Alexandra Zimmern – University of Wisconsin Madison – The College Fix

LA professor offers lessons exclusively for undocumented students

Alexandra Zimmern - University of Wisconsin Madison — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 08:19:06 +0000

Educator takes college student ‘Dreamers’ on trips to Mexico – with surprising results This winter, a professor at Cal State Long Beach will take a group of undocumented students living in the Los Angeles area to Mexico as part of a special class designed for “Dreamers.” Created by Professor Armando Vazquez-Ramos of Chicano and Latino Studies, the class will consist of 25 college students who…

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Anti-Israel biology professor allowed to teach class on Zionism

Alexandra Zimmern - University of Wisconsin Madison — Tue, 30 Jun 2015 04:02:19 +0000

The University of Missouri has come under fire recently for allowing Dr. George Smith, an anti-Zionist activist without a degree in Middle Eastern studies or any related field, to teach an honors tutorial class called “Perspectives on Zionism” this fall. Smith is a tenured biology professor who has worked at Mizzou for 30 years. During his time at MU Smith has consistently advocated against the…

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USC to tighten free speech policies after pro-life banners prompted controversy

Alexandra Zimmern - University of Wisconsin Madison — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 06:02:43 +0000

‘We were informed there was no way our banners could be replaced this semester’ After images of fetuses growing in the womb caused an uproar at the University of Southern California, campus officials plan to tighten policies regulating what banners may be hung on light posts along Trousdale Parkway, a main walkway that cuts through the center of campus. What’s more, USC Students for Life told…

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Prof’s ‘Whose Jerusalem?’ Common Core lesson teaches students to support Hamas

Alexandra Zimmern - University of Wisconsin Madison — Mon, 18 May 2015 07:41:23 +0000

A “Whose Jerusalem?” workshop created by a Boston University professor that’s been taught in many high schools in recent years and was added to the Common Core-approved national curriculum has come under fire by critics who contend it whitewashes terrorism, promotes an anti-Israel and anti-American political agenda, and encourages young people to sympathize with Hamas. Americans for Peace and…

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Professors asked to remove Mohammad drawings after complaints of blasphemy

Alexandra Zimmern - University of Wisconsin Madison — Thu, 07 May 2015 04:37:17 +0000

Students and others claimed caricature of prophet is ‘very offensive,’ should not be allowed University of Minnesota faculty members were asked earlier this year to take down posters advertising an academic panel because they included an “offensive” recreated cartoon picture of Mohammed – the one made famous by Charlie Hebdo earlier this year. The posters had advertised a panel discussion by…

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Feminist journalists wrongly report Gov. Walker sought to hide campus rape stats

Alexandra Zimmern - University of Wisconsin Madison — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 05:54:27 +0000

News outlets retract stories after allegations proven false Several left-leaning news sites recently reported that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker wants universities to stop reporting instances of sexual assault to the feds – a factually incorrect assumption that spread across the Internet like wildfire before the stories were retracted. It began with an inflammatory article published by Jezebel…

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University bans use of ‘Mr.’ and ‘Ms.’ in all correspondence

Alexandra Zimmern - University of Wisconsin Madison — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 07:22:31 +0000

City University of New York’s Graduate Center tells faculty to ‘eliminate use of gendered salutations and references’ Professors and other employees at the City University of New York’s Graduate Center have been forbidden from addressing students and prospective students with the title “Mr.” and “Ms.” because, campus leaders say, the terms may be offensive. “Effective Spring 2015…

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Journalism dean: Free speech doesn’t protect offensive images of Mohammad

Alexandra Zimmern - University of Wisconsin Madison — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 18:16:24 +0000

Free speech attorney says scholar is way off the mark DeWayne Wickham, dean and distinguished professor of journalism at Morgan State University, published an editorial this week in USA Today that essentially argues free speech rights should not and do not give people the right to make fun of Mohammad. He argues that Charlie Hebdo, in its latest cartoon image of Mohammed, has “gone too far.

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As UW-Madison greets new anti-bullying policy, free speech concerns remain

Alexandra Zimmern - University of Wisconsin Madison — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 05:21:21 +0000

A three-month-old policy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison that insulates professors from harassment has been heralded as a welcome protection against bullying – but concerns remain that the new regulation might be used as a general civility policy, which would run afoul of its original intent. The policy was initially broached last fall to help stop “unwelcome behavior” at the public…

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