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May 9, 2011

CUNY Faculty Union on Kushner: "What, Me Worry?"

Mitchell Langbert

A controversy is raging concerning CUNY Trustee Jeffrey Wiesenfeld's objections to John Jay College's proposal to grant an honorary degree to playwright Tony Kushner.

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May 9, 2011

“O(h no) Canada!” MTV Signature Song Banned

Jonathan Bean

When I grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, the stereotypical bowdlerizers of speech--the people excising "offensive" lyrics and literature--were the uptight blue-nosed sort who feared that "someone, som......

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May 9, 2011

Peter Wood on Eagle Forum Radio: Higher Education "Sustainabullies"

As Phyllis Schlafly's guest on national radio, Peter Wood spoke about the influence of sustainability ideology on our universities and answered questions from callers about what this means for o......

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May 9, 2011

Video: Tom Bethell on Scientific Orthodoxy

"Grant-seeking is enforcing a tremendous orthodoxy within the academic world in science, which is precisely where orthodoxy should not be maintained."

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May 9, 2011

Davidson Professor Apologizes for Angry Letter about Student Writer

Ashley Thorne

A faculty response and apology appear in the student newspaper after a professor censured a senior for writing an opinion article questioning President Obama's leadership.

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