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UCLA Honors Communist Revolutionary Angela Davis in ‘Optimist’ Series of Banners

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Posted by    Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 8:00am

The banners, which are hung throughout the UCLA campus, feature a variety of UCLA graduates highlighting the university’s proud legacy… and Angela Davis.

Jacob Kohlhepp at The College Fix has the story:

UCLA honors communist revolutionary as role model

Recently, while strolling down Bruin Walk, I admired the UCLA Optimist banners. The marketing campaign...

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Ohio University Student Demands Ban of Yik Yak For “Misogyny, Racism, and Bullying”

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Posted by    Friday, November 14, 2014 at 6:30pm

By this logic we should also ban Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Tumblr… really, the list goes on.

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

Ban Yik Yak for ‘misogyny, racism and bullying,’ Ohio University student demands

A senior journalism major at Ohio University isn’t too keen on freedom of expression, because she calls for...

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USC College Republicans’ Website Hacked

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Posted by    Friday, November 14, 2014 at 9:30am

The hack, which replaced the website’s homepage with a shady picture of a man shrouded in darkness and an Arabic poem, is being referred to by some as an “electronic jihad.”

Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:

Electronic Jihad? USC College Republican’s website hacked

When USC College Republicans President Jennifer Massey...

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Syracuse Student Leader Regrets Giving Even More Publicity to Blogs That Mocked Him

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Posted by    Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 3:30pm

He apparently forgot about The Streisand Effect: any attempt to hide, censor, or cover up information only makes that information even more widely publicized.

UO student leader regrets giving free publicity to blogs that mock him

Litigation expert says blogs could have First Amendment claim if shut down by university

Syracuse University’s fight with its...

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U. Minnesota Officials Apologize for Fiesta Themed Bowling Party

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Posted by    Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 12:30pm

Someone somewhere is writing a list of things you can never wear, say, or do without being offensive. Eventually, everything will be on that list.

Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:

University of Minnesota apologizes for Fiesta-themed student bowling party

The University of Minnesota has apologized for a “Galactic Fiesta” bowling party...

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Smith College Student Paper Editors Censor the Word “Crazy”

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Posted by    Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 9:30am

It’s apparently an “ableist slur”, as are, I would assume, “blind”, “deaf”, and “wheelchair-bound.”

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

You can’t say ‘crazy’ at Smith College: Student paper replaces with ‘ableist slur’

There’s a long list of words you can’t say at Smith College – or apparently reproduce in the...

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U. Michigan Students Pledge to “Shut the Campus Down” if Minority Enrollment Doesn’t Increase

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 12:30pm

How exactly will they “kick this university’s ass”? Your guess is as good as mine.

Hunter Swogger at The College Fix has the story:

Students pledge to shut down campus if minority enrollment doesn’t increase

Students, community activists hold ‘public tribunal on hostile campus climate’ at University of Michigan

Disgruntled students at the University of Michigan have ...

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Minneapolis School District Plans to Review All Suspensions of “Black and Brown” Students

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 9:30am

So principals can now suspend white students as usual, but to suspend a “black or brown” student, they’d have to go through the superintendent first.

Derek Hunter at The Daily Caller reports:

Separate And Unequal: Minnesota School District To Review All Suspensions Of ‘Black And Brown’ Students

Minneapolis Public Schools are implementing a new...

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Penn’s Sexual Assault Investigation Policies Railroad the Accused

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 6:30pm

Greg Piper at The College Fix shows how Penn is wreaking havoc on due process in sexual assault cases:

Penn ‘single-investigator model’ and training stack the deck against accused

As universities take it upon themselves – with less-than-subtle prodding from the Department of Education – to set up alternative judicial processes for sexual-assault...

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Disgruntled U. North Carolina Student Upset That University Won’t “Guarantee Academic Success”

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 11, 2014 at 9:30am

He also cites “racist prerequisites” such as being expected to know algebra before attending university.

Ishmael Bishop at The Daily Tar Heel writes:

Column: Unequal upon arrival at UNC

After three years of attending UNC, an institution historically built upon the backs of countless unnamed black bodies, a few facts have come to...

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Commission Says “Self-Serving” Governance is Ruining Academia

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Posted by    Monday, November 10, 2014 at 6:30pm

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges recently commissioned a report which said that, due to high costs and “lazy” governance, academia has lost the trust of the public.

