A U.S. senator introduced new legislation that would block funding for colleges and universities that provide abortions or supply abortion pills to students in health centers.&nbsp;Senator <a href="https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-introduces-bill-to-protect-vulnerable-mothers-unborn-children-from-dangerous-chemical-abortions-on-college-campuses">Steve Daines</a> (R-Montana), who also serves as chairman of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, <a href="https://www.daines.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/BOM21881.pdf">introduced</a> the Protecting Life on College Campus Act of 2021 on Wednesday. The bill is in <a href="https://www.daines.senate.gov/news/press-releases/daines-introduces-bill-to-protect-vulnerable-mothers-unborn-children-from-dangerous-chemical-abortions-on-college-campuses">response</a> to a 2019 California law that <a href="https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2019/april/ca-moves-toward-forcing-students-to-become-walking-billboard-for-abortions">requires</a> public universities and colleges in the state to provide abortion pills to students by the year 2023.&nbsp;Also on Wednesday, Representative <a href="https://roy.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-roy-and-miller-team-sen-daines-defund-colleges-help-students-perform-diy">Chip Roy</a> (R-Texas) and Representative <a href="https://marymiller.house.gov/media/press-releases/reps-miller-and-roy-team-sen-daines-defund-colleges-help-students-perform-diy">Mary Miller</a> (R-Illinois) introduced a House <a href="https://roy.house.gov/sites/roy.house.gov/files/Text%20PLCC.pdf">version</a> of the bill.&nbsp;In its current form, the bill would &ldquo;prohibit the award of Federal funds to an institution of higher education that hosts or is affiliated with a student-based service site that provides abortion drugs or abortions to students of the institution or to employees of the institution or site, and for other purposes.&rdquo;&nbsp;These funds would include those made both directly and indirectly.The bill also requires universities to participate in an annual report.&nbsp;&ldquo;To remain eligible for 10 awards of Federal funds, an institution of higher education that hosts or is affiliated with one or more school based service sites shall submit an annual report to the Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifying that no such site provides abortion drugs or abortions to students of the institution or to employees of the institution or site.&rdquo;The legislation defines abortion drug as &ldquo;any drug, substance or comination of drugs or substances&rdquo; that is used &ldquo;to intentionally kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant; or to intentionally terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant, with an intention other than to produce a live birth; or to remove a dead unborn child.&rdquo;During a <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/241s6vh9r1rj8b7/07.21.21%20Protecting%20Life%20on%20College%20Campuses%20Presser.mov?dl=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">press conference</a> held in front of the US Capitol on Wednesday, Daines said &ldquo;we can&#39;t let our campus clinics become abortion clinics.&rdquo;&ldquo;The craziness in California, and they&#39;ve gone crazy out there in California, that can become the mainstream in America,&quot; Daines continued.&rdquo; &ldquo;We&#39;ve seen that several times in our nation&#39;s history.&rdquo;The bill has received the support of other Republican lawmakers in both the House and the Senate, including Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), and Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri).Campus Reform reached out to the offices of Daines, Miller, and Roy for comment, but did not receive a response in time for publication.&nbsp;Follow the author of this article on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/opheliejacobson">@opheliejacobson</a>

The bill would block funding for universities that provide those types of services.

No  funding for universities that provide abortion pills, new Congressional bill says


Students at the University of Nebraska are <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiy7MrV6emLilXPG3iTYu_sKOQeiqmLqh7lLRydLoruIlHZQ/viewform">petitioning</a> their college&#39;s Board of Regents to include Critical Race Theory in the school&#39;s curriculum.The petition, created by United College Athlete Advocates, is a response to a resolution that is now under consideration by the Board of Regents. The proposed resolution <a href="https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/critical-race-theory-regent-resolution-1626831033.pdf">says</a> that &quot;Critical Race Theory does not promote inclusive and honest dialogue, and that its &quot;proponents seek to silence opposing views and disparage important American ideals.&quot;&nbsp;University of Nebraska Regent <a href="https://nebraska.edu/regents/board-members/jim-pillen">Jim Pillen</a>, who is vying for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, authored the resolution the petition aims to block. He <a href="http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/nu-regent-governor-hopeful-proposes-resolution-against-critical-race-theory/article_1ceb0cba-e2bb-11eb-8c3c-3b2e7c975439.html">expects</a> it to come up for a vote before the Board of Regents next month, per the Daily Nebraskan.&nbsp;Pillen&#39;s resolution<a href="https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/critical-race-theory-regent-resolution-1626831033.pdf">&nbsp;reads</a>, in part, &quot;Whereas the campus and facilities of a university are places for open reflection, discussion, study, research, and learning...and Whereas Critical Race Theory proponents seek to silence opposing views and disparage important American ideals. Be it resolved that the Regents of the University of Nebraska oppose any imposition of Critical Race Theory in curriculum.&quot;In contrast, the petition argues that critical race theory is a preferable way for students to &quot;explore issues of division within our communities and global society while also reflecting on the impacts of systemic racism that has hindered unity and growth within the United States.&quot;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17062">[RELATED: Athletes&#39; privilege: Virginia colleges bend COVID-19 rules for March Madness players]</a>The petition slams the &quot;cowardly cultural practice&quot; of &quot;evading conversations around race and equity.&quot; It positions Critical Race Theory as the antidote to this problem.&nbsp;It continues,&nbsp;&quot;It is imperative that we demand the University of Nebraska Board of Regents vote against this change and integrate the study of Critical Race Theory into the university&rsquo;s curriculum.&quot;Though Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/govricketts/status/1413253892494725120?lang=en">tweeted&nbsp;</a>his support for the resolution, university leaders have come out against it. The University&#39;s president and chancellors issued a joint statement opposing Pillen&#39;s resolution.<blockquote>The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will be voting on a resolution opposing Critical Race Theory in the coming weeks. Thank you to NU Regent Jim Pillen for leading the fight against this divisive and anti-American philosophy! <a href="https://t.co/UaNvzsD2aX">pic.twitter.com/UaNvzsD2aX</a>&mdash; Gov. Pete Ricketts (@GovRicketts) <a href="https://twitter.com/GovRicketts/status/1413253892494725120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 8, 2021</a></blockquote>The university leadership&nbsp;<a href="https://unknews.unk.edu/2021/07/21/university-of-nebraska-statement-on-critical-race-theory/">wrote</a>, &quot;The University of Nebraska is strongly committed to academic freedom. We support and defend the liberties our teachers and learners have to freely discuss ideas in and outside of the classroom.&quot;&nbsp;Pillen&#39;s resolution would not restrict what students and faculty may discuss. &nbsp;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17578">[RELATED:&nbsp;VIDEO: Students reject Critical Race Theory after learning what it&#39;s really about]</a>KETV <a href="https://www.ketv.com/article/nu-athletes-sign-petition-to-keep-critical-race-theory-in-classroom/37083952">reports</a> that more than 500 of the 1,500 total signatories are current University of Nebraska student-athletes. Campus Reform&nbsp;has contacted United College Athlete Advocates for comment and for updated signature numbers; this piece will be updated in the event of a response.&nbsp;Follow the author of this article on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/AngelaLMorabito" style=" text-align: start;">@AngelaLMorabito</a>

Nebraska's  United College Athlete Advocates group created a petition requesting that the university make Critical Race Theory part of the school curriculum. 

