[3:20 p.m.] The Court has rejected plaintiffs’ request to use the mass email sent by Oberlin College’s Vice President and General Counsel, Donica Thomas Varner, to the Oberlin community criticizing the jury. The plaintiffs subpoenaed her to testify, and the defense filed a motion to quash the subpoena.
The Judge ruled: “this...
Republicans are making a real effort on this issue lately. Democrats, not so much.
The College Fix reports:
Texas governor signs sweeping new law protecting free speech on college campuses
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday signed a sweeping new law that aims to protect free speech on college campuses across the Lone...
You just knew that Gore wouldn’t be able to get through this event without bashing Trump.
Campus Reform reports:
Al Gore calls Trump ‘would-be-autocrat’ in Harvard speech
Al Gore used his 2019 Harvard Class Day speech to indirectly criticize President Donald Trump...
Here’s a tip. If you practice Wicca, maybe don’t take a job at a Catholic university.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Not Bewitched
St. Bonaventure University didn’t let a professor of communication advance in her career because she’s a woman — and a witch — according to a lawsuit filed last week in a federal...
As you know, last Friday the jury rendered a verdict of $11.2 million against Oberlin College and Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo for compensatory damages. Allyn W. Gibson was awarded $3 million, David Gibson $5.8 million, Gibson Bros. $2,274,500.
Legal Insurrection readers heard it here first. Our Verdict post has been shared...
1984 just turned 70 years old, but as Erec Smith points out, it isn’t being celebrated by academia as a great piece of literature, it’s being used as a guide.
He writes at the Washington Examiner:
Academics ignore the anniversary of 1984 because they know they’re living it out
Seventy years ago today, George...
Why do institutions of higher learning even have bias response teams? It’s like something out of a dystopian science fiction story.
The College Fix reports:
At University of Illinois, 265...
The Associated Press report below is a classic example of media bias. Note how the issue is framed, right from the headline.
The subtext is clear. Buttigieg’s failure to pay off his student loans is a good thing because it brings focus to...
Sometimes it is the simplest explanations that explain best what some see as very complex.
As a journalist who has following the Gibson Bakery racial accusation case for more than two years now – and who was able to cover it from a courtroom seat for the last month or so for...
Swalwell is barely registering in polls, but he is still running. He also has some serious college debt.
Townhall reported:
Eric Swalwell Can’t Manage His Own Finances But He Wants Access To America’s Checkbook
Despite making a six-digit figures over the six years as a congressman, Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has failed to pay down...
There seems to be a distinct lack of Democrats supporting this. Isn’t that curious?
Campus Reform reports:
Nearly a dozen U.S. senators sponsor campus free speech resolution
Ten U.S. senators have sponsored legislation showing support for free speech on college campuses and signaled opposition to free speech zones.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Campus...
There are a lot of things about the way Oberlin College handled the Gibson’s Bakery dispute and lawsuit that have had me wondering who, if anyone, is in control over there.
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People who think this way are not ready for college. It’s just another example of why college should not be free.
The College Fix reports:
Student op-ed: Course evaluations should ask about ‘feelings of acceptance, support, inclusion’
We’ve all filled them out: professor and course evaluations at the end of the semester. And a...
The creep is allegedly filming women’s backsides with a hidden camera and posting the images on a porn site.
The New York Post reports:
Oregon State University warns students about creep posting pics to porn site
A campus creep secretly shot dozens of videos of women from behind at Oregon State University and posted...
Supporting the idea of free college has become a crucial issue for Democrats running in 2020, but people are beginning to catch on to the reality of it.
Evan Halper writes at the Los Angeles Times</...
A jury has awarded Gibson’s Bakery and its owners $11 million in compensatory damages against Oberlin College, for libel, intentional interference with business, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The punitive damage hearing next week could add another $22 million, bringing the total to $33 million.
There will be post-trial motions to...
Excellent news. Maybe this will become a trend across the country.
The College Fix reports:
Alabama governor signs bill banishing ‘free speech zones’ from public colleges
Alabama has been in the news frequently this year, and its Republican governor has just given it another reason to stand out: It’s the latest state to ban...
