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Posted by Erich Prince on February 23, 2017 25 Comments
Recently, the Yale Corporation renamed one of its residential colleges for computer scientist Grace Hopper, dropping the name of John C. Calhoun, whose political philosophy included a defense of slavery. The decision came after months of campus protest over honoring Calhoun whose beliefs many find abhorrent. Tampering with the historical record, however has its dangerous side. Similar demands for renaming buildings honoring historical figures have been made at other institutions including Princeton University, where students took issue with the use of President Woodrow Wilson's name because he did not share modern sentiments on race and supported certain segregationist practices.

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 23, 2017 13 Comments
Of all the free speech problems we have on college campuses, one of the most chilling ones comes in the form of "Bias Response Teams." Under such a policy, a student can be anonymously reported for saying or doing something deemed offensive, and then get visited by the bias response team. Adam Steinbaugh of the Washington Examiner wrote about this recently:
Hundreds of campuses encourage students to turn in fellow students for offensive speech Universities are the cradle of free speech, where ideologies and ideas clash, where academics and activists can agree, disagree, or be disagreeable. This is particularly true in the United States, where the First Amendment zealously guards against government surveillance and intrusion into free speech.

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 22, 2017 12 Comments
While many noted universities have already decided against instituting sanctuary campus policies, the concept remains popular with progressive minded students. Indiana is moving towards outlawing sanctuary campuses. Kaitlin L Lange and Meghan Holden of the Indy Star reported:
Bill to make sanctuary universities illegal moves forward in Indiana An Indiana Senate committee approved a measure Tuesday to make "sanctuary universities" illegal in Indiana — a move that would prohibit universities from admitting undocumented immigrants with some exceptions.
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