Texas State University (TXST) recently held its second annual “Sex in the Dark” event, an anonymous question-and-answer panel that promised to “create a comfortable environment for students to learn and ask questions about sex, sexual health, and relationships.” Hosted by Healthy Cats–Peer Educators and Students Against Violence, the August 27 event began with a resource […]
Read MoreEditor’s Note: The following is an article originally published on the College Fix on July 02, 2025. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. When I signed up for Professor Michael Whitehawk’s sociology class at Texas State University (TXST), I hoped it would challenge me to look at society in […]
Read MoreIn Spring 2024, I took a required English course expecting to learn how to write clearly, build arguments, and think critically. Instead, I learned something else: the path to an A ran straight through ideological conformity. The professor—whose name I’ll leave unmentioned out of respect—began every session with a mandatory moment of silence for what […]
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