Allie Simon – UC San Diego – The College Fix

She came out as conservative at Harvard. It went better than expected.

Allie Simon - UC San Diego — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:33:48 +0000

Carine Hajjar said after she respectfully raised her conservative views at the liberal university, most people thanked her for it Carine Hajjar dealt with ideological homogeneity at Harvard University for three-and-a-half years mostly in silence, but in the spring semester of her senior year, she finally came out as conservative. She said she has no regrets. “A common stance among Harvard…

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Conservative’s new novel ponders scary world in which progressive radical policies are law

Allie Simon - UC San Diego — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 04:00:46 +0000

Fiction book, published in March, also tells the tale of a liberal journalist who experiences a wake-up call In his novel “The Awakening of Jennifer Van Arsdale,” author George Leef describes an America overtaken by radical progressivism and what happens to a prominent leftist journalist who departs from the mainstream media narrative. The main character, Van Arsdale…

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Conservative UHouston students, afraid to share views under new ‘anti-discrimination’ policy, file lawsuit

Allie Simon - UC San Diego — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 04:08:42 +0000

Three University of Houston students who hold a wide range of conservative views have filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging its sweeping new anti-discrimination policy prevents them from engaging in robust debates with peers and professors for fear of violating the policy. The three students hold various beliefs that include support for pro-life causes, strong border protections…

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Calif. colleges demand COVID booster compliance: shut off WiFi, threaten punishments

Allie Simon - UC San Diego — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:06:35 +0000

California universities have mandated their students get COVID vaccines and boosters, and are taking a variety of approaches to ensure 100 percent compliance, from shutting off students’ WiFi access to offering cash payouts to threatening suspensions and expulsions. The massive 10-campus University of California system’s COVID policy states that students who do not comply with the requirement of…

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Students, professors demand scholar be allowed to call on ‘white, male, or someone privileged’ last

Allie Simon - UC San Diego — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 04:01:15 +0000

Professors and students are rallying behind one professor’s affirmative action progressive stacking classroom policy to call on “less privileged” students before those who are “more privileged” in her sociology class. Binghamton University sociology Professor Ana Maria Candela spelled out a policy in her syllabus that prioritized calling on “minorities, women and shy people,” reported Syracuse.

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This Republican fought for decades to open Cal State San Marcos. Now his name may be wiped from campus.

Allie Simon - UC San Diego — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 04:08:37 +0000

The man credited with leading the charge to found California State University San Marcos is now on the chopping block at the North San Diego County campus. The public university is hosting a series of listening sessions this month as it works to determine whether the memory of William “Bill” Craven should be erased from the school due to disputed allegations that he supported “nativism and white…

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Calif. public university guarantees admissions to black education coalition members

Allie Simon - UC San Diego — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 05:03:25 +0000

Cal State University San Marcos recently signed an agreement guaranteeing admissions for first-year and transfer students who are members of the Coalition on Black and African American Education. CSUSM President Ellen Neufeldt signed a memorandum in late February with the coalition, described by the university as “a collection of community-based organizations that works to close educational…

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SDSU faculty may revoke mandatory land acknowledgment policy amid complaints, legal concerns

Allie Simon - UC San Diego — Mon, 28 Feb 2022 05:06:56 +0000

UPDATED ‘SDSU cannot require faculty to express specific political views, no matter whether one agrees with them or not’ A faculty policy at San Diego State University that requires professors to include a “land acknowledgment” on their syllabus has prompted frustration and concerns that it violates academic freedom and compels speech. At its March 1 meeting, the faculty senate “will discuss…

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