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University of California Freezes Safety Officer Hiring until Campuses Submit ‘Holistic, Inclusive’ Plan

August 24, 2021August 23, 2021 Minnesota Sun Staff

University of California Berkeley Campus

University of California’s new Community Safety Plan shifts major responsibilities and funding away from UC Police Departments.

The plan, based on an 80-page report released this summer by the Department of Public Safety Community Advisory Board, was announced by UC President Michael Drake last week and will be implemented across all 10 campuses. It reflects UC’s “commitment to equity and social justice.”

“Under this new model, a multidisciplinary team of mental health professionals, campus police, social service providers, police accountability boards and other personnel will work together to prioritize the well-being of the entire UC community,” Drake said in a message to the university. “This reimagined structure will ensure that the m,ost appropriate responders are deployed to meet our community’s specific needs with tailored care resources and services.”

Some Majority-Black Chicago Schools Are Rejecting Calls to Remove Police from Campus

June 22, 2021June 21, 2021 Minnesota Sun Staff

Public school officials in Chicago will let each campus decide if it will keep school resource officers for the fall.

But at least some majority black schools have indicated they want the cops in the building, with one council being accused of “upholding white supremacy.”

Ahead of the discussions and votes that will likely take place throughout the coming months, Chicago Public School students rallied to demand that the police be removed from the schools. CPS board members are appointed by the mayor, but schools have councils that can make some decisions.

Commentary: The Peculiar Institution of Higher Education

April 30, 2021April 29, 2021 Minnesota Sun Staff

Nothing is now stranger than the contemporary college campus.

Not too long ago, Americans used to idolize their universities. Indeed, in science, math, engineering, medicine and business, these meritocratic departments and schools often still remain the world’s top-ranked.

Trump Activists Mobbed on Ohio University Campus While Officers Watched

February 19, 2020February 18, 2020 Anthony Gockowski

Two conservative activists were mobbed and harassed Monday on Ohio University’s Athens campus while multiple police officers watched.

These 10 Colleges Are Ranked ‘Worst of the Worst’ for Curbing Free Speech

February 2, 2020February 1, 2020 Admin

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a group dedicated to standing up for free-speech rights on U.S. college and university campuses, this week released its annual report chastising the Top 10 schools where it says those rights are most infringed.

Campus Diversity Movement Takes Off in Surprising New Directions

December 16, 2018December 15, 2018 Minnesota Sun Staff

by John Rosenberg Ever since Justice Powell’s lone opinion in Bakke allowed the camel’s nose of “diversity” under the anti-discrimination tent, controversy has raged over preferential treatment awarded to college applicants of certain races. Just as hurricanes often change direction after landfall, the diversity movement has recently taken off…

FAKE HATE: Fabricating Hate Crimes is a Byproduct of Victimhood Ideology on College Campuses

October 20, 2018October 20, 2018 Admin

by Jarrett Stepman Anna Ayers, a student government leader at Ohio University, reported finding threatening messages in the drawer of her desk a few weeks ago. Ayers, an LGBT student, said the three notes were “hateful, harassing,” according to The Post Athens, a student-run news outlet, and made specific…