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Professor who belittled Christopher Rufo’s Harvard degree ‘apologizes’

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:43:57 +0000

Says original remarks were ‘clearly phrased badly’ The Harvard professor who made fun of conservative journalist Christopher Rufo’s Harvard Extension School degree as “not the same” as those earned by “normal” Harvard students … has offered an apology. Sort of. Jennifer Hochschild, a professor of government and African/African American Studies whose work was plagiarized by former Harvard…

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The ‘OK, boomer’ arrogance strikes again

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 16:21:31 +0000

Four years ago I took issue with the phrase “OK, boomer,” and the resulting feedback is the most I’ve ever gotten regarding a column to date. The Fix comments alone numbered almost 600, and there were many responses on social media — mostly unfavorable. Of the negative reactions, the one with the most merit was how discipline and behavior have deteriorated over the decades. Indeed…

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UMass students arrested for illegal sit-in complain they now aren’t allowed to study abroad

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:32:20 +0000

‘It never felt right to me that I got arrested for that’ Several University of Massachusetts Amherst students arrested for an illegal sit-in protest in October are miffed that they’re now not permitted to enroll in study abroad programs. Fifty-six students and faculty were charged with trespassing during an anti-Israel occupation of the Whitmore Administration Building after closing hours…

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HS girls b-ball team quits game early due to opposing squad’s antisemitic harassment

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 21:09:14 +0000

A private Jewish high school girls basketball team had to be escorted off the court before their game’s official ending due to antisemitic harassment from opposing players. Members of The Leffell School team allegedly were shouted at by Roosevelt High School players and faced “hostility and aggression with ‘substantially more jabs and comments'” than in past encounters, according to the New York…

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Three takeaways from the Claudine Gay resignation

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 16:32:32 +0000

Take #1: The mainstream media is a bigger joke than ever. On Wednesday, the Associated Press headlined “Harvard president’s resignation highlights new conservative weapon against colleges: plagiarism.” Later that day it sort of backtracked, changing the headline to “Plagiarism charges downed Harvard’s president. A conservative attack helped to fan the outrage.” It noted the original…

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Four 2024 education predictions by The Fix’s veteran teacher

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 22:42:41 +0000

Teachers love this past week. It’s Christmas break (or “winter” break for the politically correct) after all, which allows them to 1) catch up on much needed sleep, and 2) catch up on much needed sleep. Well, the teachers who care and know what they’re doing, at any rate. Although it’s been a number of years now, I remember the need for this break quite well. My wife and several former…

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Bates College faculty fearful of challenging students due to far-left DEI office

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 30 Dec 2023 23:22:01 +0000

Faculty who do not espouse a ‘specific form of ideology’ are ‘met with hostility’ A recent report from The Federalist details how professors at Maine’s Bates College are hesitant to challenge students for fear of being reported to the school’s DEI — Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion — office. Recent Bates graduate Roy Matthews corresponded with several professors from the institution and found…

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Professors: U.S. a genocidal ‘settler colonial state’ that needs to be ‘dismantled’

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 17:52:43 +0000

‘The goal is to dismantle the settler project that is the United States’ A recent far-left panel discussion titled “From Minnesota to Palestine” featured a pair of University of Minnesota professors, one of whom called for the destruction of the United States as we know it. The Red Nation, which is “dedicated to the liberation of Native peoples from capitalism and colonialism” according to its…

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New study proves reality: Biological sex is a huge factor in sports performance

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 23:03:22 +0000

What would we do without studies? Despite a growing trend of downplaying biology’s significance in athletic performance, a recent study — refreshingly — shows what should be obvious: Biological men are stronger and faster than biological women. The study “Performance of non-binary athletes in mass-participation running events” by two U.K. university scholars and an independent researcher found…

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School district ousts principal for holding racially exclusive student assembly – but why??

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 19:33:51 +0000

An elementary school in Florida recently hired a new principal to replace one who was suspended and eventually resigned at the beginning of the school year. The latter, Donelle Evensen, had helped organized a racially exclusive assembly for black fourth and fifth graders to encourage them to raise their state test scores. Evensen is white. Anthony Hines, the now-former fifth-grade facilitator…

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