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November, 2012  (Page 7)

Per Person Debt Now Exceeds Cost of College Tuition

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 2:30pm

Now that Obama has been given four more years, I’m sure this problem will be completely reversed. By the way, would you like to rent my vacation home on Mars?

Terence P. Jeffrey of CNS News reports.

4 Yrs at Private College = $130,468; Median-Priced Existing Home = $173,100; U.S. Debt Per American...

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Media smears Anti-Obama student protest as “Race Riot”

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 12:16pm

The election of 2012 will long be remembered by independent conservatives as being the most egregious example of media bias favoring one political candidate over another at the expense of real journalism.

There have been failures to report the truthful details of the attacks on our embassy on Benghazi and the administrations...

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Youth Vote Worth 80 Electoral Votes?

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 10:45am

Young Americans were unenthusiastic about Obama, and were inclined to vote their pocketbooks.

Despite these facts, a Tufts University analysis shows that...

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Maryland Passes Dream Act

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, November 8, 2012 at 9:30am

Surely, this will lower college tuition for everyone right? Everything liberals do is the exactly backwards method to achieve the outcome they desire.

Alexandra Tisley of Inside Higher Ed news reports.

Dream Act Passes in Maryland

Maryland’s Dream Act, originally passed by the state legislature in March 2011, will stand, as voters passed the...

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UCLA Students React to Election Results

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 7:30pm

The blogosphere is busy with analysis on the Nov. 6th election results, which clearly show a deeply divided nation.

University of California-Los Angles Student Katherine Hafner reviews the numbers and chats with fellow students about the their feelings regarding the outcome.

…Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio are key states that contributed to Obama’s victory,...

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Campuses Recovering from “Frankenstorm” Sandy

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 6:12pm

Life in the Northeast is returning to normal after “Frankenstorm” Sandy.

Across the impacted region, colleges and universities are accessing the damage and planning to open classes. Alexandra Tilsley of Inside Higher Ed summarizes the post-storm status of several campuses.

Monday’s howling winds and pounding rains largely gave way to quiet Tuesday as...

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American Students Look to Colleges in Canada and UK for Lower Tuition

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 4:11pm

American Institutions of higher learning have always been able to charge a premium price for tuition because a good education meant a good job.

In today’s American economy however, not so much. So why wouldn’t students look for a better deal elsewhere? Behold the power of the free market.

Renee Schoof of The...

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Who Knew That Bill Clinton Opposes Affirmative Action?

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 2:00pm

Pete Hegseth points out on National Review Online (text here, pointing to video clip here) that...

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Do Women “Vote Their Eggs?”

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 12:30pm

Recently, there was quite a controversy when CNN reported on a study tying women’s voting patterns to their menstrual cycle.

Tom Bartlett of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports on the...

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Cornell conservatives — not shocked, not somber

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 11:01am

As independent conservatives reflect upon their feelings about Tuesday’s election results, Cornell University junior Alfonse Muglia reacts to the drama-oriented reports of the elite media.

I’m honored that the Daily Sun was able to find the time to attend our election night viewing party, and cover it this morning. But do not...

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Food Stamp Usage Growing With College Students

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 9:30am

Just a reminder… Students who are living on food stamps while they’re in college will continue to live on food stamps if they can’t find a job after graduation.

From Breanna Hogan at the Washington Post.

Food stamps: Once associated with the poor, now commonly used among college students

Nearly 47 milli...

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“Diversity,” Princeton-Style

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 8:00am

At National Review Online this morning [Nov. 6] Jay Nordlinger reports, citing the Daily Princetonian,

that 157 members of Princeton University’s faculty or staff have donated to the two presidential candidates. One hundred fifty-five donated...

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California Professors Beat Silicon Valley in Obama Donations

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 5:00pm

Three words: public employee unions. These professors, many of whom work for state schools, are not stupid. They know California is headed off a fiscal cliff and they’re worried about things like their pensions.

Which candidate is more likely to bail them out? Do I even need to answer that question?

Danielle Charette...

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Northwestern Chronicle — Student Support for Obama is Intellectual Dishonesty

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 4:00pm

Justin Moore of the Northwestern Chronicle recently attended a debate where the central question was – Does Obama deserve to be re-elected?

If you read his opinion below, you’ll know he was less than impressed with the defense.

Opinion: Supporting Obama is Intellectual Dishonesty

Last Monday (Oct. 1), Northwestern University Political Union hosted its...

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Young Voters Lose Hope In Obama

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 3:00pm

We have covered the steady reports concerning the loss of enthusiasm for President Obama among young Americans.

In The College Fix, St. John’s College scholar Ian Tuttle analyzes recent polls concerning his demographic group and concludes his generation is finding that electing a successful businessman to the White Office has its appeal.

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Obama Misleads Voters on Jobs Report

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 2:00pm

When it comes to the election, most young American voters have this attitude: “It’s the economy, stupid”.

With half of all college graduates lacking full-time employment, jobs are a serious economic concern to students.  As a result, Washington State University-Pullman student Corrine Harris is upset that the President has been less than...

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UCLA Student: 2012 Election Resembles 1980

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 1:00pm

Hayden Padgett, a columnist for the UCLA Daily Bruin and senior in its political science department, is spending his fall quarter in the nation’s capital. He offers these observations on the General Election for student voters to consider.

Through the better part of two months, I have been working in a senator’s...

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MSU Student: Michigan is in Play

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 12:05pm

On this historic Election Day, eyes turn to the prized Battleground States.

Michigan Statue University student Nicholas Kowalski has a report from one of...

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Cornell Insider — Get out and vote for Romney!

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 9:30am

First, voting is a voluntary action. Our leaders never made it mandatory for all citizens to vote, perhaps with the reasoning that a choice in this regard will allow people to consider their options more carefully. When people are not duty-bound to vote, they “self-select” themselves into the process. So, the...

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Students Beware — An Obama Supreme Court Would Attack Campus Free Speech and Equal Protection

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 8:40am

The Obama Administration has avidly attacked certain constitutional rights.

In one Supreme Court case, it argued that the government had the power to ban a non-profit corporation from publishing a book critical of a political candidate (the Supreme Court rejected this argument in a 5-to-4 vote, over a dissent by the liberal...

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Obama’s Tasteless Campaign Ends on a “Hoe” Note

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at 7:30am

Team Obama has attempted to attract disinterested young voters with free pizzas and sexually suggestive videos.

In another attempt to be “cool”, the President’s campaign calls upon the talents of a rapper to tastelessly insult his Republican challenger while adding another insult to the sensibilities of American women.  Nathan Harden of The...

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Parent’s Plea: College Is Not a Resort Vacation

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, November 5, 2012 at 7:00pm

Student loan debt is exploding, and parents are often on the hook for borrowed money or have trouble launching children out of the nest because their offspring can’t get a job.

Via Instapundit: Deeply concerned about his soon-to-be collegiate son, father Ed Leap offers his observations on what college should be and...

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