Trash Big Brothers at UMass Amherst
Oct 01, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
Student "Eco-Reps" open trash bags of residence hall buildings to inspect whether recyclables are being thrown away.
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Masculinity and Mental Health - No Comment
Jul 23, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
A new course at UMass/ Amherst seeks to redirect masculinity away from itself, because it's unhealthy.
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Walking Out on Education
Nov 04, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood examines the Occupy movement
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Daphne Patai on the Uniformity of Academic Thought
Oct 20, 2011 by George Leef |
Professor Daphne Patai of UMass-Amherst writes about the uniformity of thought she encounters among her fellow academics, which of course ranges from Marxist to "progressive."
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Race Tracking
Mar 23, 2010 by Ashley Thorne |
UMass computer scientists design math tutoring software that matches students with digital coaches according to their race and ethnicity. What message does that send students?
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Winter’s Not So Happy Without Holidays
Dec 08, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
From the student newspaper of the University of Massachusetts is an article by Thomas Moore (the student, not the Utopian) about the new policy for U Mass RAs: Don't call it the "holiday season"; call it the "winter season."… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Stories We’re Watching
Nov 23, 2009 by Ashley Thorne, Peter Wood |
Climate conspiracy, teeth-bared teachers’ ed, California tuition turmoil, a punchy professor—it’s been a busy fortnight in higher ed.
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Student Gov Officers Appointed by Race at UMass
Sep 25, 2009 by Ashley Thorne |
Alana Goodman, a student at the University of Massachusetts, has published an excellent article, "Institutionalized Racism in Student Government," in the Collegian, the schoool's student newspaper. Here's an excerpt:
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Gothic Arch and Ghost Town
Jun 21, 2009 by Peter Wood |
Princeton's gracious campus expresses confidence in the life of the mind; UMass Amherst's Chancellor cries uncle; a New Jersey ghost town points its bony finger.
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A Prodigal Field
Dec 30, 2008 by Peter Wood |
NAS visits UMass Amherst one last time for 2008.
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About Face in Amherst
Sep 23, 2008 by Peter Wood |
Here's what really happenned when U Mass tried to cover its tracks after getting caught offering students academic credit for volunteering in the Obama campaign.
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College Credit for Campaign Volunteers
Sep 22, 2008 by Peter Wood |
Students are earning academic credit for helping out in the presidential campaigns.
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Activists Only: Reading Between the Lines of an Academic Job Ad
Sep 11, 2008 by Peter Wood |
U Mass Amherst is looking for a new linguistic anthropologist who fits with the university's politically correct policies and its commitment to a "racialized" outlook. Where does such a job description leave qualified non-minority… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Socialism for Sophomores
Aug 26, 2008 by Ashley Thorne, Peter Wood |
The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has outdone itself in offering a descent into radical ideology pure and simple. Its Social Thought & Political Economy program reveals to us how easy it is to add a socialist mentality… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
A Degree in Agitprop
Aug 11, 2008 by Ashley Thorne, Peter Wood |
Prompted by one of our Argus volunteers, NAS looks into a degree program in social justice education at U Mass Amherst. There we find one of those fantasy studies we thought existed only in such realms as Miskatonic or Hogwarts.
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