College Insurrection Tag

U. Colorado-Boulder Offering ‘Whiteness Studies’ Course

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 25, 2018 1 Comment

“Colorblindness allows for white people to know that racism exists but then allows them to not have to take action"...

Brown University Administration Sends Mixed Messages on Illegal Drug Use

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 25, 2018 1 Comment

“Brown University students are expected to comply with all federal, state, and local laws"...

Student Who Falsely Accused Two Football Players of Rape Gets Year in Prison

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 25, 2018 107 Comments

A female student from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut was sentenced to a year in jail this week for falsely accusing two male students of rape. Nikki Yovino, it was revealed, made the accusation because she was worried her consensual experience with the two football players would hurt her relationship with another student.

Return of Safe Spaces Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 25, 2018 0 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXl8vRmLeJk

Tom Steyer Launching Campus Voter Registration Drive Before Midterms

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 24, 2018 0 Comments

"goal of registering 100,000 new millennial voters"...

Colorado State University Now Has a “Feminist Fight Club”

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 24, 2018 1 Comment

“You MUST talk about the Feminist Fight Club"...

U. Wisconsin Oshkosh Prof to Students: Drop This Class if You’re Triggered by Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 24, 2018 7 Comments

“In this course, we study literature from cultures that existed before you were born."...

http://interactive.tegna-media.com/video/embed/embed.html?id=2421497&type=video&title=Store%20shoplifting%20incident%20sparks%20protests&site=95&playerid=6918249996581&dfpid=32805352&dfpposition=Video_prestream_external%C2%A7ion=home

Court: Oberlin College can’t question journalist as to sources in Gibson’s Bakery case

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 23, 2018 15 Comments

We previously covered the lawsuit brought by the local Gibson's Bakery against Oberlin College and its Dean of Students, Meredith Raimondo. The lawsuit arises out of accusations by Oberlin College students, allegedly assisted by Raimondo and others at the college, that Gibson's was racist and engaged in racial profiling after the arrest of three black Oberlin College students for shoplifting. Protests outside Gibson's ensued, as did a boycott of Gibson's by students and the college.