Prof compares mask mandate opponents to drunk drivers: 'Maybe ppl wearing masks should just drive drunk and speed thru the neighborhoods of pro-covid parents'



Pennsylvania State University Professor Edward Fuller on Sunday suggested that masked, drunk drivers consider speeding through what he calls "pro-COVID" neighborhoods, according to the College Fix.

What are the details?

In a widely criticized — and since-deleted — tweet, Fuller wrote, "Why is it a parent's right to endanger the lives of other people's kids and of teachers? Maybe ppl wearing masks should just drive drunk and speed thru the neighborhoods of pro-covid parents as a way to exercise their freedom and rights."

Fuller, an associate professor education as well as director of the school's Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, is said to have switched his Twitter account to private following immense backlash.

In a statement on the remarks, Penn State spokesperson Lisa Powers said, "Penn State does not condone the tweet, and we can share that the faculty member regrets his poor choice of words — which do not represent the views of the University nor the College of Education."

Powers did not state whether Fuller would face any type of disciplinary action with regard to his head-scratching social media statement.

The College Fix reported that Powers did not respond to a request for comment on the matter.

According to the report, the professor's outraged remark came in response to a tweet praising Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) for his order to allow families to decide whether their children wear masks in schools.

The outlet also pointed out that according to a report from Education Week, at least 422 active teachers died during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Given that there are over 3 million public school teachers in the United States, plus 500,000 in private schools, 'so many' deaths equates to a 0.012 percent death rate," the report concluded.

The Education Week report also documented personal information of those teachers lost during the pandemic, such as their names, schools in which they taught, and ages.

You can view the full list here.

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Catholic university student loses points on theology test after describing God as male: Report



A student at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles says that a professor took points off a recent test after the student identified God as being male, according to a report.

According to a Monday report from the College Fix, the student — who wishes to remain anonymous at the time of this reporting — is a member of the Loyola Marymount University College Republicans.

What are the details?

The outlet reported that the student innocuously described God as being male on a recent test.

Theological studies professor Cecilia González-Andrieu, however, reportedly did not appreciate the student's response and docked several points from the test for using "male-gendered language for God repeatedly."

The student, according to the report, sent a message to González-Andrieu, which read in part, "Your comment that I referred to God as a male, I should not have gotten any points off for that. MULTIPLE times throughout the Bible God is referred to as a ‘he.’ I feel targeted by your comment, as I was raised in the church with the belief that God is a male.”

González-Andrieu responded to the student's message and suggested that she "defend referring to God as male" in order to earn back the lost points and receive full marks on the test if the argument was approved.

“As I indicated to the class community several times, in the footnotes you can have a conversation with other scholars," González-Andrieu responded. "This gives you a way to highlight and support the reasons for your choices regarding multiple questions. Please resubmit your paper and add a footnote stating your reasons as a scholar to opt to preserve male language for God. I am sure you can do this well. That’s all you need to do and I will then review your paper once more.”

Neither González-Andrieu nor a spokesperson for the university responded to the outlet's requests for comment on the story.

A spokesperson for the California College Republicans told the outlet that González-Andrieu updated the student's grade after she resubmitted the paper with her defense in the footnotes.

The student "should have never been put in that situation,” Will Donahue, chairman of the California College Republicans and Loyola Marymount University College Republicans president, told the outlet. “I am appalled by this blatant heresy coming out of the theology department. This was a personal attack on one of my member[s'] freedom of religion, at a ‘Catholic’ school no less. This type of compelled speech cannot be tolerated by LMU.”

Elite girls-only school moving toward degendering its female pupils



Girls will no longer be called "girls" at Boston's all-girls Winsor School, according to website Legal Insurrection.

The school, which boasts a hefty approximately $54,000 annual tuition, recently adopted a diversity, equity, and inclusion statement that aims to move away from gendered language such as "she, her, hers," "daughter," and more.

What are the details?