U Nebraska athletes petition against regent's CRT ban resolution

Campus Reform Campus Profiles evaluate individual American college campuses based on liberal bias, speech codes, and other relevant policies and factors.Arizona State University is a public university within the Arizona State University System. Around 44,000 undergraduate students are enrolled at the university.Official Political Student Organizations:<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/campus.reform//17852f16ly.png" class="fr-fic fr-dii">Conservative Organizations:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Alexander Hamilton Society&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;American Enterprise Institute Club at Arizona State University&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;College Libertarians&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;College Republicans at Arizona State University&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Turning Point USA at Arizona State University&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Young Americans for Liberty at Arizona State University&nbsp;Liberal Organizations:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Aliento at ASU&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;American Constitution Society&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;American Indian Graduate Students Organization&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Aspec Alliance&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;BeYouASU (LGBTQIA Sun Devils and Allies)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Changemaker Central West&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Chispa de ASU&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;EMPOWERED Sun Devils at ASU&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Gender Studies Graduate Student Association&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;GRADient&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;IGNITE at ASU&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;LGBTQ+ Interaction Club&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;March for Our Lives ASU&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;MECHA de ASU&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Planned Parenthood Generation Action: Students for Reproductive Justice&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Qmunity at ASU&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Rainbow Coalition&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Sex Education for a Change&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Social Justice Club&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Students for Justice in Palestine&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Students for Socialism&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The Justice Society of Activism&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Thunderbird LGBT-birds+&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TransFam&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Undocumented Students for Educational Equity&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Veg Out&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Vote Everywhere @ ASU&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Young Democratic Socialists of America at Arizona State University&nbsp; &nbsp; Young Democrats at ASU OpenSecrets Data on Arizona State University Employee Political Donations:In the 2020 election cycle, 95.69% of Arizona State University employee donations went to Democratic candidates in federal elections, while 4.31% of donations went to Republican candidates in federal elections, according to data from<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/florida-state-university/recipients?id=D000033725">&nbsp;</a><a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/arizona-state-university/recipients?id=D000031618">OpenSecrets.&nbsp;</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/campus.reform//17852v8gsjk.png" class="fr-fic fr-dii">Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Rating:Arizona State University has been given a <a href="https://www.thefire.org/schools/arizona-state-university-3/">green light&nbsp;</a>speech code. According to FIRE, this is due to &ldquo;FIRE is not currently aware of any serious threats to students&rsquo; free speech rights in the written policies on that campus.&rdquo;&nbsp;<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/campus.reform//17852y56wcj.png" class="fr-fic fr-dii">COVID-19:Arizona State University is<a href="https://newsroom.asu.edu/press/arizona-state-university-statement-gov-ducey%E2%80%99s-executive-order-regarding-covid-19-vaccines">&nbsp;NOT</a> requiring a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students.&nbsp;Stories by Campus Reform about Arizona State University: <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=16162">ASU course teaches students to do &#39;the inner work of anti-racism&#39;</a>An Arizona State University communications class offered students an assignment to do &ldquo;the inner work of anti-racism&rdquo; by studying &ldquo;anti-racism&rdquo; lectures and podcasts, according to a relative of the student. <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=15709">&lsquo;F*** the police and f*** republicans&rsquo;: ASU student gov votes to defund campus police</a>The senate body of the Arizona State University Undergraduate Student Government passed a resolution to defund the campus police force by a vote of 13-4-1.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=15052">ASU student gov sends out &#39;list of ways to help the BLM movement&#39;</a>In the wake of protests across the country and the tragic death of George Floyd, the student government at Arizona State University.

Arizona State University is a public university within the Arizona State University System. Around 44,000 undergraduate students are enrolled at the university.

CAMPUS PROFILE: Arizona State University

'You may have oppressed somebody,' a Penn State professor said, prodding a White student during a rhetorical exercise after the student admitted to going outside that day. 

'You may have oppressed somebody:' Prof to White student who said he left his house that day


Nikole Hannah-Jones&#39; July 6 decision to reject the University of North Carolina&#39;s offer of tenure prompted some journalism faculty and college students to downplay the value of &quot;objectivity&quot; and &quot;impartiality&quot; in reporting.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17768">[RELATED: Nikole Hannah-Jones turns down UNC tenure offer]</a>On July 14, journalism professors at the University of North Carolina held a meeting to discuss their <a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article252769248.html">discomfort</a> with objective reporting, specifically &quot;impartiality&quot; in reporting and editing, as outlined in the &quot;Statement of Core Values&quot; displayed in the university&#39;s Hussman School of Journalism and Media.&nbsp;The &quot;Statement of Core Values&quot; plaque was contingent Walter Hussman Jr.&rsquo;s naming gift to the university, as reported by The News &amp; Observer.&nbsp;According to the local news outlet, the UNC faculty felt uncomfortable with donors&#39; involvement in university hiring, specifically the role Hussman&#39;s name and beliefs play in the journalism school.<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17789">[RELATED: Student leaders issue &#39;anti-racist&#39; demands to UNC in aftermath of Nikole Hannah-Jones&rsquo; rejection of tenure offer]</a>On July 15, Appalachian State University students Hannah Cullen and Isabella King wrote an op-ed in the university&rsquo;s student newspaper, <a href="https://theappalachianonline.com/letter-to-the-editor-nikole-hannah-jones-denial-is-it-really-objective/">The Appalachian</a>, arguing that anti-racism and dismantling &ldquo;white supremacy&rdquo; is more valuable than upholding academic standards.&nbsp;Referring to the controversy, the students claim UNC trustees are representatives of systemic racism within the realm of higher education. &ldquo;The move made by top university officials at UNC, including individuals on the board of trustees, is an abuse of power directly silencing Black voices and pursuits. A Black journalist should not have to choose between calling out and deconstructing white supremacy or excelling in her career,&rdquo; the op-ed states.Additionally, the students targeted the publisher of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Walter Hussman Jr due to the series of <a href="https://www.wunc.org/education/2021-06-03/hussman-concerns-nikole-hannah-jones-emails-unc-1619">emails</a> he sent to UNC trustees voicing his concerns over Hannah-Jones&rsquo;s biased reporting and the historical inaccuracies.&ldquo;Hussman&rsquo;s valuing of &#39;objectivity&#39; over anti-racism is rooted in white supremacy because objectivity, as Hannah-Jones argues, values a white perspective,&quot; the students wrote.&ldquo;If your objectivity actively reduces Black voices and contributions, perhaps you don&rsquo;t value perspectives that don&rsquo;t look like your own. The people in power write the history books and will always view their actions through the rose-tinted glasses of self-justification.&rdquo;The students also argued that &quot;factual reporting&quot; comes from a &quot;white normative view.&quot;&ldquo;When white Americans say to me, &lsquo;I just want factual reporting, what they&rsquo;re saying to me is they want reporting from a white perspective &hellip; with a white normative view, and that simply has never been objective,&quot; the two students wrote.<a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=16181">[RELATED: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Scholar counters claims of 1619 Project in new book]</a>As a footnote, in an effort of transparency, the students exposed themselves as &ldquo;white women&rdquo; and that [they] &ldquo;have no intention of speaking over the plethora of more knowledgeable voices of People of Color who have already spoken out about these issues and others like them.&rdquo;Historians have since <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/1619-project-top-historians-criticize-new-york-times-slavery-feature/">debunked</a> Hannah-Jones&rsquo; claims that the &ldquo;primary reason the colonists fought in the American Revolution was to preserve slavery,&rdquo; forcing <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/11/magazine/an-update-to-the-1619-project.html">The New York Times&nbsp;</a>to make a clarification about the project&rsquo;s portrayal of American history.&nbsp;Campus Reform reached out to Appalachian State University, the University of North Carolina, and the writers for comment; this article will be updated accordingly.Follow the author of this article on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/ameliascarponi">@ameliascarponi</a>

Two Appalachian State University students argue that 'bias is inherent in journalism' and 'objectivity is rooted in white supremacy.'

