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Gabrielle M. Etzel
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About Gabrielle M.

Gabrielle M. Etzel serves as a Reporter for Campus Reform. In 2019, Gabrielle earned her bachelor of arts in political science with a minor in economics from Grove City College and in 2022, earned her masters of public policy and administration from Baylor University. Her opinion editorials have been published in a variety of national news outlets, and she has appeared on several radio programs. In her free time, Gabrielle enjoys being with her family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Federal judge progresses student lawsuit on viewpoint discrimination

A federal judge in Illinois last week decided to allow a former graduate student to sue officials at the Southern U…

Apr 1, 2023

Riley Gaines: Transgender issues are about the ‘sheer essence of humanity’

Riley Gaines sat down with Campus Reform to discuss why the social implications of transgender ideology extend far …

Mar 31, 2023

Temple University president resigns amid campus crime and safety crisis

President Jason Wingard issued his resignation effective March 31, less than one week after the announcement of an …

Mar 30, 2023

Former OSU football players acquitted of rape charges based on 'consent video' of crying female filmed immediately after incident

The defendants claim they were advised by school officials to film such videos to absolve them of potential rape al…

Mar 30, 2023

'Moral versus evil': Riley Gaines speaks out at the University of Pittsburgh

‘What we’re being asked to do is to deny objective truth. It’s to deny the sky is blue, is to say that men and wome…

Mar 28, 2023

Prof. Giordano publishes new op-ed, says Stanford Law students must also be held accountable

Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano argues that Stanford should hold the students who disrupted…

Mar 28, 2023

Disruptive trans-activists escorted out of Cabot Phillips event by police

Trans-activist students said they were “not interested in conversation” with Cabot Phillips as they protested his s…

Mar 27, 2023

WATCH: The military ‘should not be in the business of feelings’

Campus Reform Correspondent Kirk George III discussed the military recruitment crisis with Steve Gruber on ‘Real Am…

Mar 26, 2023

Temple profs hit university president with no confidence vote over campus policing

84% of the faculty union supported holding a vote of no confidence against the president, provost, and Board of Tru…

Mar 24, 2023

DOEd moves to scrap Trump-era rule protecting faith-based campus groups

The Department of Education is proposing to eliminate a Trump-era requirement that public colleges and universities…

Mar 22, 2023

North Carolina State cuts NCAA varsity rifle team

North Carolina State University announced the ‘difficult decision’ to discontinue the co-ed varsity rifle team.

Mar 22, 2023

DEI prof fired for viewpoint diversity speaks out, says she was deemed 'dangerous' for encouraging dialogue

Dr. Tabia Lee was called a “white supremacist,” a “right-wing extremist,” and a “dirty Zionist” for supporting view…

Mar 22, 2023

Students protest after Catholic university cuts humanities majors

Students ‘felt intimidated’ by the administration for speaking out against the Board’s decision to cut humanities a…

Mar 21, 2023

Temple University hires 8 new officers, but campus police say more needs to be done to address 'rampant' violent crime

Eight new officers were inducted into the Temple University Police Department as two violent crimes adjacent to cam…

Mar 21, 2023

University removes statement compelling faculty speech after CRO report

Last month, Campus Reform published a copy of the anti-racism statement which compelled faculty to denounce white s…

Mar 21, 2023

Students at women's college vote in favor of admitting male-identifying students to avoid being 'trasphobic'

The student referendum is a non-binding vote demonstrating student popular opinion on the issue of admitting trans-…

Mar 16, 2023

‘We may be listening’: Dept of Ed to send undercover federal agents to monitor colleges' financial conduct

The Enforcement Office of Federal Student Aid has announced plans to use ‘secret shoppers as an additional tool to …

Mar 16, 2023

‘We’re here to stay!’: Graduate student strike ends after 42 days, 30% pay raise

Striking Temple University graduate students won a 30% increase in salary for their part-time work as research and …

Mar 16, 2023

Law school faculty urge Bar Association to reconsider refusal to adopt comprehensive definition of anti-Semitism

