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Students

Guillermo: How to Solve the Issue of Free Speech on Campus

Anyone who can show a receipt from the bursar has a right to say anything they want well beyond the everyday. If you are a student, you have paid the price of admission.

March 5, 2017

Students

Research Counters Trump View of Immigration

Monica Gomez Isaac, executive director of the Institute for Immigration Research at George Mason University, says, “The contributions of immigrants permeate nearly every facet of American society.”

March 5, 2017

Students

Harvard Publicly Acknowledges Historical Ties to Slavery

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University publicly acknowledged its deep ties to colonial-era slavery on Friday, casting a light on parts of its history that long remained in the shadows. At a conference that Harvard organized to explore the relationship between colleges and slavery, university President Drew Faust said the school must confront the grimmer parts […]

March 5, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Former Academic Adviser Loses Religious Bias Suit

A former academic adviser at Utah Valley University has lost a suit alleging religious harassment, discrimination and retaliation based on her Mormon faith.

March 2, 2017

Students

All Immigrants Not Included

The statements with messages of building and protecting an inclusive community are great to see, but the reality is not all campuses have included undocumented and DACA students in their statements.

March 2, 2017

Students

Scholars: DREAMer’s Arrest a Threat to Rights of All

Experts say the arrest of a DREAMer and aspirant university math professor who had just spoken out about the impact that immigration enforcement was having on her family has had a chilling effect on other DREAMers and is likely to reverberate beyond the community of undocumented students.

March 2, 2017

Latinx

Rodriguez: Time for Brown Berets to be Seen in Court?

What has not been litigated is whether Mexicans in this country are part of a foreign and illegitimate culture. With the recent arrest of the Brown Berets, perhaps it is time to take that assertion to court.

February 28, 2017

Students

Advocates Call for Schools to Stand By Undocumented Students

At a time of escalating fears of deportation, faculty and administrators should align themselves with undocumented students and actively fight to secure their future in the United States, according to a recent panel.

February 28, 2017

Students

Dillard President: What President Trump Needs to Hear

We’ve seen federal and state divestment in education, making the idea of education as the path to the American Dream more of a hallucination for the poor and disenfranchised.

February 27, 2017

Students

Guillermo: Trump’s Sense of Equality Doesn’t Include Transgendered

Trump’s words do not match his deeds, when it comes to civil rights or bathroom rights. Trump, who just a month ago vowed to protect the rights of all Americans, is going backward.

February 26, 2017

Students

Bill Filed to Loosen Knot Over North Carolina “Bathroom Bill”

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina lawmakers filed bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at breaking an impasse over the state’s “bathroom bill,” but it’s likely to face tough going in the Republican-controlled legislature. Two House Republicans and two Democrats sponsored the measure that would repeal House Bill 2, the law approved last March. But the proposal contains […]

February 23, 2017

African-American

For Now, Reality Reels In Milo Yiannopoulos

The “inclusion” afforded to Milo Yiannopoulos by some was only temporary and came with strings attached.

February 22, 2017