Journalism faculty, students deprioritize 'objectivity,' 'impartiality' in reporting

Cleveland State University is requiring students living on campus to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, an order that appears to contradict Governor Mike DeWine&#39;s signing <a href="https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/legislation-summary?id=GA134-HB-244">House Bill 244</a> on July 14, which prohibits that type of mandate.&nbsp;Though the new law prohibits Ohio&rsquo;s public universities from mandating student COVID-19 vaccinations prior to the Food and Drug Administration&#39;s full approval of the vaccine, it does not go into effect until October 12.&nbsp;According to MarketWatch, Pfizer may not receive full <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-fda-may-not-fully-approve-a-covid-19-vaccine-until-january-heres-why-11626877261?mod=mw_latestnews">Food and Drug Administration approval</a> for their coronavirus vaccine, which is approved for emergency use, until January 2022.<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17801" target="_blank">[RELATED: Group plans to file lawsuit against University System of Maryland over vaccine mandate]</a>Dave Kielmeyer, the interim vice president for marketing and communications at Cleveland State University, told&nbsp;Campus Reform that the university plans to comply with the new law when it goes into effect on October 12.&quot;Cleveland State University is preparing to fully comply with the new law when it takes effect in October,&quot; Kielmeyer said. &quot;The University&rsquo;s requirement that all students living in our residence halls be vaccinated for COVID-19 remains in effect for the start of the fall semester. Medical and religious exemptions are available for qualifying individuals.&quot;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17723" target="_blank">[RELATED: OR community college waives vaccine requirement, citing diversity and equity]</a>Following Governor DeWine&rsquo;s signing of the new bill, the university released a statement encouraging their students and faculty to get vaccinated, <a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2021/07/15/cleveland-state-on-campus-students-will-still-need-covid-19-vaccine" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Spectrum News 1</a> reported.&ldquo;Over the last three semesters, our students, faculty, and staff have worked hard to keep our community safe. As a result, Cleveland State University achieved one of lowest infection rates among urban universities in the country,&rdquo; the university said. &ldquo;We continue to strongly encourage all students, faculty, and staff to get vaccinated. It&rsquo;s the best way they can protect themselves, their family, and our community. All three of the approved vaccines are safe, effective, and readily available.&rdquo;Reem Abumeri, a student at CSU, told&nbsp;Campus Reform&nbsp;that, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s unfortunate that this year&#39;s pandemic has become more about the politics and less about the health and safety of people.&quot;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a tough decision for everyone but at the end of the day, CSU has more reasoning for knowing what&rsquo;s best for their students more than an outside source would,&quot; Abumeri said.Follow the author of this article on Instagram&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/leanadippiee/?hl=en">@Leanadippiee</a>

Ohio recently passed a bill prohibiting public schools from mandating the COVID vaccine prior to full FDA approval. 

CSU squeezes in vaccine mandate before new state law takes effect

The &ldquo;Stop AAPI Hate&rdquo; project &mdash; which is founded on controversial data collection practices &mdash; will receive $10 million from the California state government.In the wake of COVID-19&rsquo;s spread in March 2020, San Francisco State University and other organizations <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17219&_gl=1*1v6vujk*_ga*OTk3NTAwOTEzLjE2MTkxOTAzNjc.*_ga_52173W50DL*MTYyNjU1MDA3OC43OC4xLjE2MjY1NTE4MTMuNjA">launched</a> &ldquo;Stop AAPI Hate&rdquo; to solicit reports of anti-Asian hate crimes. As Campus Reform reported, the project&rsquo;s site allows anonymous users to describe incidents of alleged racism and discrimination. Although the site permits visitors to upload files to substantiate allegations, it is possible to submit a report with no accompanying evidence.Stop AAPI Hate has been cited by several left-leaning news outlets to claim a rise in anti-Asian violence.&nbsp;Nevertheless, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-Ca.) signed the $156.5 million &ldquo;Asian and Pacific Islander Equity Budget&rdquo; last week. The measure allocates $10 million to San Francisco State University to continue the work of Stop AAPI Hate.<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=16548">[RELATED: How the California government helped fuel campus madness in 2020]</a>&ldquo;The $10 million allocated to Stop AAPI Hate will support our efforts to track racism against AAPIs, which will help our coalition and the larger movement continue to advocate for concrete solutions,&rdquo; explained Stop AAPI Hate co-founder and Asian American Studies professor Russell Jeung in a university <a href="https://news.sfsu.edu/news-story/10-million-california-budget-goes-sf-state-stop-aapi-hate">news release</a>. &ldquo;This funding will also allow our coalition to grow to meet more of our community&rsquo;s needs.&rdquo;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17353">[RELATED: Universities &#39;cluster&#39; hire Asian-American scholars following purported rise in hate]</a>&ldquo;With this funding, Stop AAPI Hate will be able to enhance its capabilities to track, respond and prevent incidents of racial bias and harm,&rdquo; adds Jeung. The release notes that &ldquo;SF State&rsquo;s AAS program conducts data collection and analysis for Stop AAPI Hate and runs the Stop AAPI Hate Youth Campaign &mdash; a program led by SF State students for high-school interns in which they conduct research on the racism and discrimination young AAPIs are facing and engage with other methods of advocacy.&rdquo;Campus Reform reached out to San Francisco State University; this article will be updated accordingly.Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BenZeisloft">Ben Zeisloft</a> on Twitter

The project is founded upon unscientific data collection practices, according to past 'Campus Reform' reporting. 

Newsom allocates $10 million to disputed ‘Stop AAPI Hate’ study database


Though world powers are growing <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/how-china-s-growing-power-and-ambitions-are-burning-the-bridges-of-global-cooperation/ar-BB19sa92">warier</a> of China&rsquo;s global ambitions and there have been <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/08/19/universities-confucius-institutes-china/">calls</a> to shut down Confucius Institutes around the world, the Biden administration has <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-biden-revoke-trump-ban-chinese-communist-propaganda-schools-1568043">loosened</a> restrictions on the centers on US college campuses.&nbsp;The Confucius Institutes are Chinese educational initiatives hosted by American universities. Though they claim to be no more than language and cultural exchanges, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated the program as a &ldquo;foreign mission&rdquo; of the People&rsquo;s Republic of China that spreads the Chinese Communist Party&rsquo;s worldview.<a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=17541">[RELATED: US designates Chinese-funded Confucius Institutes as &#39;foreign missions&#39;]</a>The Japanese, Australian, and German governments are currently exploring initiatives to sever Chinese influence in higher education within their respective countries.&nbsp;Biden, however, is taking a far different approach.&nbsp;Campus Reform&nbsp;revealed in February that the Biden administration quietly revoked a Trump-era rule submitted to the federal record that would have compelled American universities to be transparent about their Confucius Institute ties.<a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=16784">[RELATED: Biden quietly nixes Trump-era rule combating Chinese Communist-funded &#39;propaganda&#39; centers]</a><a href="https://www.hudson.org/experts/530-seth-cropsey">Seth Cropsey</a>, director of the Center for American Seapower at the Hudson Institute, &nbsp;told Campus Reform at the time that the policy could indicate a strategy to make the US appear indifferent to Chinese global reach.&nbsp;Crospey characterized the policy as projecting &quot;overtures...as though the United States is unaware or uninterested in [Chinese] military buildup, their aggression against neighbors, their militarization of the South China Sea, and their successful efforts to steal intellectual property.&rdquo;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=16483&_gl=1*wxerba*_ga*MTQwNjk5MDcxMy4xNjIyMTMyNTkw*_ga_52173W50DL*MTYyNjMxMDg3Mi44OS4xLjE2MjYzMTE5NzQuNDM.">[RELATED: American universities have accepted over $24 million from CCP since 2015]</a>Recently, the Japanese government <a href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-takes-aim-at-China-backed-Confucius-Institutes">launched</a> a probe into the initiative. Education Minister <a href="https://japan.kantei.go.jp/98_abe/meibo/daijin/HAGIUDA_Koichi.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Koichi Hagiuda</a> urged universities to participate in &ldquo;information disclosure to raise transparency regarding organizational management and research projects,&quot; Nikkei Asia reports.&nbsp;Meanwhile, the Australian government will consider <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/china-backed-confucius-institutes-face-closure-under-veto-laws-20210423-p57lvo.html">shuttering</a> the thirteen Confucius Institutes within its borders on a &ldquo;case-by-case basis,&rdquo; according to The Sydney Morning Herald. One Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade spokesperson said that &ldquo;universities are required to notify all existing arrangements with foreign governments that fall within the scope of the scheme, including where they relate to Confucius Institutes.&rdquo;The German government <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-china-watcher/2021/07/08/deeply-alarmed-china-now-ahead-of-us-on-privacy-law-493497">unveiled</a> a $24.8 million investment into &ldquo;independent China competence&rdquo; based in &ldquo;European values&rdquo; that would eliminate any perceived need for the Confucius Institute, according to Politico.Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BenZeisloft">Ben Zeisloft</a> on Twitter

Germany, Japan, Australia,  are distancing their nations from the Chinese government’s Confucius Institutes. 

