An assistant professor at Berkeley was fired over sexual harassment, but he has sued three of his four accusers for defamation.
Topic: University of California-Berkeley
New York Times Runs a Profile Piece on Berkeley’s College Republicans
The New York Times runs a profile piece on College Republicans at the liberal bastion known as the University of California-Berkeley.
Berkeley Op-Ed: Free Speech is Overruled by ‘Safety of the Marginalized’
Free speech doesn’t matter as much as protecting the ‘safety of the marginalized,’ claimed a student at the University of California-Berkeley in an op-ed.
New York Times: Conservatives are “Emboldened” after Berkeley-Ann Coulter Controversy
The New York Times’ recent piece on the Ann Coulter-Cal-Berkeley free speech controversy portrayed conservatives as being audacious for fighting for the right of freedom of speech at liberal college campuses.
Ann Coulter Cancels Speech at Berkeley after Threats of Protests
Ann Coulter, conservative commentator, withdrew from her speaking engagement at the University of California-Berkeley after threats of protests and change in date and venue kept emerging.
What is the Law on Campus Free Speech and What Should Berkeley—and all Universities—Do to Protect It?
Richard Cravatts, PhD, said that the University of California-Berkeley “repeatedly abandoned its responsibility to protect free speech, deciding instead that it would cave to the totalitarian demands of whiny progressive campus activists”.
Penn Student Editorial Board: We’re Disappointed Freedom of Speech isn’t Being Defended at Berkeley
The Daily Pennsylvanian criticized other student newspapers for not standing up for the freedom of speech in light of riots and protests at Cal-Berkeley and Middlebury College.
Berkeley Canceled, Then Approved Speech by Conservative Speaker Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter had her speech canceled by the University of California-Berkeley, then the university reversed that decision and said she could speak in May. Huh?!
Anti-Semitism on Campus 2017
A new report said that at the 113 U.S. schools that Jews were most likely to attend, anti-Semitic incidents went up 40% from 2015 to 2016.
Cal-Berkeley Made It Difficult for Conservative Speaker, Raised Security Price Tag and Restricted Hotel Location
Administrators at Cal-Berkeley made it difficult for the College Republicans chapter to schedule speaker David Horowitz, which they ended up canceling.