LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock Two paragraphs from a professor’s book perfectly capture the modern, watered-down state of America’s universities, explaining how the terms “professor” and “university” have become denigrated by their overuse. The two paragraphs come from “The Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and Why It Matters,” a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A university is hosting a workshop Friday where students will learn and practice using gender-neutral pronouns like “xe/xem/xyr” and “ey/em/eir.” The University of Maryland, Baltimore is hosting “Gender Neutral Pronoun Lunch & Learn,” a workshop that, along with an extensive LGBT Terminology dictionary on its website, marks the university’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield As universities around the nation enter and complete graduation season, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the left’s blatant hypocrisy surrounding intellectual diversity. Over and over you hear about commencement speakers warning of doomsday under President Donald Trump, or harping on about the need for “tolerance.”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Andrew Minik Evanston, IL – Northwestern University has become the latest battleground in the fight for free speech and academic liberty. Sociology professor Beth Redbird invited a public relations officer of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to participate in a lecture series on “Inequality: Race, Class, and Power.” To…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck A history professor at a major university has gone after the jobs and campus leadership positions of students she disagreed with during as Facebook argument. The professor who pulled this stunt is reportedly being considered for a dean’s position at her employer, Texas State University. One…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A Republican college student was recently attacked on Twitter when she expressed her fear of “being stereotyped or labeled negatively” for voicing conservative opinions. https://twitter.com/michelle_sham/status/842718268280528897 Among the Bowie State University student’s fiercest critics was Patrick S. Tomlinson, a contributor to The Hill and self-described “comic,” who replied…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A university administrator delivered a speech in which he described “whiteness” as “a way of thinking, a way of acting” that is fundamentally opposed to Christianity. Paul Dionne, Inclusive Success Coordinator for Beloit College’s Office for Academic Diversity and Inclusiveness, gave a speech entitled, “Working Against Whiteness”…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Amber Randall A Canadian university is under fire after it removed the weight scale at its gym last week. Carleton University replaced the scale with a sign explaining that the removal is “in keeping with current fitness and social trends,” reports Heat Street. Bruce Marshall, the manager of health and…
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…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck Students at University of California – San Diego are protesting an upcoming appearance on campus of Tibetan leader Lhamo Dondrub — more ubiquitously known as the 14th sitting Dalai Lama. Their reasons? His views on how independent Tibet should be compared to Communist Chinese government rule. According…