The group in question was Turning Point USA. The student government was against having a campus chapter but a Vice Provost overrode their decision.
The Mercury News reports:
Santa Clara University reverses...
Vice Provost at Santa Clara U. Overrides Student Vote to OK Conservative Group
College RA Tells White Girls That Wearing Hoop Earrings is Cultural Appropriation
Can you imagine going through life and paying attention to such petty things?
Robby Soave reports at Reason:
Pitzer College RA Tells White Girls to Stop Wearing Hoop Earrings: It’s Cultural Appropriation
A residential advisor at Pitzer College sent a campus-wide email informing students—white women, in particular—that they should stop wearing hoop earrings.
Hooped earrings...
Anti-Feminism Posters Investigated as Hate Crime at American University
So the message here seems to be that if you disagree with feminism or mock it, you are a hater.
The College Fix reported:
‘Anti-feminism’ posters at American University investigated as a ‘hate crime’
Law enforcement personnel are searching for the person who hung up “anti-feminism”...
Mobbed at Middlebury Week in Higher Education
By now, you may have heard there was some unpleasantness at Middlebury College recently.
- Student Mob at Middlebury Attacks Speaker and Sends Prof to Hospital
- Middlebury Students and Faculty Reportedly Embarrassed by Mob Attack on Speaker
- Middlebury College Profs Release Statement of Principles After Mob Attack on Speaker
They’re having free speech issues across the...
Shocking Yale Study Finds Students Who Smoke Pot and Drink Get Lower Grades
Who could have guessed such a thing would be true?
The Connecticut Post reports:
Yale study: High students, low grades
News flash: College students who spend a lot of time drinking and smoking marijuana might not have the best grades. This not-very-shocking finding is at the heart of a new study conducted by...
MIT Media Lab to Give $250K Award for ‘Responsible Disobedience’
This is an interesting concept. It seems to be all about getting people to innovate by thinking outside the box. More specifically, by disobeying existing rules and norms. It’s also open to multiple disciplines which could make choosing the winner a bit difficult.
The announcement was made this week on the MIT...
Barnard College to Divest from Undefined ‘Climate Change Deniers’
Student and faculty activists at Barnard College have successfully pushed a measure to divest from companies that “deny” climate change. Oddly, they have yet to define what makes one a denier.
Toni Airaksinen of Campus Reform reported:
Barnard College to divest from ‘climate deniers’
The move comes after years of activism by the student...
Harvard Law to Accept Applicant GRE Scores in Place of LSAT for Diversity
This seems wrong-headed.
The LSAT is supposed to be a predictor of law school success. So admitting people with a lower likelihood of success accomplishes what?
The New York Times reports:
Harvard Law, Moving to Diversify Applicant Pool, Will Accept GRE Scores
Harvard Law School, moving to open its doors to a larger, more...
Critics Claim Mizzou Student Election Racist Because Winning Team is White
It looks like not much has changed at Mizzou over the last few years.
The College Fix reports:
Mizzou student election proves racism and sexism because white man won, critics say
Their slates were both socially progressive and their campaign promises substantially similar.
But because the winning candidates in the University of Missouri’s student government...
Sorority to Allow Membership for Transgender Women Nation-Wide
If the social justice warriors in Hollywood ever remake Animal House, you know this would be a factor.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
Sorority Will Allow Transgender Women to Become Members Nation-Wide
Alpha Chi Omega is the first sorority to announce that it will allow transgender women to become members at all of its...
Middlebury College Profs Release Statement of Principles After Mob Attack on Speaker
The recent mob attack on a speaker that sent one professor to the hospital clearly had an effect on the faculty.
They released a statement of principles.
From Free Inquiry on Campus:
Free Inquiry on Campus: A Statement of Principles by a Collection of Middlebury College Professors
The principles are as follows:
Genuine higher learning is...
U. Michigan Student Admits Slashing Her Own Face in Hate Crime Hoax
This young woman claims things were said in her women’s literature class that scared her. College isn’t for everyone.
The Daily Caller reports:
College Student Pleads Guilty To Slashing Her Own Face, Making Up Post-Election ‘Hate Crime’
A 21-year-old Michigan woman pleaded guilty Monday to fabricating a “hate crime” in which an unknown white...
Student Group Censored After Complaining About Lack of Free Speech
A conservative student group at the University of Lincoln in the UK criticized their students’ union over a lack of free speech over criticism of an online magazine. In response, the students’ union shut down the group’s social media accounts, thus proving their point.
A student paper called The Linc
Women and Gender Studies in U.S. up 300 Percent Since 1990
What are all these people doing for work, teaching Women’s Studies to the next generation of students?
USA Today reports:
Women’s studies has changed over the years — and it’s more popular than ever
Drew Nelson, a business major at Indiana University, never expected he would pick up a minor in gender studies.
“I wasn’t...
Former Harvard Law School Employees Allegedly Embezzled $100,000 from Disabled Student Funds
Just how low can you go? Looks like some former Harvard Law School employees might know…
Stealing from disabled students? REALLY?
The Harvard Crimson reports:
Two former Harvard Law School administrators face felony charges after allegedly stealing funds from a Law School account while employees there several years ago.
The defendants, Margaret DeMarco and Darris...
With campus shout downs, first they came for the Jews and Israel
Two violent attacks campus speakers have gained widespread media attention in recent months — the attack on Milo Yiannopoulos’ appearance at UC-Berkeley, and Charles Murray
Student Group and Profs at Cornell Demand Fund for Illegal Immigrant Students
Where is the money going to come from? Who is going to pay for it?
The Daily Caller reports:
Professors, Students Demand College Start Fund For Illegal Immigrants
Cornell University students hosted a protest to demand the college provide funds for all illegal immigrant students.
The protest, organized by the Cornell Coalition for Inclusive Democracy,...
