Faculty Lounge Former Virginia Governor: Higher Ed has a Lot of Issues Spencer Irvine June 21, 2016 Jim Gilmore, who ran as a Republican presidential candidate in the 2016 cycle and had served as Virginia’s governor, wrote an op-ed describing the problems that higher education and academia are facing today. It’s worth a read.
Faculty Lounge Bias Reporting Creates a Culture of Silence, Op-Ed says Spencer Irvine April 3, 2016 Well, it does. Carleton College professors aren’t fans of bias reporting: Two Carleton College professors are uneasy about the “bias…
Faculty Lounge Diversity Officer: Bigots are the Problem, Not Safe Spaces Spencer Irvine March 31, 2016 What? From the Daily Caller: A diversity officer at Williams College authored a piece for The Washington Post arguing that…
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 Melissa Click, Fired Mizzou Professor, Writes Op-Ed to Make Her Case Spencer Irvine March 18, 2016 She said that she shouldn’t have been judged for her hasty and imperfect action to take part in a protest,…
Faculty Lounge St. Patrick’s Day is Cultural Appropriation, College Op-Ed Claims Spencer Irvine The solution? Not drinking of green beer or flying an Irish flag on St. Patrick’s Day at all. Photo by avrene…
Faculty Lounge Middlebury College Paper Adds Trigger Warnings due to White Staff Spencer Irvine March 6, 2016 Yup, the school paper is too white, so there’s a trigger warning now.
Faculty Lounge Duke Grad Student: Defending Free Speech = White Supremacy Spencer Irvine January 30, 2016 Uh, sorry, but that is not true. Free speech is a constitutional right.
Faculty Lounge College Professor Defends ISIS Sex Slavery Spencer Irvine December 31, 2015 Uh, this doesn’t make sense: Several Boston University professor and Muslim apologist Kecia Ali recently wrote an article forThe Huffington…
Faculty Lounge Op-Ed by Psychology Professor says The Beatles have Power and Privilege Spencer Irvine December 27, 2015 This op-ed in the Huffington Post explained why this one psychology professor didn’t like music from The Beatles, based on…
Faculty Lounge Law Student Chastised by Ohio State Law School Dean over Pro-Life Op-Ed Spencer Irvine December 9, 2015 Censorship and intimidation on college campuses continue…so much for free speech and being a place for the free exchange of…
Faculty Lounge Adults Keep Bowing Down to the Campus Outrage Mob Spencer Irvine November 27, 2015 A good op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on how adult administrators keep giving concessions to college students.
