not to work on “A Day Without Women,” a protest that grew out from the Women’s March on Washington. This from The College Fix: The Alexandria City Public…
How Taxpayers Fund Anti-Trump Protests
On “Fox & Friends,” President Donald Trump declared, in regard to the protests against him, “I think that President Obama’s behind it because his people are certainly behind it.” Once again, Trump has struck gold….
‘Hostile Work Environment’ Claim Filed due to Milo Yiannopoulos’s Speech
From The College Fix: A doctoral student is accusing the University of Washington of creating a hostile work environment by letting anti-feminist provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos speak on campus in January. Alan-Michael Weatherford, a diversity and…
Ivy League Student said He Can’t Go to Class since His Professor Won’t Acknowledge White Privilege
From Tom McLaughlin’s blog: James Fisher said he couldn’t attend classes at the University of Pennsylvania because one his white professors refused to denounce his white privilege. Fisher is black, and he wrote an article about…