Ep. 201: Crisis on Campus - X Space recording

Nico and FIRE President & CEO Greg Lukianoff appeared on an X Space to discuss the fallout from the recent congressional hearing on anti-Semitism involving Harvard President Claudine Gay, MIT President Sally Kornbluth, and former Penn President Liz Magill, who resigned last week following backlash over her testimony.

Timestamps

0:00- Introduction

1:53 - History of FIRE

5:40 - MIT/Harvard/Penn presidents' testimony

11:35 - How speech codes are abused and conflict over the definition of genocide

14:05 - Penn "water buffalo" incident

16:20 - Will universities take the wrong lesson from these hearings?

21:25 - Double standards on campus

23:41 - Standards for hostile environment harassment, Title VI

26:43 - Is there a university that is currently handling the situation well?

31:19 - Institutional neutrality

38:29 - Guidance for donors