Once upon a time, foreign students came to America to study. Now, some arrive to start revolutions — then sue when asked to follow the rules. Take Momodou Taal, a British-Gambian Ph.D. student at Cornell University. Taal came not to learn but…
Dear Cornell Chairman Kraig Kayser & Board Of Trustees: As members of the Cornell Free Speech Alliance (CFSA) and Cornell alumni, we are distressed at the plummeting reputation, collapsing commitment to academic excellence, and growing campus disorder now in evidence…
For the first time since a ban against face masks became law in New York State’s Nassau Country, a man was arrested for appearing masked in public. Weslin Omar Ramirez Castillo, an illegal migrant from Guatemala, was dressed in all…
It’s not all bad news on college campuses; some students are pushing back against the rot by graciously informing protesters that Hamas hasn’t won championships. (Read Scott’s column here.) On today’s episode of The Spectacle podcast, hosts Melissa Mackenzie and…
Ten days after Columbia University students decided to make national headlines by camping out on the colleges’ quad, they’ve managed to elicit hours’ worth of X debates about free speech rights and an incredibly lukewarm response from the Biden administration….
“Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate (your university’s) code of conduct or rules regarding bullying or harassment?” Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., asked three university presidents on Tuesday. The occasion was a House Committee on Education and the Workforce…
Prayer vigils for Israel being held on college campuses provide a stark contrast to the protests and anti-Semitism emanating from universities across the country. Concerned Women for America (CWA) has been organizing the vigils through student leaders of their Young…
Editor’s Note: This is the seventh installment in a series by Speaker Gingrich on American despotism. Listen to The American Spectator’s exclusive interview with the Speaker here. Find the first in the series here, the second here, the third here, the fourth here, the fifth here, and the…
Like many others, I have long sensed that the so-called best and most prestigious American universities were actually very poor at maintaining a campus environment that upholds the free expression of ideas, basic First Amendment protections, etc. But after researching…
