For all their talk of wanting to return to educating students, it seems that Republicans have sent my alma mater straight back to the 1950s.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was featured in The New York Times in a March 30 story about its School of Civic Life and Leadership, a 2023 creation focused on “fostering a free-speech culture,” according to the school’s dean. While that may be the intent of the school, it’s unclear that the school is accomplishing this goal.

In one of the previous courses, titled “Men and Women,” students performed the rigorous academic activities of going on a date and planning a ball as a group project. You know, the type of activities that really challenge the mind and encourage free speech.

I’m furious that the activities I was already doing as a vice president in my sorority are now being graded – I know I would have gotten a good grade! I would have loved the opportunity to........

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