<p>this is one of many new creepy things happening on college campuses, I never realized when I read 1984 and animal farm they were actually true stories.</p>
<p>The article seems pretty biased.</p>
<p>On the surface, it strikes me as an attempt to say, “Look, we’re doing something!” more than an actual attempt to do something. The scenario I personally imagine taking place will be (1) a period of 1-2 semesters where many reports get filed and most of them are silly, coinciding with (2) a small number reports being tracked down,followed by (3) a much longer period of very few reports being filed, coinciding with (4) almost zero reports being tracked down.</p>
<p>I would imagine a different scenario if this were taking place at some liberal bastion in the northeast – except that this sort of overboard PC was more of a 90s thing.</p>
<p>The proof will come when the chips start to fall.</p>
<p>The Daily Caller is a politically conservative “news” source with a specific agenda. <em>Yawn</em></p>
<p>romaingyspeyes…
yawn?
this is creepy stuff.
here straight from big brother.
<a href=“Important message to campus from Vice President Rue and Assistant Provost Oakes | Wake Forest University”>http://inside.wfu.edu/2014/08/important-message-to-campus-from-vice-president-rue-and-assistant-provost-oakes/</a></p>
<p>you may support this stuff, but you can not just dismiss it by trying to degrade the source. what part is not true?</p>
<p>The yawn is that it’s some massive conspiracy. It’s just trying to make it seem like they’re doing something. Let me know when something real comes of it. Until then, I’ll yawn. </p>
<p>Wow, speaking of agenda, you certainly seem to have one by looking at your thread history. Yeesh</p>
<p>What’s wrong with giving people a safe way to report these incidents? Isn’t the first step toward addressing PERCEPTIONS of bias/racism/etc. evaluating the incidents themselves?</p>
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<p>Ummm…doesn’t this in fact facilitate free speech?</p>
<p>Here’s the actual complaint form:
<a href=“Bias Incident Report Form”>Bias Incident Report Form;
<p>^^ That makes me feel better, actually. I don’t know why, but I somehow got the idea at first that the reports would be anonymous. I don’t see much to worry about here at all. We’re just going to have to wait and see what the school DOES with the reports.</p>
<p>Hopefully, what they do will be to address incidents of bias on campus. As they should.</p>
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<p>Continued increase in the same direction will eventually result in a decrease in diversity.</p>
<p>I’m confused - first the linked article says “ANONYMOUS” like, it’s anonymous.</p>
<p>Then I look at the form, and they ask for an email or phone number.</p>
<p>Which is not anonymous (and that’s where the “idea” was from - the poster of the article and that was an incorrect idea). So yes, the article is biased.</p>
<p>How about this situation: a metal object was thrown at a professor. No student admitted to doing it in class, and no student admitted seeing who did it (out of a hundred students sitting in a lecture hall). Would it not be wise to have such an online system in place in case someone has some kind of morals and admits they knew who did it? The whole class ended up being punished (which wasn’t fair either).</p>
<p>If even one case reported is real, it is worth it to have such a system.</p>
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<p>A “news” source with a goal in mind fudges the fact to fit a particular agenda? No! Say it isn’t so! 
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<p>I still don’t see where the big-brother conspiracy theory comes in.</p>
<p>Nor do I think I will ever understand why the only group that vehemently insists that racism does not exist is full of people who have never been on the receiving end of it.</p>
<p>If you read carefully, there is a link on the report to the police “Silent Witness Form,” which does allow anonymous reporting.</p>
<p>But was the police “silent witness form” a pre-existing form?</p>
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<p>Although far less prevalent than before, clearly racism still exists on our college campuses and should be strongly addressed. I think the fear is less about racism, but perhaps more about those who are religious being accused of bias. Those who have deeply held, researched ethical views - students whose ethical systems are grounded in their religious beliefs (Muslim, Catholic, Mormon, Evangelical Protestant among others) could be punished for their religious beliefs. In some sense, a strongly held religious belief, and its accompanying practices is biased (they believe their religion and moral code is superior) and open ended complaints carry some risk of further intimidating college students with strongly held religious views.</p>
<p>Why is the photo in that article a pic of actor Jeremy Piven?</p>