At the Academe Blog, John K. Wilson writes about why shouting down speakers is absolutely wrong because it continues to polarize the country and it plays into the Right’s hands: Shouting down speakers, such as…
Topic: academia
‘Nap-ins’ at a University to Help Students Dream about Diversity
File this in the ‘wait, this is for real?’ category: The Daily Egyptian reports that Southern Illinois University is hosting “nap-ins” as part of an “interactive art installation” in the library… The nap-ins are part of…
Conservative Students Wonder Why College Republicans have to Pay Security Fee while College Democrats Don’t
Why does Cornell University charge for extra security for College Republican events and not for College Democrats? That is the question that is circulating among Cornell’s College Republicans: The Cornell Republicans tell a similar story….
White Faculty at MIT Form ‘White Person’s Accountability Group’ to Go Over White Privilege
You can’t make this up! This from Campus Reform: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) now has a “White Person’s Accountability Group” to help white people understand their “roles both in perpetuating systemic racism and…
Middlebury’s Muddled Mission
Academia today abounds in ironies, although, more often than not, the irony is lost on the denizens of academe itself. By now, the mobbing of conservative scholar Charles Murray at Middlebury College in Vermont has…
White Girls Shouldn’t Wear Hoop Earrings, Latin Student Group says
From Campus Reform: A wall on the side of a Pitzer College dormitory devoted to unmoderated free speech through art (colloquially named “the free wall”), was recently painted by a group of Latino students with…
Satanist Fliers Caused Stir at Clemson University
A flier circulated at Clemson University about a Satanist worship that is allegedly planned at the university’s chapel. It is not clear if it will actually be held, but it did cause a stir at…
Alumna: Violent Protests at Middlebury College should not Repress Free Speech
An alumna of Middlebury College, Jean Card, recently wrote an op-ed blasting the protesters for oppressing free speech during their violent protest of guest speaker Charles Murray: First, discipline for the thugs – who flagrantly…
UNC-Greensboro Flier: Boycott ‘Local Misogynists’ for Women’s Strike
It’s an odd request from a flier at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro: In an email to students and faculty in the school’s Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies Departments, a staff member invited…
Barnard College Aims to De-Invest from ‘Climate Deniers’
The board of trustees for Barnard College voted to de-invest from ‘climate deniers,’ but has not outlined what that means just yet: The move comes after years of activism by the student group Divest Barnard, which…