Running 2017-18 college microaggressions/safe spaces thread

[LongTimeListener]

I think this one fits as a kickoff. An assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton opines that in reality it's conservatives who are the bullies and liberals the victims on college campuses.

Certainly a provocative and out-of-mainstream viewpoint.

Opinion | The ‘Free Speech’ Hypocrisy of Right-Wing Media

 

[User 11148]

A "ze" or a "zim"?

 

[Batman]

USC, you're on the clock!
Despite sketchy connections at best, USC's horse mascot Traveler is coming under fire because its name is close to the one Robert E. Lee's horse had. Never mind that they're spelled different, the original Traveler had his name before becoming the USC mascot or before his owner bought him, or that there has never been any political connection associated with the horse, TRAVELER MUST DIE!!!

Traveler, USC's mascot, comes under scrutiny for having a name similar to Robert E. Lee's horse

 

[User 11148]

Traveler's going to need to stand in front of a microphone and make it absolutely clear he's not a Nazi or Confederate sympathizer ...

 

[QYFW]

Will throw this on the politics thread, too. Too good not to share.

 

[ChrisLong]

USC, you're on the clock!
Despite sketchy connections at best, USC's horse mascot Traveler is coming under fire because its name is close to the one Robert E. Lee's horse had. Never mind that they're spelled different, the original Traveler had his name before becoming the USC mascot or before his owner bought him, or that there has never been any political connection associated with the horse, TRAVELER MUST DIE!!!

Traveler, USC's mascot, comes under scrutiny for having a name similar to Robert E. Lee's horse

Is this another Title IX issue? Travelette demands equal treatment.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Washington & Obama University?

Opinion | My University Is Named for Robert E. Lee. What Now?

 

[dixiehack]

Traveler's going to need to stand in front of a microphone and make it absolutely clear he's not a Nazi or Confederate sympathizer ...

"Neigh, neigh!"

 

[Just the facts ma am]

So we are now allowed to have more than one politics thread?

 

[Just the facts ma am]

Oops, I just remembered I started a similar thread about liberal language. Never mind

 

[Just the facts ma am]

Will throw this on the politics thread, too. Too good not to share.

Here's the thing. This has nothing to do with electoral politics. This is because an unqualified person was put in a decision making job. My guess is this was because of nepotism, old school ties, attractiveness or occasionally financial corruption.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Sept. 24-27. Get your tickets and riot gear now!

UC Berkeley: Bannon, Coulter, Yiannopoulos to speak

 

[dixiehack]

Sept. 24-27. Get your tickets and riot gear now!

UC Berkeley: Bannon, Coulter, Yiannopoulos to speak

To begin the day after hosting USC, probably its one decent gate in football this year.

 

[dixiehack]

Mitch Albom decided to take on Campus Culture These Days and boy howdy did it not go well.



Mitch Albom's college Detroit Free Press column draws massive backlash

 

[Big Circus]

Maryland's band won't play "Maryland, My Maryland" anymore because of some pro-Confederate lyrics.

University of Maryland band nixes Confederate state song, could lawmakers be next?

 

[LongTimeListener]

Maryland will make a strong run for Hotbed of the Year.

U-Md. Latino students described as ‘mediocre’ and ‘pretty bad’ in mass email

Father and daughter resigned from Mock Trial after the dad accidentally forwarded their conversation to students in the class instead of to his daughter.

“If I were to rank purely on performance, I would probably only take 1 of them. Should I take 2? All three? None have mock trial experience,” Abigail Graber wrote. “The mediocre one is extremely involved in community activism/organizing (she’s the one I would probably take no matter what, what she lacks in skill she makes up in confidence, although she may be too busy for this commitment).”

Terps had a big year last year in the microaggressions area, with a noose found in a frat house as well as the now-requisite list of demands to university leadership. There's a lot of promise here.

 

[Batman]

Maryland will make a strong run for Hotbed of the Year.

U-Md. Latino students described as ‘mediocre’ and ‘pretty bad’ in mass email

Father and daughter resigned from Mock Trial after the dad accidentally forwarded their conversation to students in the class instead of to his daughter.

“If I were to rank purely on performance, I would probably only take 1 of them. Should I take 2? All three? None have mock trial experience,” Abigail Graber wrote. “The mediocre one is extremely involved in community activism/organizing (she’s the one I would probably take no matter what, what she lacks in skill she makes up in confidence, although she may be too busy for this commitment).”

Terps had a big year last year in the microaggressions area, with a noose found in a frat house as well as the now-requisite list of demands to university leadership. There's a lot of promise here.

Looks like their beatdown of Texas on Saturday sent a message on quite a few fronts.

 

[dixiehack]

Is Rebecca Martinson gonna have to **** punt a *****?

 

[LongTimeListener]

Tonight's the night! Ben Shapiro speaks.

UC Berkeley free speech in spotlight over super-tight security plans

Anti-Shapiro posters have appeared in hallways and on lampposts, while pro-Shapiro posters have disappeared. In one development mocked by the right, the campus has offered counseling to students and employees whose “sense of safety and belonging” becomes compromised by Shapiro’s presence.

I hope nobody feels triggered between noon and 1 p.m. Having been to the campus recently, I can confirm that no office workers will be available.

 

[QYFW]

I just noticed today that my shop used 'right-wing speaker Shapiro' in a headline the other day. And we wonder why people don't trust us.