That’s Not Funny Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE JUL 20, 2019 8:00 AM

Comedy is pretty much dead on college campuses. This shows why:

• VIDEO: Doing Stand-Up Comedy on a Liberal College Campus

OK, sometimes funny things happen anyway.

• Female University Student Creates Chair That Prevents Manspreading
• Yale Prof Tries to Make Case That Life Was Better Under the Soviets
• New Owners of Closed College in NH Thought They Were Buying an Operating School

Gibson vs. Oberlin updates.

• Gibson’s Bakery awarded over $6.5 million in attorney’s fees and expenses against Oberlin College
• Gibson’s Bakery says Oberlin College’s scorched earth defense justifies large legal fee award

Compare and contrast.

• Poll Finds Socialism is Popular Among Philosophy Majors
• Survey Finds Economics, Accounting, and Finance Majors Oppose Socialism

I’m sensing a trend.

• New York University Offers Free Legal Counsel to Illegal Immigrant Students and Staff
• U. Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Gender and Women’s Studies Dept. Shares ‘ICE Raid Toolkit’

War on women.

• Feminist TA at UC Santa Barbara Who Said Men Aren’t Women Now Facing Investigation

You don’t say.

• Analysis Finds College Students Know Very Little About How Financial Aid Works

Surprise.

• “Noose” Found At U. Michigan Hospital Turns Out Not To Be A Noose

Where are the protests?

• Harvard Criticized for Keeping $6.5 Million Gift From Alleged Sex Trafficker Jeffrey Epstein

Don’t play in the road.

• Judge Dismisses Lawsuit from College Student Hit by Car While Protesting Trump

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