The school's "Lift Every Voice" initiative states that while the school remains committed to its mission to help "young women" pursue their academic and professional dreams, it is implementing the new statement to recognize the apparent importance of all staff and students using inclusive language.

According to the outlet, the plan states, “External publications and communications have moved away from using ‘she, her, hers’’ and ‘your daughter,’ replacing the former with ‘they, them, theirs’ and the latter with ‘student.’ ... Faculty and staff are discouraged from addressing groups of students as ‘girls’ and ‘ladies.’”

The report noted that the school also plans to change its implemented grammar curriculum to accept "they" as a singular pronoun.

Formerly known as parent conferences, such meetings are now called the "adult family member interview" instead of "parent/guardian interview."

Winsor director of community and inclusion Julian Braxton said that the school has been serious about its inclusivity since 1999.

“We had something at that time called Community Curriculum Day, which was a day devoted to talking about some diversity and inclusion issues,” Braxton said. “The topic was white heterosexual privilege — and that was another example of Winsor being willing to have difficult, uncomfortable, important, challenging conversations.”

Despite the language efforts, the Winsor Twitter account still says it is “an independent day school for girls in grades 5 through 12."

At the time of this reporting, the school's home page continues to read, "Empowering girls to lead lives of purpose."

(H/T: The College Fix)

USC professor refuses to remove Thin Blue Line flag from office door: 'Blue lives protect black lives — and black lives are not at risk from police.'



Dr. James Moore, a professor of engineering at the University of Southern California, says he will not take down a Thin Blue Line-themed American flag from his office door because he believes blue lives are integral to protecting black lives.

What are the details?

In an interview with the College Fix, Moore — a self-described libertarian — said that he has faced heavy criticism for refusing to remove the flag from his door from both students and administrators.

A recent article in the school's Daily Trojan argued that the presence of the offending flag is causing a controversy among students who demand that the flag be removed.

One student told the outlet, "This is an inappropriate and unnecessary symbol to have on an office door where USC is, within the last year or two, trying to have a much broader diversity initiative and to be inclusive, especially in the STEM area."

Another student griped, "I want them to take it down, and I want them to do something about Professor Moore, because this is not the first controversial thing he's done."

Moore, who hung the flag earlier in the semester, said that his duty at the college is to teach students how to think critically.

"It's important," he told the outlet. "Blue lives protect black lives, and black lives are not at risk from police — they are at risk from crime — and it's blue lives that stand between them and crime."

He pointed out that a genuine diversity initiative ought to include more than just diverse backgrounds and races — it should include diverse thought.

"We are in an environment where there is a lot of homogenization of ideas, and diversity should include diversity of ideas," Moore explained.

"[USC] is supposed to be a safe space for diversity of thought," he continued. "We are charging people very good money to teach them to think," Moore later added. "I am just trying to deliver."

Moore explained that he was moved to hang the flag — and keep it on his door — for various reasons, including to dispute the notion that police are engaging in widespread targeting of black citizens. He also noted that the flag's presence is important for him to honor a family member, who recently retired as a police detective. Third, Moore explained, the flag is necessary because it speaks to the alarming rise in cities and municipalities calling to "defund the police" in the months following the police killing of George Floyd — months, he said, that have seen a 30% spike in homicide.

“All of that is attached to this flag, an unvarnished, objective look at what is happening in the U.S.," he said. “We need the police to protect us."

What else?

In a statement to the Daily Trojan, a spokesperson for the university defended Moore's right to continue hanging the flag on his office door.

“The university does not have a policy that limits the display of materials in spaces like this, though we are looking at whether it is needed," the spokesperson said. "As part of the university's commitment to academic freedom, a faculty member can express his or her individual beliefs and viewpoints on a wide variety of topics — even controversial issues — but they do not speak on behalf of a school or the broader university."

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Just weeks after removing a 'racist' rock from campus, University of Wisconsin-Madison set to host 'Welcome BBQ' for only students of color



The University of Wisconsin-Madison is set to host a "Welcome BBQ" that is reportedly only intended for students of color, The College Fix reports.