The American Bar Association passed Resolution 514 in February, but it excludes the IHRA definition of anti-Semitis…

Mar 16, 2023

‘Apparently, I am the wrong kind of black’: California equity director fired for viewpoint diversity

Dr. Tabia Lee alleges that she was fired from De Anza College’s Office of Equity, Social Justice, and Multiracial E…

Mar 13, 2023

Personal finance firm sues Dept. of Ed. over continued student loan repayment pause

SoFi, a student debt consolidation firm, argues that private companies cannot compete with the federal government’s…

Mar 13, 2023

REPORT: Rise in rape and sexual assault reports at military academies follows trend in academia

Sexual harassment and assault reports at US military academies for the 2021-2022 academic year is the highest on re…

Mar 13, 2023

BREAKING: Rape and sexual assault reports increase by 18% at US military academies

The Associated Press obtained exclusive information about a not-yet published report on sexual assault victims at m…

Mar 10, 2023

UNC's accreditation reportedly under threat following School of Civic Life and Leadership launch

The accreditation board that monitors UNC Chapel Hill allegedly began investigating the school after it announced t…

Mar 9, 2023

Georgia Tech opens 'Slutty Vegan' restaurant on campus

Slutty Vegan’s entirely plant-based menu features the 'Ménage à Trois,' the 'One Night Stand,' the 'Hollywood Hooke…

Mar 9, 2023

ANALYSIS: Dept. of Ed overreaches authority with new financial policy

New guidance from the Department of Education may require 'the assumption of personal liability, by one or more ind…

Mar 7, 2023

‘Indigenous Studies’ lecturer denies historical brutality of Native American tribes, blames ‘white people’

Simon Moya-Smith is a lecturer at University of Colorado Denver in ‘Indigenous Studies’ and ‘American Indian Cultur…

Mar 7, 2023

ANALYSIS: Penn State budget prioritizes administrative glut over teachers

Penn State has been struggling ‘for several years to address salary inequities’ for non-tenured English faculty whi…

Mar 6, 2023

'Don’t give up on the liberal arts,' Catholic Bishop argues

Study of the humanities in the United States has decreased by 17% over the past ten years.

Mar 6, 2023

Delaware lowers standards for Bar Exam to increase diversity

The Delaware Supreme Court asserts that these changes are a ‘modernization of the process’ of bar admittance.

Mar 3, 2023

Liberals block teaching communism, calling the topic 'anti-Asian'

Although the bill itself only impacted K-12 education, the argument against it has roots in higher education where …

Mar 1, 2023

Student loans SCOTUS case: What you need to know

Before SCOTUS can tackle the constitutionality of Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, it must address the plaint…

Mar 1, 2023

PhD student fears risking career by speaking out against 'The 1619 Project'

PhD candidate Paul Schwennesen expressed concern that he was 'probably making a mistake' by speaking with Campus Re…

Mar 1, 2023

SCOTUS is hearing oral arguments on student loan forgiveness

The Supreme Court is hearing two sets of oral arguments today regarding the constitutionality of the Biden Administ…

Feb 28, 2023

Marymount University eliminates 10 degrees, including English, history, theology

Director of Communications Nick Munson told Campus Reform that the eliminated degrees 'are simply not ones that are…

Feb 28, 2023

University of North Carolina eliminates DEI statements for faculty, students

DEI statements can ‘function as litmus tests for adherence to prevailing socio-political views on various matters o…

Feb 28, 2023

CUNY ends remedial courses as need for them rises

CUNY announced in a January press release that it completed its elimination of 'outdated traditional remedial math …

Feb 27, 2023

CA high school removes honors English classes for racial equity, following higher ed trend

The Culver City Unified School District replaces honors classes with a uniform curriculum to 'ensure students of al…

Feb 27, 2023

Pofessor worries about increasing rates of anxiety and depression in young women

Visual platforms like Instagram and TikTok, 'take the worst parts of middle school and glossy women’s magazines and…

Feb 24, 2023

Christian revival spreads to Baylor University

Students at Baylor University have been gathering nightly since February 19 to pray for spiritual revival in Americ…

Feb 24, 2023

West Virginia University students debate conceal carry at 'Common Ground Campus' event

The event, "Bridging the Divide," takes place at 7:00 pm at the Gluck Theater.

