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| Subject: OZschwitz: The new vanguard in campus culture wars Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:11 pm | |
| Stung into action by John Howard's loss, Young Liberals are fighting hard on campus, writes Harriet Alexander.
The black posters started cropping up on university campuses early this month. A gagged, wide-eyed youth stares out from the top corner. "Record biased lecturers," the posters scream. "Scan biased textbooks. Report incidents of bias. Education. Not Indoctrination."
It sounds like something from George Orwell's 1984.
But these latest attempts to keep alive the culture wars are the work of Australia's Young Liberal movement. It generally takes only a passing interest in educational issues, but appears stung into action by the Liberal defeat in the federal election.
"Lecturers and tutors are brazenly forcing students to agree with their political or ideological views and we want to catch them doing it," Noel McCoy, president of the Young Liberals, told reporters at the recent launch of the campaign.
Collating evidence of bias is the first step before asking the university senate to conduct an inquiry, McCoy says.
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