The party featured Corona beer and surgical masks. Distasteful or harmless fun?
The Washington Examiner reports:
Coronas and surgical masks: Coronavirus-themed party prompts university investigation
A college “coronavirus party” featuring surgical masks and chilled Corona beers has prompted anger from some on campus.
The University at Albany is investigating whether the off-campus party last weekend...
Students can choose their preferred pronouns and can also opt out of sharing this information with professors. Can you see where this is inevitably headed?
Campus Reform reports:
NYU chosen pronoun policy could create confusing guessing game
Students at New York University can now request that their professors avoid referring to them by their...
That was fast. These students were suspended about 24 hours ago and now it’s over. What happened?
CNY Central reports:
Syracuse University lifts suspension on student protestors
Suspensions for a group of Syracuse University students protesting racial injustice on campus have been lifted, according to a university spokesperson.
The protests started again Monday evening at...
It’s amazing that these students are suffering real consequences for this. It’s so rare.
The College Fix reports:
Syracuse U. suspends over 30 students for occupation of administrative offices
Syracuse University put over 30 students on “interim suspension” early Tuesday morning due to their occupation of an administrative building.
The students, representing #NotAgainSU, refused to...
The NYPD’s Sergeants Benevolent Association (SBA) tweeted to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio that the cops are “declaring war” on him after a man tried to assassinate two cops.
Crisis pregnancy center EMC Frontline filed a lawsuit against New York over the “Boss Bill,” which forces nonprofits and religious institutions to hire people that do not share their views.
The center claims the law violates its 1st and 14th Amendment rights.
This is easy to understand. Science cares about provable facts, not feelings and identity politics.
The College Fix reports:
Science professors at Syracuse...
As Mary blogged earlier today, Michael Avenatti was arrested for violating the terms of his release. It is now being reported that Avenatti has been jailed without bond and will remain in custody throughout his criminal trial in New York.
The school is doing this in response to a number of questionable incidents which occurred on campus last fall.
The Daily Orange reports:
Special committee to begin campus climate review
The Board of Trustees special committee tasked with jointly assessing diversity, inclusion and campus climate at Syracuse University has met and begun planning...
One week after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) made declaring war on $30 Domino’s pizzas his first priority of the new year, he finally got back to the priorities that matter more to New Yorkers.
So, too, has New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D).
Diversity is now a lucrative industry within higher education.
Campus Reform reports:
School gets nearly $1 million from NY state university budget for ‘diversity’ hires
A New York university has been granted almost $1 million in funding from...
Republicans have been looking for a way to beat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the ballot box next fall, but they might not have to do anything. AOC’s own party may solve the problem.
In the aftermath of the horrific machete attacks at a Monsey, New York synagogue that left five Jewish people injured Saturday night, Democrats are predictably pointing fingers at President Trump, who they blame for the stabbings.
As Mary blogged earlier this week, New York City has seen an alarming rise in anti-Semitic attacks. The most recent is a horrifying machete attack in Monsey, a town about an hour north of New York City, that left five people wounded.
All I can think of is Cartman from South Park demanding respect for his authority.
Campus Reform reports:
Free speech experts slam university for policy requiring “respect for authority”
A student at Long Island University Post was gearing up for his May graduation when he found himself under investigation for alleged possession and distribution...
New York’s TDS-addled governor Andrew Cuomo (D) vetoed a bill that would have permitted federal judges to officiate at weddings because Trump.
The bill was innocuous and passed both NY state’s senate and assembly with overwhelming and bipartisan support. Cuomo’s veto memo specified that Trump-appointed federal judges should not be allowed to...
Do you think they mean intellectual diversity? Doubtful.
The Business Journal News Network reports:
Ithaca College to Use $1M Gift for Diversity in Media Scholarship
Ithaca College will use a $1 million donation from a prom...
