From the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof: “Universities are the bedrock of progressive values, but the one kind of diversity that universities disregard is ideological and religious. We’re fine with people who don’t look like us, as long as they think like us.”
Topic: The College Fix
University of Illinois Mandates 2 Diversity Courses Required for Graduation after the Trump Chalk Message Controversy
#TheChalkening apparently struck fear into the modern snowflakes that we call college students: At a public meeting last week, the Academic Senate voted to require students entering the university in 2018 to take one class each…
Clemson University Won’t Reveal if the Banana Incident was a Hoax Or Not
By failing to comply with a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, the university is remaining tight-lipped about whether the banana incident was a race hoax or not.
Cornell Hands Out Free Breakfast to Prevent Students from Blacking Out after Drinking
Cornell may not understand incentives and moral hazard: But Cornell University is taking moral hazard to a goofy new level by giving its students – all grown adults, not at-risk children – free breakfast. The…
Ethnic Studies Funding is the Focus of a Hunger Strike
Four students started a hunger strike to demand more funding for ethnic studies at San Francisco State University. Photo by stevendamron
UC-Merced Sees Anti-Donald Trump Cartoons Pop Up On Campus
From the College Fix: Anti-Donald Trump propaganda has increasingly appeared at UC Merced – both in classrooms and in online campus conversations – in recent weeks as the Republican presidential frontrunner continues to gain ground….
Sexual Assault, Environment are Linked via Red Cups, says UNC Group
This is confusing. How does this make sense? Protecting the environment and stopping sexual assault are two concepts rarely linked – yet an activist group at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill has managed…
Excuses Made for Minority Students at UNC who Face Academic Plagiarism, Cheating Allegations
From the College Fix: 56% of the cases before UNC’s Honor Court involve minority students, a “disproportionate figure compared to UNC’s 63 percent white campus.” The Honor Court deals with cases like plagiarism and cheating. Photo…
Texas College to Pay Student Group $50,000 for Suppressing Free Speech on Gun Rights
Blinn College is paying a decent sum of money for suppressing a Young Americans for Liberty recruiter on their campus. Blinn College will also pay $50,000 in damages and legal fees to Nicole Sanders, who…
Florida State University Student Government Wants to Ban Wearing of Headdresses at Football Games
Wearing headdresses at a football game is offensive, apparently: Student leaders have approved a resolution asking fans not to wear Native American headdresses to sporting events. They even want the school to make it an…