Breana Noble – Hillsdale College – The College Fix

Justice Clarence Thomas warns against ‘grievance’ culture, honors Scalia in grad speech

Breana Noble - Hillsdale College — Sun, 15 May 2016 02:14:15 +0000

‘Sadly, today it seems as though grievances rather than personal conduct are the means of elevation’ Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Saturday warned the class of 2016 in his commencement address at Hillsdale College that the rising tide of social justice demands run afoul of this nation’s founding principles and urged grads to prioritize hard work, civic duty and personal responsibility.

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Tennessee bill seeks to outlaw campus bias-reporting systems

Breana Noble - Hillsdale College — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 05:00:13 +0000

Act would also prohibit the disciplining of students for microaggressions Tennessee’s state legislature is slated today to consider a bill that aims to provide sweeping protection to college students’ free speech rights on campus – including outlawing bias-reporting systems. The act aims to prohibit universities from “establishing a system for students or other persons to report incidents of…

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Catholic professors take stand against Trump’s call for moratorium on Muslim immigration

Breana Noble - Hillsdale College — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 06:23:43 +0000

University of Detroit Mercy seeks to be ‘safe place for people of all faiths and beliefs’ Faculty at the University of Detroit Mercy — a Jesuit Catholic institution — recently adopted a statement to “stand with the Muslim community against Islamophobia.” Faculty senate President Heather Hill-Vásquez said the statement was prompted by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s stance…

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Student government tried to purchase city sidewalk to thwart anti-abortion protestors

Breana Noble - Hillsdale College — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 05:35:51 +0000

Brainchild of the ‘Student Experience and Campus Climate Committee’ Otterbein University’s student government recently tried to purchase a city sidewalk in front of the college to prevent an anti-abortion group that uses large, graphic images of aborted fetuses from protesting there. The chair of the student government’s Student Experience and Campus Climate Committee proposed Oct.

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Professors protest ‘overwhelming whiteness and maleness’ of geography panels

Breana Noble - Hillsdale College — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 06:12:29 +0000

Manifesto urges diversification at geography conference About 140 geography professors have added their name to a “manifesto” calling on the Association of American Geographers to diversify its conference panels, decrying them as too white and male. “Geography is still predominantly white and male, but there are far more women and people of color than in previous decades,” it states. “…

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Women’s college offers students eight different gender pronoun options

Breana Noble - Hillsdale College — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 05:56:51 +0000

‘It has been made available for students and faculty in an effort to build an inclusive environment’ A private Southern California women’s college now offers students eight different gender pronoun options from which to select, expecting professors and others on campus to use the choices. The Claremont-based Scripps College, nicknamed “The Women’s College,” offers the gender pronoun options to…

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GONE – Univ. of Tennessee deletes gender-neutral pronoun page after widespread ridicule

Breana Noble - Hillsdale College — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 05:00:50 +0000

Some conservative students verbally harassed for denouncing pronoun suggestions The University of Tennessee has deleted from its website a gender-neutral pronoun list that called on the campus community to use terms such as “ze, xe, xem, xyr, zirs and hirs,” prompting nationwide controversy, ridicule, and concern. The decision was made by campus leaders, with UT system President Joe DiPietro…

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Public university offers transgender voice lessons

Breana Noble - Hillsdale College — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 05:00:39 +0000

UConn group meant for individuals ‘pursuing vocal and communication changes related to gender identity’ Classes to help transgender individuals alter their vocalization are slated to be offered this fall at the University of Connecticut. The Transgender Voice and Communication Group offers “an opportunity to use new vocal and communication qualities in a safe and confidential environment” and…

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Professors spurn researcher critical of campus fossil fuel divestment crusades

Breana Noble - Hillsdale College — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 19:21:30 +0000

Free speech undermined by fossil fuel divestment, scholar finds When National Association of Scholars research associate Rachelle Peterson recently attempted to interview a Harvard professor who is part of the university’s divestment movement, he told her he advocated something close to an “affirmative consent” standard for speech. Professor James Recht suggested that “before engaging in a…

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WATCH: College students sing ‘Amazing Grace’ at D.C.’s Union Station in prayerful response to Planned Parenthood

Breana Noble - Hillsdale College — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 06:58:35 +0000

‘The more we can engage our generation in pro-life beliefs, the more we can step forward in our different fields of callings and really make a difference.’ About 15 college students assembled Monday at Washington D.C.’s Union Station during the afternoon commute and sung “Amazing Grace” at roughly the same time as the Senate voted on whether to defund Planned Parenthood.

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