Op-Ed: Reframing campus free speech debates, creating conditions for desirable education
Debates about “free speech” rage on college campuses today. That the contours of these debates differ from the issues that gave rise to the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley circa 1964 is obvious. What’s...
An opt-out system for fees would undermine the richness of college student organizations
Recently, Republican politicians such as Minnesota State Representative Drew Christiansen, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and others have toyed with the idea of allowing college students to opt out of a portion of their fees...
There’s no badge for thinking for yourself
On Oct. 9, a group of Cub Scouts in Broomfield, Colorado met with Colorado State Senator Vicki Marble (R-Fort Collins) in a meeting organized by the Boy Scouts. The young scouts were instructed by...
Why the free speech on campus debate is flawed
Ohio State University is facing a lawsuit from Georgia State University graduate student Cameron Padgett after declining white nationalist Richard Spencer’s request to speak on their campus, citing a “substantial risk to public safety.”...
R’Perspective: #MeToo: A movement of visibility needed for change
As I reviewed my notes for the forthcoming high school Model United Nations conference in a seat by the sliding doors of the 12:30 p.m. BART train, I jerked my head up as an...
Allowing girls to join Boy Scouts is a step forward in creating tomorrow’s leaders
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) announced on Wednesday, Oct. 11 that, starting in 2018, it will allow girls to join the Cub Scouts, and that it plans to make the Eagle Scout program...
Op-Ed: In response to the “Hatgate” controversy and backing Vitale’s convictions
Freedom of speech is a precious right allowed both within the UC institution and this country. As stated within UC Riverside’s “Principles Guiding Speech and Assembly,” “UC Riverside is committed to the belief that...