That’s classless, to call someone a “pig”: “Two students involved in a February 16 anti-Zionist protest at Brooklyn College received a verbal warning after interrupting a faculty meeting and allegedly calling one faculty member a “Zionist pig”.”
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Student Leader at NC State Threatened with Impeachment after Disagreeing with Guest Speaker
Harrison Jenkins’ personal political views were supposedly used in the pre-impeachment process, where impeachment did not occur after all the hearings and hoopla.
San Diego State Faculty Upset at President Who Won’t Condemn anti-BDS Movement Poster
It’s all because some faculty members don’t like a poster that says the BDS movement is linked to Palestinian terrorism.
Latino Professor Resigns from CSUN after Personal Views were Criticized
He hasn’t announced his next move, but it sounded like an untenable situation. The College Fix reported Robert Lopez, an associate professor of English, did have tenure and still decided to resign: Professor Robert Lopez…
Ralph Nader Compares Black Lives Matter to Occupy Wall Street
Quite a wide-ranging interview, where Nader (a former third-party presidential candidate) blasted sensitive college students along with Black Lives Matter: Yeah, but how far does Black Lives Matter go? Is it raising money for offices…
Has Title IX Become a Political Weapon?
An editorial in the Wall Street Journal felt that Title IX is now being used as a political tool by the Obama administration, and it’s hard to argue against it.
Stanford University’s Inner Turmoil on Rape Statistics
Some say the statistics are too low, some are saying it isn’t. 1.9% of students surveyed said they were sexually assaulted, but faculty and students are saying that the definition used in the survey is erroneous and that number is therefore too low.
Today’s ‘Snowflake’ Generation is Coddled, Can’t Cope with Life
An interesting op-ed in the Daily Mail over in the British Isles from Claire Fox: Their reaction shocked me. I take no pleasure in making teenagers cry, but it also brought home the contrast to…
Of 85 Bias Incidents at Univ. of Oregon, Only 7 Resulted in Discipline
The Bias Response Team at the University of Oregon released its bias reporting statistics, where 85 incidents were reported, but only 7 led to discipline. This could mean two things: bias reporting is a waste of time, or bias reporting is a waste of time.
Black Lives Matter Complaints Leads to Involuntary Transfers of 2 Teachers in St. Paul, Minnesota
Both teachers, Theo Olson and Kelly Farm, were forced to leave Como Park and transfer to another school, even when the school district said they are not guilty of any wrongdoing.