Everyone is offended: The Red Eye, a popular recreational event at the University of Alberta, has been accused of promoting “ableism” due to its wheelchair basketball tournament and the game known as “sledge hockey.” Red…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Student Gala Theme Offends Students at Cambridge
The theme is Kyoto-to-Tokyo, but some students are complaining that it is racially insensitive and that they feel uncomfortable. Photo by Pierre Metivier Photo by Pierre Metivier
Academic Free Speech Freefall
It is one of the many ironies of our modern age that one of the places that the first amendment is designed to benefit—the academy—is so maladroit in using it. “What, exactly, is the tension…
Student Gov’t Candidates Push for 24/7 Counseling Hotline, Diversity Initiatives
Welcome to American University, where sources of funding don’t matter to student government candidates. How will they get all the funding for a 24/7 hotline? Photo by ehpien Photo by ehpien
First Graders Taken to a Black Lives Matter Rally by Teacher
Adding to this is the principal’s insistence that this is the right thing to do, overriding parent’s objections. Photo by kveets94 Photo by kveets94
Some Columbia Students Praise Intifada and Conveniently Ignore the Violence and Harm
It means tax evasion, guys, not actual violence and killing of Israelis, according to some activists at Columbia University . Photo by joegaza Photo by joegaza
New Jersey School Board: Criticizing Vegetarianism is Harassment
Really? A sixth grade student at a school in New Jersey’s Somerset Township was sentenced to “five lunch-time detentions” for criticizing a fellow classmate’s vegetarianism. The student had told his classmate “it’s not good to…
Student Gov’t Leader: Right-Handed People Privilege Exists
Wait, what?! A University of New Orleans student government executive argues that aside from white males, college students, U.S. citizens, and even right-handers need to “check their privilege.” Darius Miner, who serves as Chief Justice…
Trigger Warnings Started in Internet Chat Rooms Years Ago, says FIRE President
From Campus Reform: The president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), Greg Lukianoff, told Fox Business’ Adam Shapiro that college students are “absolutely kidding” themselves if they believe they’re safer in a…
Virginia Tech Students Claim Economics’ Bell Curve Author as Racist
Charles Murray, a respected conservative economist, co-wrote a book on the famous bell curve in economics. But, liberal Virginia Tech students are calling him racist. Photo by vlasta2 Photo by vlasta2