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College Presidents Kick Off Black History Month with Inspiring “Some of My Best Friends Are Black” Speeches

Posted on Tuesday, February 1st 2011
Tags: black history month, campus, college, diversity, events, lip service, multicultural, racism, speech
College Presidents Kick Off Black History Month with Inspiring “Some of My Best Friends Are Black” Speeches
Campus Black History Month programs have begun, and white college presidents are passionately supporting the diversity celebrations through the age-old art of story telling. Inspiring excerpts include: “…When I was in college, I played varsity squash and there were two black guys on my team. We sometimes rode the bus together, and it taught me [...]

GA Forgets Salad Bar, Ruins Diversity Retreat

Posted on Wednesday, September 1st 2010
Tags: diversity, inclusion, vegan, vegetarian
GA Forgets Salad Bar, Ruins Diversity Retreat
by Joel Pettigrew Freelance Writer This past weekend saw diversity disaster strike at the annual Vice President’s Diversity Retreat at Great Forest State Park in Colorado. The retreat, sponsored by Two Hills University, was coordinated this year by Alex Grey, a second-year master’s student. The retreat itself was running smoothly until lunch on the second [...]

Privileged White Collegians Respond to Dr. Laura Scandal

Posted on Tuesday, August 24th 2010
Tags: bigotry, diversity, dr. laura, inclusion, institutional, racism, systemic
Privileged White Collegians Respond to Dr. Laura Scandal
White college personnel from across the country have sighed in collective relief, as Dr. Laura Schlessinger faces harsh criticism from liberals and conservatives alike following her recent use of racial epithets on her radio talk show. “We were getting a little nervous,” said an anonymous university human resources director. “We haven’t hired a person of [...]

New President Releases University’s Most Diverse Diversity Statement

Posted on Wednesday, August 4th 2010
Tags: code, diversity, inclusion, inclusive, language, multicultural, PC Police Log, political correctness, statement
New President Releases University’s Most Diverse Diversity Statement
by Matthew Michael Freelance Writer In his first official act as Euphoria State University’s president, Dr. Geoffrey Sumner has released the institution’s most diverse diversity statement ever. The statement—which finishes at 1,253 words—begins in English but navigates through Yiddish, Ebonics, and Spanish before ending with a flourish of Texting Slang. “IMHO, ESU haz2 M-Brace diver$iT [...]

Producers of Admissions Brochures Win Multicultural Peace Prize

Posted on Tuesday, May 11th 2010
Tags: admissions, college, diversity, multicultural, pictures, political correctness
Producers of Admissions Brochures Win Multicultural Peace Prize
The American College Admissions Brochure Producers won the prestigious International Multicultural Peace Prize yesterday for promoting an idealistic vision of university life in the United States. “It’s amazing to be recognized for something we often do without thought,” said Sara Griere, marketing director for Thousand Islands University. “But when we say to photographers ‘Get us [...]

Security Breach at ACPA Conference: Republican Spotted

Posted on Sunday, March 21st 2010
Tags: acpa, conference, convention, diversity, left, liberal, multicultural, political correctness, tolerance
Security Breach at ACPA Conference: Republican Spotted
News from the 2010 American College Personnel Association (ACPA) annual conference in Boston is troubling. Many fear that the national organization for college student affairs administrators will have to increase security measures at future conventions. “We’re not sure how it happened,” said an ACPA representative, “but somehow a Republican was able to register for the [...]

Intellectuals Seek Opportunities to Teach Chris Matthews to Think about Race Every Minute

Posted on Tuesday, February 2nd 2010
Tags: black, chris matthews, diversity, obama, race, racial, sensitivity, speech
Intellectuals Seek Opportunities to Teach Chris Matthews to Think about Race Every Minute
Academics critical of Chris Matthews, whose post-State of the Union remarks that he “forgot [Obama] was black” caused ripples of controversy, have seen an opportunity to make money while improving sensitivity about issues of race. “I’ve suggested to Mr. Matthews that he practice silently repeating a cultural mantra whenever talking to someone with minority status,” [...]

Job Posting: Token Search Committee Member

Posted on Tuesday, November 3rd 2009
Tags: committee, diversity, equal opportunity, job search, multicultural, representative, token
Job Posting: Token Search Committee Member
Immediate Opening Winchester Tech, Vermont Description Winchester Tech, a gorgeous 4-year coeducational university, seeks a Token Search Committee Member in order to represent the rich diversity we value on our campus. The successful Token will provide relief for our stretched-too-thin staff members of color who have started whispering about feeling used for their minority status. [...]

Campus Police Chief Wins NAAPC Presidential Tolerance Award

Posted on Thursday, October 22nd 2009
Tags: award, cultural, diversity, education, multicultural, PC Police Log, political correctness, sensitivity, tolerance
Campus Police Chief Wins NAAPC Presidential Tolerance Award
Ruth-Anne O’Malley, chief of campus police at Thurgood Marshall University, received the 2009 Presidential Tolerance Award from the National Administrative Advocates of Political Correctness (NAAPC). The award honors an administrator who has proven loyalty and tolerance to a college president who is also a boob. In return, the president can take credit for having played [...]

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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