Franklin Pierce University Archives

It’s 2024, and One New Hampshire University Still Requires COVID Shots

July 25, 2024 Steve MacDonald

Would it surprise you to know that twenty American universities still require proof of COVID vaccination to attend? Seven are in Califonia, five are in Georgia, and a few are each in Ohio, PA, and Louisiana, one in Michigan, and one in New Hampshire. There are a number of vaccinations that have always been required … Read more

NH Women’s Foundation Celebrates the Destruction of Women’s Sports

August 10, 2025October 24, 2022 Beth Scaer

On October 27, the New Hampshire Women’s Foundation is hosting a fundraising luncheon to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX which prohibits sex-based discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding. For decades Title IX has helped women’s sports to flourish and allowed countless women to follow their passion in sports. Perversely, the New … Read more

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Civil Rights Division Rules: Letting Men Compete as Women in College Sports Violates Title IX

October 17, 2020October 16, 2020 Beth Scaer

We knew this was coming. Letting biological men compete with women always violated Title IX in our opinion. And now the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights has found Franklin Pierce University in violation.

Poll Question: Should Franklin Pierce University Change Its Name Because Pierce “Supported” Slavery?

June 16, 2020 Steve MacDonald

This morning we shared news about pressure applied to local universities: Franklin Pierce and UNH (the Franklin Pierce Law school). While Pierce owned no slaves, he was not anti-slavery. He believed the Constitution protected a State’s rights to slavery. For this, some want him canceled.

ACLU-NH Puts on Gaslighting Clinic at Senate Education Committee

November 7, 2024March 6, 2020 Stephen Scaer

ACLU of New Hampshire Executive Director Devon Chaffee treated the New Hampshire Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee to a gaslighting clinic at a hearing for SB 480, which would prevent boys from competing on girls’ public school sports teams.

Men Cheating To Win In Women’s Sports? Unthinkable!

January 21, 2020January 21, 2020 Stephen Scaer

“I feel there are some myths that might be created that people change their gender identity just to change sports teams,” said Jennifer Frizzell policy director for the New Hampshire Women’s Foundation as she testified against House Bill 1251 before the NH House Education Committee January 14.