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North Carolina Students Block Traffic, Want to ‘Abort Pence’ and Blast Trump
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North Carolina Students Block Traffic, Want to ‘Abort Pence’ and Blast Trump

The anti-Trump protests continue to make headlines, where University of North Carolina students protested near campus and shut down traffic: Hundreds of protesters converged at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on Friday night to demand “action” against Donald Trump, blocking a busy intersection and pushing a variety of slogans that called for everything […]

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University Professor Association President: Trump is the ‘Greatest Threat to Academic Freedom’ Since McCarthy
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University Professor Association President: Trump is the ‘Greatest Threat to Academic Freedom’ Since McCarthy

The president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) said that Trump is a grave threat to academic freedom: In a statement published the morning after election night, AAUP’s president, Rudy Fichtenbaum, acknowledges that her nonprofit has “never endorsed or supported a candidate for president of the United States” or “engaged in partisan political […]

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Conservatives Start ‘Not My Campus’ Effort at University of Michigan to Counter President’s Remarks on Trump

From Campus Reform: The school’s president, Mark Schlissel, made national headlines after last week’s shocking election results when he publicly shamed his students who voted for Trump, noting at a school rally that “90 percent of you rejected the kind of hate and the fractiousness and the longing for some idealized version of a non-existent […]

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Pitt’s Social Work Department Pushed for Extra Credit for Anti-Trump Protest Participation
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Pitt’s Social Work Department Pushed for Extra Credit for Anti-Trump Protest Participation

From Campus Reform: The University of Pittsburgh’s School of Social Work encouraged its professors to offer students extra credit to participate in an anti-Trump rally in downtown Pittsburgh. On Thursday, students and faculty in Pitt’s School of Social Work received an email urging them to sign up for “A People’s Agenda for Change: National Day […]

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University of Arizona Lecturer Compared Trump Presidency to Rape
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University of Arizona Lecturer Compared Trump Presidency to Rape

That sounds like quite a terrible comparison to make, isn’t it? A University of Arizona professor compared the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency to rape, saying he is “plundering our country” and “forc[ing] his half-flaccid agenda on it.” Jess Kapp, a senior lecturer in the University of Arizona department of geosciences, published “The Rape […]

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Barnard College Provided Feminist Coloring Books to Help Students Cope with Trump’s Win

From Campus Reform: Barnard College students shaken over the loss of Hillary Clinton will be treated to a “space to destress in light of the tumultuous election season” Wednesday. The event, titled “Cocoa + Coloring with RBG,” will be sponsored by the Barnard student government in conjunction with the American Association of University Women, and […]

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Why did Pomona College Center Pay Students to Protest against Donald Trump?
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Why did Pomona College Center Pay Students to Protest against Donald Trump?

From Campus Reform: On Friday, Pomona College’s Draper Center for Community Partnerships informed the Pomona community that it will provide students with funding to participate in Saturday’s anti-Trump rally in downtown Los Angeles. “We are sponsoring a group of 70 students to go to the anti-hate rally in LA tomorrow morning! Please share with your […]

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Towson University Professors Walked Out to Protest Donald Trump’s Election
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Towson University Professors Walked Out to Protest Donald Trump’s Election

From Campus Reform: An anti-Trump walk-out at Towson University grew aggressive Monday, with students and professors denouncing white people, Trump supporters, and Republicans. Students and faculty members took leave of their classrooms, offices, and dormitories to meet in Freedom Square, where protesters gathered in a circle and engaged in a diatribe against President-Elect Trump and […]

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College Professors Tweet about Their Fear of a President Trump
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College Professors Tweet about Their Fear of a President Trump

So much fear. So much anger. So much angst. Now college professors are joining in on the fear-mongering surrounding the election of Donald Trump: In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, some professors have taken to social media to demonize white men and bemoan the racism they see plaguing the country. […]

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