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Univ. Suspends Law Prof. For Wearing Blackface Costume0
- Culture
- December 27, 2016
The University of Oregon suspended a tenured professor for wearing blackface at an off-campus Halloween party, and now is considering additional punishment. The university admits the professor had no ill intent (reports suggest that she wore it in a strange attempt to honor a black physician, by dressing up as the title character in a black doctor’s
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Univ. of Chicago Students and Alums Respond to ‘Safe Space’ Letter0
- Education
- August 25, 2016
John Ellison, dean of students at the University of Chicago, recently sent letters to incoming freshmen detailing the school’s commitment to academic freedom and inquiry. “Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called ‘trigger warnings,’ we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not
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Univ. of Chicago Pushes Back on Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces0
- Culture
- August 23, 2016
Academics around the country are embracing the relatively new trend of using trigger warnings to shield students from ideas that might be discomforting or trauma-inducing. These ideas often include topics that touch on “racism, classism, sexism, heterosexism, cissexism, ableism, and other issues of privilege and oppression.” Though there is some debate surrounding how widespread the
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Univ. of Chicago Prez: Rejecting Free Speech Diminishes Education Quality0
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- June 16, 2017
Late last summer, the University of Chicago made waves when its Dean of Students announced to incoming freshmen that the institution would not be a purveyor of trendy safe spaces. Instead, it sought to continue its quest for “rigorous debate, discussion, and even disagreement.” Apparently, the University of Chicago is not backing down on its
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Univ. of Chicago Faculty Strike Back, Defend ‘Safe Spaces’0
- September 15, 2016
In August, Intellectual Takeout obtained and published a letter University of Chicago Dean of Students John Jay Ellison sent to students explaining the university’s commitment to intellectual l freedom and inquiry. The letter, which told students not to expect safe spaces and trigger warnings, quickly went viral. This week, several University of Chicago faculty struck
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Univ. Announces Essay Contest on Child Welfare in Pedophile’s Honor0
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- November 3, 2016
The title of this essay offers news that is untrue. It satirizes the truth in order to make a critical point. Recently the Paterno Fellows Program announced an essay contest on ethical values, which is open to all Penn State University students. The program is named in honor of Joe Paterno, who was an English
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