Coming soon to UMass: A class on ‘Queer Lights,’ or in other words, how to make electronic light displays more LGBTQ-friendly.
Topic: UMass
UMass Students Protest for Gender-Neutral Bathrooms
From Campus Reform: Students at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst are staging a week-long “shit-in,” occupying restrooms in an administration building to demand more gender-neutral facilities. The “Shit-In at Whitmore” demonstration began Monday morning at the Whitmore…
Halloween Costumes Get a ‘Threat Meter’ at UMass
Colleges everywhere are afraid of Halloween costumes! UMass is one such academic institution afraid of Halloween: The University of Massachusetts, Amherst is posting “cultural appropriation” posters in each of the residence halls on campus featuring…
Jokes about Dead Gorilla Harambe could be a Title IX Violation, says UMass-Amherst RAs
This is getting out of hand, isn’t it? Inappropriate jokes about a social media meme (a commonly-understood joke or photo among young people) can violate Title IX?! These jokes “are not only derogatory but also…
UMass Grad Student Promotes Diversity, Social Justice in All of Her Classes
Campus Reform reported: In a “Diversity Statement” posted to her personal website… Amanda Ruth Waugh Lagji writes that while her expertise is in “postcolonial literature,” she strives “to make diversity a perspective as well as…
UMass Caves to Student Protesters and will Divest from Fossil Fuels
The question is, then where will UMass make up that revenue gap by not investing in fossil fuels? *crickets*
UMass Students Sign Petition to Create More Intellectual (Conservative) Diversity
It’s incredible that students actually did this, considering how liberal these college campuses tend to be.