Alarming Academics Week at College Insurrection
Your weekly dispatch from the world of higher education.
College students were shown a picture of Ahmed’s clock. Guess what they said it looked like.
The left is still alarmingly active on campus.
- All Women’s College Gives Students 10 Pronouns to Choose From
- U. Oklahoma Students Petition to Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day
- Armed Campus Police Protested at Portland State University
Right leaning students aren’t having as much luck.
- Student Can’t Start Conservative Club Because College Already Has Non-Conservative Club
- Hagerstown Community College Denies Recognition to Conservative Student Group
And history is being rewritten.
- University Teaching Students America is Responsible for 9/11 to Get Visit From Exhibit on Wheels
- Vassar Students Required to Read Book by Gitmo Detainee
- 9/11 Flag Memorial Vandalized at Brandeis University
What’s the point of being right?
Winning friends and influencing people.
- #BlackLivesMatter Protests Conservative Pundit Katie Pavlich at U. Delaware
- #BlackLivesMatter Activists Are Stealing Newspapers at Wesleyan
Rape culture.
- New Survey Repeats 1 in 5 Statistic for Sex Assaults Among College Women
- New Campus Sexual Assault Survey Has Design Flaw
- Columbia Hires DOMA Attorney for Lawsuit From Student Accused by Mattress Girl
Some good news.
- Survey Shows Dr. Ben Carson is Popular With College Students
- Delaware Students Take Action to Improve Veteran Care
The government is all about fairness.
- How Useful is the Education Department’s College Score Card?
- White House Dismisses Conservative Colleges on New Scorecard
- The Reason Hillsdale Was Left Off Obama’s College Scorecard? They Refuse to Take Federal Funds
Free speech update.
- American University Faculty Condemn ‘Trigger Warning’ Trend
- The New York Times Wants to Reengineer College Lectures Over Supposed Racism
- Dixie State Settles Free Speech Lawsuit Thanks to FIRE
Compare and contrast.
- Forbes Asks: Are Millennials Delusional?
- Students to Learn How to Channel Their Inner Chicken at University Workshop
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Comments
Well, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck . . .
If I self-identified at “Fruit loop” would that be triggering?
This story had legs! It flew up so high that it became an Internet sensation. Most people don’t think Achmed is anything but a troublemaker. Even better, the father withdrew him (and his sister before him) from the Irving School System. So that was seen as an extra bonus.
Yeah, Microsoft sent this kid free gifts. But Obama doesn’t come out ahead in this story. Nor does Microsoft. Plus, people are guessing this kid’s future in the computer world ain’t that high.
Do you know who won? The Internet.