Snowflakes on the Right: Conservative Hecklers Shut Down Speakers at Whittier College
Life comes at you fast.
What I saw at the latest campus free speech controversy.
Most either think hate speech isn't protected by the First Amendment or aren't sure.
A partially negative review of Blurred Lines reveals much.
Is rape culture out of control, or have we entered a new era of "sexual McCarthyism?"
"Professor Goldberg proudly refers to her experience as an LGBTQ rights lawyer while continuing to create a dangerous environment for students."
How common are bona fide "bias incidents"? We don't know.
"The revolution will not uphold the Constitution."
Libertarian History/Philosophy
What? Libertarianism is an intellectual and political tradition with roots in radical equality movements.
More school choice, and fewer Title IX kangaroo courts, would actually help black students.
Or how writing about survey methodology can go wrong fast
The American Association of University Women at AU celebrated when a talk about feminism, Title IX, and sex on campus got canceled.
A confusing report from BuzzFeed suggests perpetrators are seldom caught and true motivations are often unknown.
Assault on freedom of association
Many Americans are said to be turning against higher education. They may just be sick of an expensive and dysfunctional model that's outlived its usefulness.
The academy, the director of the African Studies program contends, has never considered speech a central value.
"So she was investigated for writing about being investigated for writing about being investigated?"
"The majority of students appear to prefer an environment...that shelters them from offensive views."
How to make the heckler's veto a formal rule
Students aren't the only ones on campus struggling with the First Amendment.
Matt Welch interviews the libertarian-leaning legislators, as well as Emily Yoffe and Eli Lake, on Channel 121
What to make of the fact that students of color are far more likely to be accused of sexual misconduct?
At Wichita State University, the bar for sexual harassment is apparently very low.
"People believe that the elite academy is destroying our country, and what's good about it."
"Through intimidation and coercion, the failed system has clearly pushed schools to overreach," says DeVos.
The Reedies Against Racism think a Greek philosophy and literature course is an attack on them.
Resident assistants at Fordham University at Rose Hill want no part of a skeptical narrative.
Student Robbie Travers is suspected of putting "minority students at risk and in a state of panic."
Student barred from Moraine Valley Community College for using an "unacceptable word" while playing the role of a pimp in an improvisational sketch class.
A lawsuit alleges a university president intervenes on behalf of the daughter of a wealthy donor.
New research says such diversity programs can make campus less inclusive and more polarized.
Weinstein was berated by student demonstrators and forced to leave campus last May over an innocuous email he wrote to a student group.
Denied a hearing and suspended, the recent Rollins College graduate is now suing.
Despite a settlement essentially exonerating him, Paul Nungesser is still a rapist in a media narrative.
Blockading the doors to a Heather Mac Donald speech is a kind of censorship.
Academic freedom stripped bare at Howard University.
University of Texas at Austin professors claiming guns on campus have a chilling effect.
Berkeley and UCSD silence politically incorrect speech but claim to be viewpoint neutral
An article in the Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities says "yes."
Don't want to be portrayed as a villain? Stop restricting free speech.
But the same lawsuit at San Francisco State University seeks to censor opponents as well
Podcast also argues over the Philando Castile verdict and Otto Warmbier's critics
Administrators cancelled their event after a drawing of Pepe the Frog was found on their "free speech ball."
Sociologist Frank Furedi on how to bring liberalism back to campus.
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