A school board member posted on Facebook and compared neutralizing President Trump’s Twitter account with Abraham Lincoln’s assassination at Ford’s Theater, which led to the member’s resignation after the news of his comments broke.
Topic: Iowa
University of Iowa Creates a Social Justice Bachelor’s Degree
Huh? So does this mean that social justice graduates can go and instigate protests armed with cameras, smartphones and megaphones?
Counseling for Students after Black Lives Matter Whiteboard was Defaced
A whiteboard was defaced, one which was pro-Black Lives Matter, so now college students need counseling? Ridiculous.
Drake University Denies Official Recognition to Conservative Student Group
Conservatives aren’t allowed on college campuses in a formal capacity, at least at Iowa’s Drake University: Hypeline, Turning Point’s website, noted that Drake University student senators, prior to the vote, cited the group’s public approval…
Trigger Warnings Make the Campus Crime Alert List at University of Iowa
Seriously, University of Iowa?! Trigger warnings are worthy of a campus crime alert? Photo by Phil Roeder
Iowa President Makes a Gun Joke and Apologized to the Offended Staff Member
It was NOT the smartest thing to say: According to The Iowa City Press-Citizen, Harreld made what he later described as “an inappropriate off-the-cuff remark” during a December 9 meeting of the university’s Staff Council,…
Iowa State Student Leaders Backtrack on Free Speech Zones, Claim They’re Advocates of Free Speech
Free speech zones are not an actual expression of free speech, but a restriction of free speech: Iowa State University’s student government considered a bill that would create a new free-speech zone on campus. They…
Iowa Community College Administrators Get Away with Intimidating Student Journalists
Yup, the administrators are quite punitive when it comes to community college affairs, apparently. Muscatine Community College student journalists now know that.
Obama Criticizes Lack of Diverse Views on College Campuses
But does he mean it, or is it just lip service? If he really cared, he could push the Department of Education to ensure actual diversity of opinion is represented on college campuses.
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Fact-Checking History’s First Draft
Journalism, the old cliché goes, is the first draft of history. Unfortunately, it rarely gets through rewrites before it hits the classroom. Yesterday’s headlines often look a bit silly when viewed through a microfiche, and…
Coming to a university near you
Before you find him on offer as a university speaker or course, you may want to read the meticulously documented story of Cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal by former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn.
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