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December, 2012  (Page 8)

Student killjoy at U. Alabama rails against Christmas cards

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, December 7, 2012 at 2:00pm

“Tis the season…for elitist, progressive attitudes to taint the basic joys of the holidays.

Via The College Fix: A niversity of Alabama English/journalism student Tara Massouleh railed against Christmas cards in The Crimson White student newspaper.

Upon returning to campus just in time for the Iron Bowl after a short but much needed...

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Harvard Workshop — helping students cope with being such special people

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, December 7, 2012 at 12:30pm

Are you a new student at Harvard? Are you concerned about going home for the holidays and facing the rubes in your family or the knuckle dragging morons you used to call friends? Not to worry! A new Harvard workshop has you covered.

The College Fix reports.

Harvard Hosts Workshop to Prevent Students...

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UC Berkeley Prof — Ignoring Global Warming is Like Manslaughter

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, December 7, 2012 at 11:00am

Like many liberals, the professor in the story below reduces his argument from science to the personal. Agree with me or people will die. Disagree with me and you approve of the death of innocent people.

Isn’t that the same argument the left used to promote the passage of Obamacare?

Patrick Seaworth of...

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The buzz at U. California–Merced is their special sex toy program

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, December 7, 2012 at 9:30am

Universities are coming up with truly innovative courses to appeal to their young scholars.

We have covered one that offered a class on the fantasy novel, “50 Shades of Grey“.

Another is opening up a Marijuana Research Institute. Now, a California university hosts a special event to show its scholars how to properly...

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Texas Wesleyan student – “President Obama is playing John Boehner for a fool, and rightfully so.”

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, December 7, 2012 at 8:00am

Citizen activists are recoiling over Speaker of the House John Boehner’s removal of Tea Party supported fiscal conservatives from key committee positions.

In The College Conservative, Jeffrey Max of Texas Wesleyan University is among t...

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Student Debt Explodes Under Obama

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 5:21pm

President Obama has offered several mystery proposals to cut the level of student debt.

Yet, according to an analysis offered by Tyler O’Neil of Free Beacon, the level of total student loan has risen dramatically.

The amount of student debt has increased to record levels during President Obama’s administration despite longstanding promises to...

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Student environmental activists target college portfolios

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 2:44pm

Despite being hotbeds of progressive polices, college often rely on two essential tools of the free market for funding  — stocks and Big Oil.

However, environmental activists in campuses around the country are now targeting their institutions’ portfolios in protests against oil companies.

Interestingly, as divesting of successful stocks will negatively impact the...

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Stanford Review Writer Contemplates Future of the GOP

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 12:14pm

If you haven’t maxed out on post election analysis, you should definitely read the piece below by Gideon Weiler of The Stanford Review.

In the essay, Mr. Weiler cites many of the nation’s most influential conservative pundits and offers his own take as well.

The Future of the Grand Old Party

On November 7th,...

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Butler U. stikes back at student who exposed Professor’s ‘American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality’ diatribe

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 10:01am

There is a fascinating update to the story we recently covered, Butler Prof. jumps the “American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality” shark.

In The College Fix, editor Nathan Harden reports that...

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Brown Student Calls Out RI Governor for Christmas Tree Flap

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, December 6, 2012 at 8:00am

Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee is the latest determined to take the Christmas out of Christmas by insisting that the tall green plant standing in the RI State House for the month of December is a holiday tree.

Justin Braga of the Brown University Republicans is having none of it and took to...

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UCLA Student — Debt Should Be Our Concern, too.

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 6:00pm

It the wake of rising college costs, students often focus on tuition hikes and pricey courses.

UCLA student Ramsey Ugarte writes that students should also consider load debt, and provides an analysis of how such debt affects their educations and their futures.

The issue of student debt can often be overshadowed by the...

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Cal State-Fullerton student — “It’s time for the Republican Party to become the party of the poor.”

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 4:30pm

America is poised to go over a fiscal cliff that is going to have deep economic ramifications no matter what the resolution.

In The College Conservative, California State University – Fuller...

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Affirmative action for conservative professors?

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 2:58pm

Political discrimination on campus against independent conservative students and faculty is not news.

However, what is changing is the perception about how activist progressive agendas is impacting the quality...

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College stages “Wikistorm” that rains down liberalism upon online entries

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 12:30pm

Wikipedia, the “online encyclopedia”, is infamous for its liberal bias; in fact, the electronic manhandling of conservative icons and topics has lead to the development of “Conservapedia” to counter it.

In The College Fix, Nichole Swinford of Chapman University shows an example of how progressivism flows into Wikipedia, via America’s institutions of...

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Webster College student — Cling to your guns, not your government

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 11:00am

With the Jevon Belcher murder-suicide in the national spotlight, and gun sales spiking after...

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Harvard Senior Warns Republicans not to Abandon Social Conservatives

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 9:30am

In recent weeks, there’s been no shortage of people suggesting that the Republican Party should focus less on social issues in order to appeal to young voters.

One Harvard senior named Derek Bekebrede disagrees and wrote the following at the Witherspoon Institute’s Public Discourse blog.

I’m Socially Conserv...

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Jersey college student starts 24/7 condom delivery service

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 8:00am

This may seem like a silly story at first glance but consider how much more productive this student is than that certain 30-something law student who has created a career living off others.

This student has started a business, is making money, and is providing a service to his community.

Where’s the downside?

Alyssa Newcomb...

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Construction crew forced to stop work at Ohio college over “Men Working” sign

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

There is a line where political correctness crosses over from annoying to just plain stupid.

Eliana Johnson of National Review has the story.

College Demands Construction Crew Remove ‘Sexist’ ‘Men Working’ Sign

A construction crew working on the campus of Ohio’s Sinclair Community College was forced to halt work until it removed a “Men...

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Stanford demands humanities Ph.D. students quit wasting time

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 4:18pm

A doctoral degree from an elite school is now priced at luxury item levels.

Administrators at Stanford University are looking for ways to trim back costs for their scholars. Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed has the details.

Complaints about doctoral education in the humanities — it takes...

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Brown student punctures myth of declining middle class

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 2:30pm

With some universities hosting International Socialist Union meetings and retaining Stalin-loving staff, it is nice to see that some students retain...

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John Stossel vs. Howard Dean at UNC – A Review

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 12:45pm

In the election crush, some items slipped under the radar.

At the end of the summer, UNC’s College Republicans and Young America’s Foundation hosted a debate between libertarian journalist John Stossel and progressive darling Howard Dean.

For those of us who couldn’t be there, Benjamin Smith of Carolina Review offers highlights of what...

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Brown student – America’s mindset weakened

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 11:07am

Oliver Hudson of the Brown Spectator offers a sobering reminder of where America is going if we stay on our current path.

He also suggests that staying informed and realistic is the best course of action for concerned Americans. Good advice.

America: Losing its Winning Mindset

When contemplating the future, it is good to...

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