Campus bias forum mixes politics with academic integrity
DURHAM – North Carolina is not the only state where campus bias is a major concern.
Politicization
Higher education’s fundamental mission is the discovery, preservation, and transmission of truth. This endeavor requires unfettered freedom of expression and conscience. The following articles expose illiberal tendencies on American campuses and highlight ways to increase the diversity of the ideas being taught, debated, and discussed on campus.
Albright, Powell highlight N.C.graduation speakers
May 10, 2004 ·
Shannon Blosser
With the ongoing War on Terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan, graduates at some area colleges will hear, first hand, from two individuals who have been involved in policy decisions regarding Iraq and the Middle East.
Forum discusses academic freedom
North Carolina is not the only state where campus bias is a concern. That was evident during a forum held Saturday at Robert “Whit” Whitfield’s campaign headquarters for the 4th District House of Representatives seat. That seat is currently held by Rep. David Price, D-N.C.
Efforts to stifle Carolina Students for Life aborted
Apr 15, 2004 ·
Jon Sanders
The pro-life UNC-CH student group Carolina Students for Life are finally included in the Carolina Women’s Center’s web site and programming. However, the group was excluded for the second year from Women’s Week at the university.
Thought Police Steal a Victory from UNC-Chapel Hill
Apr 7, 2004 ·
Jon Sanders
Free speech had already carried the day when a UNC-Chapel Hill instructor attacked a student by name in a classwide email. So why get the feds involved?
The fictional world of Arundhati Roy
Feb 1, 2004 ·
Jon Sanders
Indian novelist Arundhati Roy is full of rage against the United States, snidely dismissive of free-market capitalism, and an unrepentant Marxist — and in the halls of academe, she’s believed to be one of the most important voices in the world.
The Top 10 Nuttiest Campus Events in N.C. for 2003
Dec 31, 2003 ·
Jon Sanders
Among the highlights: When “Free Expression” isn’t; UNC seeks more illegal immigrants and others from out-of-state; crazy rape stats aplenty; another terrorist speaker; a “diversity czar”; a self-stated friend of terrorists seeking to shut up a newspaper; a professor fired for a tolerance demonstration gone awry; and two UNC schools find the idea of student groups keeping membership and leadership reserved for students who agree with the ideas of the group unconscionable.
Rush Limbaugh meets the new “racism”
Oct 6, 2003 ·
Jon Sanders
Rush Limbaugh found out what a lot of good, beleaguered individuals on college campuses already know — there’s a new definition of “racism” taking hold.
Online sports news site sues N.C. State, UNC for access
May 16, 2003 ·
Chad Adams
The latest court case brought about by the North Carolina Chapter of the Institute for Justice involves two cherished traditions in the state, freedom and sports. It also concerns a rapidly evolving form of journalism, online news media.
Just What the Dirty-Word Is Going On in Wilmington?
May 9, 2003 ·
Jon Sanders
This past semester several political items were removed, as soon they appeared, from the student union at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Among them: anti-war flyers labeling President George Bush a “bully,” depicting Lady Liberty impaling a dove by its rectum on a sword, and having the U.S. flag being produced in the exhaust fumes of B-1 bombers; magazines containing a photograph of men engaging in anal sex; a large sign advertising “The Vagina Monologues” that called for all [offensive slang for vaginas] to “Unite!”; and flyers in support of war against Saddam Hussein.
Actually, only the last one was deemed offensive enough for removal from campus. The rest were allowed to stand.