Alec Dent – UNC Chapel Hill – The College Fix

Professor Watchlist creators say criticisms lodged against it overblown, misguided

Alec Dent - UNC Chapel Hill — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 05:05:24 +0000

In April 2011, a University of Iowa professor flipped out in response to a campuswide email sent by the College Republicans, replying all: “F*CK YOU, REPUBLICANS.” The incident was covered in the Daily Iowan campus newspaper. A sociology professor at the University of Oregon openly states on an online bio that he “advocates a ‘red-green’ alliance to abolish capitalism” and “considers the…

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‘Abort Pence,’ ‘Down with Deportation’: Rowdy protesters at UNC block traffic, demand ‘action’

Alec Dent - UNC Chapel Hill — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 05:03:38 +0000

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Hundreds of protesters converged at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on Friday night to demand “action” against Donald Trump, blocking a busy intersection and pushing a variety of slogans that called for everything from an end to the Electoral College to a sign that read “Abort Pence.” Other signs carried by demonstrators — mostly college students — stated “No…

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UNC students walk out of class to protest Trump victory, ‘white America’

Alec Dent - UNC Chapel Hill — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 06:17:50 +0000

‘This is white America’s problem. You created this system. You enabled this. You fed it. You nurtured it.’ Hugs. Tears. Upside-down U.S. flags. Those were just some of the reactions seen on campus Wednesday as roughly 100 University of North Carolina Chapel Hill students walked out of class in protest of Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election the day before.

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VIDEO: Large group of protesters sit, raise fists during national anthem at UNC football game

Alec Dent - UNC Chapel Hill — Sat, 24 Sep 2016 21:24:35 +0000

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — As the football game between UNC Chapel Hill and the University of Pittsburgh kicked off on Saturday, roughly 30 student protesters remained seated during the national anthem in response to the death of Keith Lamont Scott, who was shot and killed by police in Charlotte earlier in the week. A video taken by The College Fix shows that, prior to the game…

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At UNC Chapel Hill, 17 departments have zero registered Republican professors, analysis finds

Alec Dent - UNC Chapel Hill — Mon, 20 Jun 2016 04:05:47 +0000

UPDATED Professors registered as Democrats outnumber those registered as Republicans by a ratio of roughly 12 to one at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill – and in 17 departments zero registered Republican professors can be found – according to educators’ registered party affiliations. The College Fix researched the political party registrations of 1,355 UNC Chapel Hill professors…

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Black students demand segregated spaces from white students

Alec Dent - UNC Chapel Hill — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 05:51:21 +0000

UPDATED Segregated ‘safe spaces’ Black college students across the country have demanded that they be segregated from white peers, calling for “safe spaces” on campuses meant only for so-called students of color. The requests for segregated spaces are found among some of the demand lists put forth by students who took part in protests this fall alleging their campuses are oppressive…

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Muslim Student Association demands all ‘Islamophobic speech’ be punished

Alec Dent - UNC Chapel Hill — Mon, 28 Dec 2015 06:36:47 +0000

The Muslim Student Association at San Diego State University is demanding that administrators combat Islamophobia by developing a “zero tolerance policy explicitly for Islamophobic speech and actions.” The demands, modeled after similar ones issued by black student associations at campuses across the nation, were lodged after a female Muslim student was allegedly attacked by a white man in a…

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Students get vulgar, aggressive in protest of Confederate heritage rally at UNC

Alec Dent - UNC Chapel Hill — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 06:11:45 +0000

VIDEO: Confederate heritage groups’ rally prompts angry protests by students Two Confederate heritage groups that converged at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill on Sunday to rally in support of a controversial Civil War statue on campus were greeted by a large and rowdy group of student protesters who shouted vulgar accusations at the Confederate demonstrators as well as the police…

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UNC’s ‘Literature of 9/11’ course sympathizes with terrorists, paints U.S. as imperialistic

Alec Dent - UNC Chapel Hill — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 06:42:40 +0000

None of the assigned readings view attacks from perspective of Sept. 11 victims’ families An English class offered at UNC Chapel Hill this fall called “Literature of 9/11” explores the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks from the perspective of radical Islamists and those who view America as an imperialist nation. The reading assignments for the class, which includes poems, memoirs and graphic novels…

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