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Gov. Abbott signs Texas law banning biological men from female collegiate sports

Noelle Fitchett - TAMU — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 19:45:46 +0000

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday signed into law legislation that prohibits biological men from competing in women’s collegiate sports. Senate Bill 15 requires collegiate athletes play on the team that corresponds with their biological sex. “Women’s college athletic teams are being threatened. Collegiate records that women set are being threatened,” Gov. Abbott said at a bill signing…

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Nearly every U.S. state has introduced measures to combat critical race theory: report

Noelle Fitchett - TAMU — Wed, 10 May 2023 04:00:55 +0000

A growing number of Americans vehemently oppose critical race theory and have pushed a wide variety of measures to combat it, according to a recently released report from UCLA. The report, “Tracking the attack on Critical Race Theory,” found that in 2021 and 2022, every state except Delaware had government officials introduce “at least one anti-CRT measure at some level.

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As number of women rises in higher ed, free speech declines on campuses: survey

Noelle Fitchett - TAMU — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 04:08:05 +0000

As the number of women in higher education continues to rise, free speech on college campuses declines, said Professor Samuel Abrams, a social scientist at Sarah Lawrence College. Abrams determined the trend by analyzing the results of a nationwide survey of faculty conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, pointing out that compared to male counterparts…

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Images debunk accusation professor used blackface for MJ ‘Thriller’ Halloween costume

Noelle Fitchett - TAMU — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 05:05:10 +0000

UPDATED Picture, video shows professor in traditional zombie makeup, not blackface Washburn University officials are staying silent on whether they have completed their investigation into a professor who wore a Michael Jackson “Thriller” zombie Halloween costume and what consequences, if any, the scholar faces — or if she has been cleared in light of new evidence.

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University of Illinois paid Ibram Kendi $35,000 for 60-minute Q&A

Noelle Fitchett - TAMU — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 04:06:23 +0000

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has committed $2 million per year to antiracism research Prominent antiracist theorist and Boston University Professor Ibram X. Kendi was paid $35,000 by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for a 60-minute question and answer session on October 6. That equates to roughly $583 per minute for the “Keynote Conversation with Dr. Ibram X. Kendi”…

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Texas A&M faces lawsuit alleging hiring discrimination against white and Asian males

Noelle Fitchett - TAMU — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 04:09:43 +0000

‘Texas A&M is hiring—and excluding—professors solely due to the physical appearance of their skin or the ancestry of their family tree’ Texas A&M University faces a class-action lawsuit that accuses the public institution of creating a program in which scholars of color will be given preferential hiring treatment over white and Asian males. The lawsuit was filed Sept. 10 by Richard Lowery…

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