These students are trying to put pressure on a backer of Illinois’ governor Bruce Rauner. Yeah, but there were only six students protesting, so probably not much pressure at all.
Topic: Chicago
Exhibits You Won’t Find in the New National Museum of African American History and Culture, Part 2
In Part 1 of this two-part report, I pointed out that “Many exhibits in the new $500 million National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. will be worthwhile. They will highlight…
At Least 150 Chicago Professors Disagree with Dean’s Statement on No More ‘Safe Spaces’
Over 150 professors at the University of Chicago don’t like what their dean of students said about no more ‘trigger warnings’ or ‘safe spaces’: More than 150 professors from the University of Chicago are pushing…
More Outrage: This Time, over University of Chicago Rejecting Safe Spaces
The letter written by University of Chicago Dean of Students John Ellison said they don’t have safe spaces and will not give trigger warnings to students, which the Left is outraged by. Good for Chicago.
Does the University of Chicago Really Protect Free Expression?
Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on the Academe Blog. It’s praiseworthy that the University of Chicago has announced to its students a “commitment to freedom of inquiry and expression.” But there is a…
DePaul Should Make a Decision on Letting Speakers Back onto Campus
The Chicago Tribune featured an op-ed by its editorial board, which criticized the private Catholic university DePaul for barring controversial speakers Milo Yiannopoulos and Ben Shapiro (both of the conservative and libertarian mold) from speaking…
University of Chicago Students Ask for Divestment from China
Why not divest from China, if some academics are pushing to divest from Israel?
Chicago Law Graduates Accuse the Late SCOTUS Justice Scalia of Racism
Black students were upset that they received low grades while in the University of Chicago’s law school, with Antonin Scalia as their professor. They claimed he was racist, but the law school has a blind…
Mandatory Diversity Training and Tuition Hikes for Loyola-Chicago Students
Well, there you have it; no such thing as a free lunch: The interim president of Loyola University-Chicago isn’t waiting for his successor to decide whether students should be forced to take a diversity class….
Chicago High School Replaces MLK Jr. Day with Day of Seminars on Race, Islamophobia
Via College Fix: New Trier High School, one of the nation’s top public schools located in Chicago’s posh North Shore, will not have the day off on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day unlike other schools…
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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