Pennsylvania Tag

SCOTUS Unanimously Sides With Catholic Foster Agency in Dispute Over Gay Couples

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 17, 2021 13 Comments

"CSS seeks only an accommodation that will allow it to continue serving the children of Philadelphia in a manner consistent with its religious beliefs; it does not seek to impose those beliefs on anyone else."...

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Men’s Soccer Team at U. Pennsylvania has Anti-Racism Training

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 15, 2021 3 Comments

“A Long Talk About The Uncomfortable Truth”...

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Faculty at Penn State Votes to Remove ‘Gendered’ and ‘Binary’ Terms

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 03, 2021 8 Comments

"The school, however, has remained noncommittal."...

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FIRE Calls on Bloomsburg U. to Restore Greek Chapters That Were Disbanded Without Due Process

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 02, 2021 0 Comments

“Bloomsburg wrongly served as judge, jury, and executioner for 17 student groups whose only crime is having Greek letters in their name”...

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Business School Panel at UPenn Tells White Students to Use Their ‘Privilege’ to Help Black People

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 25, 2021 9 Comments

"The panel repeatedly asserted that venture capitalists discriminate based on gender."...

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Pennsylvania Higher Ed Commission Incorporating ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Into State School System

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 20, 2021 4 Comments

“This is arguably the most important thing we will do because it so deeply affects the success of our students, our faculty, our staff, indeed our entire system”...

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Penn State Faculty Cancels Terms ‘Junior’ and ‘Senior’ for Being ‘Male-Centric’

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 13, 2021 7 Comments

"many terms in our lexicon carry a strong, male-centric, binary character to them"...

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U. Pennsylvania Commits to Carbon Neutrality by 2050 – Student Activists Say Not Good Enough

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 09, 2021 1 Comment

"Students quickly released a statement declaring that the university ought to be more aggressive."...

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Texas, Florida Report Fewer New COVID Cases Than Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 26, 2021 69 Comments

I don't know, President Joe Biden. Maybe we should go with the "neanderthal thinking" when it comes to COVID restrictions. The left lost their minds when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott eliminated the state mask mandate. They still hate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Yet, those states have been recording fewer cases than Democrat-led Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New York.

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U. Pennsylvania Profs Believe Media Has an Anti-Black Bias

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 09, 2021 5 Comments

"We often only are able to translate racial dynamics into representations that are hard and fast"...

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Carnegie Mellon Grad Student Assembly Forced to Apologize for Anti-Asian Bigotry Statement

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 01, 2021 1 Comment

"offering a window into the difficulties of discussing China on campus"...

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University of Pennsylvania Denies Official Recognition to Hunting Club

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 19, 2021 2 Comments

"Penn must afford these students the same rights and privileges it already provides to its hundreds of student groups"...

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Cabrini University Cutting Staff and Programs Due to Pandemic

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2021 0 Comments

"eliminating 46 positions, the bulk through voluntary separation agreements, but also including about 10 layoffs"...

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U. Pennsylvania Adds ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer’ to its Police Force

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 16, 2021 4 Comments

“We make great efforts and succeed in hiring a diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve”...

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Exam at U. Pennsylvania Requires Nursing Students to Ask Imaginary Patients Their Preferred Pronouns

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 13, 2021 12 Comments

"students who refer to patients by their preferred pronouns are showcasing ‘professionalism'.'”...

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Pennsylvania’s Largest Universities Close to Losing $800 Million Because of COVID

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 01, 2021 4 Comments

"The University of Pennsylvania expects to lose $77 million by the end of the school year in June."...

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Lehigh U. Prof’s Video About the Myths of Poverty Outrages Student Activists

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 23, 2021 2 Comments

"individuals have great agency when it comes to determining their own economic fate"...

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Supreme Court Denies Review Of Pennsylvania Election Challenge As “Moot”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 22, 2021 228 Comments

No surprise here. The Supreme Court has refused to accept a case challenging the Pennsylvania election result, on the basis that the mail-in ballot procedures were illegal, as "moot".

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