Feb 24, 2023

Florida seeks to replace SAT with CLT, following classical education trend

Creators of the Classical Learning Test (CLT) met with top Florida education officials last week as the DeSantis ad…

Feb 24, 2023

Sweeping edits to childrens' literature follows DEI trend in higher ed

Reprints of Roald Dahl’s work will replace words such as 'fat,' and 'mothers’ and ‘fathers' with 'enormous' and 'p…

Feb 23, 2023

ANALYSIS: Universities offer DEI degrees as students flee to traditional liberal arts colleges

Many institutions are now offering minors, majors, and masters degrees in diversity, equity, inclusion, and social …

Feb 23, 2023

BREAKING: West Virginia legislature passes campus carry

The bill establishes 'conditions under which persons with a current and valid license to carry a concealed deadly w…

Feb 21, 2023

Majority of Americans oppose race-based admissions, according to poll

A new poll shows that 62% of Americans are against affirmative action policies in university admissions.

Feb 21, 2023

'GOD IS NOT DEAD:' Student-led Christian revival on campus is attracting thousands

A student-led revival on Asbury University’s campus has lasted since February 8 and has attracted thousands of wors…

Feb 17, 2023

University cracks down on grad student strike in effort to preserve undergrad education

Temple is cracking down on the Temple University Graduate Student Association strike by revoking tuition remittanc…

Feb 17, 2023

West Virginia bill would end DEI bureaucracy in public higher ed

The bill is intended, according to its sponsor, 'to ensure that a lot of the woke ideology that has crept into our …

Feb 16, 2023

South Carolina next in line to investigate DEI spending

Following the lead of Florida and Oklahoma, SC legislators are now requesting that the state’s public universities …

Feb 16, 2023

EXCLUSIVE: 'You deserve better than abortion!': Students defend life at a pro-abortion film screening

University of Kentucky students informed fellow students of pregnancy protection rights at a school-sponsored pro-a…

Feb 15, 2023

Stanford's investigation of students reading Mein Kampf is latest in string of controversies

This scandal comes nearly one year after Stanford’s internal investigation into its Jewish students, which found …

Feb 13, 2023

REPORT: Traditional liberal arts institutions are defying enrollment declines

Liberal arts institutions that emphasize great texts of the Western tradition and classical education are counterin…

Feb 13, 2023

Texas Tech removes DEI statement requirements for faculty

The university announced the removal on Tuesday. By Wednesday evening the statement was removed from the website.

Feb 9, 2023

WATCH: Giordano: SUNY public colleges are ‘brainwashing’ students

Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano calls DEI education 'full out brainwashing.'

Feb 8, 2023

ABA's new anti-Semitism resolution ditches important definition of anti-Jewish hatred

The resolution did not include the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism due to significant lobbying efforts from variou…

Feb 7, 2023

BREAKING: ABA votes to uphold LSAT requirements

The House of Delegates of the American Bar Association voted down a resolution Monday that would have made LSAT tes…

Feb 6, 2023

UNC to offer anti-woke programs, faculty flabbergasted

The Board of Trustees announced the decision to create a new school and new degree pathways that remove ‘political …

Feb 6, 2023

DeSantis admin claims universities 'significantly misreported and under-reported’ DEI spending: report

A spokesperson for Florida Governor recently claimed that the state's public funded universities did not accurately…

Feb 6, 2023

Center for Environmental Equity and Justice exclusively taxpayer-funded to the tune of $1.79 million

While FAMU spent a total of $4.16 million of taxpayer funds on DEI initiatives, the CEEJ alone cost more than 43% o…

Feb 3, 2023

WATCH: 'Self-inflicted wounds': SUNY introduces new DEI requirements

Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano appeared on 'Fox and Friends' to discuss new Diversity, Equ…

