Faculty Lounge American University Removes Cop Killer Statue from Campus Spencer Irvine January 3, 2017 The controversy surrounding a statue of Leonard Peltier, who was convicted of killing two FBI agents, led to American University removing…
Faculty Lounge American University in DC Promotes Statue to Grant Clemency for Cop Killer Leonard Peltier Spencer Irvine December 26, 2016 UPDATE: The American University communications team informed us that it isn’t a campaign for Peltier’s release: We noticed that your outlet…
Perspectives Hillary Pleads Case with NEA Emily Hughes July 5, 2016 After obtaining the recommendation of the National Education Association for president, former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, spoke at the…
Perspectives Requiem for Orlando Emily Hughes June 15, 2016 The Orlando shootings were not an opportunity to talk about gun control and cry out at the system, nor was…
Faculty Lounge College Chancellor Avoids Talking about Terrorism or ISIS after FBI Finishes Stabbing Spree Investigation Spencer Irvine March 22, 2016 Faisal Mohammed stabbed four people before being shot and killed at UC-Merced, but the school’s chancellor, Dorothy Leland, didn’t mention…
Perspectives Questioning Academic Authority on Guns Malcolm A. Kline January 6, 2016 Maybe it’s time we revived that phrase “question authority.” “The president’s ironclad confidence in the conclusiveness of the science, and therefore the…
Perspectives Professors for Empty Prisons Malcolm A. Kline June 28, 2015 Professors who rail against the imprisonment of blacks rarely show as much interest in black victims of crime. “In 1980,…
