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5 craziest college campus stories of 2018

Campus Reform rounded up the five craziest campus stories of 2018.

Included in the ranking is the more recent Rider University Chick-fil-A controversy,
UMD's 'White Awake' backlash, and
SDSU's anti-Trump course criticism.

In the final installment of Campus Reform's 2018 Year In Review, we reviewed each of the previous categories, including most outrageous protest, most anti-conservative statements, most egregious arrests, and most politically biased courses, in order to determine the overall five craziest campus stories of 2018.

Of the dozens of stories included in these lists, here are the 5 craziest this year.

"we reviewed each of the previous categories, including most outrageous protest, most anti-conservative statements, most egregious arrests, and most politically biased courses, in order to determine the overall five craziest campus stories of 2018..."

1. EXCLUSIVE: Rider Univ refuses to bring Chick-Fil-A to campus, despite students' demands

In November, the administration at Rider University surveyed students to determine which restaurant to bring to campus next year. Out of the options, a majority of student voters chose Chick-fil-A.

However, despite the survey results, the college administration declined to allow the fast-food chain on campus claiming that the university’s “values” of “inclusion” did not align with those of Chick-fil-A’s.

2. University announces “White Awake” safe space for white students

The University of Maryland at College Park offered a diversity support group in September called “White Awake” to help white students who “sometimes feel uncomfortable and confused before, during, or after interactions with racial and ethnic minorities.”

After Campus Reform reported on the counseling group, the University of Maryland at College Park renamed the group, “Anti-Racism and Ally Building Group." The description of the group was also changed and now reads, "Do you want to improve your ability to relate to and connect with people different from yourself? Do you want to become a better ally? Members will support and share feedback with each other as they learn more about themselves and how they can fit into a diverse world."

3. UT makes student reflect on 'masculinity' as punishment

In the spring, Campus Reform reported that the University of Texas-Austin forced a student to write a response paper about a movie on toxic masculinity after a Title IX investigation found him guilty of harassing another student. The student claims the university’s determination against him was “questionable” and alleged the university was discriminating against him in an act of “anti-male bias.”

In a letter obtained by Campus Reform, UT president, Gregory Fenves, wrote to the student that, “nothing you allege, even if true, would change the ultimate outcome of this matter.”

4. SDSU offers course on removing Trump from office

Who is they?

Terrorists, Criminals, Drug Mules, Child Traffickers, Human Traffickers, Welfare Trolls....

9 Times Hollywood Celebrities Attacked First Lady Melania Trump in 2018: ‘Feckless Complicit Piece of Sh*t

First Lady Melania Trump has said she is one of “the most bullied” people in the world and this year, left-wing Hollywood celebrities spared no time ruthlessly attacking her.

Here, Breitbart News compiles nine times celebrities attacked Mrs. Trump in 2018

1. Meryl Streep Attacks Melania Trump for “Silence” on Sexual Harassment

Actress Meryl Streep poses for photographers upon arrival at the British Academy Film Awards in London, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Actress Meryl Streep attacked Mrs. Trump during an interview with the New York Times, deflecting her relationship with alleged serial sexual harasser Harvey Weinstein.

“I don’t want to hear about the silence of me,” Streep said. “I want to hear about the silence of Melania Trump. I want to hear from her. She has so much that’s valuable to say. And so does Ivanka. I want her to speak now.”

2. Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Melania Trump’s Slovenian Accent

In this Jan. 3, 2017 image released by ABC, host Jimmy Kimmel appears during “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in Los Angeles. (Randy Holmes/ABC via AP)

During his monologue, the far-left late night show host Jimmy Kimmel went afterPresident Trump and Mrs. Trump over the annual White House Easter egg roll.

Kimmel played footage of Mrs. Trump reading to children at the annual Easter egg roll, mocking and laughing at her accent, doing his own impression, saying “Yeah, about dees and dat.”

3. Netflix Host Michelle Wolf Cracks Domestic Abuse Joke About Melania Trump

Michelle Wolf arrives at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Former Netflix talk show host Michelle Wolf, whose show was canceled, opened one of her monologues this year by saying she really hoped President Trump did not hurt Mrs. Trump because “then we couldn’t make fun of her anymore.”

