Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Texas academics told to avoid 'sensitive topics' if gun law goes into effect

May it not become law if not the institutions would become battle fields which will be like ISL, ISIS, Boko Haram etc.  Their institutions would be reputed for 'gun use campus excellence' instead of academic excellence. 

TF and his family would be bundled out the scene of danger by the god of iron, war, peace and justice and Okedaban, the traditional deity of Ibadan by a metaphysical wand. And 2017 Africa Conference will be held wherever TF finds a more conducive and academic gun free institution. 

Ogun agbe yin o. Aase Edumare. 
Segun Ogungbemi. 
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On Feb 25, 2016, at 6:35 PM, "Emeagwali, Gloria (History)" <emeagwali@ccsu.edu> wrote:

Texas academics told to avoid 'sensitive topics' if gun law goes into effect

Slideshow for University of Houston faculty advises dropping certain topics from curriculum over law that would allow concealed weapons on campus

Tom Dart in Houston, Wednesday 24 February 2016 The Guardian

When the University of Texas released a report last week detailing where it plans to allow guns on its Austin campus, Nora Dolliver's choice of graduate schools narrowed by one.

The languages student at the University of Chicago sent an email to staff with the subject "Declining Offer of Admission Due to Campus Carry Guidelines", and will now pursue a dual masters in Russian and Eastern European studies and library sciences elsewhere. Someplace where she can feel confident that the person she is sitting next to is not packing a concealed pistol.

Students and academics have warned of a chilling effect on freedom of expression ever since Texas became the latest state to pass a "campus carry" law last year. It compels public universities to allow license holders aged 21 and over to bring concealed handguns on to most areas of campus.

The faculty senate at the University of Houston prepared a slideshow for recent faculty forums warning that academics may want to "be careful discussing sensitive topics; drop certain topics from your curriculum; not 'go there' if you sense anger; limit student access off hours; go to appointment-only office hours; only meet 'that student' in controlled circumstances."

A slide provides potential arguments against the policy, such as "most parents don't want their underage children to attend a gun-enabled campus" and "The MILITARY doesn't allow guns in barracks and classrooms (outside of weapons training), why should there be guns in dorms and classrooms?"

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