Oh, that’s not fair at all, plus it’s very inaccurate. After protesters’ efforts at thwarting conservative speaker Ben Shapiro from delivering a talk last week were unsuccessful, campus progressives have turned their attention to the…
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Mandatory Diversity Training for GWU Student Association after Funding Dispute
It reads like a soap opera, doesn’t it? The executive cabinet of the George Washington University Student Association will have to go through “diversity training” due to a squabble over funding for a guest lecturer….
Canadian University Imposes Quotas on Self-Identifying Applicants
From the College Fix: Criticism of diversity quotas is coming from an odd place: an editor of a Canadian newsweekly. The University of Manitoba is set to institute a quota system that reserves 45 percent of…
Middlebury College Paper Adds Trigger Warnings due to White Staff
Yup, the school paper is too white, so there’s a trigger warning now.
Um, Ok: Court Rules George Mason University Violated Rights of Expelled Student
Uh, this is a different kind of constitutional right case: In a sweeping ruling that also encompassed speech codes and sexual privacy, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis in Alexandria, Va., ruled that George Mason University…
Virginia Gov. MacAuliffe Vetoes Plan to Allow Homeschooled Children to Play Sports
Specifically, the Democratic governor vetoed the bill, which would allow homeschooled children to play sports at their local public schools. Don’t their parents pay taxes, so shouldn’t they be allowed to do so? Photo by…
40 Columbia University Faculty Members Sign Onto Anti-Israel BDS Petition
Not surprising, anymore. Forty Columbia University faculty have signed a petition calling for the school to “divest from corporations that supply, perpetuate, and profit from a system that has subjugated the Palestinian people.” The faculty…
Hillsdale Student Makes a Case for a Statue of Conservative Thinker William Buckley, Jr.
It’s a good case for Hillsdale: Hillsdale College student Thomas Novelly wants to return the favor to National Review’sfounder, William F. Buckley Jr., for his generous donation to the school of “thousands of the columns,…
Colorado-Boulder Extends Conservative Thought Program
It’s a win for intellectual diversity and it’s impressive that it’s happening in Boulder, Colorado: “We had always hoped to be able to extend the program indefinitely, and it has been such a success that…
College Republicans to Challenge Mandatory Diversity Courses at Oklahoma
From the College Fix: Members of the University of Oklahoma’s College Republicans are taking on the five-hour “diversity” course requirement that came about after the infamous Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity “racist chant” scandal. Students have…