Faculty Lounge Columbia University Medical Center Hosted Conference on Food Justice and Racial Equity Spencer Irvine July 30, 2016 Sounds like quite the left-wing conference at Columbia University: Food justice and racial equity were presented as intersecting themes at…
Guest Articles Politically Correct College Tour Cliff Kincaid April 14, 2016 You cannot walk through a tour of most colleges without getting lectured about the need for “diversity” and the prevalence…
Faculty Lounge Islamophobia Triggered Brussels Terrorist Attack, Student Op-Ed says Spencer Irvine March 27, 2016 The op-ed, written by a student at Columbia University, said that Islamophobia “facilitated” the terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium. Yes,…
Faculty Lounge Some Columbia Students Praise Intifada and Conveniently Ignore the Violence and Harm Spencer Irvine March 20, 2016 It means tax evasion, guys, not actual violence and killing of Israelis, according to some activists at Columbia University ….
Faculty Lounge 40 Columbia University Faculty Members Sign Onto Anti-Israel BDS Petition Spencer Irvine March 3, 2016 Not surprising, anymore. Forty Columbia University faculty have signed a petition calling for the school to “divest from corporations that…
Faculty Lounge Rape Exhibit at Columbia gets the Trigger Warning Treatment Spencer Irvine January 12, 2016 It’s a confusing situation. First, the exhibit was poorly advertised, then flyers were passed out to warn of a trigger…
MLA, Perspectives Rock, Paper, Scissors Malcolm A. Kline It’s interesting that some of the same people who go ballistic at the suggestion that corporations are people are quite…
Faculty Lounge Columbia Arts Journal Fires Female Editor for Defending White Male Judge Panel Spencer Irvine January 1, 2016 She supported a decision to have white male students be the judges in a contest, after which she was fired.
Faculty Lounge Little Student Interest in Sexual Violence Prevention Workshops at Barnard Spencer Irvine December 15, 2015 The women’s-only Barnard College, affiliated with Columbia University, held sexual violence prevention workshops after a survey of students found high…
Perspectives Academic Millionaires Malcolm A. Kline You can always count on Democratic candidates for president to bash millionaires, even while cultivating their friendship and support behind…
Perspectives Where Microaggressions Come From Malcolm A. Kline October 26, 2015 If, like some of us of a certain age, you wondered where the exotic term “microaggressions” comes from, the answer…
Faculty Lounge Columbia University Files Motion to Dismiss ‘Mattress Girl’ Lawsuit Spencer Irvine September 29, 2015 It’s sad this is still going on in the courts, really. Columbia University has asked that Paul Nungesser’s lawsuit against…