MLA MLA Comedy Stylebook Not Funny Malcolm A. Kline January 13, 2017 Here’s the problem with the English professors at the Modern Language Association (MLA) attempting to define humor: They’re not funny,…
Faculty Lounge Ban Milo Yiannopoulos from Campus, ‘Anti-Fascism ‘Advocates Tell Cal-Berkeley Spencer Irvine January 12, 2017 Apparently, being “anti-fascist” means that you want to ban free speech by a controversial public figure like Milo Yiannopoulos. Oh…
Faculty Lounge Socialist Student Group: Walk Out on Inauguration Day Spencer Irvine Socialists are banding together to walk out of schools on Trump’s Inauguration Day. Hopefully, these anti-Trump types won’t beat up…
Faculty Lounge Judge to Georgia: Illegal Immigrant Students Should be Charged In-State Tuition Spencer Irvine A Georgia judge told the University of Georgia system that it has to charge illegal immigrant students in-state tuition. The…
MLA Civil Rights History, Queered Malcolm A. Kline Occasionally, professors at the Modern Language Association (MLA) have good points to make. Unfortunately, they soon get buried in the…
Faculty Lounge 1,300 Professors Sign Petition to Ask Senate to Reject Jeff Sessions as Attorney General Spencer Irvine January 11, 2017 Even with his federal prosecutorial experience, 1,300 professors do not think Alabama U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions is qualified to be…
Faculty Lounge Student Body President at FIU Sent Anti-Trump Holiday Message Spencer Irvine Wonder if people would be doing this if Hillary Clinton won the election. This from Campus Reform: The Student Body…
Faculty Lounge Implicit Bias Training is Ineffective, Researchers Say Spencer Irvine From Campus Reform: The Columbia Missourian recently reported that the University of Missouri has required all members of faculty search committees…
Faculty Lounge Scottish University Course Issued Trigger Warning for Bible Crucifixion Story Spencer Irvine Nope, you can’t make this up. This from The College Fix: An “Introduction to the Bible” class at the University…
MLA Mugging Melville Malcolm A. Kline One of the speakers at this year’s Modern Language Association (MLA) meeting brought up a fascinating quote by William Wordsworth…
Faculty Lounge University of London Student Union Doesn’t Want to Learn about White Philosophers Spencer Irvine January 10, 2017 From The College Fix: The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) student union at the University of London is demanding…
Faculty Lounge Students and Alumni Want Marching Bands to Miss Trump’s Inauguration Spencer Irvine Would the same students and alumni at the University of Tennessee and Talladega College want to boycott a Hillary Clinton inauguration?…
