Cinnamon Stillwell: USC "Middle East Awareness Week" Features the Usual Suspects

Cinnamon Stillwell

I’m the West Coast Representative for Campus Watch, a project of the Middle East Forum that focuses on Middle East studies. I was a political columnist for SFGate.com (San Francisco Chronicle online) from 2004-2008. I've written for the American Thinker, Frontpage Magazine, Family Security Matters, Accuracy In Media, Newsbusters, Israel National News, The Jewish Policy Center, J-The Jewish News Weekly of N. CA, Intellectual Conservative and many others. More info at CinnamonStillwell.com.

Saturday, November 10, 2007

USC "Middle East Awareness Week" Features the Usual Suspects

I have a new post up at the Campus Watch blog, which examines the latest "awareness week" to hit higher education:

Dueling "awareness" weeks seem to be all the rage on college campuses these days, both for better and for worse.

Potentially falling into the latter category is the "Middle East Awareness Week" taking place at the University of Southern California(USC) from November 12-17. One would hope that the event will provide USC students with a scholarly and unbiased perspective on the Middle East, but the inclusion of several highly politicized professors and sponsors casts doubt.

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