William Nardi
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Restraining order sought against campus administrator after friendly workplace hug
Christopher Forest, a new administrator at California State University Monterey Bay, had to appear before a judge last month for giving a coworker a friendly hug. Forest, tapped as the founding director of the university’s budding Master of Science Physician Assistant program, had reportedly given the hug to a female coworker on his first day of work because she had helped him with some travel… → Read More
Two sociologists detail ‘The Rise of Victimhood Culture’ and how it’s used for social control
Professors offer possible solution too -- tout the principles of 'dignity culture.' → Read More
Students launch Satanic club at NC State
Mission includes to 'reject tyrannical authority' ... → Read More
UMass Boston art gallery puts progressive themes on pedestal
BOSTON — Two years ago, the University of Massachusetts Boston opened an art gallery aimed at promoting “plurality” and “interdisciplinary practices.” So far, its walls have often been adorned with art that advances progressive themes and social justice causes. The gallery’s curator is Sam Toabe, who’s held the position for two years. He told The College Fix via email that political art is one… → Read More
In campus speech, David Hogg says U.S. is stolen land, justifies illegal immigration
Parkland shooting survivor also calls for gun control at UMass Dartmouth. → Read More
Professor tells students: ‘American intervention is the primary CAUSE of terrorism’
BOSTON — An American Studies class at the University of Massachusetts Boston teaches students that United States military intervention is the primary cause of terrorism in the world today. How do I know? I was briefly enrolled in the Fall 2018 course. Paul Atwood, a former Vietnam-era Marine turned anti-war protester, teaches The U.S. and Intervention in the Middle East. During the course’s… → Read More
Professors allow students to pick their own grade
‘Contract grading’ billed as revolutionary education practice. → Read More
New conservative Christian college in Boston promises affordability, Christ-centered principles
Sattler College opens in Boston. → Read More
UMass Boston teaches class with goal of denaturalizing heterosexuality
An advanced political theory course at the University of Massachusetts, Boston seeks to denaturalize heterosexuality from a “gay affirmative” perspective, according to a description of the course. The political science course, “Queer Political Theory,” says that its “primary aims are the de-naturalization of (hetero)sexuality and (hetero)normative gender categories, identities, and expression,”… → Read More
Hold administrators accountable for campus free speech crisis, First Amendment advocates tell Congress
Hold officials' feet to the fire, panelists say. → Read More
Men and Masculinities Center at UMass sputters to a grinding halt
Here's what I've learned about the floundering Men and Masculinities Center. → Read More
College class studies fascism from ‘Mussolini to Trump’
A 15-year-old advanced topics in Italian class at Mount Holyoke College that studies fascism with a particular focus on the dictatorship of Benito Mussolini has updated its course content to include President Donald Trump. Taught entirely in Italian this spring semester, “Fascisms” examines literary trends, architecture, activism and visual arts to explore “aspects of twentieth and twenty-first… → Read More
UCLA student government gives $100,000 from ‘fee surplus’ to undocumented student support
'The student body cares deeply about this pressing issue.' → Read More
‘Feminist Science’ event teaches researchers how to do ‘socially just science’
Event seeks to embed social justice into science for ‘progressive social change.' → Read More
UMass Amherst restricts free speech to 1 hour during lunch. New lawsuit aims to change that.
'Restricting free speech to an hour during the lunch break and to one side of a building is not what the First Amendment is about.' → Read More
Harvard University hosts anal sex workshop
Editor’s note: graphic content CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A workshop at Harvard University on Tuesday night delved into the ins and outs of anal sex, with a presenter denouncing the “stupidity of abstinence” and the joys of “putting things in your butt,” according to a College Fix reporter who attended the event. The workshop was held as part of the Ivy League university’s Sex Week, which launched… → Read More
Harvard University hosts anal sex workshop
Editor’s note: graphic content CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A workshop at Harvard University on Tuesday night delved into the ins and outs of anal sex, with a presenter denouncing the “stupidity of abstinence” and the joys of “putting things in your butt,” according to a College Fix reporter who attended the event. The workshop was held as part of the Ivy League university’s Sex Week, which launched… → Read More
Bisexual student criticized radical Islam. Guess what happened next
Can you be called into a campus administrator’s office and chastised for telling peers that in some countries, gay people are executed in the name of Islam? Apparently, yes, yes you can. At least, that’s what happen to grad student Alfred MacDonald within the philosophy department at University of Texas at San Antonio. MacDonald, who is bisexual, is telling his story now after transcribing an… → Read More
University tells campus community to notice other people’s skin color
One university has advised its campus community to notice the color of people’s skin in order to not be oppressive. “Reject color blindness” is one of five pieces of advice doled out on the University of Southern Indiana’s website under the headline “five tips for becoming an ally collaborator for women of color.” An “ally” is often synonymous with people with white skin who embrace leftists’… → Read More
White, male student under fire for defending diversity of thought: ‘punchable, drag him, expel him’
Outrage after conservative column goes viral. → Read More