Faculty Lounge Another Teacher Put on Leave in Minnesota due to Personal Views on Social Media Spencer Irvine March 29, 2016 Wait, are we suspending people because of their right to free speech and the First Amendment? If you’ve missed it,…
Faculty Lounge Oberlin Professor: Israel is Responsible for ISIS, Charlie Hebdo Attacks Spencer Irvine March 2, 2016 This isn’t a joke; this professor, Joy Carega, has made a series of anti-Israel/anti-Semitic Facebook posts. Photo by Downing Street
Faculty Lounge Wisconsin Chancellor Livid over Skincare Mask, Mistook it for Blackface Spencer Irvine February 24, 2016 Seriously?! Skin exfoliation masks are not blackface. But, she has since walked back her remarks. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly…
MLA, Perspectives Rehashing Salaita’s Firing, Again Spencer Irvine January 24, 2016 The Modern Language Association (MLA) is obsessive over Steven Salaita’s firing at the University of Illinois, demonstrated by a panel…
MLA, Perspectives Too Few Feminists in Video Games, says Professor Spencer Irvine January 23, 2016 #GamerGate and feminism in gaming were the subjects of a paper at a recent Modern Language Association (MLA) panel at…
Faculty Lounge Illinois Settles with Salaita for the Sum of $600,000 Spencer Irvine January 9, 2016 The University of Illinois withdrew a job offer to Steven Salaita over anti-Israeli comments on his Twitter account, after which…
Faculty Lounge Planned Parenthood’s Male Feminist Graphic is Confusing Spencer Irvine December 29, 2015 Planned Parenthood, the U.S.’s largest abortion operation, published an anti-male feminist graphic on Twitter this weekend that was critical of…
Perspectives The Rise of ISIS in America Spencer Irvine December 16, 2015 The George Washington University Program on Extremism recently published a study on Islam-based extremism by sympathizers of the Islamic State…
Faculty Lounge Twitter Outrage by #BlackLivesMatter Activist over Cancer Fundraiser Spencer Irvine December 14, 2015 A sorority held a candy cane fundraiser to support children with cancer, but the protesters were upset that the sorority…
Faculty Lounge White Student Turned Away from Stop White People Luncheon Spencer Irvine November 11, 2015 Uh, doesn’t this defeat the purpose of holding a luncheon? By barring those who are claimed to have been oppressive,…
Faculty Lounge Mizzou’s Social Media Policy is Very 1984-esque, Written by Its Law Students Spencer Irvine November 10, 2015 Great take from the College Fix: Law students wrote a breathtakingly autocratic, sloppy social-media policy that brings to mindThe Simpsons…
Faculty Lounge Welfare and Diversity Official at London University Charged for “Kill All White Men” Social Media Post Spencer Irvine October 11, 2015 The College Fix reported: Bahar Mustafa, a “welfare and diversity” officer at Goldsmiths, University of London, is facing “malicious communications”…
