Flags and Flyers Week at College Insurrection

MIKE LACHANCE OCT 3, 2015 8:30 AM

Someone seems to have a problem with conservative students exercising their free speech.

• Pro-Life Flyers Ripped Down at American University
• Flyers for Young Americans for Freedom Vandalized at Gettysburg College
• YAF Flyers Were Torn Down at Gettysburg College for Using the Term ‘Anchor Babies’

I don’t think they heard him.

• Gettysburg College Dean Reminds Students to ‘Welcome Debate and Discussion’

The problem isn’t limited to flyers.

• Students at San Diego State Forced to Take Down American and Military Flags
• New Mexico Student Told to Remove American Flag from Dorm Window
• College student’s op-ed criticizing Black Lives Matter movement stirs controversy

Higher education seems to have a free speech problem.

• Oxford Student Union Finds Free Speech Magazine ‘Offensive’, Bans It
• Speaker Banned by University in Britain for Fear She Would Offend Muslims
• Cornell President: Government Should Regulate Speech to ‘Serve a Compelling State Interest’

Some schools seem to get it.

• Purdue University Calumet Eliminates All Speech Codes
• University of Chicago Leads the Way for Academic Freedom
• The Princeton Tory Publishes a Guide to Free Speech on Campus

Maybe we should focus on real dangers.

• Prager University on Radical Islam: The Most Dangerous Ideology

War on men.

• Glenn Reynolds Writes of the War on College Men
• U. Kansas Student Won’t be Expelled for Anonymous Tweets About Ex-Girlfriend
• Newest Outrage: The Study of Geography is Too White and Male

Compare and contrast.

• Bernie Sanders Urges College Students to Help Him Fight for $15 Minimum Wage
• College Students Flee Vermont Due to Lack of Jobs

Sports news.

• College Football Takes Backseat to Pope
• Court Nixes Payments to College Athletes
• Stipend for College Athletes Could Unbalance Playing Field

All leftism, all the time.

• Students at U. Delaware Insist Fake Hate Crime Was Real
• Student Funds in California Used to Push Left-Wing Causes
• Texas Profs Plan to Flout Law by Telling Students They Can’t Carry Guns

Headline of the week.

• Buddhist Inspired University in Colorado Contemplates Killing Prairie Dogs

See you at the North Pole.

• University in the Arctic Circle Sees Enrollment Surge

Good.

• BYU Idaho Outlaws Man Buns

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