From the Campus Reform: Yale University is refusing to replace pro-slavery Senator John Calhoun (D-S.C.) as the namesake of Calhoun College, but is dropping the title of “master” to avoid unintentionally evoking associations with slavery…
Topic: political correctness
Article Deleted after Complaints of Calling Women “Pretty”
From the College Fix: The University of the South recently posted on Facebook an article that praised its female students as “fresh faced and pretty” – but then deleted it from their newsfeed after complaints…
University of Oklahoma’s Student Gov’t Feels Slogan ‘Boomer Sooner’ is Offensive
Everything is offensive! This from Campus Reform: The Oklahoma University student government rejected a resolution Tuesday congratulating the school’s sports teams amid concerns that the traditional “Boomer Sooner” salute is offensive to Indigenous students. According…
Yale Professors Officially Request Removal of “Masters” Titles
Political correctness running amok: According to the Yale Daily News, the Yale Council of Masters has recommended to President Peter Salovey that the title “master” be among the forthcoming name changes at the school. The…
Someone Pulled a Fire Alarm during a Non-PC Documentary at UC-Irvine
Pulling a fire alarm to stop an anti-politically correct documentary is a classless and illegal move: Forty minutes into a University of California-Irvine screening of the documentary Can We Take a Joke? – which explores…
Barry University Bans Golf Team from Using Trump Golf Course
Why? Because the university doesn’t like Donald Trump’s statements while on the campaign trail. Photo by ys*
Can Comedy Survive College’s Political Correctness Police?
It’s a good take on the problems comedy is facing on college campuses, which are overly-sensitive nowadays.
Mandatory Cultural Awareness Training Could Be Imposed at Cal-Poly
From Campus Reform: Cal Poly San Luis Obispo has taken another step toward implementing student diversity demands, releasing an updated plan that includes mandatory cultural sensitivity training and new diversity-related curriculum requirements. The new “Diversity…
Alabama Faculty Join In on Disinviting U.S. Senator Sessions from Commencement
All this hoopla because of the endorsement of Jeff Sessions (who is a longtime U.S. Senator for the state of Alabama) of Donald Trump. Photo by Gage Skidmore Photo by Gage Skidmore
Student Body President at Scripps Colleges Calls “Trump 2016” Whiteboard a Violent Act
Nope, this isn’t a joke: Here we go again: a Mexican-American student at Scripps College woke up to find that someone had scrawled “Trump 2016” on her white board. (I gather that the board is…