It looks like both of Columbia's most media-hungry legal opponents are stepping up their plans. On one side, we have Graciela Chichilnisky, who, after settling for $200,000 over her own gender bias claims, is apparently pressing other female faculty to sue on grounds of gender bias, all to form a "trust" of aggrieved faculty members. One of her lawyers, Jan Schlictmann, is apparently famous for this approach.

On the flip side, we have Roy Den Hollander, anti-feminist crusader, who has been contacting individual students in the hopes of finding plaintiffs for his class action lawsuit against Columbia University for its Women's Studies program. Strangely, Hollander seems to be contacting both male and female students for prospective plaintiffs. Bwog wonders what the university thinks of Hollander directly contacting its students.

UPDATE (4:45 PM): The AP reports that Columbia has filed its own briefs requesting that the judge throw out the case.

A sample e-mail from Hollander after the jump.

Remember American hero and proud Business School alum ('97) Roy Den Hollander? The self-described antifeminist who sued Columbia for failing to offer a "men's studies" course? Whatever, anyway, he's back! And he's suing mad, specifically about ladies' nights at bars because what else?

This month, Hollander is arguing that when nightclubs offer all the ladies reduced-price drinks, they are discriminating. He then went on to conclude that since nightclubs get their liquor licences from the state, it's not only the clubs but New York that is discriminating against him, Roy Den Hollander, and all of his kind.

The lawsuit was dismissed and Hollander called the judge a "feminist." The end.

You'll recall Bwog reporting last week that Business School Alum and self-proclaimed "anti-feminist" Roy Hollander was suing Columbia for offering women's studies courses. Apparently, these courses are discriminatory against men.

Now, according to Bwog tipster Stephanie Quan, some Columbia women are interested in hearing his views. More specifically, the group Women in Science at Columbia have invited him to speak at the school, where he will "give a short talk briefing us on the case against Columbia and then answer any questions from the audience."

The talk is scheduled for tomorrow, August 28th, from 1-2 PM, and the room is TBA Havemeyer 209. Whether it includes free food is unknown at this time.