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Supreme Court Rules Collegiate Nondiscrimination Policies Unconstitutional

Posted on Thursday, July 1st 2010
Tags: antibias, christian, discrimination, gay, supreme court, vote
Supreme Court Rules Collegiate Nondiscrimination Policies Unconstitutional
by ZackFord Freelance Writer We sent ZackFord on an assignment to go back in time and reveal what might have been in the über-close June 28 vote by the Supreme Court. Here are his findings: In a groundbreaking decision this week, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that nondiscrimination policies at American public universities [...]

University Rejects Gay Student Organization to Promote Inclusivity

Posted on Thursday, March 11th 2010
Tags: advocacy, club, college, discrimination, gay, glbt, group, marginalize, organization, rejection
University Rejects Gay Student Organization to Promote Inclusivity
By Juan Hues Freelance Writer As reported in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, students at Lindenwood University in Missouri were recently denied the opportunity to start a Gay/Straight Alliance on campus. According to university spokesman Scott Queen, the request for a special organization was denied because it was seen as “rather parochial and self-serving. It doesn’t [...]

College Institutes No-Pants/No-Underpants Safety Rule

Posted on Tuesday, January 19th 2010
Tags: ban, college, controversy, covering, discrimination, dress code, face, health science, massachusetts, muslim, pharmacy, policy, safety, security, veil
College Institutes No-Pants/No-Underpants Safety Rule
Starting next week, students at the North Dakota College of Pre Med will enforce its new safety-related “No Pants, No Underwear” dress code. “We read about the controversial new ban on face coverings at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science and we knew we could take things to the next level,” said chief [...]

Fashion Advice to Help Morehouse VP Adapt to Anti-Gay Dress Code

Posted on Monday, October 19th 2009
Tags: bynum, college, discrimination, dress code, gay, jackson, leadership, morehouse, spike lee, university, wardrobe, william
Fashion Advice to Help Morehouse VP Adapt to Anti-Gay Dress Code
Morehouse College in Atlanta has instituted a dress code banning attire that could be construed as unprofessional or gay-friendly. According to CNN.com, Morehouse’s VP for Student Services, Dr. William Bynum explained “the policy comes from the vision of the college’s president, who wants the institution to create leaders like notable graduates… Samuel L. Jackson and [...]

Math Researchers Discover Diversity Really Is a Number

Posted on Saturday, July 11th 2009
Tags: chronicle, college, cronk, cronknews, discrimination, diversity, gender, higher education, humor, lampoon, MIT, multicultural, number, PC Police Log, pluralism, political correctness, quota, race, satire, sexual orientation, spoof, university
Math Researchers Discover Diversity Really Is a Number
After years of painstaking research, a team of mathematicians from Cal Tech and MIT have found definitive proof that diversity is indeed a number. Sixteen. “We have finally put and end to the ongoing debate between social scientists and real science,” said team leader Hassan Patel, chair of MIT’s Department of Hard Sciences. “Our research [...]

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