Faculty Lounge Divestment from Fossil Fuels Will Solve Little, Guest Lecturer Notes Spencer Irvine March 29, 2016 From the College Fix: Many assign blame for deforestation and animal extinction on fossil fuels, when in reality most of…
Faculty Lounge Another Teacher Put on Leave in Minnesota due to Personal Views on Social Media Spencer Irvine Wait, are we suspending people because of their right to free speech and the First Amendment? If you’ve missed it,…
Perspectives Recruiting Americans Back to Christianity and Conservatism Spencer Irvine This oft-posed question, of how can conservatives and Christians recruit young Americans to their cause, was also asked of Dr….
Faculty Lounge South Dakota Passes Education Tax Credit Program Spencer Irvine It starts this year in South Dakota and will provide tax credits to insurance companies who donate to the appropriate…
Faculty Lounge Anti-Gun Protesters Fail to Make an Impact in Kansas Campus Carry Bill Effort Spencer Irvine It’s sad to read what happened when a handful of anti-campus carry activists tried to disrupt and exert pressure on…
Faculty Lounge The 60s Socialists Primed Millennials for Bernie Sanders Spencer Irvine March 28, 2016 A great take from Stanley Kurtz in a piece that was published by the Washington Post. Check it out.
Perspectives Stop Sending Your Kids to Liberal Universities, says University President Spencer Irvine The president of the evangelical Oklahoma Wesleyan University, Dr. Everett Piper, was adamant about sending children to the right university…
Faculty Lounge Absurdity of the Week: Professor Intimidated by ROTC Members Carrying Guns Spencer Irvine Check out the piece at the Powerline Blog, but here is the professor’s bio at the University of North Dakota.
Faculty Lounge California Board of Regents Condemn Anti-Semitism, Include it in Discrimination Policies Spencer Irvine That’s a big move for the University of California system; good for them to recognize the growing anti-Semitism on their…
Faculty Lounge Kansas Governor Signs Into Law a Bill that Protects Religious Student Groups Spencer Irvine March 27, 2016 From Campus Reform: Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback (R) signed a bill Tuesday that will allow religious student groups at public…
Faculty Lounge Now ‘Diversity Intensive’ Courses Required for Mizzou Students to Graduate Spencer Irvine There are still ongoing repercussions from the Concerned Student 1950 protests: Still reeling from last year’s student protests, the University of Missouri…
Perspectives Silver Linings to Student Meltdowns Malcolm A. Kline The bad news is that student protestors today are more openly totalitarian than demonstrators of the 1960s. The good…