The seal of the university was criticized as racist, even when it was designed by an indigenous artist, but the university cannot redesign it anytime soon due to lack of funding.
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American University is Thinking of “Restorative Justice” Measures as Sanctions against Bias Incident Offenders
AU and their bias incident/response measures…it sounds quite heavy-handed: Provost Scott Bass and Vice President of Campus Life Gail Hanson sent a memo to students last week that featured three dozen “action steps” it is…
Columbia University Offers No-Whites-Allowed Student Retreat
Doesn’t this sound like segregation to you? The “Students of Color Leadership Retreat 2016” is open to students within the Columbia University undergraduate community, including its all-women’s Barnard College. Slated for the weekend of Nov….
Why did the Department of Education Give ITT Tech the Death Penalty?
George Leef at the Pope Center said the following about the Department of Education’s overreach in their sanctions of ITT Tech, a longtime vocational school: On September 6, ITT announced that it was closing its…
Middle Tennessee State Students Vote ‘No’ on Safe Spaces
No safe spaces at Middle Tennessee State University, thanks to a vote by the student government: In a demonstration of what one committed person can accomplish, Middle Tennessee State University’s student government has overwhelmingly approved a…
Creationist Wins Lawsuit against Cal-State Northridge
Big news for the creationist academic community: A creationist scholar recently received a six-figure settlement from California State University Northridge, a payout that resolved a 2-year-old lawsuit that alleged the scholar had been fired after…
James Madison University Issues Seven-Page Speech Guide for Students
Seven pages on what not to say to your fellow students, courtesy of James Madison University: Student leaders of this year’s freshman orientation at James Madison University were given a list of 35 things they…
Retired Christian Professor Blasted by Christian Conference for Stating Views on Homosexuality
A Christian professor was criticized by a conference he was speaking at, which is composed of Christians, due to his public statement of Christian views on homosexuality: The small world of Christian philosophy has erupted…
University of Arkansas Offers Discounts to Students who Acknowledge Rape Statistics
The ‘rape culture’ narrative is alive and well at the University of Arkansas: According to a flier obtained by MRCTV, the University of Arkansas is holding a “That’s so 6%” campaign for people to acknowledge…
Congresswoman Blasts Abortion Industry for Rebuffing Congress
Marsha Blackburn, a Republican congresswoman from Tennessee, wrote a blistering piece on the abortion industry’s resistance to Congress: Because StemExpress and its CEO, Cate Dyer, have refused to comply with several subpoenas, we have recommended…