Columbia is on defense in a lawsuit which was brought by the student accused by Mattress Girl. They’ve hired the lawyer who brought down the Defense of Marriage Act.
The Columbia Spectator reports.
Columbia looks to DOMA attorney in Nungesser case for victory in court of public opinion
In one of its most high-profile...
The school doesn’t even recognize Columbus Day, so what’s the point?
The College Fix reports.
Petition to replace Columbus Day with ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’ at U. of Oklahoma
A quartet of Native American University of Oklahoma students presented the college’s Student Government Association with “over 100 letters of solidarity from OU students, faculty and...
The newest video from Prager University features FOX News host Greg Gutfeld explaining why conservatives are conservative.
This is great.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
What makes conservatism right? If you’re a conservative, you should know why you’re right. If you’re not a conservative, why should you think about becoming one? Greg Gutfeld, bestselling author...
The left sees racism everywhere and the New York Times is no different.
Christopher Nowacki of the Cornell Review reports.
NY Times Wants to Reengineer College Lectures Because They’re Racist
This past week, the New York Slimes published an op-ed by Annie Murphy Paul about the inherently discriminatory aspects of the paradigm of the...
The old 1 in 5 statistics were disproved but there are new 1 in 5 statistics.
The Washington Post reports.
Survey: More than 1 in 5 female undergrads at top schools suffer sexual attacks
More than 20 percent of female undergraduates at an array of prominent universities said this year that they were victims...
The White House has a new college scorecard but conservative schools aren’t on it.
Cortney O’Brien reported at Townhall.
After Obama Claims Conservative Voices Need to be Heard on Campus, WH Dismisses Conservative Colleges from ‘Scorecard’
Last week, President Obama offered a glimmer of hope to conservatives by slamming the politically correct culture on...
Harvard’s endowment is worth billions of dollars, but should it be taxed just because it’s so large?
Jordan Weissman of Slate seems to think so.
Is It Time to Tax Harvard’s Endowment?
“The joke about Harvard is that it’s a hedge fund with a university attached to it,” Mark Schneider tells me. It’s a...
Scripps College is taking the pronoun thing to the extreme.
Katherine Timpf reports at National Review.
All-Women’s College Offers Students Ten Pronoun Options, Including the Option to Never Be Called A Pronoun
Scripps College, a private all-women’s college in Southern California, is giving students ten pronoun options to choose from in their student portal...
What is wrong with the people who would do something like this?
Jennifer Kabbany reports at the College Fix.
Vandals uproot students’ 9/11 flag memorial at Brandeis University
Rearranged flags to spell ‘Proud of Iraq?’
A commemorative display of American flags at Brandeis University to mark the 14th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks was uprooted and made...
The activist who edited the book is also going to speak at the school.
The Vassar Hub reported.
Guantánamo Diary Editor to Deliver Starr Lecture
This year’s freshman common reading, Guantánamo Diary, is Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s harrowing account of his imprisonment and torture in the infamous jail where he remains, despite having never been...
Of course. The good news is that the FIRE has taken notice.
Sarah McLaughlin reported at the FIRE blog.
We’re Not Buying Hagerstown Community College’s Excuses for Denying Student Group’s Recognition
Moriah DeMartino, a student at Hagerstown Community College (HCC) in Maryland, attempted to start a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) chapter at her campus...
Alex Christy of the College Conservative has some thoughts on the Syria situation.
Syria and the Consequences of Unseriousness
It has been over a year now since the United States began the bombing campaign against ISIS. Therefore, it must be asked: what has over 12 months of bombing gotten us?
The answer is...
This lawsuit has been going on for a while but it’s all over now.
The FIRE blog reports.
VICTORY: Lawsuit Settlement Restores Free Speech Rights at Dixie State U. After Censorship of Bush, Obama, Che Flyers
- Dixie State agrees to revise restrictive speech policies, pay $50,000 in damages and attorney’s fees
- University claimed Bush, Obama,...
Welcome to college. Now report to your adult supervisor.
Jake New reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Adult Supervision Required
In August, administrators at the University of Michigan met with representatives from more than 30 national Greek letter organizations and pitched an idea that they hope will improve the behavior of unruly fraternity chapters: bring...
This is liberal logic at its best.
The College Fix reports.
Student can’t start conservative club because her college already has a non-conservative club
A conservative club is a liberal club is a non-ideological club.
That’s the curious logic behind Hagerstown Community College’s refusal to let a student start a campus chapter of Turning Point...
There’s something weirdly familiar about this story.
Scott Jaschik reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Indian Enough for Dartmouth?
Dartmouth College this month appointed Susan Taffe Reed as director of its Native American Program. In a news release, the college noted Taffe Reed’s academic background (a Cornell University Ph.D. and postdocs at the University of...
Stop saying man so much, man.
Sumner Park reports at the College Fix.
University language guide advises against ‘policeman,’ ‘mailman’ and other ‘man-made’ words
Guide also suggests to switch up conventional order of ‘he or she’ to ‘she or he’
A “gender-inclusive language” writing guide handed out by the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill advises...
The “art” consisted of hanging “whites only” and “blacks only” signs in a campus building.
James Mietus reports at Campus Reform.
Segregation art project sparks uproar at SUNY Buffalo
A student at the University of Buffalo ignited controversy Wednesday for hanging “White Only” and “Black Only” signs on bathrooms and drinking fountains in Clemens...
It doesn’t sound like the professor has thought this through very clearly.
James Delingpole reports at Breitbart.
Change Deniers Are as Bad as Hitler. Yale History Professor Goes Full Godwin
If you don’t believe in climate change you’re as bad as Hitler.
There. I’ve just precised a long article which appeared in the New York...
All those new college rules about sex and consent sometimes apply to employees too.
Colleen Flaherty reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Dating the Dean
With the changing scope of federal regulations and increased scrutiny regarding sexual assault and harassment on college campuses, more and more institutions are strongly discouraging and even banning consensual romantic...
This will obviously help Duke win more games, right?
The Duke Chronicle reports.
CSGD, Athlete Ally partner to establish Sports and Social Justice Leadership Initiative
The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity and international non-profit organization Athlete Ally are working together to establish the Sports and Social Justice Leadership Initiative.
About 20 student-athletes will participate...
This is an update to a story we brought you last week. Rep. Jared Polis is sorry for his remarks.
He wrote this on Medium.
I misspoke
During a subcommittee hearing last week about sexual assault on college campuses, I committed a major gaffe during the back-and-...
