Listening to talk radio could get you expelled

www.townhall.com ^ | 10/17/03 | Andrew Grossman

[sourcery]

If listening to talk radio might get you expelled, what would happen to a student caught reading FR?

[Andy from Beaverton]

I'm sure the college's webmasters have FreeRepublic blocked like the Chinese do.

[teletech]

I guess you must check your 1st Ammendment rights at the university door. The thought police are everywhere now days.

[EGPWS]

Students at Bucknell, in Pennsylvania, are prohibited from engaging in "bias-related behavior," that is, "any action that discriminates against, ridicules, humiliates, or otherwise creates a hostile environment for another individual or group because of race, religion, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, gender, language, or beliefs."

Gee, this statement sounds pretty biased to me.

[Lancey Howard]

My wife graduated from Bucknell, long ago.
Never once has she had any inclination to go back for a visit.

And none of my kids will be going to this Nazi college, that's for sure.

[Slings and Arrows]

Ping!

[Ronin]

I can't imagine anyone wanting to go to a place like this.

[Tall_Texan]

I would ask if they expel anyone listening to rap/hip hop music with its mysogynist viewpoints towards women. Ask them if they would consider the presence of a Playboy magazine a "hostile environment" since it objectifies women. Ask them if playing a Richard Pryor comedy album with its frequent use of the "N" word is considered verbotten.

Fight them back with their own foolishness. The more you force them to give specific examples of what is and is not acceptable, the more you make it evident that the speech codes are to prevent offending liberals - not minorities.

[Qwinn]

"Students at Bucknell, in Pennsylvania, are prohibited from engaging in "bias-related behavior," that is, "any action that discriminates against, ridicules, humiliates, or otherwise creates a hostile environment for another individual or group because of race, religion, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, gender, language, or beliefs."




Footnote: Except white males, of course.

Qwinn

[Qwinn]

"I can't imagine anyone wanting to go to a place like this."

Actually, I have read that Bucknell has a very vocal and strong Young Conservative movement there. All this article does is talk about how awful the administration is - and hell, this would account for 90% of the colleges in the country.

The student population is another matter. And my understanding is there's quite a conservative "underground" there. In fact, I believe a large article was published about them recently. Wish I could find the link.

Qwinn

[EGPWS]

Footnote: Except white males, of course.

Gee, now that you have footnoted, I guess I'll have to retract my previous post! /sarcasm

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[John H K]

I can't imagine anyone wanting to go to a place like this.

It's actually an engineering school almost totally populated by conservative rich white preppy kids.

[exile]

When I was in college, I considered Rush Limbaugh part of my education. Of course, you had to keep it quiet or you'd be accused of committing a "Hate Crime." One day, I was walking through campus with my headphones on, and a casual acquaintance came over to say hello. He asked me what I was listening to and I said "Rush". He was all smiles until I told him it wasn't the band, but the conservative icon. He then made a face like he smelled something rank, and walked away.

[Tired_of_the_Lies]

Footnote: Except white males, of course.

I agree with you, but would add the word conservative. Conservative white males are "the root of all evil" in the leftist agenda.

The terms racist/racism and sexist/sexiam are hostile leftist epithets, thrown out routinely when the target is white and male and conservative. But leftist white males, (the Clintons and Ted Kennedys of the world) are not so vilely treated.

[Tired_of_the_Lies]

any Leftist white males would most likely fall under the PC-gestapo's protective umbrella anyway—since they're probably all queer!

Not all. Bill Clinton's sexual prey were all women, as far as we know. Perhaps he was homosexual in spirit, but not, apparently, in the flesh.

He certainly did the homosexuals a good turn when he first took office (sarcasm). If you recall, many homosexual military members voluntarily outed themselves on or soon after inauguration day because of Candidate Clinton's repeated promises to change the rules against homosexuals in the military. They were then discharged when Clinton flip-flopped on that promise. Why they continued to support him after that kind of betrayal is a mystery to me.

[LiteKeeper]

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