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Free Speech Zones Strike Again: Auburn Requires Permit for Free Speech
Some students from the Young Americans for Liberty chapter at Auburn University were told by an administrator that they would need a permit to express their views in public, which was actually the focus of…
Some Nebraska College Students Hate Chick-Fil-A after learning of CEO’s Personal Beliefs
The personal beliefs of a CEO doesn’t mean the company shares it, duh: A student government resolution set to bring Chick-fil-A to the University of Nebraska Kearney (UNK) was reversed because students complained about the…
Ten Years Later, the Duke Lacrosse Case Still Reverberates
It’s a good read by K.C. Johnson on the ten-year anniversary of the Duke men’s lacrosse rape scandal. Photo by elacrosse_com
Black Lives Matter Nashville, TN Chapter Upset that Public Library Won’t Allow Exclusionary Meetings
From the College Fix: This time, the Nashville, Tennessee chapter of Black Lives Matter is upset that the city publiclibrary won’t permit racially exclusive meetings in its buildings. The BLM chapter’s rules state that “only…
Dept of Education Claims They’re Not Pressuring Colleges with Title IX
From the College Fix: The chief of the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, whose 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter set off a panic among colleges to lower their standards for judging students accused of…
Yale to Spend $600,000 on ‘Center for Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration’
This isn’t a joke, apparently. But $600,000 to study this field? Photo by thomas autumn photography
Columnist Believes ‘Friend Zone’ Promotes Violence
A female columnist at the Harvard University paper, Harvard Crimson, does not like the ‘friend zone.‘ The friend zone, for people unfamiliar with the term, is when one person is romantically interested in another person,…
Left-Leaning Student at Williams College Blasted for Defending Free Speech
Zach Wood is open to ideas and free speech, but because he invited a controversial speaker named John Derbyshire to Williams College, people have criticized him. Photo by ledges
Northwestern Holds ‘Deconstructing Whiteness’ Course for White Students
From the College Fix: White college students are undergoing a weekly “deconstructing whiteness” program at Northwestern University. The “6-part workshop series for undergraduate students who self-identify as white” launched in January and runs through March,…