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A "gender blind" dormitory and a professor who required her students to write
anti-war letters to President Bush made the list of top ten most shameful campus
events in 2003, issued by the Young Americas Foundation.
- Wesleyan University in Connecticut offers a "gender blind" dormitory floor for
students who arent sure about their sex. Students who request the floor will
have roommates appointed without regard for their sex.
- The second most shameful event was the statement of a Columbia University
professor that he would like to see "a million Mogadishus," referring to the deaths
of 18 American soldiers in Somalia in 1993.
- Third on the list is a professor at Citrus College in Glendora, CA, where a speech
professor forced students in a required course to write anti-war letters to
President Bush and penalized those who refused. When some students asked for
permission to write supportive letters instead, the teacher refused and threatened
them with lower grades. The college disciplined the professor and apologized to
the students.
The fourth through ninth rankings on the list include
- a colleges freezing of funding for a conservative campus group for criticizing
two guest speakers
- the suspension of a 14-year-old student for drawing a stick figure of a Marine
shooting a Taliban fighter (see Education Reporter, Dec. 2003)
- a movement to rename an elementary school named after Thomas Jefferson
- a ban on a tradition of throwing tortillas to celebrate a university commencement
on the ground that the tradition is disrespectful to minorities
- a student vote to remove feminine pronouns from the all-female Smith Colleges
constitution and replace them with gender-neutral pronouns
- a ban (since reversed) on the wearing of a military base T-shirt at an elementary
school.
- The tenth spot goes to Gonzaga University officials, who censored a flyer
advertising a Young Americas Foundation-organized lecture because the word hate
was used on the flyer. The flyer advertised a lecture entitled "Why the Left
Hates America." Professors complained to the administration about the use of the
word hate. In response, the office of student activities informed the sponsoring
student group that the flyer was "discriminatory." (CNSNews.com, 12-23-03)
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