Goodbye 2014 Week at College Insurrection

MIKE LACHANCE JAN 3, 2015 8:30 AM

2014 was quite a year, wasn’t it?

• FIRE’s Speech Codes of the Year for 2014
• The Year of Sexual Assault Hysteria on Campus
• Campus Reform Looks Back at Bias on Campus in 2014

What does the future hold?

• Will 2015 be a Good Year for Due Process on Campus?
• There Won’t be any Student Athlete Unions at Public Colleges in Michigan
• College Makes Promise to Students: 37K Job or Loans Reimbursed

Some things are ending.

• Drexel U. Ending Community College Partnership and Reduced Tuition Program
• University of Alabama at Birmingham Ends Football Program
• Seven Wyoming School Districts Drop Michelle Obama’s Healthy Lunch Program

Some things are beginning.

• University in Michigan Votes to Banish Certain Words
• Harvard Law School Adopts ‘Preponderance’ Standard in Rape Cases
• Westchester Community College Goes After Students With Tuition Debt

Some things haven’t changed at all.

• Former New York Times Reporter Banned from Penn for Calling ISIS ‘the new Israel’
• Instructor at Portland State Wants to Repeal the ‘Stupid’ 2nd Amendment
• Occidental College Prof: Blame the NRA for Murder of New York Cops

Here’s a strange new thing.

• Helicopter Parents Now Following Kids to College
• FOX News Covers Extreme Helicopter Parenting Story

There was some controversy at Brandeis this week.

• Wagons Circle Around Brandeis Student Who Said She Has no Sympathy for Dead Cops
• Brandeis Student Who Publicized Ugly Tweets About Murdered Cops Now Getting Death Threats

And the UVA story drags on.

• Newest UVA controversy: Student leaders recommend secret trials for rape cases
• Professor – It’s Time for UVA to Apologize

Religious studies update.

• Pro-life Students Attacked for Criticizing Planned Parenthood at a Catholic University
• Catholic theologians compare Eric Garner with Jesus in racial-justice manifesto
• Gospel according to English prof: Virgin Mary justifies Affirmative Consent rules

No surprises here.

• Editor of CUNY Student Paper Defends Call for Violence

Nice try.

• Oberlin College denies request to suspend failing grades for student demonstrators

Wishful thinking.

• Opinion – Democrats Should Condemn Prof Who Said it’s OK to Hate Republicans

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