College Insurrection Tag

Brandeis Cancels Play Critical of Black Lives Matter Movement

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 02, 2017 0 Comments

“the already privileged voice of a white man"...

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Dartmouth Profs Under Investigation for Sexual Misconduct

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 02, 2017 0 Comments

"no official findings yet produced"...

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Feminist Profs Publishing Anthology of ‘Queer Feminist Science’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 01, 2017 4 Comments

“queer feminist concerns have led us straight to science"...

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Harvard Athletics Requires Students to Attend Sex Assault and Gender Programs

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 01, 2017 1 Comment

“mandatory sexual assault prevention"...

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Report Claims Free College Would Benefit Wealthy More Than Poor

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 01, 2017 2 Comments

"sounds like a great idea, when you first hear the words"...

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Vassar hysteria over my free speech lecture was “like walking into an alternate reality”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2017 16 Comments

On Tuesday night, October 31, 2017, I appeared on the Lars Larson radio show to talk about my experience at Vassar College. See these posts for the details:

• Safe Spaces and Safety Teams at Vassar College for My Lecture on Free Speech
• Actual Malice at Vassar College

Here are some of my comments during the interview:

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U. Michigan Offers Free Room and Board to Students Willing to Promote Social Justice

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2017 3 Comments

"Students will also promote the school’s Inclusive Language Campaign"...

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Black Student Activists at Columbia Want College Republicans Defunded

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2017 8 Comments

"They ‘oppose our humanity’"...

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Student Group at Georgetown Targeted for Upholding Catholic Doctrine

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 31, 2017 2 Comments

"marriage is between a man and a woman"...

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Fewer old-time pro-free speech liberals left on campuses

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 31, 2017 13 Comments

I appeared on Monday evening, October 30, 2017, on the Mark Levin Show to talk about my recent experiences at Vassar College, as previously documented in these posts:

• Safe Spaces and Safety Teams at Vassar College for My Lecture on Free Speech
• Actual Malice at Vassar College

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UCLA College Republicans Protest Ridiculous Security Fees for Ben Shapiro Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 30, 2017 5 Comments

“These fees appear to be another attempt by the administration to limit free speech"...

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Socialist Group at Kent State Says Conservative Student Belongs in Gulag

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 30, 2017 8 Comments

“there's one place you might be going…”...

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College of the Ozarks Launches Course Requirement in Patriotism

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 30, 2017 4 Comments

"Patriotic Education and Fitness"...

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Silence in the face of campus extremism is a vice

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 29, 2017 35 Comments

Reed College Assistant Professor of English and humanities Lucía Martínez Valdivia writes in The Washington Post of the extremism from the "social justice" movement on campuses, and how too many faculty just stay silent., Professors like me can’t stay silent about this extremist moment on campuses. Her story begins with the history of a months-long continuous disruption of classes objecting to the required first-year humanities course, among other reasons because it included the teaching of Aristotle and Plato:

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Yale ‘Decolonizes’ English Department Over Complaint About White Authors

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 29, 2017 4 Comments

“A 21st century education is a diverse education"...

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College Student Gets Jail Time for Bringing Weapons to Trump Tower

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 29, 2017 5 Comments

"a slew of violations"...

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Cornell Yanks Advertisements From Breitbart and Other Political Websites

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 29, 2017 1 Comment

"our ads will no longer appear on any platforms that Google has classified as political"...

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Actual Malice at Vassar College

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2017 48 Comments

I'm still trying to get my mind around the Vassar College campus reaction to my planned lecture on "hate speech" and free speech, which I wrote about in Safe Spaces and Safety Teams at Vassar College for My Lecture on Free Speech. Hundreds of students, faculty and staff were whipped into a frenzy by factually false accusations against me and regarding my appearance. There were many false accusations. In this post, I'll address just one aspect, that I supposedly posed a threat to campus safety.

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