UNC under FIRE
RALEIGH – Once again, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill stands accused of discrimination against a Christian student group.
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.
Conservatives criticize UNC-Chapel Hill reading program again
Aug 13, 2004 ·
Jon Sanders
RALEIGH – Conservatives students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are criticizing the Summer Reading Program again. The surprise is that this year, the program’s selection, made for the first time with an open selections process, was expected to avoid the sort of criticism previous selections endured.
Arrest Warrants Dim College Hopes, Dreams
Jun 17, 2004 ·
Jon Sanders
While his peers hang out in public places laughing and joking and preparing for their college careers, Rageman holes up at friends’ houses peering nervously out of basement windows. He doesn’t have time to think about college. He fears he’s more likely to be thrown in the poke. “I worked hard in school,” Rageman said. “So what if I knocked over a few convenience stores graduation night?”
Campus bias forum mixes politics with academic integrity
May 17, 2004 ·
Shannon Blosser
DURHAM – North Carolina is not the only state where campus bias is a major concern.
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.