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….
Topic: University of California
UC-Merced Student Gov’t Leaders Try to Block Pro-Life Display
From the College Fix: Several elected members of the Associated Students of UC Merced and others students used their bodies and makeshift signs to partially obstruct the large, graphic pro-life display on campus last week….
Die-In Protests in California over $8 Million Diversity Funding Push
Looks like they’re bored of going to class, huh? Students across the California State University (CSU) system are threatening to starve themselves until their school forks over $8 million for diversity funding, and some are…
UC-Davis Chancellor Put On Leave during Nepotism Investigation
Several of the chancellor’s family members are on the payroll of the University of California-Davis, which puts the university system in a bad light, in addition to the chancellor, Linda Katehi.
Jewish Students Should Not Be Caught in the Crossfire
The University of California’s unanimous and historic condemnation of “anti-Semitism and anti-Semitic forms of anti-Zionism” has sparked a fierce national debate. Is anti-Zionism anti-Semitic? There are those who believe anti-Zionism is unquestionably anti-Semitic. In that…
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…
Cal-Berkeley Provost Steps Down after Internal Fighting between Administration & Faculty
Claude Steele, who had been serving as a provost since 2014, has stepped down from his administrative position and will return to teaching. He was heavily criticized over handling of sexual assaults and the school’s…
Students who Disagree with Pro-Palestinian Views are Labeled “Islamophobic”
The UCLA Graduate Student Association (known as GSA) believes that those who aren’t pro-Palestinian are “Islamophobic,” according to their latest resolution. Photo by joegaza Photo by joegaza
Illegal Immigrant Students Fear Border Patrol Participation in Career Fair
Do they need a trigger warning, or something? Students at the California State University, San Marcos staged a demonstration Thursday protesting the inclusion of Border Patrol representatives at the school’s career fair. Sociology professor Marisol…
Waste of Taxpayer Dollars? $140,000 to Professor to ‘Facilitate’ Obesity Discussions
Huh?! This is a serious research matter, apparently: Hence, the National Institutes of Health granted Becky Marquez, an assistant professor at the University of California at San Diego, over $143,000 to “to give ‘communication competency’ to…