More countries take action against Confucius Institutes. Will Biden  do the same?

'Campus Reform' reporter Ophelie Jacobson went to the University of South Florida to ask students who they plan on rooting for during the Olympic Games.

WATCH: Students refuse to support Team USA 


President Biden is scheduled to appear tonight at Mount St. Joseph University in Cincinnati, where he&rsquo;ll participate in a CNN town hall. Though, the visit is not welcomed by <a href="https://catholicaoc.org/about/archbishop-schnurr" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr</a>.&nbsp;The Archdiocese of Cincinnati, to which the university belongs, released a <a href="https://catholicaoc.org/news/press-releases/statement-regarding-president-bidens-town-hall-meeting-in-cincinnati">statement</a> yesterday outlining Archbishop Schurr&rsquo;s concerns.&nbsp;&ldquo;Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr has not been contacted by any involved party about the upcoming visit of President Joseph R. Biden to Cincinnati,&rdquo; said the statement. &quot;Archbishop Schnurr has therefore not been asked for, nor would he have granted, his approval for any such event to occur on Catholic premises.&rdquo;The statement also clarifies that, &ldquo;Mount St. Joseph University operates under the sponsorship of the Sisters of Charity and not under the direct oversight of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati.&rdquo;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17760">[RELATED: University of California plans to cut ties with certain Catholic hospitals]</a>Biden is the second Catholic president to hold office, yet his positions on certain controversial issues including abortion have drawn criticism from the local community.Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati, for example, <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/07/20/biden-town-hall-cincinnati-right-life-group-calls-out-mt-st-joe/8025357002/">reportedly</a> called Biden the &ldquo;most pro-abortion president in U.S. history.&rdquo;Biden&rsquo;s budget request for the 2022 fiscal year <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/248452/us-bishops-petition-to-preserve-hyde-amendment-surpasses-130000-signatures">excluded</a> the Hyde Amendment, which would clear the way for <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hyde-amendment-what-is-it/">taxpayer-funded abortions</a>. As a senator, Biden supported the amendment, which prohibits the use of Medicaid to fund abortions, but reversed his standing in 2019 as a presidential candidate.<a href="https://cincinnatirighttolife.org/leadership">Meg DeBlase</a>, the executive director of Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati, told Campus Reform that she believes the university should have canceled the visit and issued a public apology. &nbsp;&ldquo;We called on the University and the Sisters of Charity, who run the university, to cancel the event and issue a formal apology, as well as commit to protecting innocent unborn lives in the future, as a good catholic institution should,&rdquo; she said.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17550">[RELATED: JACOBSON: The White House REFUSES to admit why &lsquo;Devout Catholic&rsquo; Biden isn&rsquo;t going to Notre Dame&rsquo;s Commencement]</a>&ldquo;Joe Biden touts himself as a faithful Catholic, but he&rsquo;s committing a grave sin by supporting abortion. No catholic institution should consider hosting him until he starts acting like a Catholic himself,&rdquo; De Blase said. &ldquo;The reality is, this man is supporting one of the greatest human rights violations, so there should be no compromises. Catholic institutions should be Catholic first.&rdquo;Right to Life of Greater Cincinnati is planning a protest tonight at 7:00 pm ET tonight on the public sidewalk. They are also encouraging local contact the university in opposition to Biden&rsquo;s visit.In a statement provided to Campus Reform, Mount St. Joseph University said, &ldquo;We are humbled and honored that both CNN and the White House have recognized Mount St. Joseph University as an outstanding institution of higher learning that is capable and willing to host such an important event. The University has always been and will continue to be a diverse and inclusive place where people from different races, ethnicities, social backgrounds, beliefs, and religions can come together to discuss and share their unique perspectives. We look forward to introducing the Mount to a nationally televised prime time audience.&rdquo;CNN.com <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/21/politics/how-to-watch-biden-town-hall/index.html">reported</a> that the one-hour event will be moderated by anchor Don Lemon, and will cover a wide range of topics including Covid-19 and the economy.&nbsp;

The Archdiocese of Cincinnati said Archbishop Schnurr 'not been asked for, nor would he have granted, his approval for any such event to occur on Catholic premises.'

Archbishop opposes Biden visit to Catholic university

Young Americans for Liberty is <a href="https://adfmedia.org/case/young-americans-liberty-university-alabama-huntsville-v-trustees-university-alabama-system">suing</a> the University of Alabama in Huntsville, alleging that UAH is actively suppressing speech on campus and is in violation of Alabama state law.The lawsuit, filed by the Alliance Defending Freedom on behalf of the UAH YAL chapter, claims that the university&rsquo;s speech policy, which requires students to seek a permit to promote their organization on campus three days in advance, is in direct violation of Alabama&rsquo;s Campus Free Speech Act.&ldquo;Alabama law is clear: students don&rsquo;t need a permit from college officials to speak on campus, but that&rsquo;s exactly what the University of Alabama in Huntsville is doing&mdash;violating the law and shutting down speech on campus,&rdquo; stated ADF Legal Counsel<a href="https://adflegal.org/biography/michael-ross" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> Michael Ross</a> in the ADF announcement. &ldquo;Public universities are the very places that should be encouraging free speech, not stifling it with burdensome and illegal rules.&rdquo;&nbsp;Ross told Campus Reform that &ldquo;The University of Alabama in Huntsville&rsquo;s burdensome and illegal rules are preventing students from speaking about important cultural and political issues with their peers and shutting down important debate on campus.&rdquo;YAL Chief of Staff <a href="https://yaliberty.org/staff/">Sean Themea</a> told Campus Reform that &ldquo;The Constitution is clear: No one, student or otherwise, should ever need to ask permission to exercise any of their God-given rights.&rdquo; He continued, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a shame that YAL and ADF need to teach The University of Alabama in Huntsville this lesson through legal action, but we will defend the First Amendment by any means necessary.&rdquo;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14839">[RELATED: Survey: Most students favor colleges restricting speech]</a>According to ADF, Alabama&rsquo;s Campus Free Speech act explicitly prohibits &ldquo;prior permission requirements and other suppressive measures,&rdquo; such as the ones in place at UAH. They allege that since &ldquo;permits are subject to the university&rsquo;s approval, administrators can pick and choose which events and viewpoints are allowed on campus&rdquo; which illegally prevents &ldquo;students from engaging in spontaneous expression and from promoting their events.&rdquo;The campus&rsquo;s YAL chapter, for example, has been unable to facilitate discussions on topics such as &ldquo;gun control&rdquo; and &ldquo;federalism.&rdquo;Young Americans for Liberty Director of Free Speech, JP Kirby, stated that &ldquo;Young Americans for Liberty exists to promote the principles of individual liberty, but the University of Alabama in Huntsville&rsquo;s policies severely restrict our students&rsquo; ability to speak freely about these principles on campus.&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="https://campusreform.org/?ID=13691">[RELATED: University of Texas eliminates free speech zones...and leftist students are not happy]</a>Interestingly, this is the second <a href="https://tuscaloosathread.com/students-sue-university-of-alabama-over-free-speech/">lawsuit</a> that ADF has filed on behalf of YAL against the University of Alabama system this year. In May, YAL sued UA over the school&rsquo;s Facilities and Ground Use Policy, which YAL alleges infringes on students&rsquo; right to free speech.The policy requires students to receive permission from the administration five business days prior to holding any public event and restricts such events to designated &ldquo;free speech zones&rdquo; that make up less than 1% of the UA campus.Campus Reform reached out to the University of Alabama in Huntsville; this article will be updated accordingly.

