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Free Speech Under Assault Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 23, 2019 0 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

Harvard Poll: Only 35% of College Republicans are ‘Comfortable Sharing Political Views’ With Professors

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 22, 2019 1 Comment

"54 percent of young Democrats and 51 percent of young independents of the same age range are comfortable sharing their views."...

Left Wing Student Protesters Block Entry to Ann Coulter Speech at UC Berkeley

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 22, 2019 21 Comments

In the spring of 2017, Young America's Foundation invited Ann Coulter to speak at UC-Berkeley, but the event never happened over safety concerns. This week, she returned at the invitation of the College Republicans.

U. Lynchburg Students Protest ‘Cultural Appropriation’ Over Fiesta-Themed Party

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 22, 2019 6 Comments

"We demand justice and inaction is unjust"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBe8R3AlD1U

Betsy DeVos Committed to Reining in Kangaroo Courts on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 22, 2019 1 Comment

"we are working to dismantle the government social engineering in education"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OVQepF8foo&feature=emb_logo

Syracuse Chancellor: White Supremacist Manifesto ‘Probably a Hoax’

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 21, 2019 24 Comments

Earlier this week, Syracuse University police investigated reports of a white supremacist manifesto appeared on an online forum and distributed to students via AirDrop on their phones at the library. Chancellor Kent Syverud announced today "the rumor was probably a hoax."

Feminist Group at Portland State University Bars White People From Weekly Meeting

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 21, 2019 6 Comments

"This is a space soley [sic] for people of color."...

FIRE on Binghamton Protest of Art Laffer: “Latest in a Disturbing Trend of Protesters Silencing Others”

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 21, 2019 5 Comments

"The biggest threat to free speech at Binghamton Monday evening wasn’t the police or Art Laffer — but the vigilante censors"...

Berkeley Chancellor Promotes Anti-Hate Event Scheduled at Same Time as Ann Coulter Visit

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 21, 2019 1 Comment

“angry polarized times”...

Boston College Students and Faculty Want School to Reject Koch Foundation Funding

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 20, 2019 1 Comment

“climate denier dollars.”...

Student Govt. at Grand Valley State U. Votes to Restore Pledge of Allegiance to Meetings

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 20, 2019 2 Comments

"Under the new policy, students have the option to stand or not stand during the recitation of the Pledge."...

Leftist Mob at Binghamton U. Shuts Down Speech by Economist Art Laffer

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 20, 2019 41 Comments

What is going on at the State University of New York at Binghamton? We just reported that a Trump-hating mob harassed and attacked conservative students at the school. Now protesters shut down a talk by economist Art Laffer.

Vassar President: It was anti-Semitic to shout at Israeli Jewish speaker “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free”

Posted by Samantha Mandeles on November 19, 2019 7 Comments

Search for Vassar College in Legal Insurrection's archives, and you'll find scores of posts documenting Vassar students' efforts to shut down speech with which they disagree. This is a longstanding problem on today's college campuses, and it is perhaps most commonly manifested in attacks on Israeli, pro-Israel, and/or Jewish speakers. Vassar College Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) has a particularly sordid history, including posting of an anti-Jewish and anti-American Nazi cartoon, glorifying terrorists, and picketing a course that involved travel to Israel.

https://www.whsv.com/content/news/UVA-faces-backlash-for-removal-of-21-gun-salute-from-Veterans-Day-ceremony-564675281.html

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