Faculty Lounge Stripped of Funding, Tennessee Shuts Down Diversity Office Spencer Irvine May 24, 2016 And adding to that, their chief diversity office left to take a similar job at the University of Washington. But,…
Faculty Lounge Tennessee Lawmakers Revoke Funding for ‘Sex Week’ for One Year Spencer Irvine May 2, 2016 Common sense prevails in Tennessee’s legislature? Legislation that will strip state funds from the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s (UTK) diversity office…
Perspectives Tennessee Students Stage a Walkout Over Cuts to Diversity Office Spencer Irvine April 23, 2016 However, calling it a “walkout” is “ableist” and discriminates toward the handicapped, so it’s called a “mass class exit.” Photo by…
Faculty Lounge Student Senator Asked to Resign after Pro-Trump Chalk Message Spencer Irvine April 11, 2016 A student at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, Hailey Puckett, has been asked to resign by some other student senators.
Faculty Lounge Campus Carry Threatens Academic Freedom, University President Claims Spencer Irvine April 8, 2016 The University of Memphis president made the allegations in an e-mail to students. Photo by ilovememphis
Faculty Lounge Tennessee Lawmakers to Withhold Funding from Univ. of Tennessee over Annual ‘Sex Week’ Spencer Irvine April 5, 2016 Apparently this has been an ongoing battle between the state legislature and the University of Tennessee over the university’s annual…
Faculty Lounge Free Speech Bill Dies in Tennessee Legislature after Hypothetical ISIS Comment is Raised Spencer Irvine March 23, 2016 This isn’t a joke; lawmakers feared a potential ISIS recruitment scenario: “Tennessee lawmakers will not vote on a bill designed to…
Faculty Lounge University of Tennessee Students Interrupt Basketball Game, then Surround Congressman’s Car Spencer Irvine March 8, 2016 The thing is, the university’s diversity office (yes, there is such a thing at the Univeristy of Tennessee-Knoxville) doesn’t even…
Faculty Lounge Black Lives Matter Nashville, TN Chapter Upset that Public Library Won’t Allow Exclusionary Meetings Spencer Irvine February 22, 2016 From the College Fix: This time, the Nashville, Tennessee chapter of Black Lives Matter is upset that the city publiclibrary…
Faculty Lounge University of Tennessee Embarrased after Gender Neutral Pronouns List Receives Backlash Spencer Irvine September 9, 2015 As the College Fix noted, it was a ridiculous thing to put into practice. Gender neutral pronouns?! The University of…
Faculty Lounge Vanderbilt University has a Building with a Confederate Affiliation and the Community is Outraged Spencer Irvine September 6, 2015 As the College Fix reported, Vanderbilt cannot rename the building unless it pays a hefty sum or demolishes the building…
Faculty Lounge Christian University in Memphis Pledged to Help Illegal Immigrant Students Spencer Irvine August 15, 2015 That’s one way to subsidize illegal immigrant students over citizens and legal residents: In a response to the growing Hispanic population…