Recently, students and campus community members were upset that ads for the school showed up on Breitbart. The school vowed to fix the problem, while noting that algorithms, not the schools, determine where and who sees the ads.
Source: http://www.dailyemerald.com/2017/02/15/university-taking-action-regarding-ads-appearing-breitbart/
In 2016, Olivia Corn, a student at Cornell, was allegedly assaulted and called a “racist bitch” for being a Republican. According to the Tab, “I was actually assaulted on campus for being a Republican. I had someone throw me to the […]
In 2015, the University of Western Australia “backtracked on a federally funded research center” connected to Bjorn Lomborg, due to his views on climate change. Lomborg believes that government policies towards climate change need to take into account the effect […]
Recently, Ronald Pelias, an adjunct at University of Louisiana Lafayette wrote, “I can’t stop wondering if each person I encounter is [a] Trump supporter. If I identify someone who I believe fits that category, I assume he or she […]
Recently, after a controversy involving bringing feminist speaker Laura Kipnis to Wellesley College erupted, the student newspaper criticized defenders of inviting Kipnis, saying that hate speech isn’t free speech. Kipnis, a critic of Title IX laws which broadly define […]
In 2015, students at University of North Texas protested the decision to invite Texas Governor Greg Abbott to speak at graduation. The petition stated, “Governor Abbott is an advocate for immigration reform, border patrol, and anti-equal marriage laws. This […]
In 2015, students at Chapman University put signs on busts of Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and Ayn Rand and other conservatives and libertarians. Students placed “reviews” of each person on the statues, including accusations of homophobia, racism, and classism, […]
In 2014, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute postponed a screening of “American Sniper” after complaints from the Muslim Student Association. This is one of several postponements of the film, as Muslim student groups complain the movie stigmatizes Muslims or promotes Islamophobia.
Source: https://petitions.union.rpi.edu/petitions/ehkGekY6hzXwtLmnR
http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=6437
In 2014, Daniel Mael, a Brandeis University student shared several tweets from a fellow student, Khadijah Lynch, which discussed racial and policing issues. Mael, a reporter for Ben Shapiro’s website Truth Revolt, was accused of “cyber stalking” and “libel” according […]
In 2015, a student columnist at Brown University named Pete Makhlouf wrote an op-ed in the student newspaper claiming that ROTC should be banned from campus because it trains students for “state-sanctioned violence”. According to the column, it is […]
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