Petition to Protect Student Activism gains traction on campus

“There can be no affirmation of students’ right to free expression without the removal of excessive surveillance and policing, whether that surveillance and policing comes from administration or external enforcement agencies,” Perez told the Campus Times. 

National Book Award Finalist Maureen McLane Comes to UR

McLane was a National Book Award finalist for her collection “This Blue,” her work merges past and present, drawing on ancient texts — notably Sappho fragments — a contemplation of how human experiences are mediated by encounters with language and literature.

From Mourning to Fear: How the Hijacking of Social Justice Changed my Campus Experience

Promoting such incendiary language under the guise of social justice does a disservice to the cause of peace and dangerously normalizes incitement to violence.