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It was another busy year at The College Fix<\/em>. There is never a dull moment in higher education and trying to keep up with campus craziness often feels like drinking from a firehose.<\/p>\n

Over the last 12 months, in addition to outrageous stories<\/a> that made jaws drop, the recent spate of extreme antisemitism<\/a> on colleges and universities, and the nearly 20 campus hate crime hoaxes<\/a> we’ve covered, we also chronicled stories that struck a nerve with the masses for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n

Here are the most read articles on The Fix<\/em> in 2023:<\/p>\n

A debate on DEI will be held at MIT. The university\u2019s DEI deans refuse to participate.<\/a>
\nIn March, we reported on a debate focused on DEI hosted by the MIT Adam Smith Society and MIT Free Speech Alliance. The organizers proposed the question \u201cShould academic DEI programs be abolished” and asked nearly 100 MIT scholars to defend DEI publicly. None of them would. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Georgetown, oldest Catholic university in U.S., erects large mosque on campus<\/a>
\nIn May, we flagged the fact that one of the nation’s most revered Catholic universities in America is embracing Islam. Georgetown University didn’t just provide space for Muslims, the school built the Yarrow Mamout Masjid, “the first mosque with ablution stations, a spirituality and formation hall and a halal kitchen on a U.S. college campus.” … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Heather Mac Donald challenges BLM student protesters in tense talk at Berkeley Law<\/a>
\nNo one can drop truth bombs quite like Heather Mac Donald. In a talk at UC Berkeley in September, the best-selling conservative author refused to mince words as she was aggressively questioned by protesters. \u201cIf I believe that blacks can never compete, I would say, yeah, we\u2019ve got to lower standards, because that\u2019s the only hope for getting diverse institutions. In fact, I believe that if we held \u2026 high expectations that blacks would successfully compete,\u201d Mac Donald told the hostile crowd. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

I told my peers men cannot have babies. They\u2019ve threatened to kill me because of it.<\/a>
\nWith the death threats, doxxing, and vitriol thrown at every turn, it\u2019s tough being a pro-life conservative on campus these days. In March, William & Mary university student Skylar Culbertson shared her story with College Fix<\/em> readers. “I\u2019ve been censored from showing pictures of the reality of abortion at on-campus events. Our student pro-life group has seen our flyers routinely torn down and vandalized and even had urine thrown at us.” … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

The Bidens want \u2018all books\u2019 available to students, so I got the D.C. library to buy Tara Reade\u2019s memoir<\/a>
\nThis was a fun one for The College Fix<\/em> and Associate Editor Matt Lamb. It’s calling the left’s bluff. Lamb personally took up First Lady Jill Biden\u2019s statement that \u201call books\u201d belong in libraries. So Lamb agreed, including a book by Tara Reade, who accused the president of sexually assaulting her in “Left Out: When the Truth Doesn\u2019t Fit In.” … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Black Marxist scholar who supports reparations finds out she descends from slave owner<\/a>
\nOh, the irony. Professor Angela Davis is an avowed communist and supporter of reparations. A member of the Black Panthers, she is best known for her support for prison abolition and other leftist agenda items. So it came as quite the shock to Davis that she is a descendant of a slave owner. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Canceled: Washington & Lee University removes plaque honoring Robert E. Lee\u2019s horse<\/a>
\nThis is a case of a picture is worth 1,000 words. We had the before-and-after receipts of this Washington & Lee University decision to strip a memorial … to a horse. The story quickly went viral, complete with puns, like the school not only canceled General Lee — but the horse he rode on in. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Home appraiser countersues professors who accused him of racism<\/a>
\nAs The College Fix<\/em> reported in February, a white home appraiser accused of racism by two black Johns Hopkins University professors hit back at the allegations with a countersuit. \u201cDr. Connolly and Dr. Mott\u2019s ill-conceived \u2018experiment\u2019 involving different appraisers, a seven-month gap, and intervening changes in market conditions would not withstand even basic scrutiny in the serious academic environment in which they work.” … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Adjunct who failed student for using term \u2018biological women\u2019 confirms story, plays the victim<\/a>
\nRemember the University of Cincinnati student who was given a zero for using the term \u201cbiological women\u201d on a paper about trans athletes competing in women\u2019s sports? Yep, it’s that story. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

Black students call white people \u2018maggots\u2019 and \u2018vermin\u2019 in multi-university group chat<\/a>
\nIf the roles were reversed, this would have been a national story. Thanks to The College Fix<\/em>, it still was. … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n

MORE: The College Fix\u2019s top 10 most outrageous stories of 2023<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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