Micaiah Bilger – Assistant Editor – The College Fix

Jewish students sue Harvard alleging inaction against ‘rampant’ antisemitism

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:48:50 +0000

‘It became so unbearable that this was our only option,’ student says Six Jewish students accused Harvard University of “selectively” enforcing its anti-discrimination policies by allowing “rampant” antisemitism to continue on campus in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. Their complaint alleging “severe and pervasive” antisemitism at Harvard is the latest in a growing list of similar lawsuits.

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Professor says ‘suppress’ Joe Rogan, Douglas Murray to ‘counter terrorism’: report

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:04:36 +0000

Whistleblower: Class ‘confirmed my fears,’ overemphasized ‘right-wing extremism’ A British university course for government employees on “Countering Terrorism” included a call for the suppression of popular podcast host Joe Rogan and journalist Douglas Murray while lecturers downplayed Islamist extremism, a whistleblower said this week. Anna Stanley, who recently left the UK Foreign Office…

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Retired faculty protest hiring of Republican as new Youngstown State president

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:12:58 +0000

Letter demands trustees ‘put away your selfish interests,’ rescind job offer Dozens of retired Youngstown State University faculty and staff protested the hiring of Republican Congressman Bill Johnson as its new president in a letter Monday to the Board of Trustees. In the letter, former employees of the Ohio public university criticized Johnson’s voting record and called on the trustees to…

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Trans professor with ‘be gay, do crimes’ tattoo appointed to WHO taskforce

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 21:57:15 +0000

Law professor will help create health guidelines for ‘trans, gender diverse people’ A Canadian transgender professor who sports a “be gay, do crimes” tattoo recently was appointed to a World Health Organization group tasked with developing healthcare guidelines for “trans and gender diverse people.” Florence Ashley, an assistant law professor at the University of Alberta, is one of 21…

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Jewish student sues Rutgers alleging antisemitic harassment

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 21:21:32 +0000

Says he is being punished for criticizing pro-Hamas video A Jewish student sued Rutgers University on Tuesday, alleging he is being punished for speaking out against a pro-Hamas video that contained lies. Yoel Ackerman, a first-year law student, claims in the lawsuit that “Rutgers wrongfully initiated disciplinary action against him when he reported to law school administrators what he deemed…

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ChatGPT tells jokes about Jews, won’t produce jokes about Muslims

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:11:37 +0000

Chicago professor: AI program ‘woke, hypocritical’ The popular AI chatbot ChatGPT won’t generate jokes about Muslims – but Jews, Christians, and atheists are all fair game, a University of Chicago professor found. Emeritus ecology Professor Jerry Coyne’s discovery is just one of many examples of bias in the artificial intelligence program. A study by British researchers…

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Butler College Republicans under investigation for condemning pro-Palestinian chant: report

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 17:18:32 +0000

GOP leader says ‘hate speech’ probe is ‘political witch hunt’ Butler University is investigating its College Republicans chapter for alleged “hate speech” after the conservative students said pro-Palestinian protesters were supporting “terrorists” in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack, a new report found. The private Indiana university told the Butler College Republicans that their…

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From arson to death threats: The 10 worst acts of campus antisemitism in 2023

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 05:10:34 +0000

Nearly 3 in 4 Jewish students witnessed or experienced hostility This year, Jewish and Israeli college students faced down some of the most hostile environments on campus in recent memory, with dozens of incidents of extreme antisemitism — that sometimes got physical — chronicled on the pages of The College Fix in 2023. Antisemitism always has been a problem at universities, but in early 2023…

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Antisemitic activism hurting job prospects as academics, doctors kicked out

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 05:18:34 +0000

Hundreds of law firms warn aspiring lawyers: ‘Zero tolerance’ Academics, doctors, lawyers and others are losing their jobs – and more could find themselves struggling to get hired – due to antisemitic activism. Since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, many U.S. employers have grown increasingly wary about prejudice and hatred toward Jews. Some have issued warnings…

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School counselor doxxed after questioning pro-Palestinian protesters: report

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Tue, 19 Dec 2023 21:55:59 +0000

Pomona College says students may be suspended, expelled Pomona College is investigating the doxxing of a high school guidance counselor who questioned pro-Palestinian protesters last week on the California campus, college officials said. Gabrielle Starr, president of the private college in Claremont, said in a statement that the counselor’s work email address was registered on pornography…

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