From the College Fix: The Clarke High School Indians women’s basketball team made a poster, using the Iowa school’s “Tribal Family” moniker as a theme. (The photographer told Deadspin that he devised the exact representation, just…
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Western Kentucky Assistant Dean Claims Someone Slipped Her a Racist Note
Is this a race hoax, or isn’t it? Read this from the College Fix: Get the “hate crime hoax snoopers” ready: Assistant Dean Michelle Jones of Western Kentucky University claims a note was slipped under her…
Low Attendance Confuses ‘Social Injustice’ Conference Organizers at Bucknell
Hmm, maybe students are busy studying and not spending time talking and venting about social justice/injustice issues?
Bias Response Hotline Goes Live at University of Oklahoma
From the College Fix: The editors of The Oklahoma Daily finally got their wish: policing and punishing students for what they say and think. Less than two days after an editorial griped that the University of Oklahoma’s…
Mandatory Student Forum at Mizzou Featured a Student Group Playing Music, Professor Celebrating Free Speech via Stereotypes
The Mizzou students must have been confused, considering that their college campus is politically correct by some standards.
George Washington University Provost says ‘No’ to Unilateral Trigger Warnings Mandate
This ‘trigger warnings’ PC culture has a temporary setback at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. as a provost says he will not impose a ‘trigger warnings’ mandate to all professors, but will let them…
Ohio University Students Want to Remove Roger Ailes’ Name from a School Building
From the College Fix: [The Graduate Student Senate] voted unanimously Tuesday to ask the school to remove Ailes’ name from the newsroom. A local socialist group also is pressuring the university to dump Ailes to…
Syracuse University Cancels Film on Israeli Settlers over Worries of BDS Movement Backlash
However, there is a controversy whether the cancelling of the film on Israeli settlers was due to the potential backlash of BDS movement supporters, or whether it was the professor’s own misgivings, etc.
Activists Accuse Mizzou of Racism for a Potential Ban on Megaphones
From the College Fix: Use of any voice amplifier, such as a megaphone, that “prevents or disrupts academic activities or operations” would also be prohibited. Attendees of the forum seized on that specific proposal, suggesting…
Philly-Area College Board Chairman in Hot Water over Non-PC Tweets
The chairman of Ursinus College, Michael Marcon, tweeted about yoga pants and certain types of sneakers that people work out in. But the outrage by college students who claimed it was sexist seems a bit…