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October, 2012  (Page 8)

In College, Attorney General Holder was “Fast and “Furious”

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 3:30pm

Univision is poised to report details on the “Fast and Furious” scandal, providing incriminating  information that has yet been unavailable to Congress.

Via The College Fix:  The Daily Caller reviews Attorney General Eric Holder’s radical college years, since he is the center of the Department of Justice scandal:

As a freshman at Columbia...

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Conservative Views Not Welcome at Swarthmore

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 1:25pm

Danielle Charette of The College Fix is a student at Swarthmore College. In a recent piece at the Fix, she tells the story of her attempt to screen a film about Ronald Reagan. Although the screening would be free, she met nothing but roadblocks and mockery.

At Swarthmore College, Conservative Views...

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U Cal Student Association Holds Secret Vote to Declare Israel a Racist Nation

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 11:56am

The University of California Student Association, an organization apparently rife with anti-Semitic progressives, recently held a secret vote to pass a resolution declaring the nation of Israel to be racist.

Yes, this really happened.

Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform reports.

The University of California Student Association (UCSA) secretly passed a resolution last month which...

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Tickets for Cornell’s Santorum vs. Dean Debate Gone in Two Hours

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, October 4, 2012 at 9:16am

You’d be hard pressed to find two men more hard right and hard left than Rick Santorum and Howard Dean. I sure hope someone is planning to tape this and put it on YouTube.

Nkantro of the Cornell Insider has the story.

Santorum/Dean Debate Tickets Sell Out in Two Hours

Cornell’s biggest political event in...

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Cornell to Offer Gender-Neutral Housing

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 5:00pm

You might think this is because some students feel they’re mature enough to share a room with a person of the opposite sex.

You’d be wrong. Read this post all the way to the end.

Alfonse Muglia of the Cornell Insider reports.

At its weekly meeting last Thursday afternoon, the Student Assembly adopted Resolution...

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U. Wisc. Requires Students to Give Phone Numbers to the Obama Campaign

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 2:35pm

Students at the University of Wisconsin who want to attend an upcoming speech by Obama are being required to hand over their phone numbers which are being turned over to the Obama campaign.

Ann Althouse broke the story in a guest post at Instapundit.

October 2, 2012

THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN REQUIRES STUDENTS TO...

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SUNY New Paltz Has a Free Speech Problem

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 11:30am

You may have heard that the left is cracking down on free speech. FIRE reports that the thought police at the State University of New York at New Paltz are taking things too far.  There’s at least

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Michigan State Professor Strips Naked in Classroom

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 10:15am

Sounds like Professor John McCarthy could use a nice quiet vacation.

Hat tip to Noel Sheppard of NewsBusters.

Brandon Howell of MLive reported.

Student: Michigan State professor ranted, stripped naked in apparent mental breakdown

EAST LANSING, MI — Professor John McCarthy has always seemed a bit odd to Kyle Hillman, but nothing could have prepared...

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StudentsAgainstBarackObama.org – Just Say No to BO

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, October 3, 2012 at 8:50am

American Majority Action has launched a new website aimed at students who are disillusioned with Barack Obama and wish to campaign against him.

The site studentsagainstbarackobama.org went live on October 1st.

From the AMA blog…

“Students Against Barack Obama” Launched

A New York Times/CBS News poll earlier this month showed a dramatic tightening in the...

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What don’t these kids understand about “butt-chugging is dangerous”?

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 4:00pm

We  reported that a University of Tennessee/Knoxville student was  hospitalized with a near lethal dose of alcohol, achieved at an event during which he received an alcohol enema.

Inside Higher Ed‘s Alexandra Tilsley details the concerns of campus safety experts on this stunt, which seems to have been popularized by a scene...

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Is the Higher Education Bubble Causing Demographic Decline?

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 2:30pm

The Washington Times recently took note of the burgeoning higher education bubble:

The cost of a college education has soared far in excess of the cost of health care. This is in spite of — or,...

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U. Texas-Austin Students Fight Classroom Politicization

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 12:14pm

The rise of the Tea Parties has energized conservative students to create innovative approaches to deal with overt political messaging in classrooms by professors and other authority figures.

One good example is described by Mark Bauerlein in “Minding the Campus”:

The Daily Texan has reported that a conservative student group at University of...

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The 2012 Election – A Guide for Selfish Millennials

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 10:05am

Steven Crowder, a comedian and FOX News contributor, breaks down the 2012 election from the standpoint of a millennial.

Yes, I am a Millennial. Unfortunately I’m a part of the “self-esteem” era, where people my age tend to be very selfish. Not only that, but I’ve been raised with a generation of...

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An Idiot’s Guide To Voter ID Laws: College Edition

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 8:10am

One of the most significant debates in the country today focuses on Voter Identification requirements.

In The College Conservative, Elissa Roberson (student at College of the Desert) dissects arguments against these rules.

Upon reading an article in the Huffington Post, there’s one argument they make that I’d like to rip to shreds: Voter...

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Progressives at Fresno State shut down debate, illegally endorse Prop 30

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, October 1, 2012 at 4:08pm

A tale of progressive corruption and illegal activities in California. Progressives are pushing their tax the rich initiatives despite student objections and even a petition.

Keith Fierro of The College Conservative has the story.

California Universities Illegally Push Ballot Initiative Despite Student Outcry

On September 26th, Fresno State’s Associated Students, Inc. voted 7-6 to...

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Sororities Return to Swarthmore College

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, October 1, 2012 at 1:43pm

There is an exciting update to our recent report on a group of young women battling to reestablish a sorority at Swarthmore College:

Nearly 80 years after women at Swarthmore College voted to ban sororities because they were too exclusive, a group of female students will reinstate Greek life this spring after...

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Sam Houston State U. Prof. slashes anti-Obama student “free speech wall”

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Guest Post by Greg Lukianoff    Monday, October 1, 2012 at 11:00am

As a First Amendment lawyer, I know at least two things: one, you have a sacred right as an American to insult the president in whatever colorful language you like, and, two, even some people who are very good about free speech in other contexts are weird about swearing. If you...

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Prager U. Course: Adam Carolla on Luck

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, October 1, 2012 at 9:20am

Everything in life is luck,” declared infamous celebrity entrepreneur Donald Trump.

Not true, according to comedian and podcaster extraordinaire, Adam Carolla, in a humorous lecture on “Luck” developed specially for Prager University. The following video is the most recent offering at the

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