Columbia University student touts political correctness

Columbia University student touts political correctness

NEW YORK – Columbia University students cannot be "too politically correct," according to Avegail Muñoz, a first-year student who says that it is  "simply not fair" that others object when she complains about what she perceives as "hateful biases."

Muñoz, a self-described "queer, multiracial woman of color," last month penned an opinion piece in The Columbia Daily Spectator, claiming that as a survivor of sexual assault, sufferer of multiple mental illnesses and a low-income, first-generation student, her "voice is muffled" by those who accuse her of political correctness.

UMass-Lowell faces lawsuit spawned from affair gone bad
Massachusetts

UMass-Lowell faces lawsuit spawned from affair gone bad

Evan Lips

LOWELL – A student from Cameroon claims in a lawsuit that he was robbed of due process by University of Massachusetts-Lowell administrators and was unfairly expelled over domestic kidnapping charges that his lawyer says were dismissed in district court.

The case offers an extreme example of how romantic relationships on campus can turn sour and create potentially dangerous situations as well as spoiling academic careers.

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