Campus News & Alerts - Page 8

November 1, 2019

Michigan student reacts after university announces it won't reinstate the 'Bias Response Team'

In a victory for free speech on college campuses, the University of Michigan announced it would disband its "Bias Response Team."

October 24, 2019

Hundreds of Harvard students protest 'liberal' school newspaper for calling ICE for comment on story

Following attempts by Harvard's school newspaper, The Crimson, to reach out to ICE for comment on an immigration story, over 700 students signed a petition claiming the request was akin to tipping off the government and selling out the university to a federal agency. 

October 23, 2019

Harvard student newspaper facing backlash for requesting comment from ICE

The Harvard Crimson, the university’s student-run newspaper, is facing campus backlash after asking for a routine comment request from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for a story on a campus protest against the agency. 

October 18, 2019

Cabot Phillips: Dems don't want Biden in 2020 and many can't name his accomplishments

Democrats don't want an establishment candidate in 2020 like former Vice President Joe Biden, editor-in-chief of Campus Reform Cabot Phillips said Friday. 

September 24, 2019

Missouri college volleyball player, 21, dies after falling off ladder

A Missouri college volleyball player died on Saturday after she fell while trying to climb a ladder to a roof of an off-campus building, officials said.

September 5, 2019

Michigan State fined $4.5M for failing to respond to Larry Nassar sexual assault complaints

The U.S. Education Department is fining Michigan State University a record $4.5 million and demanding sweeping changes after determining that it failed to respond to sexual assault complaints against Larry Nassar, a former sports doctor at the school who also worked at USA Gymnastics.

July 19, 2019

Penn professor under fire after suggesting US better off with 'fewer nonwhites', defenders say comment lacks context

A University of Pennsylvania professor is facing calls to fire a professor over the comments that she made at a conservative conference last weekend, insinuating that the U.S would be better off with “more whites and fewer nonwhites.”

April 8, 2019

UCLA speaker compares Che Guevara to Jesus Christ

In a seminar at the University of California-Los Angeles in recent days, the featured speaker likened Argentinian doctor and Fidel Castro’s fellow guerrilla fighter to Jesus Christ.

March 29, 2019

Brown University president rejects student-approved BDS referendum

A student-approved referendum calling on Brown University to divest from companies “complicit in human rights abuses in Palestine” has been rejected by the president of the Ivy League institution.

March 27, 2019

Amherst College's 'Common Language Guide' sparks outcries of educators trying to stifle free speech

A Massachusetts college is now backpedaling after facing accusations of trying to stifle free speech by sending out a “Common Language Document” that criticizes capitalism and provides definitions to students on terms ranging from “Toxic Masculinity” to the “White Savior Complex.”