Mentioning the suspect’s race in crime alerts at the university was incorrect, according to a former employee of the University of Minnesota: Alysia Lajune was hired in 2012 as assistant director of orientation and the transfer…
Topic: University of Minnesota
Homecoming at University of Minnesota Bows to ‘Gender Inclusivity’
From Campus Reform: The University of Minnesota has decided to drop the usage of the homecoming “King and Queen” titles in an effort to seek “gender inclusivity.” According to the Student Unions and Activities announcement,…
Minnesota could have Tuition-Free College for Families Earning less than $125,000/year
From The College Fix: A Minnesota lawmaker wants to make sure that financial uncertainty is never the reason a student drops out. Minnesota Daily reports that Sen. Ron Latz of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (the state’s version of…
University Presidents Send Mass Emails to Students to Highlight Concerns over a Trump Presidency
The presidents at the University of Minnesota and Oglethorpe University were two examples of many mass e-mails sent from college presidents to their students after Donald Trump won the White House election. Sounds like a…
Federalizing the MLA
Colleges and universities are forever feeling shortchanged by taxpayers. They needn’t worry. For one thing, they are far richer than those of us who actually pay federal levies. For another, academia has succeeded in securing…
Minnesota Students Worry that Free Speech Protections will Create Protections for Hate Speech
Maybe they should review Supreme Court cases and get a better understanding of what free speech is.
There’s Fat Activism? Activist Claims ‘Exercises and Diets are Constructs’
There’s an activist for everything, apparently.
Oops! Minnesota College Students Ask University to Divest from Companies They Don’t Invest In
Do your homework, kids. The University of Minnesota has no direct exposure to any of the four stocks targeted by Students for Justice in Palestine’s divestment resolution, according to UMN’s Chief Investment Officer Stuart Mason….
Silent Conservatives at Colleges
Apparently liberals on college campuses are not only “triggered” by what they hear from conservatives but even by their silence. “The University of Minnesota’s undergraduate student government approved an annual moment of silence to recognize…
9/11 Moment of Remembrance Reinstated by Minnesota Student Gov’t after Veto Stirred Backlash
The college administration had to step in to resolve the issue: Despite widespread student and administrative support, a resolution calling for a 9/11 moment of remembrance was recently vetoed by the Minnesota Student Association, the University of Minnesota’s…