Via Campus Reform: The University of Virginia has created a committee to consider repainting or hiding a mural that depicts student revelers and what some professors perceive as an image implying a student-professor sexual relationship….
Topic: Virginia
UVA Students Upset at Conservative Student Councilmember’s Views
Specifically, students are unhappy that Erich Reimer didn’t vote in favor of a student fee-funded illegal immigrant group on the University of Virginia campus.
Virginia Gov. MacAuliffe Vetoes Plan to Allow Homeschooled Children to Play Sports
Specifically, the Democratic governor vetoed the bill, which would allow homeschooled children to play sports at their local public schools. Don’t their parents pay taxes, so shouldn’t they be allowed to do so? Photo by…
High School Teacher Tries to Make Point about NFL’s Redskins Name by Using the N-Word, Gets Put on Administrative Leave
The College Fix reported: Heritage High School (Newport News, Virginia) teacher Lynne Pierce was attempting to make a point about racist terms and names in her AP History class, and as a result was put…
Washington and Lee University Bars Sons of Confederate Veterans from Entering Chapel
Washington and Lee University ends a longtime tradition in the name of political correctness: The Stonewall Brigade of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has been denied access to Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University,…
High School Girls Save First Amendment
A pair of high school girls has done something Republican members of Congress only talk about: They saved the First Amendment by actually using it. “In July 2014—the summer before her senior year—Samantha Jones’s father…
Mizzou joins Virginia as Universities Banning Free Speech Zones
This is a good thing to protect free speech on college campuses. The more colleges that ban these free speech zones, the better.
George Mason University Dumps Free Speech Zones, Finally
Yes, another win for free speech. As The College Fix reported: “OK, perhaps not many schools are coveting the responsibility to let students speak freely and not punish or intimidate them into docility when it…
Head Start Still Unfinished
Try as they might, when proponents of early federally funded pre-school education ala Head Start try to make the case for their cause, they can’t quite seal the deal. “There is one study that shows…
11-year-old Kid Suspended by School for a Leaf that Isn’t Marijuana
A school official thought the kid had a marijuana leaf in his possession and the child was suspended and put into a homeschooling program, among other actions. But, the leaf was from a Japanese tree.