Excuse me? From the College Fix: During an event at Thursday evening #BlackLivesMatter founders Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi told Mizzou students that the goal of the Constitution was to make an agreement between factions…
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Black Lives Matter Nashville, TN Chapter Upset that Public Library Won’t Allow Exclusionary Meetings
From the College Fix: This time, the Nashville, Tennessee chapter of Black Lives Matter is upset that the city publiclibrary won’t permit racially exclusive meetings in its buildings. The BLM chapter’s rules state that “only…
Dept of Education Claims They’re Not Pressuring Colleges with Title IX
From the College Fix: The chief of the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, whose 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter set off a panic among colleges to lower their standards for judging students accused of…
Yale to Spend $600,000 on ‘Center for Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration’
This isn’t a joke, apparently. But $600,000 to study this field? Photo by thomas autumn photography
Columnist Believes ‘Friend Zone’ Promotes Violence
A female columnist at the Harvard University paper, Harvard Crimson, does not like the ‘friend zone.‘ The friend zone, for people unfamiliar with the term, is when one person is romantically interested in another person,…
Left-Leaning Student at Williams College Blasted for Defending Free Speech
Zach Wood is open to ideas and free speech, but because he invited a controversial speaker named John Derbyshire to Williams College, people have criticized him. Photo by ledges
Northwestern Holds ‘Deconstructing Whiteness’ Course for White Students
From the College Fix: White college students are undergoing a weekly “deconstructing whiteness” program at Northwestern University. The “6-part workshop series for undergraduate students who self-identify as white” launched in January and runs through March,…
Williams College President Disinvites Speaker due to Views
John Derbyshire is a controversial figure, apparently, and so the Williams College president felt he had to shut it down. Photo by SERSeanCrane
Mandatory Diversity Training and Tuition Hikes for Loyola-Chicago Students
Well, there you have it; no such thing as a free lunch: The interim president of Loyola University-Chicago isn’t waiting for his successor to decide whether students should be forced to take a diversity class….
No Racism, No Wrongdoing by Cops in Dealing with Princeton Professor
The truth comes out and Imani Perry’s accusations of racism were not substantiated so far: The Mercer County (New Jersey) Prosecutor’s Office has released the results of its preliminary investigation into the arrest of Princeton’s Imani…