Tag: Colleges and Universities

University of California, Merced wanted College Republicans to pay more than $17,000 in security fees for the club to host a speech by Ben Shapiro. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)

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UC Merced charges College Republicans $17,000 for Ben Shapiro event

Peter Van Voorhis · March 2, 2018 7:07 pm

Time to Pay the Players

Rachael Larimore · March 2, 2018 4:01 pm

Authorities stand on the campus of Central Michigan University during a search for a suspect, in Mount Pleasant, Mich. School officials say police are responding to a report of shots fired at a residence hall at the university. (Lisa Yanick Litwiller/The Morning Sun via AP)

Fatal shooting at Central Michigan University due to ‘domestic situation’

Anna Giaritelli · March 2, 2018 3:20 pm

Shortly after San Francisco State University President Leslie Wong made his apology, chalked messages appeared in front of the student center with the words, "Zionists not welcome," and, "Zionism = Racism!" (iStock photo)

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Israeli-Palestinian conflict playing out on San Francisco State campus

Jackson Richman · March 1, 2018 8:40 pm

A student newspaper broke its own rules and published published an article anonymously, citing the safety of student authors because they criticized Israel.

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Student newspaper protects anti-Israel students’ identities so they won’t get ‘banned from entering Israel’

Jackson Richman · March 1, 2018 6:07 pm

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Student newspaper editorial: White feminists ‘should call themselves sexist, racist, and homophobic’

John Patrick · March 1, 2018 5:31 pm

Speech First, a new membership organization, will represent a collective body of free speech enthusiasts that can support a lone student fighting a massive campus bureaucracy. (Speech First)

Campus free speech membership association launches today

Lauren Cooley · March 1, 2018 12:00 am

A course at San Diego State University titled "Trump: Impeachment, Removal or Conviction?" was forced to change its name after public outcry. (iStock photo)

College forced to change course title that implied Trump should be impeached

Lauren Cooley · February 28, 2018 9:18 pm

More than 75 percent of the Lehigh University faculty took part in the online vote, with 83 percent voting in favor of rescinding President Trump's honorary degree. (AP Photo/Scott Campbell)

Lehigh University faculty vote to revoke Trump’s honorary degree

Mandy Mayfield · February 28, 2018 4:25 pm

At Carleton College in Minnesota, students for three years have replaced "The Vagina Monologues" by playwright Eve Ensler with "Stripped," a play written by 2016 graduate Kat George, to address concerns regarding "Ensler's embodied trans exclusive writings" and "the production's exploitation of brown, black, and non-western bodies." (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

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Students create ‘all-gender’ answer to problematic ‘Vagina Monologues’

Emily Jashinsky · February 27, 2018 11:13 pm

Georgia Southern University restricts speech to a small portion of campus and requires multiple day notice for protest. (Young Americans for Liberty)

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Code Yellow: Georgia Southern’s speech code impedes freedom of assembly

Richard Abel · February 27, 2018 9:04 pm

The Columbia Student-Worker Solidarity group, an organization committed to "fighting for economic justice," has called a College Republican group's speaker "racist" and plans to protest his visit to campus. (Student-Worker Solidarity group's Facebook page)

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Columbia Student-Worker Solidarity group says right to work has ‘deep roots in white supremacy’

John Patrick · February 27, 2018 8:13 pm