Forum Examines Bias on Campus

CHAPEL HILL — About 30 people attended a forum May 8 to discuss bias against conservatives on college campuses. Speakers cited personal examples of bias from North Carolina, Virginia, and New York. The forum was held at the headquarters for Robert “Whit” Whitfield’s campaign for the 4th District U.S. House seat. Forum sessions included “Persecution of Professors” and “Intellectual/Ideological Abuse and Bias.” “To me intellectual diversity is a no-brainer,” said one Connecticut history professor at the event. “Universities that do not practice intellectual diversity are guilty of nothing less than malpractice.”