The Campus Conservative

("Censored" by Peter Massas via Flickr) This week, The American Library Association (ALA) conducted its annual "Banned Books" Week in which it seeks to raise awareness about the harms of censorship. UT-Tyler's Muntz Library also participated with on-site displays and a social media campaign along this same theme.  However, ALA's view that censorship is always bad draws serious hesitation from this observer when one considers the extreme these advocates go to protect profane and morally hazardous content.  For example, one social media post on X (formerly Twitter) displayed the library's collection of Alfred Kinsey's two works "Sexual Behavior In The Adult Male" (1948) and "Sexual Behavior In The Adult Female"(1953) which the posts cite as significant research that others tried to ban. As many readers may know, many critics question how Kinsey could observe sexual responses in children without sexually abusing them himself or witn...

(Source: "Dayton 06-20 19 38 - Dayton Police Department Police Car" by David Ellis, via Flickr) Here are the recent crime reports for UT-Tyler's main campus according to UTTPD's Daily Crime Log. For more information, visit UTTPD's Daily Crime Log  webpage . Burglary: Habitation -  Police received a report of a burglary that occurred on Oct. 4 between 8:40 a.m. and 10:11 a.m. at The Foundry Apartments. This case is open. Harassment -  Police responded to an incident of harassment that occurred on Oct. 3 between 11:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. at The University Center. Police issued a criminal trespass warning and closed this case.  Harassment - Police responded to an incident of harassment that occurred on Oct. 2 at 11:56 p.m. at University Pines Apartment. This case is closed.  Assualt - Police responded to a report of assault that occurred on Oct. 2 at 10:00 a.m. at Patriot Villiage Apartments. This case was designated as Unfounded and closed.  Invasive Visual Re...

 ("mathcamp" by Simon Fraser University - Communications and Marketing Department via Flickr) New Student and Family Programs (NSFP) will launch applications for orientation and camp leader Monday, NSFP Coordinator Korbin Hamner told student government Tuesday. Hamner said orientation and camp leadership is a great opportunity to meet and welcome all incoming students.  Requirements: Leaders only have to work four of eight orientation sessions, Hamner said. For orientation sessions, the pay is $250 per session. There are three Swoop Camp sessions available for work at $250 per session. (Swoop Camp sessions are not required.) There are also three transfer sessions available to work at $100 per transfer session.  “Whether you had a good or bad camp experience, you can apply to make it whatever you want,” Hamner said. ”I did not have a good camp experience and now I run camp. So, you know. You can have a full one-eighty.”  See NSFP's Instagram page for a link ...

(Source: via Flickr) Roll Call  Speaker’s Podium: Korbin Hamner, New Student and Family Program Coordinator Korbin Hamner oversees all freshman and transfer orientation, all Swoop Camp and first-year experience programs.   NSFP Announcements New Student and Family Programs (NSFP) Instagram page will launch applications for orientation and camp leader Monday. Hamner said orientation and camp leadership is a great opportunity to meet and welcome all incoming students.  Requirements: Leaders only have to work four of eight orientation sessions, he said. For orientation sessions, the pay is $250 per session. There are three Swoop Camp sessions available for work at $250 per session. (These sessions are not required.) There are three transfer sessions at $100 per transfer session worked.  “Whether you had a good or bad camp experience, you can apply to make it whatever you want,” Hamner said. ”I did not have a good camp experience and now I run camp. So, you know. ...

("DXO Newspaper Collection" by Daniel X. O'Neil via Flickr ) On Tuesday, I distributed flyers for my startup newsletter across the street from UT-Tyler because a new university rule prohibits me from distributing anything other than “not-for-profit” literature on-campus. According to The Manual of Policy and Procedures (MOPP), “No person…may distribute…on campus any publication operated for profit.” (MOPP 6-402) Now, my new publication has no revenue right now, should my circulation grow large enough, then I definitely hope to support it with paid advertising just as every other news publication has done from the dawn of time. So, though my publication does not produce a profit, my way of operation is definitely not “not-for-profit”. So in this case, the university bars me from distributing literature by this definition.  In 2019, The 86th Texas Legislature enacted Senate Bill 16 which affirmed a public university as a traditional public forum. Though I can still speak in...

(Source: "Dayton 06-20 19 38 - Dayton Police Department Police Car" by David Ellis, via Flickr) Here are the recent crime reports for UT-Tyler's main campus according to UTTPD's Daily Crime Log. For more information, visit UTTPD's Daily Crime Log webpage . Accident Motor Vehicle - Hit and Run - Police received a report of a hit and run incident involving a motor vehicle in Parking Lot E (HSC North Campus) on Sept. 28 at 10:24 a.m. This case is open. Stalking - Police responded to an incident of stalking at The Herrington Patriot Center that occurred on Sept. 28 at 5:15 a.m. Authorities issued a criminal trespass warning and closed this case. Terroristic Threat - Police responded to an incident of a terroristic threat at University Academy - Tyler on Sept. 26 at 1:20 p.m. This case resulted in a criminal arrest and is closed. Disturbance, Resisting Arrest - Police responded to an incident of disturbance and resisting arrest at Liberty Landing Apartments on Sep...

Sign to event parking at The University of Texas at Tyler. (Source: James Hescock)  UT-Tyler plans to build two new parking lots by fall 2024, Director of Emergency Management and Safety Robert Cromley announced to student government on Sept. 19. “We have engaged some engineers to build two new parking lots,” he told the assembly. According to Cromley, the university will restore the lot that was the former faculty parking lot, the lot between Ritter Tower and The Patriot Plaza (roughly 110 spaces) and it will also build a second parking lot in the wooded area adjacent to The Patriot Walkway and Liberty Landing Apartments (roughly 246 spaces). "So we're going to try to increase [parking by] at least 350 spots by fall of next year," the director said. "That’s a great deal. We’re excited about that." However, he said meeting the fall deadline will be "a challenge", but communicated that executive university leadership realizes that parking is a priori...