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Is Bob Jordan a victim of “cancel culture”? Or is he being justly criticized for his use of a stereotype about Black people during a course he teaches on cinema at San Diego State University?
There are sharply opposing views on that at SDSU, one of several San Diego universities that have become embroiled in the heated national debate over what’s acceptable language in an academic setting, especially during a time of heightened tension over racial justice.
SDSU faculty last year revolted against a proposal that could have hurt their benefits if they said or did things that were perceived to harm the school’s reputation. The University of San Diego is investigating one of its professors for making a remark online that some consider to be anti-Asian. And Cal State San Marcos is considering banishing the name of the university’s founder over anti-immigrant remarks that were made nearly 30 years ago.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
UC San Diego forges ahead with plan to bounce back from damaging days of COVID-19 [The San Diego Union-Tribune]
It’s an unexpected sight on a campus dominated by big, bold buildings.
UC San Diego erected four circus-like tents in its engineering quad, creating space for students to take classes when school resumes on Jan. 4.
La Jolla’s sea breeze will ventilate the tents, helping fend off the coronavirus and enabling UCSD to increase its in-person enrollment to 7,400, up 800 from the fall, the university says.
There also will be 1,000 more students in dorms. Six restaurants will start to open in a new campus village that houses 2,000. A second village that size is coming. And a grand plaza is taking shape where a Blue Line trolley station will open in November.
It’s an unexpected sight on a campus dominated by big, bold buildings.
UC San Diego erected four circus-like tents in its engineering quad, creating space for students to take classes when school resumes on Jan. 4.
La Jolla’s sea breeze will ventilate the tents, helping fend off the coronavirus and enabling UCSD to increase its in-person enrollment to 7,400, up 800 from the fall, the university says.
There also will be 1,000 more students in dorms. Six restaurants will start to open in a new campus village that houses 2,000. A second village that size is coming. And a grand plaza is taking shape where a Blue Line trolley station will open in November.