Michael Cipriano at The College Fix has the story:

‘Lazy’ and ‘self-serving’ board governance is ruining higher ed, commission says

Dysfunctional governance of...

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An Inside Look at Yale Sexual Assault Investigation

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Posted by    Monday, November 10, 2014 at 9:30am

Just more proof that we should have professionals handling these things, not a bunch of poorly-trained academics.

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

‘Hammered’ yet ‘enthusiastic’? Yale sexual-assault investigation revealed

The Yale Daily News has a must-read deep dive into one sexual-assault investigation at...

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Penn Admissions Staff Trained to Spot Gay Students

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Posted by    Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 1:00pm

Apparently their gaydar is working, because LGBT admissions to Penn have seen a marked rise.

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

Penn practices its gaydar in reading student applications

The Daily Pennsylvanian has one of the creepier articles I’ve seen on college applications: Adm...

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U of Oregon Sexual Assault Survey: Phrasing & Demographics Could Massively Skew Results

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Posted by    Saturday, November 8, 2014 at 11:00am

The survey defined “offensive body language” and “being continually asked out for dates after you already said ‘No'” as harassment and “criticizing my […] attractiveness” as coercion.

Matt Lamb at The College Fix has the story:

SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVEY: Demographics, definitions, phrasing could skew results

A new report on sexual assault by University of...

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Guys Make T-Shirts to Promote Affirmative Consent, Feminists Get Triggered

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Posted by    Friday, November 7, 2014 at 3:30pm

Feminists at DePaul University say that the male-led ‘Consent the D’ campaign was “flippant” and “triggered victims and survivors of sexual violence.”

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

Lesson for bros who want to promote affirmative consent: Don’t make T-shirts

A male-led campaign to promote affirmative consent for sex at DePaul...

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Harvard Sex Week Organizer Says Backlash to Anal Sex Workshop is Evidence of “Latent Homophobia”

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Posted by    Friday, November 7, 2014 at 9:30am

Yes, that’s why we’d rather not have sex acts demeaned and paraded out in the open: because we hate gay people. This explains everything.

Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:

Harvard University sex week organizer defends anal sex lesson

Although Harvard Sex Week organizers did not respond to repeated requests by ...

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Dartmouth Student Defends Single-Sex Greek System

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Posted by    Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 6:30pm

After the recent vote by Dartmouth faculty to radically change the college’s Greek system, some students speak up about the importance of men-only and women-only organizations on campus.

Sandor Farkas at The Dartmouth Review has the story:

The Single-Sex Greek System

Over Homecoming, the Class Connections program hosted social events between current students and...

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Former Yale Quarterback Attacks College Rape Tribunal: “There was never any evidence.”

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Posted by    Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 9:30am

Despite the fact that “there was never any evidence — nor any effort made to discover evidence”, Yale’s rape tribunal nearly ruined former quarterback, now Harvard law student Patrick Witt’s life.

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

Former Yale QB indicts campus rape tribunal for trashing his reputation

It’s not just...

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U. Oregon Student Senator Believes Being Mocked On Tumblr Is “Criminal”

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 3:30pm

Student Senate Vice President Miles Sisk has reportedly contacted the cyber police, saying that consequences will never be the same.

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

News flash to student senators: Being mocked on Tumblr is not ‘cyber-bullying’

So here’s my conflict of interest: I’m a native Oregonian and my dad...

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Dartmouth Faculty Votes to Abolish Greek System

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 9:30am

Joseph Asch at the Dartblog writes of the recent Dartmouth faculty vote to abolish Greek life, and questions why the school’s president — previously seen as a proponent of the Greek system — did not offer one word of counterargument:

And Where Was Phil?

Perhaps the most striking aspect of the faculty meeting,...

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Harvard Offers Anal Sex Workshop, Titled “What What In the Butt”

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 3:30pm

When did modern culture become so out and out obsessed with sex? You can’t even go to Harvard, supposedly the pinnacle of human knowledge and understanding, without having sex paraded around in front of you like a strip club.

Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:

Harvard University workshop to teach...

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Prof Resigns From Journal Rather Than Apologize for Anti-Israel Remarks

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 4, 2014 at 9:30am

How hard is it to just apologize?

Daniel Mael at Truth Revolt has the story:

Kent St. Professor: ‘There is But One Path to Liberation—Daily Blows Against the Empire’

A Kent State University professor has resigned from the editorial board of an academic journal following Watchdog’s publication of a letter in which he accused...

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