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November, 2012  (Page 6)

College Football Ticket Tax Break Costs $1 Billion/Year

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, November 12, 2012 at 4:26pm

We recently took a look at taxes, wealth redistribution, and college degrees.

Now, via TaxProf Blog, is a look at tax policy as it relates to college football programs:

Theodore L. Jones has held season tickets on the 43-yard line at Tiger Stadium, home of the perennial football powerhouse Louisiana State University, for...

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College Republicans face intensified campus witch hunt

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, November 12, 2012 at 2:55pm

Do you have any idea how difficult things are for college Republicans right now? After the election, liberals are more emboldened than ever. It takes guts to be a college Republican at some schools.

I’d like to introduce you to Raghav Rao of the Chicago Maroon. She wants liberals to stop harassing...

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GOP Loses Both Election and Pop Culture War

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, November 12, 2012 at 1:18pm

Assessments are continuing on why the election results were so bad for the Republican Party; this includes taking a look at reasons why young voters pulled the lever for the Democrats, despite the economic concerns expressed during pre-vote polling.

While Obama did not achieve either a landslide or a mandate, the GOP...

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Higher Ed Leftist Bias Helped Obama Win

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, November 12, 2012 at 9:27am

America’s young voters turned out to be a key demographic that helped Obama win a second term.

The College Fix Assistant Editor, Jennifer Kabbany, interviews several academics in order to look at the root causes for student choices and to get ideas on how conservatives can affect change in time for the...

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Vassar student: What is the Obama Doctrine in a Nutshell?

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Guest Post by Luka Ladan    Monday, November 12, 2012 at 8:00am

Now  that the knee-jerk reactions to the election results are slowly starting to  subside, it’s a little bit easier to step back and thoroughly analyze what a  Barack Obama victory really means for the country moving forward. The immediate  emotional responses that are typical of Election Day and inevitably cloud one’s ...

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College Education Has Become a Financial Gamble

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 5:37pm

I wish I could say the situation facing most college students was going to change after January of next year. Considering that college students turned out to vote for Obama again, albeit in smaller numbers, nothing is going to change.

Get used to the new normal, kids.

Here’s Titus M. Hamlett of the...

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Greg Gutfeld’s advice to the new college student…

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 2:54pm

Get a life, kids.

Via The Home for Wayward Statisticians via LukeHandCool at Legal Insurrection:

 
 
 

Conservative Students Celebrate Freedom Week

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 12:35pm

It’s reassuring to know there are college students out there who cherish freedom and understand what a heavy price so many have paid for it.

Jolie Stuart-Davis of the YAF Blog reports.

Freedom Week Educates Students When Teachers Fail

Monday kicked off this year’s Freedom Week for conservatives everywhere. This is my second year...

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George Washington U. admits falsified incoming student data

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 10:32am

The Higher Education Bubble is forcing people to ship around for the best value, in terms of a college education, so  the prestige of an institution can be a significant factor in determining where to go.

Scott Jaschik in Inside Higher Ed reports that in the effort to attract new students, some...

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College Republicans at Fordham Rescind Invitation to Ann Coulter After Being Attacked by University President

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 8:31am

Welcome to the new age of liberal tolerance.

The college Republicans at Fordham University were scheduled to hear a talk by Ann Coulter on November 29th. Upon hearing this news, the university president attacked the conservative club that invited her.

Ann Coulter was scheduled to speak at Fordham University on November 29. Her...

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Evangelical College Won’t Allow Pro-Life Display

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 4:57pm

The images being used in the display are no doubt gruesome but then, so is abortion especially in late term cases. I would think the bigger issue here is free speech and a college that seems out of step with its mission.

Leigh Jones of World on Campus reports.

Inexpressibly horrific

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Duke University Offers Course on Teen Soap Opera

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 2:13pm

Isn’t it good to know our institutions of higher learning are preparing the leaders of tomorrow to tackle the tough issues which will face them? Ever wondered what a tuition of $56,000 a year will get you?

Here you go.

Taylor Bigler of The Daily Caller reports.

Duke University welcomes you to ‘The...

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FIRE Seeking 2013 Summer Interns

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 12:01pm

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is at the forefront of protecting political diversity on American campuses.

The group has had several key victories in preserving the rights of independent conservative students, and is now looking for interns to help in new battles.

Attention undergraduates and law students! FIRE is now...

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UC Berkeley Student Government Stoked Racial Hate Before Election

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 9:33am

The student government of UC Berkeley passed a resolution shortly before the election to remind everyone that black people were once lynched to suppress the black vote.

I wonder if they reminded everyone that the party which lynched black people was the Democratic Party.

Oliver Darcy of Campus reform reports.

UC Berkeley student government...

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Northwestern U. Student — GOP Focus Must Change

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, November 10, 2012 at 8:00am

An analysis of the election results shows that Republican Presidential candidate got 3 million fewer votes in Tuesday’s election than candidate John McCain did in 2008.

Considering the circumstances of the Republican presidential losses, Alex Jakubowski,...

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Mixed reaction from WSU-area Republicans

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, November 9, 2012 at 5:30pm

With the defeat of Republicans in the Presidential and Senate races last night, many pundits are wondering what is the next step for the GOP.

Christine Rushton, a student at Washington State University-Pullman, asks local Republicans about their post-election plan.

Cheers, sighs and hugs filled the Whitman County GOP Victory Office on Tuesday...

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Florida Professor Pens Book Comparing Obama to Jesus

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, November 9, 2012 at 3:30pm

Well this should surprise absolutely no one. To the American left, Obama is a god and we’re all just lucky to have him.

The College Fix reports.

Professor’s Book Hails ‘Apostle Barack,’ Compares Him to Jesus

“The Gospel According to Apostle Barack” is the title of a book penned by a Florida A&M University...

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College Endowments Hit Hard by Economy

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, November 9, 2012 at 1:15pm

Good thing academics voted overwhelmingly for Obama. Surely, his economic policies will bring in the improvements we’ve been promised for the last four years.

Check out this report from Dan Miner at the Buffalo Law Journal. The story focuses mostly on the European economy but guess what folks… That’s where we’re headed.

Battered...

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Norfolk State limits online political and religious speech

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, November 9, 2012 at 11:30am

Which leads one to wonder how they plan to continue teaching political science and/or religious studies of any kind. Remember when institutions of higher learning encouraged debate? Me too.

Samantha Harris of The FIRE has the story.

Speech Code of the Month: Norfolk State University

FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for...

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Tufts Black Solidarity Day — “Blackness needs a radical redefinition”

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, November 9, 2012 at 9:30am

Because nothing says diversity like celebrating people of only one color.

I wish I could tell you this is an article from The Onion but it’s from the Tufts Daily.

The appropriately named liberal author Sara Taxman reports.

Black Solidarity Day rally examines notions of blackness, diversity

Members of the Tufts community gathered on the...

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Liberal Professors — Progressives now control the country

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, November 9, 2012 at 8:00am

Obama got no mandate in this election, he eked out a win with less votes than he got four years ago. That hasn’t stopped progressives in academia from declaring the death of conservatism.

Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.

Professors: Obama Win Means Multiracial, Social Progressives Control Country

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UNC-Chapel Hill Student — 2012 Election was “Visionless”

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 4:31pm

Independent conservatives are continuing with introspection and reevaluation in the wake of Tuesday’s election results.

In the Carolina Daily Review, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill student Garrett Jacobs writes that one of the biggest failures was the content of the campaign.

Let me begin by saying that I have tremendous respect...

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