“And finally, after not being seen for 25 days, Melania has reappeared following her kidney surgery,” Wolf said, gesturing air quotes while saying kidney surgery. “Some people are saying this is Melania’s cover for plastic surgery but, I don’t buy that. Her husband obviously loves her for who she is.”

“Whatever really happened with Melania, I genuinely hope it doesn’t come out that Donald hurt her,” Wolf said, adding, “because that’s bad” and “then we couldn’t make fun of her anymore.”

4. Jimmy Kimmel: White House Sinkhole One of “Melania’s Escape Tunnels”

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton talks with Jimmy Kimmel during a break in the taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in Los Angeles, Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

A reoccurring theme of left-wing comedians’ stand-up routines this year has been perpetuating the myth that Mrs. Trump does not want to be First Lady, nor does she want to live in the White House.

During a segment on his late-night show, Jimmy Kimmel mocked Mrs. Trump as trying to use “escape tunnels” to get out of the White House.

“It is very interesting and weird, because exactly one year ago today, a sinkhole opened at Mar-a-Lago,” Kimmel said. “And now there’s one outside the White House. I’m starting to think maybe God’s aim is slightly off.”

“Are we sure this is a sinkhole and not one of Melania’s escape tunnels?” Kimmel asked. “I don’t want to read into it, but she did ask for a headlamp for Mother’s Day.”

5. T.I.’s Melania Trump Look-Alike Slut-Shames First Lady, Mocks Accent

A Holiday Mystery: Why Did John Roberts Intervene in the Mueller Probe?

A mysterious grand jury subpoena case has been working itself through the D.C. courts since August. Doughty reporting by Politico linked the grand jury case to special counsel Robert Mueller. Some of us, connecting the dots, wondered whether Mueller’s antagonist in this secret subpoena battle might be President Donald Trump himself. Speculation heightened two weeks ago when the D.C. Circuit cleared an entire floor of reporters assembled for the oral argument, in order to protect the identity of the litigants.

Four days later, the D.C. Circuit judges burst the speculative bubble with a decision that halfway revealed the identity of the party litigating against the government: not Trump, but an unnamed corporation (“the Corporation”) owned by an unnamed foreign state (“Country A”). Although the case is still plenty mysterious (What foreign state? What records of what transactions? Why the hard-fought litigation?), the evident fact that Trump was not directly involved in the litigation seemingly drained further proceedings of direct suspense. Mueller watchers headed off for the holidays.

And then, last week, on the Sunday before Christmas, Chief Justice John Roberts personally intervened in this matter.

That’s right: The chief justice of the United States himself issued an order on a Sunday, in this very case. If you think that’s highly unusual, you’re right. And the action he took was equally unusual. At least for the moment calling into question the unanimous decisions of the courts below, the chief justice blocked the District Court’s order requiring the foreign corporation to comply with the grand jury subpoena, until the government’s lawyers could respond to the Corporation’s briefings.

So now, in abrupt fashion, Mueller’s investigation has suddenly reached the Supreme Court, and with the personal attention of the chief justice, no less.

What does this all mean? Let’s try to unpack it.

This month's three-page summary D.C. Circuit decision revealed a fairly dry set of legal issues that just might conceal a juicy core. The dry issues involved matters of jurisdiction and statutory interpretation fathomed only by elite appellate lawyers, but the potentially juicier underlying issues hinted of fascination: Somewhere, a corporation (a bank? a communications firm? an energy company?) owned by a foreign state (Russia? Turkey? Ukraine? United Arab Emirates? Saudi Arabia?) had engaged in transactions that had an impact in the United States and on matters involved in the special counsel’s investigation.

Intriguingly, the decision revealed that a regulator from Country A had filed a submission claiming that compliance with the subpoena would cause the Corporation to violate Country A’s law. So whoever Country A is, this matter captured its officials’ attention and prompted them to send filings to a faraway country to block the subpoena. Why does Country A care? And, what is it trying to hide?

So, from the D.C. Circuit's decision we learned that a foreign government was actively involved in...