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Conservative Christian nominee ‘canceled’ by Auburn student government

John Rigolizzo - Rutgers University — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 04:17:02 +0000

‘Going through their Twitter just stresses me out,’ said one critic A junior nominated for a position on Auburn University’s student government was successfully shot down because he expressed Christian and conservative beliefs on social media. Stephen Morris was nominated for the position of chief justice of Auburn University’s Student Government Association. To his surprise…

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Walt Whitman statue, a target of protests, to be removed from center of Rutgers–Camden campus

John Rigolizzo - Rutgers University — Mon, 12 Jul 2021 04:18:54 +0000

‘Stood for white supremacy and racism against Black and Indigenous Americans,’ critics said Rutgers University-Camden will remove a statue of the famous poet Walt Whitman from the center of campus as a result of activists’ petitions and a recommendation from a committee of scholars. The statue of Whitman, featured prominently in the front courtyard of Camden’s Campus Center, will be “relocated…

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Complaint: MIT discriminates against males and white people through nearly 30 different programs

John Rigolizzo - Rutgers University — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 04:11:32 +0000

‘MIT is apparently either unaware of federal civil rights laws, or it thinks it’s above the law’ A complaint has been leveled against the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 27 alleged violations of Title VI and Title IX of the Civil Rights Act. The complaint, authored by University of Michigan-Flint economics Professor Mark Perry, was filed with the Boston-based Office of Civil Rights…

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Petition demands statue of poet Walt Whitman be removed from Rutgers University-Camden

John Rigolizzo - Rutgers University — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 04:15:52 +0000

A statue of Walt Whitman, one of America’s most famous and influential poets, has come under fire at Rutgers University-Camden, where a petition demands his statue be removed. The statue, featured prominently in the center of campus, pays homage to the author of the seminal work “Leaves of Grass,” as the poet lived in Camden upon his death in 1892 at age 72. But the artist…

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Hundreds at Rutgers University-Camden sign document denouncing ‘return to peace’

John Rigolizzo - Rutgers University — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 06:20:53 +0000

Hundreds of members of the Rutgers University-Camden community have signed a document that denounces a “return to peace,” suggesting that’s “part of the problem.” “We affirm that a ‘return to peace’ and calls for ‘law and order’ are part of the problem and not the solution,” states the document, a “Statement of Justice for George Floyd.” “The conditions of ‘peace’ and ‘law and order’ are what…

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Meet the professor willing to tell the ‘moral history of the American Revolution’

John Rigolizzo - Rutgers University — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:03:06 +0000

On campuses across America, professors ridicule and attack the nation’s founding principles. In academia, there is a concerted effort to erase or delegitimize the philosophy of America’s founding documents, the men behind them, and the causes and motivations that led to the Revolutionary War. But there are some professors willing to present the other side. Case-in-point: C. Bradley Thompson…

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UConn student newspaper rolls out column for underrepresented and marginalized groups

John Rigolizzo - Rutgers University — Thu, 28 Nov 2019 05:01:38 +0000

‘Open to students of color, women, persons with disabilities and the LGBTQIA+ community’ The Daily Campus, the student newspaper at the University of Connecticut, has rolled out a new, anonymous column for minority students to “discuss their stories and experiences as members of those groups at UConn.” Students can anonymously submit a column, poem, or even a piece of artwork…

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University program teaches faculty and staff how they ‘support racism and white supremacy’

John Rigolizzo - Rutgers University — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 04:10:37 +0000

‘Boise State to faculty and staff: Come learn how white people are racists’ Boise State University has rolled out a new “book circle” for faculty and staff focused on white privilege in an attempt to “dig deep into ourselves to explore the ways in which we all, as individuals, sometimes unknowingly, support racism and white supremacy,” the university’s website states. The book circle is hosted…

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Elizabeth Warren’s pushing for free college. Meanwhile her Harvard professor husband earns $400,000 a year.

John Rigolizzo - Rutgers University — Tue, 03 Sep 2019 04:10:39 +0000

ANALYSIS: Enormous salaries represent one of the root causes of the problem of skyrocketing college costs Massachusetts senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has made free college and loan forgiveness a central plank of her campaign. To pay for it, her plan seeks to tax the wealth of America’s richest families. But while Warren bemoans the soaring costs of college…

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UVA to keep pro-Jefferson ‘Founder’s Day’ despite Charlottesville’s decision to nix presidential holiday

John Rigolizzo - Rutgers University — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 04:10:47 +0000

Two history professors say Jefferson deserves to be remembered A University of Virginia spokesperson told The College Fix that the historic institution will continue to mark its Founder’s Day programming despite the Charlottesville City Council’s decision to nix its annual celebration of Thomas Jefferson’s birthday. The university has in the past dealt with controversy over the legacy of…

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