Faculty Lounge George Will: Newton’s Law of Physics Applies to Pushback Against Obama Spencer Irvine February 26, 2016 From George Will’s op-ed in the Washington Post, which is a worthwhile read: Notice the Newtonian physics of America’s Madisonian…
Faculty Lounge Dept of Education Claims They’re Not Pressuring Colleges with Title IX Spencer Irvine February 22, 2016 From the College Fix: The chief of the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, whose 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter…
Faculty Lounge Omnibus Bill Approves Dept of Education’s Overreach Spencer Irvine December 22, 2015 The Republicans caved on the omnibus spending bill, which empowered the overreach of the Department of Education on college campuses.
Faculty Lounge Syracuse College Professor Plans to Run for Congress and Raise Tuition Spencer Irvine October 3, 2015 He probably won’t get the student votes if he really does run on raising college tuition.
Faculty Lounge Democratic Congressman says It’s Okay to Expel Innocent Students Spencer Irvine September 14, 2015 Jared Polis, a California representative, said it’s okay to expel both innocent and guilty students when accused of sexual assault.
Faculty Lounge Safe Campus Act Introduced to Preserve Due Process at Colleges Spencer Irvine September 7, 2015 Instead of letting colleges get away with making arbitrary decisions in sexual assault-related cases, without respecting due process, the House…
Faculty Lounge Pell Grants should go to Prisoners too, says Obama Spencer Irvine August 8, 2015 Well, there you have it: The Obama administration recently announced a new federal grant program that will cover the costs…
Faculty Lounge Northern Illinois’ Diversity Officer Earns More than Governors Spencer Irvine The College Fix reported: The recently tapped chief diversity officer at Northern Illinois University will make $205,000 a year –…
Perspectives Planned Parenthood Under Scrutiny Judy Russell August 4, 2015 Planned Parenthood and its supporters have long repeated the mantra that, “women have control over their own bodies,” but what…
Faculty Lounge Due-Process Questions Stump Senators at Campus Sexual Assault Hearing Spencer Irvine August 2, 2015 Due process, an actual enshrined right in the Constitution, confuses U.S. Senators who are considering tougher rules regarding campus sexual…
Perspectives Iran Deal Puts Israel At Risk Judy Russell July 17, 2015 With President Obama’s Iran nuclear deal just around the corner, there couldn’t have been a better time for the 2015…
Perspectives Diversity Dictators on Campus Malcolm A. Kline June 30, 2015 Apparently university administrators no longer read George Orwell because they don’t seem to recognize how Orwellian their policies are. “Speech…