Trigger warnings should be adopted, says student op-ed writer at George Washington University. Why? Because trigger warnings allows for freedom of speech and expression, the writer claims, but recent examples show it tends to suppress…
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Starving Students in DC Get a Food Pantry
Why do universities have to provide food for students? Maybe the universities should cut down on their expensive tuition pricing…along with students making better financial decisions to not go into debt with high tuition costs.
University Mishandles 50 Bodies in Cadaver Donation Program
George Washington University is accused of gross mismanagement of at least 50 bodies, donated to the university’s cadaver program. The student newspaper, the GW Hatchet, found that the university had knowingly cremated bodies that they…
First-Year Teacher Upsets Many during First Amendment Lesson where He Stomped on the American Flag
The teacher in question, Lee Francis, has been placed on administrative leave after a student took a photo of him during his lesson and it went viral (i.e. many people saw it and it gained…
Donald Trump Talks about Homeschooling and School Choice in Recent Summit Remarks
At the Values Voters Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action arm, GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke about school choice and homeschooling and how they work together. His remarks are at the seventeen-minute…
Student Op-Ed Talks Up Free Speech, but Blasts It, Too
The author talks a lot about letting free speech fly on GW’s campus, then says Milo should refrain from hate speech. Um, that’s the conundrum with the freedom of speech.
‘Ten Things You Should Know About Socialism’, says Libertarian Economics Professor
From the College Fix: After a recent Pew Foundation poll found that 69 percent of voters under 30 would vote for a socialist presidential candidate and a YouGov.com poll found that 43 percent of millennials…
Ithaca College Professor No Longer Teaches Sensitive Material due to Trigger Warnings
It makes some sense not to teach sensitive material, especially if there is a survivor of a sexual assault or rape in her class, but they can leave the class for that lecture, can’t they?…
At Least 150 Chicago Professors Disagree with Dean’s Statement on No More ‘Safe Spaces’
Over 150 professors at the University of Chicago don’t like what their dean of students said about no more ‘trigger warnings’ or ‘safe spaces’: More than 150 professors from the University of Chicago are pushing…
CUNY Declines to Disband Pro-Palestinian Group Despite Anti-Semitic Acts
The student group ‘Students for Justice for Palestine’ has been exposed as anti-Semitic, but are not going to be banned from City University of New York campuses due to free speech protections: “Death to Jews,”…