Chrissy Clark is a staff reporter at the Washington Free Beacon. She reports on college campuses and issues of higher education. Her work is featured in The Federalist and The Daily Signal. Chrissy received her degree in political science from Michigan State University. Follow her on social media @chrissyclark_ or contact her at chrissy@freebeacon.com.

Change.org Defends ‘White Lives Don’t Matter’ Professor

Website deletes petition calling on Cambridge University to fire English prof

Chrissy Clark
July 1, 2020 2:30 PM

Change.org deleted a petition that calls for Cambridge University to fire a professor who declared that "white lives don't matter," even as Twitter forced the combative academic to delete the post.

DC Mayor Wants to Scrub Democrat’s Name From High School

Bowser throws support behind effort to erase Woodrow Wilson

Chrissy Clark
June 30, 2020 2:45 PM

Washington D.C.’s mayor wants to rename a local high school bearing the name of segregationist Democratic president Woodrow Wilson.

Wilson’s Princeton Downfall Could Have Domino Effect

Elite university's purge inspires others to cancel progressive Dem president

Chrissy Clark
June 29, 2020 7:20 PM

Princeton University's decision to remove Woodrow Wilson's name from campus could have a domino effect on other institutions bearing the name of the Democratic president.

College Stands by Student Leader Who Claimed Jews ‘Worship’ WW2

Senior class president's public apology welcomed by administrators, student groups

Chrissy Clark
June 27, 2020 5:00 AM

The Pomona College senior class president has received little condemnation for reposting a vulgar, anti-Semitic Instagram story claiming Jewish people “hate brown [people]” and “worship” World War II. She also compared the war in Yemen to the Holocaust.

Prof Cleared Of Racism Charges May Still Resign

UChicago economist Uhlig may leave journal after colleagues' rush to judgement

Chrissy Clark
June 24, 2020 3:50 PM

The University of Chicago's Harald Uhlig may resign from a prominent academic journal even after he was cleared of allegations of racial bias. Uhlig told the Washington Free Beacon he is considering leaving his position as editor of the prestigious Journal of Political Economy (JPE) after facing calls for his ouster for criticizing the movement to defund the police following George Floyd's death..

UNLV Purges Yosemite Sam-Style Mascot

Chrissy Clark
June 23, 2020 4:50 PM

In 1983 the University of Nevada-Las Vegas replaced its Confederate mascot with a mountain man bearing a striking resemblance to Yosemite Sam. The cartoonish mustache and complete lack of Confederate garb, however, were not enough to save him from administrators, who last week removed a statue of the mascot following student complaints about its “racist roots.”

Georgetown Students Push Racial Quota for Campus Speakers

Lecture Fund will set aside half its budget for black speakers

Chrissy Clark
June 23, 2020 2:15 PM

The student group in charge of Georgetown University's off-campus speaker fund is pushing to mandate 50 percent of its annual $85,000 budget exclusively to "amplify black voices."

FSU Student Leaders Stick By Anti-Semitic Senate President

Student senate refuses to impeach leader who said 'stupid Jew'

Chrissy Clark
June 19, 2020 3:15 PM

Florida State University's student senate narrowly voted to keep its president despite his history of anti-Semitic comments.

Cornell Trustees Silent on Attempted Ouster of Conservative Law Prof

Chrissy Clark
June 18, 2020 5:00 PM

Cornell University's most prominent donors are staying silent on a growing campaign to oust a conservative law professor.

FSU Students Tap Anti-Semite as Senate President After Ousting ‘Bigoted’ Catholic

Student senate will vote on whether to impeach new student body president

Chrissy Clark
June 17, 2020 5:00 AM

Florida State University's student government tapped a student who called an Israeli a "stupid Jew," among other anti-Semitic online posts, to replace as president a member they ousted for expressing his Catholic beliefs in leaked private messages.