Andrew Desiderio – George Washington University – The College Fix https://www.thecollegefix.com Breaking Campus News. Launching Media Careers. Thu, 11 Jun 2015 04:58:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 41534715 Dozens of professors label new AP history framework ‘grave risk’ to students https://www.thecollegefix.com/dozens-of-professors-label-new-ap-history-framework-grave-risk-to-students/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/dozens-of-professors-label-new-ap-history-framework-grave-risk-to-students/#respond Thu, 11 Jun 2015 04:58:51 +0000 http://www.thecollegefix.com/?p=22861 Fifty-five college professors have signed an open letter in opposition to the College Board’s controversial new framework for Advanced Placement U.S. history classes, expressing frustration with what they call an “arid, fragmentary, and misleading account of American history” that “shortchanges students.” The course framework has been under fire from professors and history teachers alike since…

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Students told they cannot lampoon U.S. presidents because campus forbids ‘mocking’ https://www.thecollegefix.com/students-told-they-cannot-lampoon-u-s-presidents-because-campus-forbids-mocking/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/students-told-they-cannot-lampoon-u-s-presidents-because-campus-forbids-mocking/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2015 05:07:12 +0000 http://www.thecollegefix.com/?p=21771 Lawsuit filed to reverse speech policies at Dixie State Students at Dixie State University have filed a lawsuit against their school after administrators refused to approve their request to distribute flyers to promote their libertarian club, hand outs that rebuked big government by playfully lampooning George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Campus officials denied the flyers on the grounds that…

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The true story of how Yik Yak helped nix mandatory pro-environmentalism class https://www.thecollegefix.com/the-true-story-of-how-yik-yak-helped-nix-mandatory-pro-environmentalism-class/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/the-true-story-of-how-yik-yak-helped-nix-mandatory-pro-environmentalism-class/#respond Thu, 05 Mar 2015 05:05:44 +0000 http://www.thecollegefix.com/?p=21505 It was a class that sought to teach students their “ethical obligations toward … animals and non-sentient nature.” It was a class that aimed to “explore the relationships between aesthetical, ethical and social aspects of local/global environmental issues.” It was a class that strived to introduce students to “the issue of waste as a product of a consumer society through reading a social…

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Higher Education: Universities nationwide launch courses on marijuana law, policy https://www.thecollegefix.com/higher-education-universities-nationwide-launch-courses-on-marijuana-law-policy/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/higher-education-universities-nationwide-launch-courses-on-marijuana-law-policy/#respond Mon, 09 Feb 2015 05:05:10 +0000 http://www.thecollegefix.com/?p=21171 As more states legalize marijuana for recreational use, law schools across the country have launched classes that grapple with the legal ramifications surrounding the fact that the federal government still deems marijuana an illegal substance. New courses such as “Marijuana Law and Policy,” “Representing the Marijuana Client,” and “Marijuana Policy in the 21st Century” are now taught at several…

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Retired professor turns whistleblower on climate change https://www.thecollegefix.com/retired-professor-turns-whistleblower-on-climate-change/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/retired-professor-turns-whistleblower-on-climate-change/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2015 06:54:36 +0000 http://www.thecollegefix.com/?p=20751 While much of the debate over climate change surrounds whether or not it is occurring, one glaciologist and retired professor says the real issue is that the topic is being used as a political pawn to siphon money and votes. Dr. Terry Hughes, in an interview with The College Fix, said researchers want to keep federal funding for climate change alive, and politicians want to earn environmentalist…

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Law students complain rape law too traumatizing to study, law professors say https://www.thecollegefix.com/law-students-complain-rape-law-too-traumatizing-to-study-law-professors-say/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/law-students-complain-rape-law-too-traumatizing-to-study-law-professors-say/#respond Wed, 31 Dec 2014 06:29:59 +0000 http://www.thecollegefix.com/?p=20654 A growing number of law students are complaining to their professors about lectures on rape law, saying the subject is too traumatic to learn about or discuss, according to at least two prominent law professors. Harvard Law Professor Jeannie Suk detailed the trend in The New Yorker earlier this month, and this week George Washington University law professor John Banzhaf, in an interview with The…

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That degree is a joke: You can minor in comedy at Emerson College https://www.thecollegefix.com/that-degree-is-a-joke-you-can-minor-in-comedy-at-emerson-college/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/that-degree-is-a-joke-you-can-minor-in-comedy-at-emerson-college/#respond Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:14:44 +0000 http://www.thecollegefix.com/?p=20557 Boston’s Emerson College, the alma mater of comedy kings such as Jay Leno, is now offering its students the opportunity to minor in comedy. According to a release from the college, which says it’s the only four-year school devoted “exclusively to the study of communication and performing arts,” the new academic program – titled “Comedy: Writing and Performance” – will “strengthen even further…

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Noted law professor: Good reasons for no indictment in cop-chokehold death https://www.thecollegefix.com/noted-law-professor-good-reasons-for-no-indictment-in-cop-chokehold-death/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/noted-law-professor-good-reasons-for-no-indictment-in-cop-chokehold-death/#respond Thu, 04 Dec 2014 05:28:59 +0000 http://www.thecollegefix.com/?p=20360 A prominent George Washington University law professor has come out in defense of the decision not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, saying the chokehold cannot be legally defined as “reckless” as a law-enforcement tactic, nor can it be proven that the chokehold caused Garner’s death. “[W]hile many might see today’s decision as just another outrage…

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University’s new ‘vaqueros’ mascot decried as ‘racist, gender biased’ https://www.thecollegefix.com/universitys-new-vaqueros-mascot-decried-as-racist-gender-biased/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/universitys-new-vaqueros-mascot-decried-as-racist-gender-biased/#respond Tue, 18 Nov 2014 06:55:05 +0000 http://www.thecollegefix.com/?p=20155 The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley hasn’t even opened yet and already its mascot has been decried as racist and gender biased. Some students, scholars and others associated with the newly forming University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley are demanding University President Guy Bailey step down after he helped pave the way for its mascot to be “Vaqueros.” Vaquero is masculine in Spanish…

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D.C. approves pot legalization – now students push for access, too https://www.thecollegefix.com/d-c-approves-pot-legalization-now-students-push-for-access-too/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/d-c-approves-pot-legalization-now-students-push-for-access-too/#respond Thu, 13 Nov 2014 05:37:27 +0000 http://www.thecollegefix.com/?p=20093 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Voters in Washington, D.C., last week approved legislation to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, and now student advocates at The George Washington University want administrators to abide by the newly passed referendum and allow pot on campus. Roughly 70 percent of beltway voters approved Initiative 71, which legalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana for…

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