From The College Fix: Stanford University’s funky and daring yet controversial marching band has been suspended through the spring 2017 semester, prompting band members and others to denounce the sanction as unfair and a crack down…
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Vulgar: LGBT Teens Protest Donald Trump by sending Adjusted Lollipops to Trump Tower
From The College Fix (warning: NSFW language): According to The Huffington Post, “Jules” and “Gabe” created the website Send Trump Pussy! which says the pair “will anonymously send all lollipop orders directly to Trump’s headquarters in New York.” According…
The Decline of American Studies in America
From the Pope Center: These days, when American Studies captures any attention, it’s usually for unfortunate reasons. Sometimes, a jargon-y article wins an ironic bad writing award. Consider, for example this excerpt from a paper…
Fifty Great Thomas Sowell Reflections
A column at the Daily Caller is a great read, so check it out. Here’s to a great retirement, Thomas Sowell.
University of Oregon Punished Professor for Halloween Costume, but Law Professors Disagree
From The College Fix: Law professors around the country are frowning upon the university’s finding that one of their peers, School of Law Prof. Nancy Shurtz, committed “discriminatory harassment” by dressing as a black male…
Liberals Tried to Disinvite Speakers SEVEN Times More than Conservatives
From The College Fix: FIRE has been chronicling attempts by students and faculty to stop perceived controversial speakers from lecturing on campus since its first disinvitation report came out in 2014. Individual Rights Defense Program…
College Students Unhappy University of Chicago Invited Trump’s Press Secretary
Looks like Sean Spicer is not beloved among the college students at the University of Chicago: According to The Chicago Maroon, the Spicer announcement “drew criticism from some students who say they may protest the IOP’s…
Thomas Sowell Penned Final Syndicated Column This Week and Retires
From The College Fix: Economist Thomas Sowell, who has taught at several major universities going back to the 1960s, ended his quarter-century as a columnist for Creators Syndicate with his final entry today. He’s a champion…
Georgetown Professor Lost It when a Muslim Trump Voter Penned an Op-ed
From the Daily Caller: A Georgetown University associate professor had a month-long meltdown after a Muslim woman explained why she voted for President-elect Donald Trump. Asra Q. Nomani, a former Georgetown journalism professor and Wall Street Journal…
College Professor Fears for Her Life after Audio of Her Calling Trump’s Election an ‘Act of Terror’ Went Viral
An Orange Coast College professor, Olga Perez Stable Cox, called Trump’s election an “act of terror” is now fearing for her life, per the Washington Post: For as long as she has taught, Cox, a…