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Columbia threatens to punish students who take notes during sexual-misconduct proceedings

Peter Maxwell - Lynn University — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 05:14:49 +0000

Officials want ‘the ultimate discretion without having to answer for it’ Columbia University is making it harder for students to hold it accountable for how the Ivy League school runs “gender-based misconduct” proceedings. It has previously banned students from bringing a recording device into the proceedings, and now Columbia has stopped accusers and accused students from even “transcribing”…

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Northwestern plans to quadruple safe spaces for black students, conduct ‘cultural audit’

Peter Maxwell - Lynn University — Fri, 14 Oct 2016 05:10:03 +0000

Task force had trouble getting enough survey responses Northwestern University is planning to quadruple the number of safe spaces on campus for black students, according to a task force report released last month on the “Black Student Experience.” The 149-page report says the black student community at NU feels “dissatisfied, exhausted and alienated on campus.” It lists more than 40 “campus…

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‘Stop f*cking clapping!’ DePauw protesters yell at crowd as it applauds their activism

Peter Maxwell - Lynn University — Thu, 29 Sep 2016 03:58:11 +0000

University spokesman accidentally joins protest DePauw University activists do not appreciate being encouraged. When they showed up carrying racial protest signs to the university’s annual DePauw Dialogue on Wednesday, the audience started applauding. “Stop fucking clapping!” some protesters yelled, a student who was near the commotion told The College Fix. They later complained about the…

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U. of West Florida cuts off College Republicans, says club missed obvious deadlines

Peter Maxwell - Lynn University — Fri, 16 Sep 2016 07:08:33 +0000

EDITOR’S NOTE: The University of West Florida reinstated the College Republicans less than a day after this report was published, admitting to an “administrative error” by which the club’s current leadership never received information on pending deadlines. Read this subsequent College Fix report for the update. We’re not ‘discriminating’ if they screw up The University of West Florida’s sudden…

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Fox News founder’s name ripped off Ohio U. building right after president announces removal

Peter Maxwell - Lynn University — Tue, 13 Sep 2016 06:00:47 +0000

UPDATED School’s PBS affiliate celebrates the snub Ohio University literally ripped the name of a famous alumnus off the wall before it even adjourned a meeting announcing the plaque’s fate. To add insult to injury, it may also be stiffing him on the current dollar value of his 2007 donation, which led to the naming of the Roger E. Ailes Newsroom at WOUB Public Media, a PBS and NPR affiliate.

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Ohio U. building named after Fox News founder must be renamed immediately, students vote

Peter Maxwell - Lynn University — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 04:13:22 +0000

Socialist march against Roger Ailes has 26 people going Ohio University student leaders are responding to the generosity of a famous alumnus by trying to get his name removed from a school building. Because of the sexual harassment allegations that led to his sudden resignation from Fox News, former chairman and CEO Roger Ailes should not continue to be honored as the namesake of the WOUB…

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Christian college gives academic credit for volunteering at ‘baby parts’ Planned Parenthood

Peter Maxwell - Lynn University — Wed, 31 Aug 2016 05:01:27 +0000

School’s denomination: ‘Not all Christians are pro-life’ Texas Christian University (TCU) is offering class credit to students who complete internships with Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, which was targeted in an anti-abortion group’s undercover operation on fetal tissue procurement. William Meier, director of undergraduate studies in the history department, sent an email to history…

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#StopWhitePeople2K16 training for RAs was named ‘ironically,’ public university says

Peter Maxwell - Lynn University — Thu, 25 Aug 2016 04:44:49 +0000

Diversity official: ‘I don’t see a problem with it’ #StopWhitePeople2K16: It’s just a joke. That’s the explanation from the State University of New York-Binghamton on how the inflammatory hashtag made it into the name of a training session for resident assistants (RAs). Advertising itself as the best public college in New York and “ranked among the elite public universities in the country,”…

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Christian college sues the feds to protect women’s privacy and due process, president says

Peter Maxwell - Lynn University — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 06:30:17 +0000

By warping Title IX, regulators show they are ‘misogynists’ Everett Piper has a much bigger agenda than simply stopping the federal government from telling his evangelical university how it must investigate rape allegations. The president of Oklahoma Wesleyan University says he is defending the most basic rights of women against “misogynists” in Washington who deny their fundamental identities.

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Students will carry dildos (again) to protest new campus-carry law in Texas

Peter Maxwell - Lynn University — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 05:32:31 +0000

Need sponsorship: ‘quality dildos, especially super large ones, can be pricey’ Pro-gun students believe the University of Texas-Austin is violating their rights by letting professors keep guns out of their offices. They are pursuing relief with the Texas attorney general, who has previously said schools can’t ban guns in dorms under the state’s new campus-carry law. Anti-gun students believe…

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