Young Americans for Liberty alleges that the University of Alabama in Huntsville is actively suppressing speech on campus.

U Alabama in Huntsville violates 1A rights, YAL lawsuit says 


One incoming student at BYU-Hawaii was denied a COVID vaccine exemption even though she has a rare condition caused by a previous vaccine. 

WATCH: Citing diversity, BYU denies vaccine exemption for student with rare syndrome

Campus Reform Campus Profiles evaluate individual American college campuses based on liberal bias, speech codes, and other relevant policies and factors.University of Maryland College Park is a public university within the Maryland State University System. Around 36,000 undergraduate students are enrolled at the university.&nbsp;Official Political Student Organizations:<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/campus.reform//17814mjngzUniversityofMarylandCollegePark.jpeg" class="fr-fic fr-dii">Conservative Organizations:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;College Republicans&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Terps for Israel&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Terps for National Conservatism&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Young Americans for Freedom&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Young Americans for Liberty at University of Maryland College Park Liberal Organizations:&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Coalition of Latinx Student Organizations&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;College Democrats&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Hamsa&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;International Socialist Organization&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;MARYPIRG&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Multiracial Biracial Student Association&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Political Latinx United Movement and Action in Society&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Roosevelt Institute&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Students for Justice in Palestine UMD Chapter&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Young Democratic Socialists of America&nbsp; OpenSecrets Data on University of Maryland College Park Employee Political Donations:In the 2020 election cycle, 96.16% of University of Maryland College Park employee donations went to Democratic candidates in federal elections, while 3.84% of donations went to Republican candidates in federal elections, according to data from<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/university-of-maryland/recipients?id=D000030667">&nbsp;OpenSecrets.&nbsp;</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/campus.reform//17814qexk0e.png" class="fr-fic fr-dii">Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Rating:University of Maryland College Park has been given a <a href="https://www.thefire.org/schools/university-of-maryland-college-park/">green light&nbsp;</a>speech code. According to FIRE, this is due to &ldquo;FIRE is not currently aware of any serious threats to students&rsquo; free speech rights in the written policies on that campus.&rdquo;&nbsp;<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/campus.reform//17814gmm1u6.png" class="fr-fic fr-dii">COVID-19:University of Maryland College Park is <a href="https://umd.edu/4Maryland/health/covid-19-vaccine#:~:text=COVID%2D19%20vaccinations%20will%20be,later%20than%20August%202%2C%202021.">requiring</a> a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students, staff and faculty.&nbsp;Stories by Campus Reform about University of Maryland College Park: <a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=10289">New policy would make it easier for UMD to punish students</a>The University of Maryland Senate recently voted to lower the standard of evidence in student misconduct hearings while simultaneously limiting students&#39; access to attorneys. <a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=17572">At request of Black student orgs, UMD admin launch plan to defund police, crack down on &lsquo;hate speech&rsquo;</a>The University of Maryland&rsquo;s Office of Diversity &amp; Inclusion released a set of proposals to crack down on purported &#39;hate speech&#39; and decrease campus police presence. <a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=17703">UMD prof uses disputed database to criticize media coverage of anti-Asian hate crime</a>&nbsp; &nbsp;University of Maryland professor Janelle Wong recently wrote an article criticizing media coverage of anti-Asian hate crimes for showing the attacks being perpetuated by Black men.

University of Maryland, College Park is a public university within the Maryland State University System. Around 36,000 undergraduate students are enrolled at the university. 



CAMPUS PROFILE: University of Maryland, College Park

Following a student-led campaign to take down a quote by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, Pennsylvania State University announced on July 17 that it would remove the text from its Paul Robeson Cultural Center.&nbsp;One after Campus Reform first reported Suarez&rsquo;s efforts, the university told the student that it intends to dispose of the display.&nbsp;<a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=17817">[RELATED: Venezuelan &eacute;migr&eacute; student calls on Penn State to remove prominently displayed Fidel Castro quote]</a>&ldquo;The University agrees with the concerns you and others have expressed and the quote is being removed,&rdquo; <a href="https://vpadmin.psu.edu/">Frank T. Guadagnino</a>, vice president for administration, wrote to Suarez in an email obtained by Campus Reform.&nbsp;<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/campus.reform//17840gfj3foriginalemail.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii">Suarez had sent Penn State President <a href="https://president.psu.edu/biography.html">Eric J. Bannon</a> a letter signed by X students expressing concern over the Castro quote. The signatories included Carlos Garcia, a &ldquo;victim of socialism/communism in Cuba.&rdquo;&nbsp;<iframe src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/516733298/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-TDyFp9ZIMsvTsvT5LMQW"></iframe>The quote in question reads as follows:&nbsp;&quot;The equal right of all citizens to health, education, work, food, security, culture, science, and wellbeing &mdash; that is, the same rights we proclaimed when we began our struggle, in addition to those which emerge from our dreams of justice and equality for all inhabitants of our world &mdash; is what I wish for all.&quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GSrnKuFU4U">[Related: WATCH: Cubans Give College Students A Lesson On Communism]</a>Campus Reform, the first to report on the quote, reached out to Penn State for a timeline on its removal. The university did not provide a date.&nbsp;This article will be updated accordingly. &nbsp;Follow the author on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/amandamayrr">@amandamayrr</a>

The administration  sent an email to a student leader promising that the university would remove the controversial text from a wall on campus. 

VICTORY: Penn State promises to remove Castro quote 

The chairperson of the Department of Teacher Education at Michigan State University recently told local news outlets that college Critical Race Theory (CRT) curriculum does affect how K-12 teachers instruct young students.&nbsp;Speaking to <a href="https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2021/07/critical-race-theory-isnt-taught-in-michigan-schools-so-why-is-it-such-a-hot-topic.html">MLive</a>&nbsp;earlier this month, Professor <a href="https://education.msu.edu/people/carter-andrews-dorinda/">Dorinda Carter Andrews</a> told the local news outlet that, &quot;If [K-12 educators] studied [CRT] while they were in college, it might inform they way they teach...&quot;&nbsp;Though Carter Andrews qualified her statement by saying teachers are not &quot;teaching the theory to students,&quot; the education professor did not rule out the possibility while speaking to Campus Reform.&nbsp;&ldquo;I meant that I am unaware of the theory being taught in Michigan K-12 schools,&quot; Carter Andrews told Campus Reform.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17772">[RELATED: UT Austin prof says Critical Race Theory is &lsquo;much needed&rsquo; in schools]</a>Multiple <a href="https://www.themorningwatchmsu.com/post/msu-classes-slam-america-as-profoundly-racist-and-white-supremacist-demand-no-recording">classes</a> at Michigan State University have curriculum that aligns with Critical Race Theory.In fall 2008, Carter Andrews taught &ldquo;<a href="https://edwp.educ.msu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/49/2020/06/TE982.Sect_.001.FS08.Carter.pdf">Examining Critical Race Theory in Education</a>,&rdquo; which sought to &ldquo;use CRT to inform our personal, social, political, and intellectual experiences as racial beings&hellip;with the end goals of heightened social consciousness and social transformation.&rdquo;&nbsp;The course design is similar to Carter Andrews&#39; explanation of CRT to MSU Today,&nbsp;university news website,&nbsp;in June.&nbsp;&quot;It&#39;s a practice or approach that provides language and a lens for examining racism at institutional and structural levels,&quot; Carter Andrews said to MS Live. &quot;Underlying this is the premise that racism is endemic to American society and that white supremacist ideals and practices should be dismantled.&quot;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17765" style=" text-align: left;">[RELATED: California university pays faculty to attend CRT training sessions]</a>Carter Andrews is not the only MSU professor to teach CRT at the institution.&ldquo;Some of MSU&rsquo;s colleges have courses that discuss Critical Race Theory,&rdquo; MSU Vice President and University Spokesperson <a href="https://comms.msu.edu/staff/guerrant-emily.html">Emily Guerrant</a> told Campus Reform.<a href="https://sociology.msu.edu/directory/fox-samantha.html">Samantha Fox</a>, a sociology professor, has likewise taught <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iE5ylj0-1SU55rSeaUsXhooDUkjpO_Wa/view?usp=sharing">SOC215</a> &ldquo;Race and Ethnicity,&rdquo; which assigned White Fragility and Ibram X Kendi&rsquo;s &quot;How to Be An Antiracist.&quot;&ldquo;Racism is a historical reality that I live everyday,&rdquo; Fox told Campus Reform.Furthermore, MSU speaking events, such as &quot;Reclaiming Education: Teachers of Color Resisting Racism and Reimaging Schools,&quot; use &ldquo;the lens of Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore the racialized experiences of justice-orientated teachers of color.&rdquo;Follow the author of this article on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/SergeiKelley?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@SergeiKelley</a>

