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From The College Fix: In his inaugural address … President Donald Trump said the educational system was “flush with cash” and yet “leaves our young and beautiful students deprived of all knowledge.”

Students at the Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, University of Texas at Austin, University of Illinois-Chicago, USC, UCLA and Cal-Irvine, to name a few, protested the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States.

From The College Fix: “The purpose of this event is to foster a safe space for the Ohio State campus community to connect with one another, support aspirations, and empower growth and change,” organizers state. The “I, too, am America” event is set for 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will include three concurrent offerings from noon to […]

School was already scheduled to be shortened due to exams, so it wouldn’t really make a big difference to cancel it: Oakland Unified School District spokesman John Sasaki said most high schools have exams tomorrow so the regular schedule is already shortened. That way, he noted, students can “move quickly to join any demonstrations.” A […]

Per Campus Reform, college professor Marc Lamont Hill (who is no stranger to controversy) made the remarks on CNN: “Yeah, it was a bunch of mediocre Negroes being dragged in front of TV as a photo-op for Donald Trump’s exploitative campaign against black people. And you are an example of that.” https://youtu.be/MZEM32BL7CU

From Campus Reform: A Georgetown University student group is encouraging its members to “embrace the inner child” after a stressful Inauguration week with stuffed animals, juice boxes, and Legos. GUPride, a university-recognized student group for LGBTQ students and their allies, will be hosting a “Self-Care Night” on January 23 for members who spent too much time or […]

From Campus Reform regarding a week-long anti-Trump protest at California-Santa Cruz: In a letter recently obtained by Campus Reform, the provost of Oakes College (one of ten academic colleges at UCSC) lamented the election of “a person who has been overtly and openly racist, sexist, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, ableist, cis-sexist, xenophobic, and much more while on the campaign […]

Huh? Why not protest Donald Trump by going to Trump Tower or one of his hotels? Nope, these anti-Trump protesters chose to disrupt classes at Georgetown University.

From The College Fix: Hosting anti-Donald Trump inauguration protesters is the fad in D.C. this week, and Georgetown University’s College Democrats wanted to get in on the action. Not so fast, the Georgetown administration has told students, warning them not to turn campus into Occupy Georgetown.

From The College Fix: The election of Donald Trump must be “understood as a backlash to the Black Lives Matter movement,” Georgetown University History Prof. Marcia Chatelain told a “teach-in” on campus Saturday… The election was also influenced by whites losing their suburban neighborhoods to blacks following the Great Recession and “wanting them back,” Chatelain […]

From The College Fix: Take Denison University, a private college in Ohio. Its Laura C. Harris Symposium, a campus series promoting women’s education, is formally sponsoring bus trips to the march in cooperation with its women and gender studies program as part of its 2016-17 theme “Making Just Democracies.” To reserve a spot, Denison students […]

From Campus Reform: The Georgetown University College Democrats (GUCD) chapter is asking members to open their dorm rooms and apartments to strangers participating in the upcoming Women’s March on Washington. In a Facebook post Tuesday, GUCD urged its followers to make their floors, couches, or beds available for students visiting D.C. for the event, which is billed […]