Sodexo, an international food company, is an alleged “neocolonial imperialist” corporation in the minds of some Scripps College students: The Claremont Independent reports that the student-led campaign, called “Drop Sodexo,” included a one-day boycott as well as a simultaneous…
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University of Minnesota Settled Lawsuit with Former Employee who didn’t like Race Descriptions in Crime Alerts
Mentioning the suspect’s race in crime alerts at the university was incorrect, according to a former employee of the University of Minnesota: Alysia Lajune was hired in 2012 as assistant director of orientation and the transfer…
Graphic ‘Nasty Women’ Student Art at UNC Served as Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood
The “Nasty Women” art exhibit at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill featured graphic art of women in a variety of poses. The art exhibit was a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood, the abortion darling of…
Few Sign Social Justice Warrior Petition to Mandate Multicultural Courses at Ole Miss
A two-months-old petition at Ole Miss appears to be failing, where social justice warriors want the university to mandate multicultural courses as a part of the graduation requirement: The so-called Students Against Social Injustice wants UM…
Three-Quarters of University of Oregon Student Funding Goes to Diverse Student Groups
Per The College Fix, the University of Oregon student senate funds a variety of student groups. But, it appears that their funding patterns are disproportional to the racial make-up of their student population: Diversity-oriented student…
Student Sues Community College for Stopping Him from Passing out Spanish Language Constitutions
Per The College Fix, a college student is suing the Los Angeles-area Pierce College for preventing him from passing out Spanish-language copies of the U.S. Constitution a week before the general election: Los Angeles Pierce…
Canadian University Hosted ‘Masculinity Confession Booth’ for Men to Repent of ‘Hypermasculinity Sins’
The University of Regina, or at least its students, felt that men should repent of their “hypermasculinity sins” by setting up a “masculinity confession booth.” Oh, Canada: The University of Regina this week is hosting…
Anti-Hoop Earring Activists Feel Threatened after News Spreads about Their Actions
Remember this? Some students e-mailed the entire student body at Pitzer College and said that white women should not wear hoop earrings since it’s cultural appropriation. Now, the same students claim that they are being…
Women’s March Organizer Felt March Participants were Selfish
One of the organizers of the anti-Trump Women’s March on Washington, Tamika Mallory, took issue with the alleged selfishness of those who marched in Washington, D.C. The University of Pennsylvania hosted Mallory recently, and the…
Watch Out for Human Privilege: ‘Critical Plant Studies’ Criticizes Humans
There’s a new theory in plant studies: ‘Critical Plant Studies.’ Per The College Fix, it focuses on the plants and plant life, while attacking human “privilege”: Critical plant studies “aims to do for plants what human…