False Equivalence Week at College Insurrection

MIKE LACHANCE SEP 13, 2014 8:30 AM

Have you noticed that some people get away with making unfair comparisons on TV…

• Columbia Prof Compares U.S. Bombing of ISIS to Russia Invading Ukraine

While other people make fair distinctions and get attacked?

• Cornell Student Columnist Makes Distinction Between Islamophobia and Racism

Some people don’t want anyone to talk at all.

• UC-Berkeley Chancellor Says Free Speech is Bad for the Community
• North Carolina State Columnist Says Whites Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Rap
• CSU Bans Christian Group for Not Allowing Non-Christian Leaders

Luckily, some people believe in free speech.

• Butler University Removes Free Speech Zone From Demonstrations Policy
• FIRE Essay Contest for High School Students Will Award $20,000 in College Scholarships!

The anniversary of 9/11 was last week. Some students knew about it. Others didn’t.

• College Students Recognize 9/11 Nationwide
• Video: College Students Unaware of 9/11 Anniversary and ISIS Beheadings

By the way, what is going on at Notre Dame?

• Notre Dame to Pay for Abortion Drugs While Still Fighting Obamacare Mandate
• Notre Dame Program Will Ask High-School Kids to Question Their Genders

I’m noticing a trend.

• UNC Meddles in the Romantic Lives of Students While Misstating What Consent is
• Duke Application Essay asks for Details on Preferred Gender, Sexual Proclivities

BDS update:

• Ohio University Profs appear to glorify self-immolation as “nonviolent” protest
• Yale’s Muslim Students Criticize Buckley Program for Inviting Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Campus
• Profs Warn Students About Taking Classes in Middle Eastern Studies

This week’s history lesson is brought to you by Prager University.

• Prager University – Was it Wrong to Drop the Atom Bomb on Japan?

Higher ed bubble update.

• One-Fourth of Kentucky State University Students Kicked Out
• History Jobs Dwindle in Higher Ed
• Maybe Sally Shouldn’t Have Gone to College
• Young Families Struggle With Student Loan Debt

Questions. Questions. Questions.

• Did Shakespeare Really Write His Plays?
• Is Beyoncé’s Birthday a Valid Reason to Miss Class?
• Are Helicopter Parents Ruining Today’s College Students?
• What’s Worse: Teen Drinking or Teen Marijuana Use?

Finally, the week in stupid news.

• Lovely: 6th Graders at Washington DC School Told to Compare George W. Bush and Hitler
• Jezebel Writer Pens Obnoxious, Profane Critique of College Student Piece on Minimum Wage
• Low Blow: University Mascot Wipes Rear End with College Republican Handouts

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