UConn Student Newspaper Launches New Column for Underrepresented and Marginalized Groups
"The column is open to 'students of color, women, persons with disabilities and the LGBTQIA+ community,' according to the Campus."...
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Western Connecticut State Investigating ‘Hate-Filled’ Fliers Found on Campus
Are we to believe there are racists at this school, or is this just another campus hoax?
FIRE Comes to Defense of UConn Students Arrested Over Racial Slurs
"pursuant to a statue that any reasonable police officer would have known is unconstitutional"...
Word Crime: Two UConn Students Arrested For Saying Racial Slurs
Two students from the University of Connecticut are currently under arrest because they used racial slurs. That may be tasteless and inappropriate, but at the end of the day, they're just words.
These students were arrested for saying words.
College Republicans in Connecticut Raise Alarm on Campus Harassment Over Political Views
The Connecticut Federation of College Republicans held a press conference on Thursday, during which they claimed conservative students are being singled out on Connecticut campuses over their political views.
Wesleyan U. President Claims Safe Spaces Promote Intellectual Diversity
“for different people at different times, safety can mean different things.”...
Connecticut: High School Athletes File Federal Complaint Over ‘Transgender Women’ Participation in Female Sports Competitions
Back in February, I wrote about two transgender sprinters who placed first and second in the Girls Indoor Track Championship held in Connecticut. As I noted at the time, the same two transgender athletes had won the top spots the year before, as well.
Three of the girls who competed in the track championship have now filed a federal discrimination complaint against a statewide policy on transgender athletes.
Campus of Closed College in Connecticut to be Sold at Auction
"32-acre campus has seven buildings, totaling 113,000 square feet"...
New Debt-Free College Program in Connecticut Dubbed an ‘Investment’
“This pathway to a debt-free community college empowers students to gain the skills they need to fuel our state’s economy”...
White Nationalist Indicted for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Trump
Gary Gravelle of Connecticut was indicted last week for allegedly "threatening to kill, injure and intimidate people and explode property in Connecticut and elsewhere."
Gravelle, "identified as a member of the white separate organization American Knights of Anarchy, or AKA," reports the New Haven Register. In his powder-filled letter to Trump, Gravelle allegedly wrote, "I, Gary Gravelle, ... as a faithful soldier of the AKA, am coming to KILLDonald Trump."
Students at Trinity College Protest Pro-Western Civilization ‘Churchill Club’
"complaints from students of color and their supporters declare the Churchill Club’s existence on campus marginalizes them"...
Trinity College Prof Tweets ‘Whiteness is Terrorism’
“All self-identified white people (no exceptions) are invested in and collude with systemic white racism/white supremacy.”...
University of Hartford Student Accused of Stabbing Classmates During Acting Exercise
A University of Hartford student named Jake Wascher was acting out a scene from a movie when he allegedly stabbed two classmates. He fled the scene, but was arrested later and now faces criminal charges.
Yale is First School to Rescind Student’s Admission Following Admissions Scandal
Fallout continues to happen after the exposure of a national college admissions scandal. On Monday, twelve defendants were arraigned in federal court in Boston.
Now Yale has rescinded the admission of a student allegedly admitted under fraudulent circumstances.
Former University Diversity Officer Accused of Giving Her Husband Fellowship Worth $50K
"violated the Code of Ethics’ conflict-of-interests and use-of-office sections"...
Connecticut Supreme Court permits Sandy Hook victims to sue Remington
The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that the victims and their families of the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 could sue the manufacturer of the gun used under Connecticut law, notwithstanding that the shooter Adam Lanza didn't purchase the gun (he stole it from his mother) and manufacturers are broadly protected by The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA).
Prof Fired for Giving Nazi Salute Over Dispute With Colleague During Meeting
"caused colleagues to become ‘unnerved and fearful that violence would erupt"...
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