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Law professor warns: Congress must act on growing sexbot industry

Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 04:02:23 +0000

As the sale and use of lifelike sex robots that allow people to simulate rape continues to gain steam, one famed law professor is sounding the alarm. John Banzhaf, a well-known activist professor of public interest law at George Washington University Law School, says experts disagree on the consequences of allowing people to engage in mock acts of rape with humanoid dolls…

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Princeton to offer class on ‘Intellectual Foundations of Modern Conservatism’

Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 04:05:26 +0000

Princeton professor adds to intellectual diversity, one class at a time One Princeton University professor, concerned over the deep dearth of opportunities for students at the Ivy League institution to explore the principles underpinning conservatism, has decided to do something to help fix the problem. Philosophy Professor Thomas Kelly will offer a freshman seminar this fall called…

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Professor promotes ‘Digital Detox,’ says she’s working to ‘preserve humanity’

Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 04:41:31 +0000

Students encouraged to ‘look up!’ Though “Wellness Centers” abound on college campuses, are they missing a crucial aspect of student well-being? The answer is yes, according to Liberty University’s Dr. Sylvia Frejd. “Digital wellness,” or the ability to have positive, productive relationships with technological devices, should be prioritized, said Frejd, a minister, counselor…

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UW-Madison class explores ‘harms and forms of injustice associated with capitalism’

Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 04:25:25 +0000

‘Exploitation, domination and irrationality’ A class at University of Wisconsin-Madison studies how capitalism “generates harms” and “is irrational in ways that hurt nearly everyone,” according to a copy of the syllabus recently obtained through a public records act request by the MacIver Institute. Berkeley-born and educated sociologist Dr. Erik Olin Wright, who teaches the graduate student…

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DePaul forbids ‘Gay Lives Matter’ posters as students protest gay reporter’s talk on radical Islam

Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame — Wed, 10 May 2017 18:17:07 +0000

DePaul University has prohibited the campus group Turning Point USA from displaying posters with the slogan “Gay Lives Matter” to advertise a presentation Wednesday by a gay reporter on radical Islam’s discrimination against the LGBTQ community. The decision to reject the posters was made as some students at the school protest the event, titled “Dictatorships and Radical Islam: The Enemies of…

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Vindictive claim of ‘dating violence,’ lack of due process, led to male student’s expulsion: lawsuit

Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame — Mon, 01 May 2017 04:05:57 +0000

Notre Dame female accuser abused Title IX to pursue personal vendetta, suit claims A male Notre Dame student has filed a lawsuit in federal court, claiming that his ex-girlfriend accused him of “dating violence” to basically destroy his life, and that the university violated his due process rights and discriminated against him because he is male when adjudicating his case. The plaintiff…

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Professor laments his sleepless life under Trump: ‘I live in a fragmented, cruel world’

Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 07:07:35 +0000

Ronald Pelias, an adjunct instructor of theatre at the University of Louisiana Lafayette, recently published a scholarly article that details nearly a dozen different reasons why he feels miserable to the point of self-described sleepless nights under Trump, and why he holds contempt for Trump voters — even for his students who support the Republican president. “I can’t stop wondering if each…

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Universities require scholars pledge commitment to diversity

Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 05:20:40 +0000

Universities are increasingly relying on “diversity statements” for faculty hiring and promotion, according to a new report from the Oregon Association of Scholars. These statements have strong ties to liberal ideology, such as the assumption of group victimization and claims for group-based entitlements, effectively making them “partisan litmus tests” to “weed out non-left wing scholars…

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At Miami college founded by Cubans exiled under communism, officials shut down pro-capitalism club

Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 04:39:53 +0000

After granting the pro-capitalism club Turning Point USA tabling rights on campus last fall, administrators at St. Thomas University — founded in 1961 by Augustinians expelled from Cuba by the communist Castro dictatorship — have revoked that permission. In an email obtained by The College Fix, Carmen Brown, an administrator at the Miami-based Catholic university, recently wrote to the club’s…

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Psychology professor: Little scientific evidence microaggressions are even a thing

Kate Hardiman - University of Notre Dame — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 04:15:02 +0000

Emory University psychology Professor Scott Lilienfeld is challenging the seemingly universally accepted concept of the microaggression. After reviewing many studies on the topic, Dr. Lilienfeld argues in his paper “Microaggressions: Strong Claims, Inadequate Evidence” that microaggressions lack scientific proof, and therefore should not be included in workplace or campus diversity training.

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