From The College Fix: FIRE has been chronicling attempts by students and faculty to stop perceived controversial speakers from lecturing on campus since its first disinvitation report came out in 2014. Individual Rights Defense Program…
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College Students Unhappy University of Chicago Invited Trump’s Press Secretary
Looks like Sean Spicer is not beloved among the college students at the University of Chicago: According to The Chicago Maroon, the Spicer announcement “drew criticism from some students who say they may protest the IOP’s…
Thomas Sowell Penned Final Syndicated Column This Week and Retires
From The College Fix: Economist Thomas Sowell, who has taught at several major universities going back to the 1960s, ended his quarter-century as a columnist for Creators Syndicate with his final entry today. He’s a champion…
Northeastern Student Group Demands ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Status for Dining Hall Workers
From The College Fix: The university’s Huskies Organizing with Labor (HOWL), an umbrella group of more than 40 student groups at NU, first came on the scene in 2012 as a sort of Justice League…
App Yik Yak No Longer Anonymous, College Users are Fleeing Use of the App
Yik Yak, a popular app among college students, is no longer anonymous and users are apparently leaving the app as a result.
Drexel Professor Tweeted on Christmas Eve that ‘All I Want for Christmas is White Genocide’
A professor tweeted out, on Christmas Eve no less, that he wants a ‘white genocide’. Now he claimed it’s a joke gone wrong.
Penn’s English Department Replaced Shakespeare Portrait with Gay Poet, then a Collage of Writers
Is this the right time to tell the Penn English department to ‘get thee to a nunnery’? From The College Fix: Early this month a group of University of Pennsylvania students removed a portrait of…
For History Majors at DC’s George Washington University, No More U.S. History Courses Required
From The College Fix: The department eliminated requirements in U.S., North American and European history, as well as the foreign language requirement. Thus, it is possible that a student can major in history at GWU…
Barnard College Students Vent about Donald Trump with Post-It Notes
From The College Fix: The project, called “Reacting to the Election,” asks students to answer the questions “How are you?” “What do you need?” and “Where do we go from here?” on notes and post…
School Chant of ‘White’ for School Color is Banned by High School Principal
From The College Fix: This past week Principal John Fidler of East Hampton High School in Connecticut thought it would be a bright idea to prohibit a longtime school sports cheer consisting of a single…