A university spokesperson told 'Campus Reform' that multiple MSU courses 'discuss Critical Race Theory.' 

Education prof says CRT influences K-12 teaching 

VIDEO: Cubans Warn Students About Marxist Indoctrination 

House Democrats are advancing a bill that would allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students to receive federal student loans and Pell Grants for the first time.&nbsp;The bill would also make DACA students eligible for federal work-study, which subsidizes part-time jobs for college students using federal taxpayer funds.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/117/hr4502">H.R. 4502</a>, which covers appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, contains a provision to make DACA students and students with Temporary Protected Status eligible for Federal Student Aid.&nbsp;Under current law, students who came to the U.S. illegally or were brought here illegally are not eligible for federal aid. Federal aid is <a href="https://studentaid.gov/understand-aid/eligibility/requirements/non-us-citizens">restricted</a> to U.S. citizens and certain noncitizens, such as permanent residents, refugees, and asylees, who meet certain criteria.<a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=10354">[RELATED: Historians look to help activists &#39;resist&#39; immigration control]</a>The financial impact of expanded federal loan access is hard to measure, given the lack of sound estimates on how this new bill may influence more DACA students to pursue college. While, in theory, a lender would turn a profit on loans, this is likely not the case for Federal Student Aid. The Biden administration <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-student-loan-loss-forecast-rises-by-53-billion-11623067200?mod=djemCapitalJournalDaybreak">projects</a> that Federal Student Aid will lose $68 billion over the long term due to loans that are never repaid, per the Wall Street Journal.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fairus.org/staff/spencer-raley">Spencer Raley</a>, Director of Research at the Federation for American Immigration Reform, told Campus Reform&nbsp;that Pell grants for DACA students is likely to cost almost a billion dollars annually.&nbsp;Raley said, &quot;According to recent estimates by <a href="https://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/DACA-Occupational-2017-FINAL.pdf" style=" text-align: start;">MPI</a>&nbsp;and the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.presidentsalliance.org/press/new-report-more-than-450000-undocumented-students-enrolled-in-colleges-universities-in-united-states/" style=" text-align: start;">NAE</a>, there are roughly 215,000-240,000&nbsp;DACA-eligible students&quot; in undergraduate college programs right now.&nbsp;&quot;Based on <a href="https://www.fairus.org/issue/publications-resources/fiscal-burden-illegal-immigration-united-states-taxpayers">FAIR&#39;s 2017 Fiscal Cost Study</a>,&quot; he said, &quot;the vast majority of these hold an income profile that makes them eligible for Pell Grants. And finally, with the average Pell Grant coming out to $4,418&nbsp;<a href="https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/TrendGenerator/app/answer/8/36#:~:text=Financial%20Aid%3A%20What%20is%20the,is%20based%20on%205%2C698%20institutions." style=" text-align: start;">according to the NCES</a>, that means affording DACA-eligible&nbsp;individuals access to federal Pell grants could cost American taxpayers up to $950 million every year.&quot;Raley says that the proposal is unfair to U.S. citizens, particularly in light of the high cost of college. &quot;During a time when so many young Americans are struggling to afford a college education,&nbsp;it doesn&#39;t make sense to expand&nbsp;eligibility&nbsp;for these programs to illegal immigrants,&quot; he said.&nbsp;<a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=12059">[RELATED:&nbsp;Immigration experts: In-state tuition for illegal aliens violates Clinton-era federal law]</a>The future of DACA is uncertain now that a federal court ruled that the program is <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/biden-said-doj-appeal-deeply-135115485.html">unconstitutional</a>. The court has ordered the Biden administration to stop certifying new DACA applications, though the White House has pledged to appeal the ruling.&nbsp;The ruling does not affect the status of current DACA recipients. &nbsp;The House Appropriations Committee <a href="https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-to-consider-appropriations-bills-next-week">expects&nbsp;</a>the bill be considered by the House next week.&nbsp;Follow the author of this article on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/AngelaLMorabito" style=" text-align: start;">@AngelaLMorabito</a>

A new appropriations bill would allow undocumented students that meet certain qualifications to access Federal Student Aid for the first time. 

House Dems want to give DACA college students financial aid 

A Tufts University professor endorsed Heather Mac Donald&rsquo;s op-ed denouncing the National Institutes of Health&rsquo;s diversity grants.<a href="https://www.manhattan-institute.org/expert/heather-mac-donald">Heather Mac Donald</a>, a conservative scholar and Manhattan Institute fellow, noted in <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-nihs-diversity-obsession-subverts-science-11625090811?mod=article_inline">The Wall Street Journal</a> that &ldquo;neurologists, molecular biologists and nanophysicists seeking NIH funding must now submit a plan showing how they will &lsquo;enhance diverse perspectives&rsquo; throughout their research,&rdquo; a requirement based on the idea that there exists &ldquo;structural racism&rdquo; in the biomedical science field.&ldquo;Science has one purpose: to advance knowledge about the fundamental workings of nature. Any agenda that imposes extraneous criteria will reduce the quality of the talent pool and divert attention away from the generation of new knowledge,&quot; Mac Donald wrote.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17670">[RELATED: NIH releases plan to &lsquo;prioritize&rsquo; minority grant applicants]</a>Multiple academics <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/university-of-michigan-president-racial-disparities-nih-11625858358">commented</a> on the article to The Wall Street Journal, including Tufts University professor <a href="https://vetprofiles.tufts.edu/profile/larry-engelking/">Larry Engelking</a>, who lauded Mac Donald&#39;s argument.&ldquo;Ms. Mac Donald&rsquo;s article is timely, appropriate and informational,&rdquo; wrote the veterinary medicine professor. &ldquo;There is not, nor should there be any, &lsquo;discriminatory intent&rsquo; in selecting NIH biomedical-science grant recipients. Skin color, ethnicity and gender have nothing to do with the planning and conduct of such meritorious advanced research.&rdquo;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17553">[RELATED: Citing systemic racism, Princeton scraps Latin and Greek requirements for Classics majors]</a>Engelking added that biomedical research labs are already incredibly diverse, with scientists from across the world unifying in pursuit of knowledge.&nbsp;&ldquo;The appropriate acquisition of truth in basic biomedical-science research is difficult and time-consuming. It should not bend to politics or groupthink,&rdquo; he commented.Engelking is not the only professor at a leading university to break from left-leaning narratives on race and diversity. Earlier this year, Brown University economics professor <a href="https://www.brown.edu/Departments/Economics/Faculty/Glenn_Loury/louryhomepage/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Glenn Loury</a> shredded racial activists for &ldquo;bluffing&rdquo; as they fail to address Black-on-Black crime.<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=16663">[RELATED: Black prof shreds &#39;anti-racist&#39; activists for &#39;bluffing,&#39; confronts what they &#39;don&#39;t want to talk about&rsquo;]</a>&quot;People don&#39;t want to talk about the Black family,&rdquo; Loury said on his podcast. &ldquo;It&#39;s an absolute catastrophe that two-thirds to three-quarters of Black kids are being raised in a home without a father present in the home, in terms of the social cohesion of the community. People don&#39;t want to say that.&quot;Campus Reform reached out to Engelking for comment; this article will be updated accordingly. Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/BenZeisloft">Ben Zeisloft</a> on Twitter