The move comes just weeks after officials were forced to remove a "racist" boulder from the campus.

What are the details?

The outlet obtained a flyer outlining the event, which is scheduled for Sept. 12.

The "Welcome BBQ" flyer states that the free event is for "students of color," and is intended to welcome back students who are "self-identified people of color."

"All are welcome, intended for self-identify people of color," a portion of the flyer adds.

The university's Center for Cultural Enrichment is hosting the event. Its mission includes "embracing all races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender expressions, religions, classes, abilities, or any other aspects of identity we hold."

In a Tuesday morning statement to the outlet, UW-Madison spokesperson Meredith McGlone said that there is "nothing unusual" about the way that the campus is advertising the event, despite it not showing up on the campus events calendar nor the University Housing events and activities page. The outlet noted that to the contrary, a "Latinx New Student Welcome" was posted online.

“Regarding event promotion … it is standard practice for Housing to use signs rather than online listings to promote events organized within the hall intended primarily for hall residents," she told the outlet. “The Latinx Student Welcome is not organized by Housing and is targeted to a broader audience, which is why it's promoted online."

In related UW-Madison news ...

School officials removed a "racist" boulder from the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus earlier this month at the request of minority students who said that the massive boulder symbolized racism.

According to the Associated Press, many students of color on the campus said that Chamberlin Rock — named after geologist and former university president Thomas Crowder Chamberlin — "represents a history of discrimination," as the boulder was previously referred to as a "derogatory name for black people in a Wisconsin State Journal story in 1925."

"The derogatory term was commonly used in the 1920s to describe any large dark rock," the news agency noted. "University historians have not found any other time that the term was used, but they said the Ku Klux Klan was active on campus at that time, the Wisconsin State Journal reported."

The rock was removed and placed on university-owned land near Wisconsin's Lake Kegonsa.

One student told the outlet that she was glad to see the rock depart the campus.

“This moment is about the students, past and present, that relentlessly advocated for the removal of this racist monument," the student said. “Now is a moment for all of us BIPOC students to breathe a sigh of relief, to be proud of our endurance, and to begin healing."

Another added, "It's not the rock's fault that it got that terrible and unfortunate nickname. But the fact that it's ... being moved shows that the world is getting a little better today."

Med school professors denying biological sex to avoid being canceled for 'transphobia': Report



Some medical school professors are reportedly denying biological sex during lecture to "avoid being called transphobic and becoming targets of campus cancel culture mobs," The College Fix reports.

What are the details?

The outlet cites a report from podcast host and reporter Katie Herzog, who featured her report — titled "Med Schools Are Now Denying Biological Sex" — on "Common Sense with Bari Weiss."

In introducing Herzog's report, Weiss wrote, "This is what it looks like when activism takes over medicine."

"Katie's latest reporting illustrates some of the most urgent elements of that threat," Weiss continued. "It focuses on how biological sex is being denied by professors fearful of being smeared by their students as transphobic. ... Some of you may find Katie's story shocking and disconcerting and perhaps even maddening. You might also ask yourself: How has it come to this? How has this radical ideology gone from the relatively obscure academic fringe to the mainstream in such a short time?"

The College Fix reports that Herzog's reporting was a result of interviews from "many students" enrolled in a variety of higher education institutions.

Those students, Herzog explained are taught that humans are no longer a "species comprising two sexes."

"The notion of sex, [students] are learning, is just a man-made creation," Herzog reported, and pointed out that while not all medical school professors teach or encourage the notion, "plenty do."

'Birthing parent' versus 'pregnant woman'

During one instance, an unnamed professor from an unidentified medical school in the University of California system reportedly apologized to a room of students after having used the term "pregnant woman" instead of something more palatable like "birthing parent" or "pregnant person."