Feb 2, 2023

'Toe the line:' Professor leaves academia as DEI corrupts STEM

In an exclusive interview with Campus Reform, the professor says he was 'biting [his] tongue as much as [he] could'…

Feb 1, 2023

Biden declares COVID-19 emergency over, new legal challenge to loan forgiveness on the horizon

This week the White House issued a statement giving a timeline for ending the Covid emergency this spring, furtheri…

Jan 31, 2023

SUNY to require DEI and social justice courses in fall 2023

SUNY faculty member observes that 'it seems as if higher education no longer values questions, debate, and dissent…

Jan 31, 2023

University of Wisconsin System joins nationwide trend by banning TikTok from campus devices

UW Spokesman Mark Pitsch confirmed with Campus Reform that the school system 'will be restricting the TikTok applic…

Jan 31, 2023

Q+A: An executive director's fight against anti-Semitism

Campus Reform spoke with the Executive Director of the Academic Engagement Network (AEN), Dr. Miriam F. Elman, to d…

Jan 27, 2023

VA schools withold test scores citing equity, costing top students college scholarships

A parent in Fairfax County reported that 75% of the students who received the Commendation in Fairfax, Loudon, and …

Jan 25, 2023

Florida public universities spend $15 million of taxpayer dollars on $28 million DEI, CRT initiatives

Of the total $28 million spent on DEI and CRT for the 2022-2023 school year, $15 million, or 53.5%, consists of tax…

Jan 24, 2023

Pennsylvania Governor drops four-year degree requirements for government jobs

Governors in Maryland and Utah took similar measures last year, emphasizing the need for skills over qualifications…

Jan 23, 2023

Harvard Dean gives into media pressure, awards anti-Israel activist human rights fellowship

The Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government caved to leftist media pressure by awarding an anti-Israel act…

Jan 23, 2023

Three Texas state universities ban TikTok

On Tuesday, three major Texas state universities announced campus-wide bans of the Chinese-affiliated social media …

Jan 23, 2023

Beto O’Rourke named Pritzker Fellow at UChicago’s Institute of Politics

Democrat Robert Francis 'Beto' O’Rourke of Texas now has an appointment as a guest lecturer at the Institute of Pol…

Jan 22, 2023

Florida state colleges and universities to report on public funds used to treat gender dysphoria

State colleges and universities in Florida are being required to report the amount of public funds used on services…

Jan 20, 2023

ANALYSIS: Biden Center scandal ignites interest in possible foreign influence at UPenn

Between 2017 and 2019, UPenn received $61 million in gifts and contracts from China.

Jan 19, 2023

Catholic universities continue to endorse pro-abortion agenda

Though Dobbs is a milestone for members of the pro-life movement, activists believe there is still work to be done,…

Jan 18, 2023

‘Inclusive sensitivity’ does not apply to Christianity and Judaism

The firing of a Hamline University professor for showing a depiction of Muhammad has sparked significant debate on …

Jan 16, 2023

LISTEN: PROF GIORDANO on removing names of colleges from resumes to promote 'equity'

Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano appeared on the 'Lars Larson Show' to discuss the negative …

Jan 15, 2023

WATCH: PROF GIORDANO on foreign investment in US academia

Campus Reform Higher Education Fellow Nicholas Giordano appeared on 'Real America's Voice' to discuss the dangers o…

Jan 14, 2023

UPDATE: Department of Education publishes income-driven student loan repayment rules

'[A]ny individual borrower who makes less than roughly $30,600 annually and any borrower in a family of four who ma…

Jan 11, 2023

ANALYSIS: ‘Massive shortage’ in trade professionals was inevitable

Applications to vocational jobs dropped by 49% in 2022. The US Chamber of Commerce predicts a 'massive shortage of …

Jan 11, 2023

Peterson refuses social media re-education

The investigation by the psychology organization follows years of complaints made against Peterson on a variety of …

Jan 11, 2023

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