From the College Fix: Egyptian cleric Fadel Soliman spoke at five British universities last year … using them, the Daily Mail says, “to refer Muslim students to an online lecture series in which he speaks in…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
The New Microaggression: Micro-Inequity
Someone in Australia came up with the term, which adds another term to the academic jargon.
Poll: 71% of Democrats want to Punish Free Speech, like Hate Speech
Hate speech is not something we encourage, but it is protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution. Yet Democrats want to punish people who say racist and hateful things, which goes contrary to past…
Academic Animal Studies/Farm
George Orwell might have been amused. Academia is well on its way to quite literally becoming Animal Farm. Indeed, the very first day of the latest Modern Language Association (MLA) convention featured a panel on…
Push-ups, Other Disciplinary Actions by Ohio State Marching Band Banned by Administrators
Well, political correctness and sensitivity running amok: Ohio State University (OSU) recently banned senior members of its prestigious marching band from assigning rookie members with traditional first-year duties, according to a report from Rolling Stone….
Missouri Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Protect Student Journalists
This is, no doubt, a response to Melissa Click’s attempt to kick out a student journalist from protests at the University of Missouri.
ACLU Scares Elementary School to Stop ‘God Bless America’ after Pledge of Allegiance
It was a tradition started after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New Jersey’s Glenview Elementary School and now the ACLU has ended it.
Rape Exhibit at Columbia gets the Trigger Warning Treatment
It’s a confusing situation. First, the exhibit was poorly advertised, then flyers were passed out to warn of a trigger warning. The exhibit was also done when students were preparing to go on Christmas break.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
It’s interesting that some of the same people who go ballistic at the suggestion that corporations are people are quite willing to ascribe human attributes to inhuman things. “I’m out to prove that rocks are…
Health Care is Racist, says UC-Davis Medical Students
But, they did not define what was inherently racist about health care. Huh?!