<p>A group of radical undergrad professors is spearheading an effort to oppose the renaming of Virginia&rsquo;s George Mason University School of Law in honor of ;former conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.  ;</p>
<p>Following Scalia&#8217;s sudden death in February, ;GMU received a $30,000,000 pledge to rename the university&rsquo;s law school. The ;GMU Faculty Senate (not a law body) immediately passed a resolution opposing the idea. ;</p>
<p><em>So why does this so-called &ldquo;senate&rdquo; have such a problem with a well-funded and well-deserved name change? ;</em></p>
<p>We oppose &ldquo;the memorializing of a Supreme Court Justice who was a significant contributor to the polarized climate in this country that runs counter to the values of a university that celebrates civil discourse,&#8221; writes the group. ;</p>
<p>Instead of utilizing the massive donation to enhance education at GMU&rsquo;s law school, the faculty senate seeks to &ldquo;emphasize the university&rsquo;s continuing support for groups that were slighted by Justice Scalia and that may have been offended by the university&rsquo;s embrace of his legacy and underscore the university&rsquo;s support for civil discourse that bridges the great diversity present at the university.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>While I&rsquo;m not surprised that GMU professors lack ideological diversity, I do wonder if these leftist radicals (with taxpayer-funded jobs) have actual records of such polarization on campus. ;</p>
<p>As it turns out, those preaching about rigid views and polarization are in fact divisive figures themselves. Craig Willse, a leader in the opposition movement, teaches a cultural studies course that focuses on &ldquo;neoliberalism, urbanism, biopolitics, and racial formations.&rdquo; Willse ;writes that his scholarship is &ldquo;informed by his political work outside the academy,&rdquo; which includes &ldquo;community organizing around housing access, social movements for trans justice and prison abolition, and queer anarchist anti-war activism.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p><em>And he thinks Scalia is step beyond the mainstream? ;</em></p>
<p>Oh, and let&rsquo;s not forget that Willse is also the faculty adviser to &ldquo;GMU Students Against Israeli Apartheid,&rdquo; a group that in 2013 protested a commencement speech delivered by Jewish philanthropist and businesswoman Shari Arison. ;And still, Willse has the gall to condemn Scalia as &ldquo;racist.&rdquo; Unbelievable. ;</p>
<p><strong>Author&#8217;s note: ;</strong>This story is a disgusting example of the hypocrisy that has become endemic to our nation&#8217;s universities, but I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m surprised. ;As I wrote last month when pro-Trump chalk messages caused revolts on numerous campuses, ;it seems ;liberal students are offended by just about anything these days. ;</p>
<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:</strong> I took a master&#8217;s at this place. Now I&#8217;m embarassed to tell anyone.</p>