Following intense backlash, the University of Southampton has withdrawn permission for a conference that was to be held on the premises.
Patrick Sawer and Jonny Paul report for The Telegraph:
Southampton University conference questioning right of Israel to exist scrapped after protests
A leading British university has scrapped scrap plans to host an controversial...
Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner explains why.
Why the Rolling Stone gang-rape story will never be labeled a hoax
By now it’s clear that the brutal gang rape reported last November in Rolling Stone did not occur. I write that, knowing full well the backlash I could receive from not adding the...
So this happened…
According to the Associated Press as reported on ABC News:
Duke University Investigates Noose Found Hanging on Campus
Duke officials said Wednesday that they are trying to find out who hung a noose outside a building that houses several offices, including those focused on diversity.
Officials say the rope tied into a...
Why are so many people in academia so ready and willing to trample on free speech? It’s a constant problem.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reports.
University suggests censoring speech in free speech tunnel to fight ‘social injustice’
A North Carolina State University administrator is encouraging student leaders to censor speech they don’t like...
Heaven forbid you call a spring admit a spring admit. Freshman entering the university in the spring semester will no longer by subjected to the tyranny of accurate identifiers.
Anna Sturla reports for the Daily Californian:
More inclusive term to replace “spring admit” descriptor for campus January admits
In a bid to make...
Why should you be required to pay for a diversity course that has nothing to do with your major?
Jacob Johlhepp of the College Fix reported.
New vote over UCLA diversity mandate shows it’s possible to stand up to campus leftists
ANALYSIS: Opposition to UCLA diversity requirement has been surprisingly successful
LOS ANGELES – Starting...
The student who wrote the piece in question may regret saying these things someday.
Campus Reform reports.
Student newspaper ‘crass rant’: ‘There are too many babies’
A blurb in Eastern Michigan University’s student publication claimed that there are too many pregnancies and made fun of parents.
“There are too many babies happening,” the post reads....
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of the Washington Post has the story. I think her title is a little misleading. 85 students doesn’t really qualify as a revolt.
A revolt is growing as more people refuse to pay back student loans
Remember those 15 people who refused to repay their federal student loans? Their “debt strike”...
Goodbye Jefferson Davis.
The Statesman reports.
UT students vote to remove Jefferson Davis statue from campus
Renewing an on-again, off-again effort to rid campus of a handful of monuments of the Confederacy, the University of Texas student government has passed a resolution to remove a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Gary Susswein, a UT...
Maybe this is why the Justice Department doesn’t have time to look into the scandal at the IRS.
Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Tenure Denied for Being Trans?
The U.S. Justice Department on Monday sued Southeastern Oklahoma State University, charging that it denied tenure to Rachel Tudor, effectively firing her in 2011, over her...
