College Insurrection Tag

University’s ‘Diversity Department’ Maintains a ‘Masculinity Committee’

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 09, 2019 1 Comment

"an informal group of faculty, staff, and students, mostly male-identified"...

Gibson’s Bakery: If Oberlin College appeals, we will seek reinstatement of full $44 million original verdict

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 08, 2019 66 Comments

The Gibson's Bakery v. Oberlin College lawsuit has entered two post-trial phases: (1) Post-trial motions then appeals, and (2) public relations. As part of this jockeying, Oberlin College's president Carmen Twillie Ambar has written op-eds and given interviews in which she asserts that Oberlin College was held responsible for the speech of students. This, she argues, presents a threat to campus 1st Amendment rights because it could force universities to clamp down on student speech to avoid liability.

College Student Pleads Guilty to Trying to Hack Trump’s Tax Returns

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 08, 2019 4 Comments

“This is a college prank that just went awry”...

Professor Under Fire for Using N-Word While Discussing James Baldwin’s Literature

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 08, 2019 6 Comments

“I haven’t done anything wrong”...

University of Virginia Considering Removing Statue of Revolutionary War Soldier

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 08, 2019 6 Comments

"does not reflect the values of the campus community"...

Psych Scholar at USC Claims Viewpoint Diversity is a ‘Dog Whistle’

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 07, 2019 6 Comments

“So many seemingly well-meaning academics are getting so played by these terms"...

Prof Calls for Abolition of Grades Because They’re ‘Capitalism in Action’

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 07, 2019 5 Comments

He said the "practice of grading is one that has served to prop up America’s capitalist economic system and its 'major failures,' including 'socially divisive inequalities'...

UVA Extending Financial Aid to Undocumented Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 07, 2019 3 Comments

"undergraduate students who are in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program"...

Harvard Prof Accuses Trump of Terrorism After Shootings, Calls for Impeachment

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 06, 2019 7 Comments

"The real national emergency is Donald J. Trump’s terrorism"...

https://www.facebook.com/bakershanecheney/videos/1268860586628397/

David Gibson VIDEO: Oberlin College plans to drag out litigation because it knows I’m dying from pancreatic cancer

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 06, 2019 62 Comments

David Gibson, one of the owners of Gibson's Bakery and a plaintiff in the lawsuit that yielded almost $32 million in damages against Oberlin College, has just posted a video on Facebook announcing that he has pancreatic cancer. (h/t to multiple readers for alerting me) In the video (below), David says that Oberlin College has known about his illness for several months, and made a motion in court to keep that information away from jurors.