The ‘Truth Matters MU’ group may be facing opposition from activists on the Mizzou campus: A newly-formed alumni group is working to change the conversation over racial issues at the University of Missouri from one…
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Melissa Click faces Assault and Title IX Charges after Confrontation with Student Journalist
Oh, this isn’t good for Melissa Click, the assistant professor of mass media at Mizzou who tried to get muscle to push out a student journalist for doing his job.
Huh? Mizzou Student VP ‘Tired of Hearing’ about the 1st Amendment
Wait, a student is tired of hearing about how the First Amendment protects free speech? “Last night on MSNBC, Missouri Students Association Vice-President Brenda Smith-Lezama said she is “tired of hearing” about that pesky First…
Mizzou Professor Resigns after Exam Backlash, Mizzou Rejects Resignation
This creates an interesting situation where a professor, Dale Brigham, resigned due to backlash over not moving his exam time while protests were ongoing. However, the university refused his resignation, so where does that leave…
Mizzou Police ask Students to Report Hateful and Hurtful Speech
Why are universities coddling their students? It won’t help them when they are in the real world and become working professionals.
University of Missouri Student admits Intimidation, Fear on Campus after President Resigned
A student’s op-ed in the College Fix talks about the tension at Mizzou and how people do not want to speak up.
Mizzou Professor’s Fate Uncertain after Resigning a Courtesy Post
Social media mob mentality has its consequences: An assistant communications professor at the Missouri School of Journalism resigned from her courtesy appointment Tuesday after she was caught on video confronting a student journalist and attempting…
Mizzou’s Social Media Policy is Very 1984-esque, Written by Its Law Students
Great take from the College Fix: Law students wrote a breathtakingly autocratic, sloppy social-media policy that brings to mindThe Simpsons Halloween episode where Ned Flanders rules a 1984-like alternate reality that enforces constant smiling. After…
Mizzou Communications Professor Tries to Forcibly Remove Student Reporter from Public Area
Melissa Click, who is an assistant professor of mass media at the University of Missouri, tried to get other students to forcibly remove a student reporter out of the protester’s camp area in the public quad…
Tim Wolfe Resigns from the University of Missouri
John K. Wilson on the American Association of University Professors blog offered his own interesting take on the UMizzou controversy: Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri, resigned this morning under intense pressure. I’m…