The 11 Most Politically Correct Moments on College Campuses in 2014

There are almost too many to choose from, but here are eleven of the most politically correct moments on college campuses in 2014:

1. Princeton University students launched a microaggression-reporting service.

In December, Princeton students relaunched “Tiger Microaggressions,” a service that takes other students’ reports of microaggressions and publishes them on its Facebook page. According to the operators, absolutely anything can qualify as a microaggression since “there are no objective definitions to words and phrases.”

2. College students invented a roofie-detecting nail polish — only to be told that that’s actually also rape culture.

In August, college students invented a nail polish that changes color if it comes into contact with date-rape drugs — only to incite rage from feminists who insist that anything that might help women protect themselves actually promotes rape culture by acknowledging that we live in a world where rapes happen. (FYI: We do.) Or, as feminist activist Rebecca Nagle eloquently put it: “I don’t want to f[***]ing test my drink when I’m at the bar. . . . That’s not the world I want to live in.” The fact that fear of whether or not someone could be wearing the polish might deter potential rapists from drugging women’s drinks (whether or not they themselves were actually testing their f***ing drinks or not) was not addressed.

3. Students hosted an anti-rape-culture rally only to be told that’s — yep — actually also rape culture.

In October, an Arizona State University rally against rape culture was slammed for promoting rape culture because it encouraged men to respect women — and respect for women should be “a given” and not have to be encouraged. Come on, you guys!

4. A school campaigned against “offensive” language such as “wuss,” “you guys,” and “derp” because it has an “oppressive impact on culture.”

Oops. I guess I accidentally oppressed some people with the way I ended No. 3 — at least according to the “More Than Words: Inclusive Language Campaign” launched at Macalester College this past summer. It included videos featuring student explanations and posters covering the campus walls that dispensed politically correct instructions — such as telling students to stop using words such as “crazy” or “derp” and replace them with “person with a mental health condition” or “person with a learning or cognitive disability” (even though those arguably kind of maybe sound even more offensive.)

5. Students opposed a female-to-male transgender candidate for class diversity officer because he’s a white man.

“I thought he’d do a perfectly fine job, but it just felt inappropriate to have a white man there,” the anonymous student behind the so-called “Campaign to Abstain” at the all-women’s Wellesley College said.

6. A school told its orientation officers not to use the word “freshman” because it promotes rape.

In November, Elon University instructed its orientation officers to use the term “first-year” instead of “freshman” because the term “freshman” is sexist and actually suggests that women might make good rape victims.

7. A liberal group demanded the school teach a mandatory transgender-sensitivity class to right the wrongs of colonial America.

In June, more than 700 students, professors, and faculty at the University of Minnesota ordered the school to admit it’s just a product of the evil actions of colonial Americans and must fundamentally alter its structure to make it up to marginalized communities — starting with forcing all students to take a transgender-sensitivity class.

8. A student newspaper’s editorial board wrote a whole piece about how racist bras are.

In September, the student editorial board at the University of Oklahoma wrote an article all about how bras are racist because they come in colors named “nude” and not everyone is that color when they’re nude. They also said that Band Aids were an example of white privilege.

9. The War on Tacos.

A sorority at California State University, Fullerton, got in serious trouble in September for hosting a Taco Tuesday event because some attendees wore “culturally insensitive attire” (read: sombreros and mustaches.). A similar thing happened in April at Dartmouth University, where backlash forced a fraternity to cancel a fundraiser — yes, fundraiser — for cardiac patients because one student complained that the “fiesta” theme was offensive. Although the fraternity was careful to warn students to definitely not wear sombreros to the event, they did plan to serve virgin frozen drinks, salsa, guacamole, and — gasp! — burritos, so apparently Mexican food is offensive in itself.

10. The War on Coconut Bras.

In May, the student government at the University of California, Irvine, demanded that the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity be punished because they hosted a fundraiser — yes, again, fundraiser — where students wore grass skirts and coconut bras. That’s apparently racist against Pacific Islanders. A group of students even released a statement that said stuff like “tell members of your organization to stop wearing our traditional/cultural attires, they don’t know jack s[***] about its cultural significance.”

11. Harvard University was about to stop buying water machines from the Israeli company SodaStream because they might be a microaggression.

The school’s dining services also planned to remove the labels from all of the existing machines just to make sure no student has to see one and be traumatized. But to end the year on a good note: At the request of the university president, the school is reconsidering its decision.

Dear dhs12345,

Most private colleges range from about $50K per year in tuition, room, board, and expenses up to about $65K.

The Ivies don't have a sticker price any higher than many other schools.

However, most middle class folks don't pay the sticker price for college. Most folks get some financial aid at most colleges. And the financial aid at the Ivies is among the highest of all schools, led by Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.

In fact, families of students with family incomes of $65K or less aren't expected to contribute at all to the student's education at Harvard, Yale, or Princeton. Students are still expected to make a contribution, called “student self-help,” usually in the range of $3K - $5K per year from their earnings from part-time work, but the Expected Family Contribution for families with these income is $0K.

Harvard, Princeton, and Yale do not use student loans in their financial aid packages. Students may borrow their student self-help contribution, and families are free to borrow their Expected Family Contribution, but if one of these three schools gives you a financial aid package worth $60K, it's all grants - no loans.

Most HYP students graduate with less than $10K in student loans, and many graduate without any debt at all.

Ironically, for most families, going to an Ivy League school, especially Harvard, Princeton, or Yale, will cost less than almost any other alternative.

sitetest

Actually, we have been shopping around for a college for my son so we have a little bit of experience.

The “Ivy League School” that we considered, a private school, is $60K per year versus our state university (with instate tuition) which is around $30K per year. About half. Even less if our son goes to one of the affiliated “extension” universities.

Probably not an apples and apples comparison because of the instate kickback, but a huge savings just the same. Private universities, which tend to be “Ivy League,” don't offer the instate kickback. Although they may offer other incentives (as you mentioned).

Also we are going to save money by having my son live with us. Actually save A LOT! I estimate around $60K over four years. Most schools will allow the student to commute as long as they live within a certain radius. True, my son will miss out on the campus life and all of the socializing but that can be a distraction too.

Also, our goal is to avoid all debt and loans. This is actually good since it changes our mindset from “who cares how much it costs, our son will pay it off when he gets a job after graduation” and forces us to look for the best value.

The best gift we can give to our son is a college degree AND NO DEBT!

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