Sounds like a productive use of university resources, doesn’t it? Spending time to create a language guide for their students was a priority, apparently.
Topic: academia
Northwestern Professor Shouted Down by Activists at Wellesley
Another free-thinker shouted down at a college campus; this time, it was at the liberal arts college Wellesley and it was Northwestern University’s Laura Kipnis who was the focus of the protesters’ ire: Nearly two…
‘Freshmen’ Out, ‘First-Years’ In? Possible Plan Underway at Yale to Redo Wording
To avoid offending people, Yale is considering changing the name of first-year students from “freshmen” to “first-years.” Why? “Freshmen” is too gendered.
University of Chicago Student Leaders Upset over White Nationalist’s Campus Visit
The student leaders demanded that the university president, Robert Zimmer, meet with them to discuss why he allowed white nationalist Richard Spencer to appear on the campus of the University of Chicago. Have these leaders…
Curing Deafness could become ‘Cultural Genocide,’ said Professor at University for the Deaf
Of all things to say, a college professor said that curing deafness could be “cultural genocide.” The professor in question, Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, works at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. Gallaudet is a university for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Lawsuit Filed to Force University of Michigan to Hand Over Emails Discussing Trump
After University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel called Trump supporters hateful and the like at a vigil, a think tank filed a lawsuit (after their information records request was filed in November and has yet…
‘Activism Labs’ at CSU-San Marcos to Teach Students New Protest Tactics
Sounds like a good use of taxpayer dollars in California? The first seminar, subtitled “More Than A Hashtag,” focused on ways that student activists can enhance their protest game by moving beyond social media activism. “Learn…strategies…
CalArts Student’s Master Thesis is a Cheetos Art Display
Out with paint, watercolors and other traditional art mediums and styles. In with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, and lots of it. For her master’s thesis, a student at CalArts poured hundreds of pounds of Cheetos (a…
Public University Scrubbed Pro-Life Students’ Chalk Messages
This sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen at Kutztown University: The Students for Life chapter had written the messages in celebration of National Pro-Life Chalk Day, but officials cleaned them up and claimed they were “just…
Goucher College Dispatched Bias Response Team to Classroom over Pronoun Use and Transgender Student
You can’t make this up! A private college in Baltimore, Maryland, Goucher College, dispatched a bias response team to handle an incident where a transgender student was called by the wrong pronoun (i.e. he or…