A good read over at Reason.
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Kansas Professor Fired after Not Fulfilling Research Duties while Suspended
Huh? Andrea Quenette used the n-word in class, in context, and was cleared by a school investigation at Kansas. But, administrators still fired her for her not fulfilling her research duties while she was suspended…
FAU Professor is Fine with Sharia Law and Cutting Off Thief’s Hands
Yes, a Florida Atlantic University professor, a practicing Muslim, said that the chopping off of a thief’s hand (or both) is fine. Bassem al Halabi made the remarks at a recent Islamophobia conference at the university.
Yale Administrators Resign after Halloween Costume and Free Speech Remarks Last Year
The animosity and ‘you’ve offended me’ mentality has led to Erika and Nicholas Christakis tendering their resignations from Yale University’s Silliman College. Nicholas will continue as a professor, which is reflected in a Yale press…
Over $1 Million to Skidmore in Grants to Explore Diversity in Art
From the Campus Reform: “Skidmore College is receiving more than $1 million to “explore diversity through art,” and is planning new courses to complement art exhibits from “diverse or traditionally underrepresented artists.””
PC Culture at Northwestern? Student Groups May Have to Accept All Applicants
So student groups can’t be exclusive? Isn’t that the purpose of a club or something? Sheesh, Northwestern.
$60,000 Payout for ‘Transmasculine’ Elementary School Teacher
Why? See below: An elementary school teacher who identifies as transgender — specifically “transmaculine” and “genderqueer” — will be awarded $60,000 from Oregon’s Gresham-Barlow School District for “emotional distress” suffered at the hands of her…
Scholar: To Protect Intellectual Diversity, There has to be Financial Repercussions to Push the Left
From the College Fix: Historian Kim Holmes told The College Fix he wrote The Closing of the Liberal Mind: How Groupthink and Intolerance Define the Left “to point to the unique nature of the postmodern…
12 Harvard Professors Oppose Policy against Leaders of Single-Sex Clubs
From the College Fix: “Twelve professors filed a motion against Harvard’s pending policy that would block students from fellowships or campus leadership if they belong to so-called final clubs or other groups reserved for men or women only, such as long-unrecognized fraternities and sororities.”
“EcoSexual” Activists at Santa Monica College Marry the Ocean
This isn’t a joke. These activists wanted to marry the ocean!