March 9, 2011 - 10:41am
In Other Ivory Towers: LGBTQ website blocked at Harding University
BY PAIGE PEARCY
An online LGBTQ student publication created by students at Harding University — a private Christian school in Arkansas — was blocked by the school last Wednesday after a physical copy was given out around campus, according to March 2 and March 3 articles in the Arkansas Times.
The publication, called State of the Gay, was launched by LGBTQ students and alumni, the article reported. Harding, a Christian-affiliated university, does not support homosexuality.
“The student handbook states that the university holds to the biblical principle that sexual relationships are unacceptable to God outside the context of marriage and that sexual immorality in any form will result in suspension from the university,” David Crouch, a Harding University representative, told the Arkansas Times.
Homework-free breaks at Cornell?
Faculty members at Cornell University are currently debating a proposition to decrease homework during school vacations, according to a Feb. 11 article in The Cornell Daily Sun.
The Education Policy Committee at the university came up with the proposal out of consideration for students' mental health, The Cornell Daily Sun reported.
“What the EPC is suggesting is that you should not surprise students the Friday before break with an assignment,” Dean of Faculty Bill Fry told The Cornell Daily Sun. “If the assignment is on the syllabus at the beginning of the semester, then that is okay because they have time to plan for that.”
Berkeley protest leads to canceled classes
Seventeen students at the University of California at Berkeley were arrested Wednesday after they held a protest against state funding cuts to higher education, according to a March 4 Associated Press article.
Commotion resulted on the campus again last Thursday after eight protesters stood outside on a fourth-floor ledge of a hall at the university.
Hundreds of students participated in the demonstration, which lasted for several hours, according to the AP. The university closed the hall where the eight students were and cancelled 26 classes due to the protests, the article states.
