LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock The University of Missouri has given over $1 million in “incentive payments” to its administrators, over $400,000 of which was received by the chancellor who resigned from the school following its 2015 protests. “In 2015, 2016 and 2017, the Board of Curators or System President approved approximately…
Blake Neff The University of Missouri (MU) is renaming its “Unisex” restrooms on campus in response to complaints that the current label isn’t inclusive. Henceforth, restrooms intended for use by both men and women will simply be labeled “toilet.” The change is apparently meant to accommodate student complaints that the “unisex” label, intended to encompass…
Blake Neff The University of Missouri (MU) is losing about 1500 students and is facing a huge $32 million budget shortfall four months after it attracted national attention as the site of massive race-based campus protests. “I am writing to you today to confirm that we project a very significant budget shortfall due to an unexpected…
Blake Neff The chief diversity officer at the University of Missouri (MU) has authored a letter sharply reprimanding the school’s black activist movement, urging it to stop relying on threats and impossible demands. “If you sincerely want better relationships, the time for demands, threats and arbitrary deadlines is over — you don’t need them,” said Chuck…
The Mizzou professor who made headlines when she was filmed interview with press during a protest on public property has been charged with third degree assault. The city’s prosecutor has confirmed that Melissa Click, communications professor at Missouri University, has been charged with third degree assault stemming from the incident where she physically restrained reporters…
Freedom of Speech Not for Popular Opinions, But the Most Controversial by Josh Guckert In recent days, the University of Missouri has made headlines for widespread racial tensions and the fallout surrounding them. However, an ancillary point has arisen, as some have protested the use of certain kinds of speech. Perhaps no better example was…
Blake Neff In an ironic development, to say the least, protesters at the University of Missouri (MU) segregated themselves by race Wednesday night, having white students leave a gathering in order to create a “black-only healing space.” Supporters of the group Concerned Students 1950, which has spearheaded the protest movement at MU, assembled at the…