College Insurrection Tag

Student Who Questioned BLM is ‘No Longer Enrolled’ at University After Outcry

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 04, 2020 95 Comments

A female student at Hardin Simmons University in Texas, a Christian school, was subjected to disciplinary measures after making some TikTok videos about Black Lives Matter. The school president recently explained in a video that she is no longer enrolled at the university.

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University of Memphis Football Team Adding BLM Decal to Helmets

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 04, 2020 1 Comment

"the acronym for the Black Lives Matter movement"...

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Dartmouth College Mandating Implicit Bias Training for All Students and Faculty

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 04, 2020 4 Comments

“eradicate the oppression and racism Black and other students, faculty, and staff of color experience on our campus and all across our country”...

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The War of Words and Statues Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 04, 2020 4 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

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Dixie State University in Utah Reportedly Considering Name Change

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 03, 2020 6 Comments

"A final decision likely wouldn’t come until legislators meet in January"...

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VA Governor Northam Signs Law Allowing In-State Tuition for Some Illegal Immigrants

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 03, 2020 2 Comments

"Students who meet these criteria shall be eligible for in-state tuition regardless of their citizenship or immigration status"...

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Recent Harvard Grad Loses Job After Posting Video Threatening to Stab Anyone Who Says ‘All Lives Matter’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 03, 2020 105 Comments

A recent Harvard grad has lost her job after posting a video to social media threatening to stab people for using the words "all lives matter." After the video went viral and her employer cut her loose, she created more videos blaming Trump supporters for her situation. Is this what an Ivy League education gets you these days?

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College Students in Alabama Allegedly Attending ‘COVID Parties’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 03, 2020 6 Comments

"It makes no sense. They're intentionally doing it."...

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UMass Lowell Nursing Dean Reportedly Fired After Saying ‘Everyone’s Life Matters’ in Email

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 02, 2020 84 Comments

The cancel culture that is rampant on American college campuses right now has just claimed another victim. A nursing dean at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, has reportedly been fired after saying in an email that "everyone's life matters." Where does this end?

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California State University-Fresno Students Petition for Removal of Campus Gandhi Statue

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 02, 2020 6 Comments

“Gandhi was deeply prejudiced against all minorities, from black Africans, Jews, to low-caste Hindus”...

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University of Minnesota Dropping SAT/ACT Tests as Admissions Requirement

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 02, 2020 8 Comments

"citing the challenge of scheduling tests during the pandemic"...

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Stanford Student Newspaper Refuses to Run College Republican’s Op-Ed Over Alleged Racism

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 02, 2020 7 Comments

"We ultimately declined to publish it because it included unsubstantiated and inflammatory claims that advanced a racist narrative"...

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Harvard Ends Policy That Penalized Students for Belonging to Single-Sex Clubs

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 01, 2020 6 Comments

Back in 2016, Harvard essentially banned membership in single-sex clubs for students. They enforced this policy by barring non-compliant students from leadership positions in sports and other campus activities, and by restricting access to certain scholarships. The school has now ended the policy.

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U. Virginia to Pay U.S. Government $1 Million Dollars in Settlement

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 01, 2020 5 Comments

"The university takes seriously its responsibility to be a good steward of federal funds"...

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UW-Madison Chancellor Announces Abraham Lincoln Statue Will Stay on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 01, 2020 7 Comments

"The university continues to support the Abraham Lincoln statue on our campus"...

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Hofstra University Agrees to Relocate Jefferson Statue, Student Activists Unsatisfied

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 01, 2020 4 Comments

"statue would be moved from its current location at the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center to behind the school’s Emily Lowe Museum"...

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Gibson’s Bakery: ‘Amicus’ Groups are “really only friends of the Oberlin Parties and not friends of the Court”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 30, 2020 22 Comments

Oberlin College has filed its Brief appealing the $11 million compensatory and $33 million punitive damage verdicts (later reduced to $25 million under Ohio tort reform caps) won by Gibson's Bakery. The Bakery also has filed its Cross-Appeal Brief seeking reinstatement of the full punitive damages verdict.

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University Presidents Grow Increasingly Concerned About Perceived Value of College

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 30, 2020 17 Comments

"because of COVID-19, up sharply from 60 percent of respondents in April and 48 percent in March"...

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