{"id":261999,"date":"2021-03-20T05:15:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T09:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=261999"},"modified":"2021-03-20T05:15:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T09:15:15","slug":"this-week-in-campus-insanity-vol-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-week-in-campus-insanity-vol-36\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Campus Insanity Vol. 36"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthis-week-in-campus-insanity-vol-36%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=261999&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-43.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Welcome back to Campus Insanity, a weekly roundup of the craziest developments at our nation&#8217;s 4,000-plus institutions of higher education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Profs Want to Scrap Term \u2018Quantum Supremacy&#8217; Because It Sounds Too Much Like \u2018White Supremacy&#8217; | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/profs-scrap-term-quantum-supremacy-because-its-too-much-like-white-supremacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The College Fix<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Campus<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/this-week-in-campus-insanity-vol-36\/\"><strong>This Week In Campus Insanity Vol. 36<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/skidmore-college-refuses-to-recognize-club-due-to-troublesome-pro-israel-stance\/\"><strong>Skidmore College Refuses To Recognize Club Due to \u2018Troublesome&#8217; Pro-Israel Stance<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/tufts-closes-china-backed-confucius-institute-after-protests\/\"><strong>Tufts Closes China-Backed Confucius Institute After Protests<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>The physics term &#8220;quantum supremacy&#8221; should be renamed because the word <em>supremacy<\/em> is too closely linked to white supremacy and &#8220;risks sustaining divisions in race, gender, and class,&#8221; according to St. Anselm College physics professor Ian Durham and University of Bristol math professor Karoline Wiesner. The professors published an article in&nbsp;<em>Scientific American<\/em>&nbsp;explaining why physicists should be more racially sensitive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. UNC Chapel Hill Spends $72,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds on Snitching App | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/unc-chapel-hill-spent-72000-of-covid-relief-funds-on-snitching-app\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The College Fix<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spent $72,000 in state coronavirus relief aid to develop the SaferWays app, which students can use to snitch on other students who aren&#8217;t socially distancing or wearing masks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Cornell University Women&#8217;s Resource Center Offers More Classes for Specific Identities | <a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=16955\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campus Reform<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition to Cornell&#8217;s segregated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article?id=16847\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rock climbing classes<\/a>, the Ivy League school is now offering yoga courses for students who are &#8220;BIPOC&#8221;\u2014black, indigenous, and people of color\u2014and &#8220;QTPOC&#8221;\u2014queer or transgender people of color. It will also have classes for &#8220;women + femme folx.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Skidmore College Refuses to Recognize Club Over \u2018Troublesome&#8217; Pro-Israel Stance | <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/skidmore-college-refuses-to-recognize-club-due-to-troublesome-pro-israel-stance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Skidmore College&#8217;s student government denied the pro-Israel Progressive Zionists for Peace&#8217;s request for a club trial period because &#8220;a dialogue focused&#8221; group with &#8220;one perspective&#8221; would be &#8220;troublesome.&#8221; The student government recently granted a trial period to Students for Justice in Palestine, a student group known to intimidate Jewish students on college campuses<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. North Carolina State University Mandatory Diversity Training Includes \u2018Whitesplaining,&#8217; \u2018Toxic Masculinity,&#8217; and \u2018Hate Speech&#8217; Lessons | <a href=\"https:\/\/campusreform.org\/article?id=17011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campus Reform<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Topics for North Carolina State University&#8217;s mandatory diversity and inclusion training for students include &#8220;identity transitions,&#8221; &#8220;oppression,&#8221; and &#8220;privilege.&#8221; The training defines &#8220;___splaining&#8221; as a privileged person&#8217;s assuming expertise and explaining oppression to an oppressed person and notes that &#8220;whitesplaining&#8221; is a form of racism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Princeton Theological Seminary Separates Students by Race to Create \u2018Safety&#8217; in Mandatory Antiracism Training | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yaf.org\/news\/video-princeton-theological-seminary-separates-students-by-race-to-create-safety-in-anti-racism-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Young America&#8217;s Foundation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A mandatory racial bias training for students and staff at Princeton Theological Seminary segregated groups based on race. White trainees were told to &#8220;grapple with their whiteness \u2026 in a way that does not harm our colleagues and co-students of color.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Want more Campus Insanity? 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