In 2015, Madison Gesiotto, a law student at the Ohio State University, published a pro-life editorial in Washington Times, which received backlash from fellow students, including threatening messages. When Gesiotto met with school officials to discuss the incident, including a […]
In 2016, University of Florida art professor Pamela Brekka promised to punish students who used the phrase “melting pot” on an assignment. According to Campus Reform, “Professor Pamela Brekka told Campus Reform that she has reprimanded students for using the […]
In 2016, the Feminist Action Club at Sierra College held an event on campus where they wrote citations for ‘offensive behaviors’ such as “making ‘kissing noises,’ ‘whistling,’ ‘honking or shouting for my attention,’ or even simply ‘invading my space’”, […]
In 2015, Columbia University fired a teaching assistant for saying “fucked” in an e-mail. According to Columbia Spectator, “When Longxi Zhao, a former chemical engineering teaching assistant, used the word “fucked” in an email to apologize for a CourseWorks mishap, […]
Recently, students at University of Wisconsin-Madison complained that crime warning e-mails sent out by the school perpetuate racism. According to the student newspaper the Daily Cardinal, “sending photographs incriminating black teenagers in a burglary to tens of thousands of email […]
In 2013, students complained about a ‘Camo and Ammo’ themed party at the five Claremont Colleges. According to College Fix, the student government, “proceeded to change the Facebook event name two times the next day in response to student complaints […]
In 2016, “Nearly 500 members of campus signed a letter to UVA President Teresa Sullivan criticizing her for continuously including Jefferson quotes in emails—particularly in her post-election message to campus. ‘For many of us, the inclusion of Jefferson quotations […]
In 2016, Emerson College published an “Inclusive Language Guide”, which tells students how to not be offensive when referring to people with disabilities, LGBT people, and other ‘marginalized groups’.
Source: http://www.campusreform.org/?ID=8341
http://www.emerson.edu/diversity/gender-inclusion
In 2015, the five colleges of Claremont Colleges planned a mad scientist themed Halloween party. However, according to National Review, it hit a snag when some student government leaders at Pomona College called the idea offensive. According to a statement […]
In 2015, during protests in Baltimore over alleged police misconduct, Texas Christian University student Harry Vincent took to Twitter to criticize Black Lives Matter and the protests. Vincent, a resident of Baltimore, faced heat for some of his comments, […]
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