Category Archives: Snowflake U

Eyewitness Account of Confrontation With Banana Peel That Ended University Retreat

On August 31st GraniteGrok posted a report about a banana peel with the power to put the full meaning in the word retreat. An Ole Miss Greek Life event came to a screeching (weeping, horribly terrifying) halt (followed by a full retreat) when a … Continue reading

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Evergreen State College faces $2.1M budget shortfall, cites enrollment drop, issues layoff notices

Administrators at The Evergreen State College have announced that the embattled school faces a massive $2.1 million budget shortfall due in part to a drop in enrollment, and the institution has already handed out some temporary layoff notices as officials … Continue reading

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University Retreat Called Off Because of a Banana Peel Found in a Tree

Each generation wonders about future generations. What should we make of this? A Greek Life retreat at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) was promptly canceled this weekend after a banana peel was found hanging in a tree. “To be clear, … Continue reading

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Racial bias concerns still linger at UNH

DURHAM — Senior Megan Esperance, incoming co-chair of the Black Student Union, had never feared for her safety on the 91-percent white University of New Hampshire campus – until this past spring. “Going to Holloway Commons (dining hall), I was … Continue reading

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UNH “has a huge problem that manifests itself in every facet of university life”

On Friday, May 12, I received a message in the Hillel executive board group chat that was, to say the least, unsettling. It was a screenshot of a two-paragraph email from Hall Director Kaleigh Sosa explaining that “swastika drawings were … Continue reading

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President: UNH Will Do More on Diversity

Students at the University of New Hampshire have called for the administration to make several major changes to show its commitment to diversity and its intolerance for racism. The students are asking that the university double its number of students … Continue reading

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What Happend to Dartmouth’s Pretendian?

In October of 2015, Dartmouth College had to make a change after getting caught with their little Social Justice Warrior pants around their politically correct ankles. They appointed (ethnomusicologist) Susan Taffe Reed as director of their Native American Program … … Continue reading

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University Students: Chick-fil-A Makes Us Feel Unsafe

Chick-fil-A is coming to the food court at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, but some students are not happy about it. Several students at the Catholic university have complained the fried chicken restaurant, which has the reputation of being extremely … Continue reading

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