Kyle Sabo at The College Conservative suggests a more hands-off approach for Republicans on the issue of same-sex marriage:
On Politics and Civil Rights: Same-Sex Marriage
On October 6, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear seven appeals in same-sex marriage cases that have percolated up through the lower courts. After several years...
… I don’t think she understands that that’s fabricating evidence, and, you know, bad.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
New Calif. sex consent law helps ‘find evidence where there is none,’ backer says
California’s affirmative-consent law for campus sexual relations is less than two weeks old, and supporters continue to speak of its...
Apparently “boys and girls” is not “gender inclusive” enough. You know what the Lincoln, Nebraska Public School system thinks is a good, gender-neutral replacement? “Purple penguins.”
Dave Huber at the College Fix has the story:
Not a joke: Teachers told not to refer to boys and girls as … ‘boys’ and ‘girls’
Middle school teachers...
The course and its proponents seem to imply that those who refuse to perform or have an abortion do so because they’re uneducated, not because they have, you know, ethical objections.
Jennifer Kabbany at the College Fix has the story:
University launches first-ever online abortion course
The University of California – S...
It’s “the first of its kind”, and some hope the last.
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:
Public University Hosts Workshop To Teach Students How To Be Drag Queens
A recent workshop hosted at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln taught students how to be drag “kings and queens.”
The “How To Do Drag” event...
Dominic Lynch at The College Fix shows how it came to be that American universities are so profoundly anti-American:
How and Why American Universities Hate America
The modern American university is undeniably liberal. It’s a trend noted since at least Allan Bloom’s 1987 seminal critique of higher education in “The Closing of the...
Apple removed the app, which faced numerous critical reviews, from the iTunes store, citing an app guideline which forbade “objectionable or crude content.”
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Good2Go Totally Shuts Down Consent App After Apple Yanks It From iTunes
Just two weeks after its debut, the sexual-consent app Good2Go has...
If that isn’t irony, then I don’t know what is.
Andrew Desiderio at The College Fix has the story:
College Denies Report It Forced Students to Take Part in Civil Rights March
School officials at Hood College are denying a report...
I’m not sure if this is a step up or a step down from University of New Mexico’s sex week.
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:
Brown University Hosts Nudity Week, Complete With Naked Yoga, Bodypainting
Ah, Brown University’s annual Nudity Week, which boasts naked yoga sessions, nude body painting events,...
I think we’ve reached a pretty comfortable situation when the most important thing students can think of to protest is a couple kids hanging a Confederate flag in their dorm room.
Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:
Confederate Flag at Bryn Mawr College Dorm Causes Uproar
Two members of the Bryn...
Claire Chiara at the College Fix shows how the Berkeley Free Speech Movement is totally rooted in hypocrisy:
Berkeley College Republicans Call Bullsh*t on Free Speech Celebrations
November 2013: Berkeley student government unanimously passes a bill to ban the term “illegal alien” from campus discourse.
September 2013: After several Mexican-American members of the campus...
And, surprise surprise, the document he’d like to replace it with has Leftist Single-Party State written all over it.
Dave Huber at the College Fix has the story:
Scrap the Constitution? And Replace It With What?
A week ago, long-time Democratic operative Donna Brazile tweeted...
The University of Tennessee will continue to allow prayer at their football games, and unfortunately for the FFRF, the Supreme Court is on the university’s side.
Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:
University of Tennessee Stands Firm Against Atheist Group
The Volunteers are holding firm against threats by the Freedom From...
This close to a massive defamation case.
Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:
U. of Chicago: ‘Hyde Park List’ Accuses Six of Sexual Violence
A Tumblr page dubbed the Hyde Park List has accused six University of Chicago students of sexual assault/harassment was all the talk last weekend at the school.
The...
Something many of us have already found out: not only are professors creating skewed notions of academic freedom, but students are also far too willing to censor speech when it makes them uncomfortable.
Colleen Flaherty at Inside Higher Ed gives the run down on two recent books about academic freedom:
New books warn...
Some at East Carolina University have already referred to the anonymous letter’s request for a White Student Union to parallel the Black Student Union as “racist” and “hate speech.”
Here’s more from the College Fix:
Call For ‘White Student Union’ Prompts Death Threats, Massive Campus Unrest
“Will someone explain to me why there is...
The drama instructor at Cape Fear Community College, who had previously green lighted productions featuring rape and incest, told a student he would have to “dumb down” his production’s Christian message, lest someone be offended.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Rape And Incest OK In Drama Productions, Christianity Is...
First they say “don’t display sexually suggestive or derogatory objects, pictures, cartoons, or posters”, and then they offer programs like “O-Face Oral” and “BJs and Beyond” with programs featuring dildos and ‘vulva puppets.’ I don’t think we’re working with the same definition of sexually suggestive here.
Greg Piper at The College Fix...
Hint: They’re not. In fact, STEM seems to be doing quite well for itself.
Colleen Flaherty at Inside Higher Ed has the story:
Are STEM fields more gender-balanced than non-STEM fields in Ph.D. production?
Conventional wisdom says that while there are many barriers for women pursuing advanced degrees, the “pipeline” to the sciences, technology,...
Students were outraged that U. Michigan quarterback Shane Morris suffered a concussion mid game and was immediately put back into play, risking even further massive head trauma and potentially even death.
Scott Jaschik at Inside Higher Ed has the story:
Protests and controversy over how U. of Michigan responded to athlete’s concussion
University of...
Alex McHugh at the College Fix explains why all this talk of “civility” and students’ “comfort” is dragging education into a censorious ditch:
College Students Must Grow Thicker Skin: An Argument Against Civility
In the latest campus free-speech showdown, Yale’s Muslim Student Association, along with other campus groups, pressured the William F. Buckley...
It’s not technically burning books, but hey, it’s the thought that counts, right?
Kasey Marie Shores at The College Fix has the story:
Student Newspapers Destroyed Over Christian Crisis Pregnancy Center Ad
Hundreds of copies of Drake University’s student paper The Times-Delphic were recently destroyed, allegedly because it consistently ran an advertisement for a Christian...
