FIRE filed a public records request regarding the university’s moratorium and was critical of the university’s lack of transparency on why it denied student group applications, which included at least one pro-gun rights group and one…
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Porn Star Instructs UCLA Students on Sex
No, this isn’t a joke: “Jessica Drake teaches modern sex ed to rousing ovation in UCLA,” declares a press release from her management company, which included pictures of the Aug. 11 guest lecture and a quote…
Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson is Now a Politics Fellow at University of Chicago
Activist Mckesson is now a politics fellow at the University of Chicago. Talk about a nice gig for an activist: The perpetual blue vest-wearing activist will “lead a seminar series focused on social justice, social…
University of Vermont to Host an All-White ‘White Privilege’ Retreat
Um, this sounds like a terrible and exclusionary idea: The “Examining White Privilege: A Retreat for Undergraduate Students Who Self-Identify as White” is predicated on the notion that white privilege is real, and that it…
Global Warming Advocates Update Doom-and-Gloom Olympics Scenarios
Great reporting by The College Fix on this, where academics updated their predictions that by 2085, not many cities will be able to host a Summer Olympics due to climate change/global warming. The College Fix…
Houston Parents Upset at School District Spending $1.2 Million to Rename Schools
From the College Fix… over $1 million is being budgeted to rename and rebrand eight schools due to name ties to the Confederacy.
Washington D.C. Area has the Worst Student Loan Debt Situation in the Country
From the College Fix: Six of the 10 richest counties in America are clustered around Washington, D.C. But the city itself has a big problem when it comes to student debt loads and availability of…
Oregon State Introduces Pilot Program for Social Justice Training for Freshmen Students
Imposing social justice training sounds inclusive, doesn’t it? The course will debut as a pilot program during the fall term, which starts in late September, and the full roll-out will happen toward the beginning of…
George Washington University Student Group Boots Latino for Pointing Out Hypocrisy
Calling out inconsistencies means that you’ll be booted from a student group: This month, incoming George Washington University freshman Diego Rebollar was kicked out of an online “students of color” GroupMe created to offer support…
Vanderbilt Paid Confederate Group $1.2 Million to Remove Name from Memorial Hall
That’s a lot of money for a name, isn’t it? Vanderbilt is so incensed by the 83-year-old inscription on a campus building that it paid more than a million dollars to get rid of it….