Ten students attended the workshop at the University of Southern Indiana, which warned them about offensive Halloween costumes.
Topic: Halloween costumes
University of Oregon Punished Professor for Halloween Costume, but Law Professors Disagree
From The College Fix: Law professors around the country are frowning upon the university’s finding that one of their peers, School of Law Prof. Nancy Shurtz, committed “discriminatory harassment” by dressing as a black male…
Sorority Warns Members of Culturally Insensitive Pop Culture Halloween Costumes
Clamping down on fun at a sorority: Members of the Chi Omega sorority will have to avoid song lyrics or pop culture Halloween costumes this year to avoid being “insensitive,” according to an email from…
Halloween Costumes Get a ‘Threat Meter’ at UMass
Colleges everywhere are afraid of Halloween costumes! UMass is one such academic institution afraid of Halloween: The University of Massachusetts, Amherst is posting “cultural appropriation” posters in each of the residence halls on campus featuring…
NC State Holds 3-Hour-Long Microaggressions Workshop on Halloween Costumes
Halloween costumes are offensive at NC State and students need a three-hour workshop to help cope with it.
Florida State University says a Harambe Gorilla Costume is ‘Cultural Appropriation’
Huh?! Really? A gorilla costume is offensive? Florida State University is reminding students in one residence hall to avoid wearing Harambe costumes this Halloween in order to avoid “cultural appropriation.” Students living on the first…
University of Florida Provides Counselors for Halloween Costumes
Talk about coddling college students and the supposed future leaders of America: The University of Florida is reportedly providing around-the-clock counseling services to students who are offended by Halloween costumes. The American Mirror reports that…
Washington Post Writer Unhappy with Dog Costumes due to Gender Norms
Apparently, dog costumes are something to be outraged about. Here’s what Breitbart wrote on the article: In an article entitled “Is your dog’s Halloween costume sexist?” the Post’s business reporter Abha Bhattarai claims that the “glass ceiling…
Yale Administrators Resign after Halloween Costume and Free Speech Remarks Last Year
The animosity and ‘you’ve offended me’ mentality has led to Erika and Nicholas Christakis tendering their resignations from Yale University’s Silliman College. Nicholas will continue as a professor, which is reflected in a Yale press…
Still Halloween at Yale
Academics are still using the Halloween costume controversy at Yale as a teachable moment. One wonders what they will learn. “A white Ivy League lecturer has resigned following an uproar over an email she sent…