Student Uncovers Lost Malcolm X Speech; Colleges Ranked for the ‘Socially Awkward’

Socially Awkward Rankings. Colleges are ranked on a variety of topics these days, but here’s one you haven’t seen before: Inside College has created a list of the best schools for socially awkward students. The exact methodology for determining which schools is unclear, and the list is full of high profile institutions. Boston University, Tufts University, and Carnegie Mellon are three of the 50 schools ranked in the report. [Inside College]

Lost And Found. A 22-year-old Brown University student uncovered a piece of history while digging through university archives. Malcolm Burnley, the editor of The College Hill Independent, a member of the Campus Progress journalism network, uncovered a half-century old audiotape of a speech given by Malcolm X during a campus visit to Brown in 1961. “No one had listened to this in 50 years,” Burnley said. “There aren’t many recordings of him before 1962.” While the discovery alone is enough for a good story, Burnley also discovered that one of the students in the audience was the late Richard Holbrooke. The famous American diplomat was the college’s newspaper editor at the time and, according to Burnley’s findings, was influential in bringing Malcolm X to campus.  [Politico]

Occupy The Classroom. A Chicago college is now offering a course on the Occupy movement. More than 30 students have enrolled in Roosevelt University’s “Occupy Everywhere” class—a political science course that examines how the movement started last summer in New York and spread nationwide. Some of the assignments include reading the movement’s newspaper and attending Occupy Chicago’s general assembly meetings. No word yet if students will have to camp out in tents. [FOX News]

Equality Louisiana Summit. LGBT student groups from Louisiana State University and other colleges gathered in Lafayette over the weekend for the Equality Louisiana Summit. The summit focused on lobbying for legislation to prevent bullying in schools and solidified connections among the different student organizations. The conference was held about a month before the Louisiana legislature is scheduled to reconvene, and several attendees indicated that the various LGBT groups will aggressively push for anti-bullying legislation. [The Daily Reveille]

Graham White is a journalism intern for Campus Progress. You can follow him on Twitter @GrahamWhiteNY.

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