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March 1, 2019

UC-Berkeley police arrest suspect in campus attack on conservative activist

March 1, 2019

UC-Berkeley reopens investigation into assault on conservative activist, days after announcing its end

Days after announcing that police had concluded work on an alleged assault on a conservative activist on campus, and were seeking to make a felony arrest, University of California-Berkeley officials said police are extending the investigation.

February 27, 2019

Washington Post finally covers Berkeley assault on conservative, focuses on response from right

The Washington Post finally got around to covering a recent attack on a conservative activist at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday – but put an emphasis on the fact that conservatives were upset about the situation.

February 25, 2019

Activist assaulted at Berkeley says campuses embedded with culture of hostility to conservatives

Hayden Williams, 26, who was assaulted while helping recruit conservatives on college campuses, told Fox News that places of higher learning are aggressively hostile to diversity of thought.

February 22, 2019

UC Berkeley employee cheered campus assault on conservative activist; potential suspect ID'd

Conservative groups are calling on the University of California, Berkeley to take action against a campus employee who praised an alleged assault on an activist who was recruiting at a table.

February 21, 2019

Conservative activist assaulted at UC-Berkeley campus during recruitment drive

University of California police is asking for the public’s help in tracking down a man who allegedly assaulted the member of a conservative group, Turning Point USA, who was at a table Tuesday afternoon filled with recruitment materials.

February 20, 2019

Some MIT students and professors object to celebrating computer center named after onetime Trump adviser

Some 20 students and professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are demanding the cancellation of a three-day celebration for a new computer center because a businessman who funded it has advised President Donald Trump and hosted the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, among other things, according to the Boston Globe.

January 8, 2019

Portland professor behind journal paper hoax fears he could lose his job

Peter Boghossian, an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University says he may be fired for his role in submitting bogus studies to academic journals.

December 27, 2018

UMass Amherst told student to remove 'F— Nazis' sign because it wasn't 'inclusive'

The University Massachusetts Amherst told a female student that her “f— Nazis” sign that she made in response to an anti-Semitic hate crime on campus wasn’t “inclusive” and asked her to remove it.

November 27, 2018

Chick-fil-A defends itself after being excluded by private New Jersey university over its Christian values

A private university in New Jersey believes Chick-fil-A doesn’t belong on the menu for students.