Presidential Politics Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE OCT 3, 2020 8:00 AM

Now that we’re getting closer to the election, related topics are starting to appear more frequently in campus news.

• University That Hosted First Presidential Debate Offered Students Counseling and ‘Support Spaces’
• Delaware State University Disputes Biden Claim That He ‘Got Started’ There
• President of Wichita State Who Canceled Ivanka Trump Speech Resigns

Campus activists are switching into high gear.

• UCLA Prof Partners With Progressive Group for ‘Non-Partisan’ Voter Registration Drive

Tell me this isn’t about politics.

• Trump Impeachment Witness Alexander Vindman Awarded Fellowship at U. Penn

Other than that, it’s business as usual for the left.

• Prof Complains of Threats After Calling for Death of All Cops and Capitalists
• Grad Students at UNC Demand Redistribution of Administrator Salaries
• Required Course at College in Idaho Makes Students List Examples of White and Male Privilege

Free speech is still an issue on campus.

• Survey Finds Disturbing Number of Students Believe Silencing Speech With Violence is Acceptable
• Cornell ranks low in campus free speech survey, abysmal on student free expression

Sports updates.

• Writer Apologizes for Saying America Needs College Football
• University of Denver Suspends 38 Student Athletes for Attending Off-Campus Party

The left can find racism anywhere.

• College Music Department Pledges to Remove ‘Systemic Racism’ From Curriculum

Imitation is flattery.

• Prager University Has Been So Successful That the Panicked Left is Now Trying to Copy the Model

Gibson’s vs. Oberlin news.

• Update on Cleveland Media attempt to gain access to Gibson’s Bakery store clerk Facebook records

What does this have to do with theater?

• Theater Students at Ithaca College Threaten to Out ‘White Supremacist’ Faculty

Forget everything we said…

• Princeton Trying to Walk Back Self-Accused Racism Following Federal Investigation

Well, OK then.

• Nearly 32 Tons of Carrots Dumped on College Campus in London as Part of Art Installation

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