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果冻传媒app官方鈥檚 Shibley on the 鈥極ffendedness Sweepstakes鈥 This Halloween Season

It鈥檚 almost Halloween, and that means that college students across the country are waging war against costumes that they deem culturally insensitive or otherwise offensive. In an today, FIRESenior Vice President Robert Shibley takes a look at some of the party themes that have been landing college and university students in trouble lately.

Robert leads with a jaw-dropping example:

Northwestern University students for holding a 鈥淛ail N鈥 Bail鈥-themed literacy fundraiser with no apparent racial content because it 鈥溾 the problems faced by racial minorities and the poor.

It鈥檚 one thing for students to pressure each other into canceling events. Even worse is the fact that public university administrators legally bound by the First Amendment are punishing students for hosting parties because someone didn鈥檛 like the theme:

The 鈥渘ame and shame鈥 effort for those who transgress has already begun on some campuses. At Cal State-Fullerton, the Alpha Delta Pi sorority recently held a Taco Tuesday rush event, for which some members reportedly wore 鈥渟arapes, sombreros and in some cases, gang costumes.鈥 You may remember Taco Tuesday as a in the kid-friendly Lego Movie, which even featured a .

But for its event, ADPi was , all of which were not just wrong on the merits but also unconstitutional. As punishment, ADPi is to suffer more than year of probation and is required to coordinate a 鈥渨e are a culture not a costume鈥 campaign for the entire university 鈥 approved and guided by the administration, of course. As the cultural menace of The Lego Movie is hardly a spent force, expect some students to get in trouble this Halloween for Mexican-themed costumes or parties as well.

For more incidents such as these at colleges and universities this Halloween season, check out the rest of Robert鈥檚 article in .

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