Matthew Boyer – Rutgers University – The College Fix

Blood paint and vandalism greet anti-feminist troll Milo Yiannopoulos at Rutgers

Matthew Boyer - Rutgers University — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 10:02:14 +0000

‘This event is for sevens and above so the rest of you can leave’ Hours before anti-feminist firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos spoke to a packed auditorium at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, the school’s Cultural Center Collaborative emailed student activists to ask them to show “basic respect” to the speaker. They ignored the advice. Protesters from Latina, African-American and social-justice…

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Anti-feminist crusader kicks off U.S. tour at Rutgers to bring ‘intellectually engaging speech’

Matthew Boyer - Rutgers University — Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:02:32 +0000

‘People treat a few jokes and a bit of banter like I’m some kind of legitimately dangerous person’ Self-proclaimed fabulous supervillain and Twitter troll Milo Yiannopoulos is launching his U.S. college tour at Rutgers University next month. The purpose of the “Dangerous Faggot Tour” is to “bring a bit of fun, interesting, and intellectually engaging speech to universities,” Yiannopoulos…

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Male student leads sexual-violence awareness campaign at Rutgers with no ‘survivor’ pushback

Matthew Boyer - Rutgers University — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 05:08:44 +0000

UPDATED ‘Nobody has alluded to the fact that I am a guy’ Male students have sometimes faced criticism for taking lead roles in sexual-violence awareness campaigns on campus, but not at Rutgers University. Its campus version of the national “No More” campaign, which was co-launched by the U.S. Justice Department and also includes domestic-violence awareness, was conceived and executed by Jake…

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Pro-Palestinian campus leader refuses to support Israel’s right to exist at protest

Matthew Boyer - Rutgers University — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 05:08:42 +0000

And J Street is about to join the mix at Rutgers A pro-Palestinian leader at Rutgers University refused to support Israel’s right to exist at a campus protest Wednesday. The Students for Justice in Palestine event was countered by a pro-Israel demonstration across the street, whose leaders say their counterparts aren’t interested in dialogue. The wave of activism at Rutgers…

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Student journalists go to ‘boot camp’ to fight college crackdowns on their reporting

Matthew Boyer - Rutgers University — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 06:05:12 +0000

‘Deeper corruption waiting to be uncovered’ when a college is so intrusive When an Iowa college administrator rebuked the student newspaper for publishing his mugshot without permission, he probably didn’t think he was kickstarting a national movement. National journalism organizations established “The J-Team” last month to train student journalists against suppression attempts by college…

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Yik Yak is blocking Princeton for harassment? False report, but real panic

Matthew Boyer - Rutgers University — Fri, 24 Apr 2015 04:11:17 +0000

Rogue ‘support agent’ plays on racial tensions following ‘Urban Congo’ spat When a campus newspaper reported that the entire university might get kicked off a popular social-messaging app because its students were jerks, it threw everyone into a panic. Yik Yak told The College Fix that report was based a false source. But it raised the issue of how explosive the app has become on the nation’s…

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Ivy League race quotas imperiled because students asked for admissions files

Matthew Boyer - Rutgers University — Wed, 01 Apr 2015 06:02:52 +0000

Federal law that’s long been abused by colleges becomes a hit with students Students who learned they could request their admissions file under federal law are causing headaches for colleges, some of which have started deleting those records. For Ivy League schools, however, the bigger headache might come from an advocacy group that opposes racial quotas and is threatening them with legal…

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Slick move: Oil divestment activists bumped from their own rally by campus feminists

Matthew Boyer - Rutgers University — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:02:23 +0000

All because of a free-speech zone with vague rules NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Climate-change activists at Rutgers University learned their place in the progressive pecking order Friday. Not even two hours into their sparsely attended Global Divestment Day rally against Rutgers’ fossil-fuel investment, the activists got bumped from a free-speech zone at the New Brunswick campus by feminist activists.

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Cornell, meet Obamacare’s cousin: Students revolt over new $350 health fee

Matthew Boyer - Rutgers University — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 07:10:32 +0000

Unless they have the university health plan, students are on the hook for a ‘sustainable model’ Students at Cornell University are feeling the after-effects of Obamacare: a new $350 student health fee if they opt out of the university health plan, even if they have separate insurance plans. Announced last week by President David Skorton, the news spurred a series of rallies on campus…

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Editor who first ran Mohammed cartoons says identity politics is eroding free speech

Matthew Boyer - Rutgers University — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 07:02:34 +0000

Rutgers students defend Holocaust-denier laws, religious power Freedom of expression worldwide is under attack from identity politics, the Danish newspaper editor who first published cartoons of Mohammed 10 years ago told a Rutgers University event Thursday night. Flemming Rose is promoting his new book, The Tyranny of Silence, which illustrates the greater debate surrounding free speech in…

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