Yik Yak, a popular app among college students, is no longer anonymous and users are apparently leaving the app as a result.
Topic: PC culture
Trump is the Exorcist of Political Correctness
It is refreshing to see President-elect Trump on his “Thank You” tour speaking from a podium that proclaims “Merry Christmas.” The Trump victory was a revolt against Cultural Marxism, also known as political correctness. In…
Penn’s English Department Replaced Shakespeare Portrait with Gay Poet, then a Collage of Writers
Is this the right time to tell the Penn English department to ‘get thee to a nunnery’? From The College Fix: Early this month a group of University of Pennsylvania students removed a portrait of…
University of Maryland Pushes ‘Inclusive Language’ to Not Offend Illegal Immigrants
From Campus Reform: The University of Maryland has created a website to welcome illegal immigrant students and teach the campus community to use “inclusive language” so as not to offend them. The site, which is funded…
Hunter College Professor and Husband Removed from JetBlue Flight after Harassing Ivanka Trump
From The College Fix: Hunter College’s Matthew Lasner and his husband Daniel Goldstein reportedly were involved in verbally thrashing Ivanka Trump on a JetBlue flight earlier today at New York’s JFK Airport. The couple (and…
University of California-Riverside Avoids saying ‘Merry Christmas’ at ‘Holiday Hoedown’ Staff Party
From The College Fix: The University of California Riverside recently hosted a “Staff Assembly Holiday Hoedown,” and pictures posted on the institution’s website show organizers bent over backward to make sure it could not be accused of…
Universities Aren’t Happy about Religious Icons for Christmas
From Campus Reform: With Christmas approaching, universities are cracking down on potentially offensive religious decorations, all but banning displays of the “Nativity Scene” and images of the “crucifixion.” At Missouri State University, for example, a list of…
Oglethorpe University, Rutgers Join List of Colleges that Offered Puppies, PC Culture Classes
Puppies for college students to de-stress! This and a class on ‘adulting’, among other options at Oglethorpe and Rutgers: The Oglethorpe Counseling Center, for example, recently sponsored a three-hour “Stress Free Zone” on December 9, the…
University of Wisconsin: ‘Problem of Whiteness’ Course isn’t ‘Designed to Offend’
If a university has to release a statement to appease and allay the fears and criticisms of the public regarding one college course, then maybe that course is doomed from the start? The statement, released Monday,…
School Chant of ‘White’ for School Color is Banned by High School Principal
From The College Fix: This past week Principal John Fidler of East Hampton High School in Connecticut thought it would be a bright idea to prohibit a longtime school sports cheer consisting of a single…