Uncomfortable Learning Week at College Insurrection

MIKE LACHANCE MAY 3, 2014 8:30 AM

Sometimes learning new things is uncomfortable.

• Jonah Goldberg Discovers a Clever Student Group at Williams College

Sometimes certain words make people uncomfortable.

• Student Groups at Duke Appoint Themselves Word Police
• College ‘Trigger Warnings’ Get Noticed by the MSM

Some people are made uncomfortable by religion.

• Man Says College Rejected Him Over Religious Beliefs
• Clemson Coach Responds to Freedom From Religion Foundation Complaint

Some people are made uncomfortable by the US Constitution for some reason.

• Hawaii Students Sue for Being Ordered to Stop Distributing U.S. Constitution Pamphlets

Quite a few college professors are uncomfortable around Republicans.

• Connecticut Prof Apologizes for Anti-GOP Bashfest
• UCLA Prof Says GOPers are Disseminators of ‘Pure Lunacy’
• Columbia Prof Suggests GOP Opposition to Minimum Wage Hike Is Racist

And lots of people in academia seem to be uncomfortable around men.

• Fed Up Princeton Student Pushes Back at Claims of White Privilege
• The War on College Men is Joined by the White House
• U. Virginia student recounts life after being cleared of false rape charges
• #WarOnMen continues with study that shows male researchers stress out lab rats

And Pro-Life displays.

• Pro-Life Display Vandalized at the University of Miami

The truth often makes people uncomfortable.

• Prager University Explains the Middle East Problem

The flip side of being uncomfortable is being too comfortable which can make you say or do stupid things.

• U. Wisconsin-Madison’s Advanced Pleasure Workshop: Sex Out Loud
• Michigan Student Radicals Claim Affirmative Action Ruling Proves Nation Still Racist
• Profs at UW-Madison Want First Two Years of College to be Free
• Dartmouth Derides Swarthmore’s new “Genderfuck” Program
• Students at UNC Chapel Hill Protest Their School’s ‘White Supremacist History’

Sometimes there are legitimate reasons to feel uncomfortable.

• Applications Plunge at Dartmouth and Harvard
• Tuition and Fees to Rise at University of Virginia
• Columbia Students File Complaint Over School’s Handling of Sexual Assaults
• Colleges now dealing with increasing heroin use by students
• Job Prospects Grim for Class of 2014

The good news is that students who persevere in the face of discomfort.

• The Conservative Student on a Liberal Campus

Usually come out on top.

• High School Student Accepted at all Eight Ivy League Schools Chooses Yale

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