Offense taken: campus funnies.

• Author: Soave, Robby
• Position: Citings - Brief article

ARE COLLEGE students killing comedy? Some entertainers seem to think so.

In an interview with The NewYork Times last December, Chris Rock confessed that he had stopped playing college scenes because the crowds were "too conservative" and too easily offended. Now Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Maher have taken up Rock's mantle. Seinfeld spoke with ESPN's Colin Cowherd in June, telling him that political correctness had taken over campuses and was hurting comedy: "I don't play colleges, but I hear a lot of people tell me, 'Don't go near colleges. They're so P.C: "And Maher has dedicated significant screen time on his

HBO show to the idea that students are no longer learning to engage--and reject--arguments with which they disagree, since they are now so sheltered from them.

Part of the problem is a campus culture that encourages students to see themselves as victims--or potential victims--of provocative...