He wrote that the 'appropriate acquisition of truth in basic biomedical-science research' should not 'bend to politics or groupthink.'

No 'groupthink': Tufts prof comes out against NIH diversity grants

Campus Reform Campus Profiles evaluate individual American college campuses based on liberal bias, speech codes, and other relevant policies and factors.The University of California, Berkeley is the state&#39;s top public university. Around 40,000 students are enrolled at the university.&nbsp;Official &nbsp;Student Organizations:&nbsp;<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/campus.reform//17836qu8rsb.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii">Conservative Organizations:Bears for IsraelBerkeley College RepublicansFederalist Society at Berkeley LawStudents for Life at BerkeleyTikvah: Students for IsraelTurning Point USA BerkeleyYoung Americans for Liberty&nbsp;Liberal Organizations:Bears Against ICEBerkeley Immigration GroupCAL American Civil Liberties UnionCal Berkeley DemocratsCoalition to Defend Affirmative Action By Any Means NecessaryEducation Reimagined in the BayFeminist Majority Leadership Alliance of BerkeleyGENup Collegiate at BerkeleyIf/How/When: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice at BerkeleyInternational Refugee Assistance Project at Berkeley LawInternational Youth and Students for Social EqualityLaw Students for Immigrant Justice at BerkeleyLaw Students for Justice in PalestineNAACP &ndash; University of California, BerkeleyNext Generation Nations at BerkeleyThe PERIOD Project at BerkeleyPolicy Students for Equitable DemocracyReproductive Justice ProjectRestorative Justice CommitteeScience Policy Group at BerkeleySocial Justice Zine CollectiveSpeak Out Now (formerly Students for Social Change)Students for a National Health ProgramStudents for Basic Needs JusticeStudents for Racial justice, Inclusion, Diversity, and EqualityStudents of Berkeley for Joe BidenYoung Democratic Socialists of America at Berkeley&nbsp;OpenSecrets donation data:UC Berkeley employees donated a total of $3,643,971 to federal candidates in 2020. Out of those donations $3,066,237 (84.1%) went to the Democratic party, while $55,876&nbsp;&nbsp;(1.5%) went to the Republican party, according to data from <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/university-of-california/totals?id=D000000406&t2-search=ber">OpenSecrets</a>.<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/campus.reform//17836r8wlr8Berkeley.jpeg" class="fr-fic fr-dii">&nbsp;FIRE speech code:&nbsp;UC Berkeley has earned a Yellow <a href="https://www.thefire.org/schools/university-of-california-berkeley/">rating</a> from the Foundation for Individual Rights in education for its speech code. This indicates that the school has &quot;at least one ambiguous policy that too easily encourages administrative abuse and arbitrary application.&quot;<img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/campus.reform//178363wblw7.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii">COVID-19:UC Berkeley <a href="https://uhs.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/sars-cov-2_vaccination_program_participation_policy_7-15-21.pdf">requires</a> that students be vaccinated in order to be on campus. Top Stories:<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11898">Conservative suffers blow to the face at Berkeley</a>A conservative was punched in the face while helping to recruit students for a conservative group at UC-Berkeley. <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14301">UC-Berkeley: &#39;Xenophobia&#39; is &#39;common reaction&#39; to coronavirus</a>UC-Berkeley posted a statement saying that &ldquo;xenophobia&rdquo; is a &ldquo;common reaction&rdquo; to the covid-19 outbreak. The school later removed the post and sent out an apology.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14755">&#39;A bit of fraud encouraged by Berkeley&#39;: University tells illegal immigrants to fill out census forms</a>A presentation organizer at UC-Berkeley advised illegal immigrant students to participate in the US Census.

The University of California, Berkeley is the state's top public university. Around 40,000 students are enrolled at the university. 

CAMPUS PROFILE: University of California, Berkeley

Harvard University appears to be distancing itself from a music program open only to students of color following a Title VI complaint from Professor Mark Perry.&nbsp;The website for the program, <a href="https://nolabel.live/nla">No Label Academy</a>, has since scrubbed any mention of the program taking place at Harvard. The site <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20210618120214/https://nolabel.live/nla">previously said</a> the program would be held on campus.&nbsp;No Label Academy will still run August 21-31.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17693">[RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Harvard University hosting music program open to &lsquo;all BIPOC Students&rsquo; is a Title VI violation, UMich professor says]</a>The site used to characterize the program as a &quot;music business course at Harvard University,&quot; but it now claims, &quot;No Label is not affiliated with Harvard University, nor is No Label Academy a Harvard University program or activity.&quot; It is unclear if the program still has a <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/06/20/harvard-university-rapper-idk-free-music-business-program/7763697002/">Harvard faculty adviser</a>, as it did last month.&nbsp;Campus Reform&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17693">reported</a> last month that Harvard, in partnership with rapper IDK, had planned to offer a program &quot;open to all BIPOC individuals.&quot; The program would require interested students to apply and to state their race on their application.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17581">[RELATED: Cornell librarian slams libraries as &lsquo;predominantly White,&rsquo; &lsquo;complicit in racism&rsquo;]</a>Prof. Mark Perry, who teaches at the University of Michigan-Flint, filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education&#39;s Office for Civil Rights, alleging that Harvard may have broken the law by blocking White students from the program on the basis of their race.&nbsp;Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964<a href="https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/hq43e4.html">&nbsp;prohibits</a> any program receiving federal taxpayer dollars from discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin.&nbsp;Prof. Perry told Campus Reform,&nbsp;&quot;This illustrates a systemic problem in U.S. higher education today &mdash; the lack of concern at colleges and universities in regard to uniformly enforcing federal civil rights laws (Titles VI and IX) that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex and skin color.&quot;He continued, &quot;Universities like Harvard and hundreds of other schools routinely violate Title VI and Title IX and do so with impunity because they are rarely held accountable, because nobody ever complains &mdash; except now for me and some other civil rights advocates.&quot;Perry says the changes to the program&#39;s website &quot;seem to indicate that the entire program has possibly been moved off campus at Harvard&#39;s request, so that Harvard will not be in violation of Title VI.&quot;On July 11, the Harvard Crimson&nbsp;ran a <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/7/9/idk-no-label-academy-at-harvard/">correction</a> to a July 1 article that stated, &quot;A previous version of this story stated that accepted students will be housed on Harvard&rsquo;s campus for the duration of the course. In fact, students will be housed near campus.&quot;Calling attention to the issue, Perry says, is a critical piece of addressing potential violations of civil rights law. He told Campus Reform,&nbsp;&quot;I also suspect that if Campus Reform had not reported the violation, and if I had not filed the Title VI complaints...and provided a courtesy copy to the university, that it&#39;s very likely that the program&quot; would have gone forward in its original form.&nbsp;Perry also provided a copy of his complaint to Harvard&#39;s Title IX coordinator. Though Title IX and Title VI are separate, they are both part of the same body of civil rights laws that govern education. &nbsp;Campus Reform&nbsp;reached out to Harvard University for comment; this article will be updated accordingly.Follow the author of this article on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/AngelaLMorabito" style=" text-align: start;">@AngelaLMorabito</a>

Professor Mark Perry filed a complaint with the Department of Education on the grounds that the program discriminates based on race. 

