Those who view college as little more than expensive day-care just got some new evidence. “Even some of Brown’s coddling administrators had to shake their heads at the student response to a debate between leftist…
Topic: safe spaces
Scripps’ College ‘Unofficial Survival Guide’ Talks Safe Spaces, White Privilege, Gender Issues
From the Campus Reform: Last summer, two Scripps College students spent approximately 500 hours creating a 217-page “ Unofficial Scripps Survival Guide” intended to help new students acclimate to the college, with lengthy discussions of…
Universities, Students Miss the Point on Diversity and Inclusion, says One Official
From the College Fix: American University’s Fanta Aw, assistant vice president of campus life and a sociologist by training, said students are coopting phrases like “safe spaces” and “trigger warnings” without understanding their psychological origins. “Most of our…
Harvard Student Blasts Campus Coddling of Students
The latest from the Washington Examiner’s Ashe Schow: But there are many, perhaps even a silent majority, that believe safe spaces, trigger warnings and labeling microaggressions keep students from growing up. Enter Rachel Huebner, a…
Diversity Officer: Bigots are the Problem, Not Safe Spaces
What? From the Daily Caller: A diversity officer at Williams College authored a piece for The Washington Post arguing that campus phenomena such as “safe spaces” and suppressing “offensive” speech should be extended to the…
How Safe Spaces Stifle Ideas
A good take from The Chronicle of Higher Education on how safe spaces are infringing on ideas and innovation.
Safe Space for Students at a Bowdoin College Tequila-Themed Party
Seriously, since some people wore sombreros at the party?! Photo by jaymiek Photo by jaymiek
Black Feminists Shame Each Other for Safe Space Violations at University of Maryland
Uh, this is interesting: The University of Maryland hosted a “safe space” event for black women Monday night featuring discussions on topics such as how to “create a space of healing and rejuvenation” and “I…
Some Want Segregated Safe Spaces in College
Wait, didn’t we as Americans fight to de-segregate schools and public facilities? Why do this on college campuses?
Safe Spaces for Hoverboards!
This is a new thing at universities, safe spaces for hoverboards, which are being confiscated by administrators due to the hazardous danger of combustion.