College Insurrection Tag

Prof Asks if Students Should Still Learn About ‘Dead White Man’ Henry David Thoreau

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 02, 2019 2 Comments

“The Whiteness of Walden: Reading Thoreau with Attention to Race”...

Colorado State Asks Students Not to Run Around Campus in Their Underwear

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 02, 2019 4 Comments

"we have significant and real concerns about it"...

Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College trial motions: Bakery to prove “the college poured gasoline on the fire”

Posted by Daniel McGraw on May 01, 2019 36 Comments

As the Gibson’s Bros v. Oberlin case gets set for the trial – now set to begin on Friday, May 3 – it is beginning to become more clear that this case of defamation accusations is set to be more of an early 21^st century cultural dissertation than one of merely determining monetary damages.

Pro-Life Speaker’s Event Disrupted by Smoke Bomb at UT-Austin

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 01, 2019 2 Comments

"The event was going normally and then we heard the fire alarm and evacuated"...

San Jose City College Disinvites Border Patrol From Campus Job Fair

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 01, 2019 1 Comment

"initial complaint about CBP came from an unnamed student who called the president’s office"...

Oklahoma Governor Signs Bill Banning ‘Free Speech Zones’ From Public Campuses

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 01, 2019 2 Comments

"Any person who wishes to engage in noncommercial expressive activity on campus shall be permitted to do so freely"...

Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College trial motions – Judge finds Gibson’s “reputation is central to this case”

Posted by Daniel McGraw on April 30, 2019 16 Comments

I attended court today as the lawyers argued pre-trial motions. As most trial lawyers know, pre-trial “in limine” motions can often decide the case. What the judge excludes and what they allow, how to define certain terminology the jury will hear, and rulings what is important and what is nonsense.

Women’s Studies Profs Decline to Discuss Any Restrictions on Abortion

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 30, 2019 0 Comments

“I think most are unlikely to discuss it because they believe the debate is over and their side won."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71zrQeh2Zxs

German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Give 2019 Harvard Commencement Address

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 30, 2019 0 Comments

"sought to protect the environment, offered a strong defense of the EU, and worked to address issues of migration"...

Many Schools Now Offer Transgender Related Medical Coverage for Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 29, 2019 0 Comments

"range from cross-sex hormone treatments to surgeries that remove students’ genitals and utereses"...

Report: Anxiety Among Economics Ph.D. Students Comparable to Incarcerated Populations

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 29, 2019 7 Comments

“the average economics Ph.D. student feels considerably lonelier and more isolated than a retired American”...

Previewing Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College trial: ‘Social Justice’ free speech or defamation?

Posted by Daniel McGraw on April 29, 2019 16 Comments

With Gibson Bros. v. Oberlin College scheduled to start trial this week, there is much back and forth among political and legal analysts as to “what it is” and “what it is not.” For the most part, regardless of the political leanings of the various parties observing from the outside, this is still a basic tort law case involving libel and defamation.

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