Lincoln County, OR, mandated people wear face masks in public places where they might come in contact with someone not in their household.
Officials made an exception. People of color do not have to wear the mask “if they have ‘heightened concerns about racial profiling and harassment'”
CBS affiliate KOIN in Portland, OR, was on the scene for protests in the city when its reporters spotted people vandalizing and eventually toppling a George Washington statue.
These statues have been a target of the left for quite a while. Now protesters had an excuse to topple them.
Oregon Live reports:
Pioneer statues toppled amid protests at University...
Not belonging to Antifa anymore makes you alt-right? This is insane.
The College Fix reports:
Southern Oregon University calls invited speaker ‘alt-right’ because he left Antifa
Have you left Antifa? You must be a degenerate racist.
Southern Oregon University has a curiously narrow view of the political spectrum, given how it defended its decision not...
Today’s update begins with some significant developments from the West Coast.
The U.S. Justice Department has just issued a warning that California could be violating religious freedoms in its plan to reopen the state after the coronavirus stay-at-home order.
A Circuit Court Judge in Oregon has granted an injunction halting the Emergency Order of Governor Kate Brown that, among other things, restricted in-person church services and imposed certain travel restrictions.
The case was brought by a coalition of churches, and focused primarily on the religious services restrictions.
I blogged this morning about Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wanting to push through the next Wuhan coronavirus bill without many conversations.
Pelosi dropped the $3 trillion package this afternoon, which includes another round of payments to Americans and $1 trillion for the states.
Try to imagine the left’s reaction if a conservative campus event featuring someone like Ben Shapiro banned certain people based on race.
The College Fix reports:
Department of Education investigating Portland State for banning whites from ‘feminist’ gathering
Portland State University will have to explain to federal regulators why it allows a weekly gathering...
So the students are going to get a less dynamic experience but the school wants them to pay more?
The College Fix reports:
Oregon State rewards incoming students with higher tuition for worse experience under COVID-19 restrictions
You’d think public universities would appreciate the fact that mandatory online classes during the COVID-19 outbreak are...
The school is also dipping into reserve funding. Sounds serious.
KGW8 News reports:
Portland State University enacts hiring freeze amid falling enrollment
In a letter sent to students and staff Thursday, Portland State University Interim President Stephen Percy announced the school will immediately enact a hiring freeze and will spend $12 million of its...
Concordia has announced it is closing this spring. The students are suing because they claim they would not have paid tuition of they knew the school was in trouble.
KGW8 News reports:
More than 50 students join lawsuit against Concordia University
Many students are left wondering what their next step for their education is...
Another school bites the dust. How many more will there be this year?
Oregon Live reports:
Portland’s Concordia University will close at end of spring semester
Concordia University announced Monday it will close this spring after 115 years in operation.
The private, nonprofit Lu...
This story is just as bizarre as the headline suggests.
Oregon Live reports:
Ex-University of Portland employee pleads not guilty in baseball bat attack on college VP
A former University of Portland employee who was angry about how the college handled his daughter’s sexual assault allegation has pleaded not guilty to a single assault...
How is the study of science improved through the addition of identity politics?
The College Fix reports:
Portland State University offers ‘queer ecologies’ class
A class at Portland State University allows students to study “queer ecologies,” with numerous queer-centric topics discussed through a “queer lens” in order to understand “queer identity and experience.”
A flier...
This is a public school. How can this even be legal?
The College Fix reports:
Public university bans whites from weekly ‘feminist’ gathering
Do you want to learn about feminism...
Portland State University did not fully cave as it agreed to keep armed police officers, but it will also “double the number of unarmed campus officers.”
Yes, the school will continue to use these unarmed officers and spend money to “improve training on how to control dangerous civilians without firing bullets at...
This is one of the reasons why many people look forward to the collapse of our entire system of higher education.
The Salem Reporter has the story:
Thousands of university workers in Oregon prepare for strike
As thousands of public university workers in Oregon prepare to strike at the end of the month, the...
