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People commonly associate the current diplomatic crisis with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) with bombastic rhetoric and the fear of impending nuclear war. In particular, you’d a → Read More
As one of the worst influenza outbreaks in recent history continues to spread in the United States, the release of a new drug that could quickly cure the illness is being delayed by Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) overly cumbersome approval process. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acting director Dr. Anne Schuchat held a conference call on February 16 addressing widespread flu… → Read More
Manipulating people isn’t something to be proud of. Granted, marketing campaigns and large corporations know how to leverage the emotions of people. The same goes for politicians. However, a → Read More
OPINION | Her moves are clearly in line with the opposing party and don’t support the overarching goals of the national GOP party platforms. → Read More
Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe, one of the professors who taught President Barack Obama while he attended law school and author of a widely used text on constitutional law, is serving on the legal team fighting to block the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan (CPP). The U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of the CPP on February 9, 2016, delivering a temporary victory to 27 states,… → Read More
'The university takes seriously its obligation to perform due diligence on behalf of all students.' → Read More
At UC Santa Cruz, officials investigate students' hurt feelings, name-calling. → Read More
Police probe also launched. → Read More
ANALYSIS Was the incident that recently provoked a massive protest at Clemson University based on a hate-crime hoax? The answer to that question remains elusive as campus officials refuse to identify the people who hung bananas from a banner commemorating the plight of African Americans in the Civil War at South Carolina’s second largest university. The act was widely perceived as a racist… → Read More
Group vows to fight the decision. → Read More
A Russell Sage College student who is biologically female but identifies as “androgynous” was recently told by a school security officer to put a shirt on while sunbathing – launching a chain of events at the all-female campus that ended with a recent topless protest. Androgynous means partly male and partly female in appearance, and is not the same as transgender. A mix of several dozen male… → Read More
Artistic self-censorship -- over one complaint. → Read More
Betterment through isolation? → Read More
A vocal group of students and faculty at the University of Washington have demanded that campus police be disarmed, saying officers are racist and the department is guilty of institutional racism. The recent unrest largely centers on an incident on campus Sunday, March 6, in which an officer arrested a visiting male on a felony warrant, The Daily student newspaper reports. The arrested man was… → Read More
They say it costs too much and takes too long to get the drugs at nearby clinics. → Read More
‘Propaganda and power now reign where there used to be a pursuit of truth’ Dr. Everett Piper, president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University, may have made the phrase “this is not a daycare, it’s a university” famous, but that’s just one of his many brilliant insights on the dismal state of higher education. Piper’s analysis has earned him the 2016 Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick Award for Academic Freedom,… → Read More
The lure of a poetry slam was too strong for one protester who left her fellow squatters. → Read More
A new North Carolina law that requires public restrooms be used by people according to their biological gender has been met with swift resistance by several universities in the state. The law, referred to as House Bill 2, states that “public agencies shall require every multiple occupancy bathroom or changing facility to be designated for and only used by persons based on their biological sex.”… → Read More
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has pledged to hire more counselors in the wake of students claiming the state’s flagship university is fraught with microaggressions and racial bias. “I’m accelerating the hiring of additional student support counseling services … for student mental health issues related to diversity and climate,” Chancellor Rebecca Blank recently announced to the campus… → Read More
Some University of Michigan students can earn credit toward graduation for attending a “Queer Sex Ed Workshop” scheduled for next week. The queer sex ed seminar is one workshop among 14 various events that make up the “LGBTQ+ Health & Wellness Week,” which launched March 13 and runs through March 25 at the state’s flagship public university. Students enrolled in the university’s Residential… → Read More