"I don't want you to think that I am in any way trying to imply anything, and if you can summon some generosity to forgive me, I would really appreciate it," the unnamed professor could reportedly be heard saying on a recording Herzog obtained. "Again, I'm very sorry for that. It was certainly not my intention to offend anyone. The worst thing that I can do as a human being is be offensive."

"I said 'when a woman is pregnant,' which implies that only women can get pregnant and I most sincerely apologize to all of you," the professor added.

Another instructor also reportedly told students that "[b]iological sex, sexual orientation, and gender are all constructs," or make-believe.

Herzog noted, "This hypersensitivity is undermining medical training. And many of these students are likely not even aware that their education is being informed by ideology."

"Take abdominal aortic aneurysms," an anonymous medical student called "Lauren" told Herzog for the report. "These are four times as likely to occur in males than females, but this very significant difference wasn't emphasized [during a recent class]. I had to look it up, and I don't have the time to look up the sex predominance for the hundreds of diseases I'm expected to know. I'm not even sure what I'm not being taught, and unless my classmates are as skeptical as I am, they probably aren't aware either."

Differences between biological males and biological females are important

Lauren also added that many professors insist that "acknowledging biological sex can be considered transphobic," which is an especially dangerous idea, because myriad conditions present themselves differently when it comes to affecting male and females including asthma, hernias, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and more.

"Males and females also have different normal ranges for kidney function, which impacts drug dosage," the report added. "They have different symptoms during heart attacks: Males complain of chest pain, while women experience fatigue, dizziness, and indigestion. In other words: Biological sex is a hugely important factor in knowing what ails patients and how to properly treat them."

A former dean from what Herzog says is a "leading medical school" also said that such ideas are a "serious departure from the expectation that medical education and practice should be based on science and be free from imposition of ideology and ideology-based intimidation."

"How male and female members of our species develop, how they differ genetically, anatomically, physiologically, and with respect to diseases and their treatment are foundational to clinical medicine and research," the dean told Herzog. "Efforts to erase or diminish these foundations should be unacceptable to responsible professional leaders."

University reinstates student who proclaimed ‘a man is a man, a woman is a woman’ after immediate suspension: 'I win'



The New York college student who was suspended in February after he defended biological gender has been reinstated by the university, according to a Monday report from the College Fix.

Owen Stevens went viral in November after saying "a man is a man, a woman is a woman" in a social media video.

What are the details?

Stevens told the outlet that SUNY-Geneseo allowed him to continue his education at the school following the February suspension.

In November, Stevens caught the attention of his fellow students and school administrators with a video in which he stated, "A man is a man. A woman is a woman. A man cannot become a woman and a woman cannot become a man. If I am a man and I think I am a woman, I am still a man. If I am a woman who thinks I'm a man, I am still a woman. Regardless of what you feel on the inside is irrelevant to your biological status. It doesn't change biology."

The president of the university issued a memo to the college community vowing to promote social justice. Stevens was also prevented from continuing his coursework until removing the offending videos, was required to tone down his social media presence, and told to attend school-sanctioned sensitivity training.

"The university has vastly eased up on those requirements, according to reinstatement documents obtained this week by the Daily Wire, which state he now only must 'review the state's "Guidance to School Districts for Creating a Safe and Support School Environment for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students" documents and must "self-monitor" his social media posts to "ensure that he presents himself in a professional manner,"'" the College Fix reported.

On Wednesday, Stevens told the outlet, "Universities should be a marketplace of ideas, not an assembly line for one type of thought. Instead of policing speech on social media platforms, they should be engaging in educating future world leaders."

Addressing his reinstatement on social media, Stevens wrote, "I win."

Stevens also added to the Fix, "Although this situation was mended, they still have not changed their destructive policies. We [Stevens and his legal team] will be taking every action necessary to get these policies changed legally."

The outlet stated that the school's media affairs division did not respond to "repeated emails and phone calls" on both Wednesday and Thursday seeking comment on Stevens' reinstatement.