Greg Piper – The College Fix

Judge rebukes Syracuse for repeatedly violating its own policies to punish innocent fraternity

Greg Piper — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 07:56:30 +0000

‘Record is clear’ that the fraternity ‘did nothing wrong’ Syracuse got lucky with New York courts when fraternity pledges sued the university for violating its free-speech promises by harshly punishing them for crass yet privately performed sketches. A trial court said Syracuse’s wholly undefined “mental harm” policy superseded its very exacting pledge to protect freedom of expression for…

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Georgetown Law won’t share facts about black student performance after firing professor for saying it’s ‘lower’

Greg Piper — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 05:04:54 +0000

UPDATED Doesn’t dispute accuracy of what she privately said Three years ago this month, the University of Pennsylvania Law School removed a professor from teaching required classes for publicly saying she wasn’t aware of black students ever graduating in the top quarter of the class. Amy Wax’s dean, Ted Ruger, accused her of making “false” claims. He refused to get more specific, though…

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Journalists spread pseudoscience that any large campus gathering is a ‘super spreader’ for COVID

Greg Piper — Thu, 11 Mar 2021 07:40:22 +0000

A wasted year ‘confidently predicting catastrophe from things we can see’ One of the long-term problems in journalism is misleading and outright false science coverage. It used to just be breathless stories about research that had never been replicated. The COVID-19 pandemic, however, has opened fertile new ground for journalists to make groundless assertions, especially on how personal…

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New York bill would block funding for student groups that ‘indirectly’ allow ‘hate speech’

Greg Piper — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:42:45 +0000

‘Even a group that holds a debate‘ would risk its funding It may surprise you that a state legislature would seek to force taxpayer-funded universities to violate their First Amendment obligations. If it does, clearly you haven’t been reading The College Fix for that long. A bill under consideration in the New York Senate (S-3712) would ban State University of New York…

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University of Texas school song written to poke fun at president, not promote racism: UT report

Greg Piper — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 19:25:38 +0000

Prompted by Ivy League envy Contrary to claims that the name of the University of Texas fight song is taken from an apocryphal saying by Robert E. Lee, “The Eyes of Texas” has no connection to the Confederate general and former UT president. That’s just one of the surprising findings about the supposedly racist song from the university’s History Committee report, released Tuesday…

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Supreme Court confirms students can sue public colleges just for censoring their free speech

Greg Piper — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:24:12 +0000

Chief justice alone ignores inherent harm of constitutional violations The Supreme Court has steadily expanded the reach of First Amendment rights under Chief Justice John Roberts. His project has been so successful that it left him behind for the first time Monday. Eight justices overturned a ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that threw out an evangelical student’s lawsuit…

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Columbia hosts six graduation ceremonies segregated by race, sexuality, income level

Greg Piper — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 21:46:45 +0000

Curiously described as ‘multicultural’ You may have heard of college graduation ceremonies reserved for blacks, Latinos or gays in these increasingly segregated times. But how about six graduation ceremonies segregated by race, sexuality and income level – at one university? Columbia University is offering virtual ceremonies for Native American, “LGBTQIA+,” Asian, “Latinx,” black, and “First…

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Dartmouth has ‘no plans to revisit’ Dr. Seuss author’s name on medical school

Greg Piper — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 19:11:04 +0000

He has ‘inspired a love of reading and storytelling for generations of children’ Theodor Geisel’s works as Dr. Seuss are going down the memory hole, scorned by his own descendants, after a relatively short pressure campaign branding them racist. But at least the otherwise progressive author hasn’t suffered the ultimate insult from an institution of higher education. Dartmouth College has “no…

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Large newspaper chain dumps ‘Mallard Fillmore’ for defending girls’ sports against Biden order

Greg Piper — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 08:05:18 +0000

Not just ‘local editors on a newspaper-by-newspaper basis’ this time One of my favorite changes to The College Fix over the years was the addition of a cartoonist, Pat Cross, who illustrates themes in our coverage on a weekly basis. His work is consistently popular with readers, though not with Facebook overlords. Years before we added our own cartoons, however, we started showing up…

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Ethics professor who advises Cuomo caught scrubbing nursing home deaths from report by health officials

Greg Piper — Fri, 05 Mar 2021 06:39:05 +0000

‘HER CLASS WAS CALLED ETHICS IN GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATIONS’ Linda Lacewell is superintendent of New York state’s Department of Financial Services. Her bio notes that she also teaches ethics as an adjunct law professor at New York University. Maybe not for much longer. The New York Times identifies Lacewell among the “most senior aides” to Gov. Andrew Cuomo who rewrote a report by state health…

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