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<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/cuban-anti-government-protesters-wave-american-flags-during-march">Cuban protesters</a> have been seen flying the American flag as a symbol of freedom and democracy over the past couple of days. But do young Americans think the flag represents the same thing?Campus Reform reporter Ophelie Jacobson talked with students in front of the United States Capitol about the American flag and what it means to them.&nbsp;&ldquo;Shame,&rdquo; one student said. &ldquo;I felt like if I had the American flag and was associated with the American identity, I would be associated with a lot of bigotry, racism and sexism.&rdquo;&nbsp;Another student said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a symbol of hurt.&rdquo;When asked if the American flag represents freedom, the majority of students said no.&nbsp;Jacobson then showed students pictures of protests in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/watch-american-flags-fly-high-in-opposition-of-cubas-communist-government">Cuba</a>, <a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6110768690001">Hong Kong&nbsp;</a>and<a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/catholic-immigration-network-urges-temporary-protected-status-venezuela">&nbsp;Venezuela</a>, where protesters were flying the American flag as a symbol of freedom and democracy.&nbsp;Students were confused as to why people in other countries were flying the American flag.&nbsp;&ldquo;I mean we don&rsquo;t represent a socialist government...so I don&rsquo;t know why they would wave the flag. I&rsquo;m not sure honestly,&rdquo; one student said.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a good question,&rdquo; another student said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s interesting to see them all decked out in American flags and everything.&rdquo;Students told Jacobson that protesters should be waving the flags of other countries instead.&nbsp;Do students believe people in other countries should look up to the United States of America as an example? Watch the full video above to find out.&nbsp;Follow the author of this article on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/opheliejacobson?lang=en">@OphelieJacobson</a><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fkw-_ZSTYsk"></iframe>

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Campus Reform reporter Ophelie Jacobson went to George Washington University to ask if students knew what Critical Race Theory (CRT) was and if they agreed with some of the basic principles derived from CRT.When Jacobson asked if students knew what CRT was, all of them said they were unfamiliar with the details of the theory.Jacobson then went on to describe three basic principles derived from Critical Race Theory:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.unco.edu/education-behavioral-sciences/pdf/TowardaCRTEduca.pdf"></a><blockquote>1. Race&nbsp;is the most&nbsp;<a href="https://www.unco.edu/education-behavioral-sciences/pdf/TowardaCRTEduca.pdf">important</a>&nbsp;thing about you.&nbsp;2. Race, rather than&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Race-Theory-Introduction-America/dp/0814721354">merit</a>, should be the main hiring factor. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Race-Theory-Introduction-America/dp/0814721354"></a>3. Racism&nbsp;is present in every single&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Critical-Race-Theory-Introduction-America/dp/0814721354">interaction</a>.</blockquote>Students disagreed with all of the statements and admitted that this type of education should not be taught in colleges nor should it be taught to students in K-12 schools.Jacobson asked students if they believed this was what Martin Luther King Jr. envisioned for the United States of America.&ldquo;No,&rdquo; one student said. &ldquo;If you fixate on it so much to the point that you see nothing else than the other human being, then obviously that counters the type of activism he was trying to do.&rdquo;Watch the full video above to hear more from students on Critical Race Theory.Follow the author of this article on Twitter:&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/opheliejacobson?lang=en">@OphelieJacobson</a><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/36uJfeO4ZAU"></iframe>

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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora,serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Recently, the NCAA signaled that they would consider boycotting states that did not protect women&rsquo;s sports, from hosting championship games.&nbsp; <span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora,serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">In a statement last month, the NCAA stated, &ldquo;The opportunity for transgender student-athletes to compete in college sports,&rdquo; is essential to &ldquo;fair competition.&rdquo; <span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora,serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Campus Reform correspondent Leana Dippie asked students the University of Florida if they agreed with this proposal, given the clear biological differences between men and women. <span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora,serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Most students criticized the move, and felt the organization was &ldquo;playing politics&rdquo; rather than prioritizing the athletes&rsquo; best interest, and said the NCAA has a duty to protect women&#39;s sports. <span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora,serif;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Watch the full video above to see their reactions.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_Uq5XizbjZg" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

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Washington State University students can become &quot;FemScouts&quot; through a program aimed at helping them &quot;strengthen their feminist tool kit while earning badges.&quot; The program, hosted within the Washington State University Women*s Center, invites &quot;all genders&quot; to join FemScouts. &quot;The activities/units will be developed by the Women*s Center and various departments within Student Affairs especially CEIE that supports equity. FemScouts Troop Leaders will be students that have experience within the Women*s Center, Coalition for Women Students, and/or Women&rsquo;s, Gender and Sexuality Studies,&quot; the program <a href="https://women.wsu.edu/coalition-for-women-students/femscouts/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">webpage</a> states. According to the university, the topics that are going to be covered during spring 2021 are &quot;Discovering HerStory, Womxn in STEM, Personal Manifesto &ndash; Your Healing is Killing Me. <a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17206" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[RELATED: Campus newspaper editor-in-chief: An &lsquo;intersectional&rsquo; feminist is the &lsquo;only kind of feminist that matters&rsquo;]</a> The FemScouts hope to support the growth of the <a href="https://radicalmonarchs.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Radical Monarchs</a>, an organization thatstrives to &ldquo;empower young girls of color so that they stay rooted in their collective power,brilliance, and leadership in order to make the world a more radical place.&rdquo; The Radical Monarchs also offer their participants/members badges, such as &quot;Black Lives Matter badge,&quot; &quot;Radical Pride badge,&quot; &quot;PachaMama Justice Badge,&quot; and a &quot;Radical Cooling Badge.&quot; &quot;FemScouts participate in multiple activities per badge,&rdquo; Soph Roemer, a troop leader for the program told Campus Reform. &ldquo;These activities include watching videos and documentaries, reading articles, visiting&nbsp;<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">websites, using online tools, having discussions, giving presentations, doing further&nbsp;<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">research, et,&quot; Roemer said. &quot;We try to give a balance, some badges take at most an hour to complete, not including the discussion afterwards. Some badges can take weeks of&nbsp;<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">working outside of meetings with friends, family, or other scouts. All of this content<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">is free and accessible.&quot;<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><a href="https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=17020" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Inside a &#39;Marxist Feminist&#39; event with a Duke professor]</a><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">When asked what they hoped to achieve through the organization, <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Lora; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; float: none; display: inline !important;">Roemer said that they want to give students a chance to be the &quot;fantastic feminists they are.&quot;<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&quot;Our program tailors it&#39;s goals to each troop and each semester. Many students come to us looking for community and a place to relax, laugh, and be accepted. Some come for education, resources, and ways of thinking. A few come for activism and active work towards social change. We try to give everyone a mix of everything, we give them as many opportunities as we can to learn, be joyous, and be the fantastic feminists they are,&quot; Roemer said.&nbsp;<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"> <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-size: 18px !important; font-family: Lora !important; line-height: 1.38; font-weight: 400; color: var(--black) !important; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;">&quot;We want our cohorts to be comfortable and confident calling themselves feminists. We want them to feel knowledgeable in feminist politics to feel empowered in their everyday lives,&quot; she added.

The FemScouts award participating students with so-called “FemScout badges”  while they “strengthen their feminist toolkit.”

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