Perspectives Reading Racial Tea Leaves at University of Maryland Malcolm A. Kline October 28, 2015 In this era of racial unrest, academic efforts to achieve understanding are welcome. Unfortunately, opportunities to misinterpret abound in academe….
Faculty Lounge Michigan Football Coach Jim Harbaugh holds Private Meeting with Offended Muslim Students over ‘American Sniper’ Spencer Irvine May 22, 2015 Do Muslim students not understand the film ‘American Sniper’ is about the Iraq War and not killing Muslims? Geez.
Faculty Lounge Tension at University of Maryland’s ‘American Sniper’ Screening Spencer Irvine May 7, 2015 After the screening was originally canceled, the uproar over the cancellation pushed the university to put it back on. This…
Faculty Lounge ‘American Sniper’ back on at the University of Maryland Spencer Irvine April 29, 2015 It’s a win for conservatives and people with common sense: The University of Maryland will screen ‘American Sniper’ after all,…
Faculty Lounge ‘American Sniper’ Canceled at the University of Maryland Spencer Irvine April 25, 2015 As Fox News said: “The University of Maryland announced it will postpone indefinitely an upcoming screening of “American Sniper” after…
Faculty Lounge Another School Postpones Screening of ‘American Sniper’ after Muslim Students Complain Spencer Irvine April 14, 2015 As Campus Reform reported: “Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York postponed its screening of American Sniper, scheduled to…
Faculty Lounge University of Michigan Screening of ‘American Sniper’ goes well Spencer Irvine April 13, 2015 No protests or counter-protests occurred, but police were stationed outside. As the credits rolled, the filled-to-capacity room (a 150-person capacity)…
Faculty Lounge University of Michigan Canceled, then Rescheduled, ‘American Sniper’ Screening after Outcry Spencer Irvine April 9, 2015 Originally, the University of Michigan decided to not screen the movie ‘American Sniper’ and was going to screen ‘Paddington’ instead….
Faculty Lounge Muslim Student Protests Viewing of ‘American Sniper’ on Campus Spencer Irvine March 20, 2015 The student activist is attending the University of Missouri and is demanding that the movie not be screened by the…