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April, 2013  (Page 7)

Michigan High School Requires Parental Consent to Attend Rick Santorum Speech

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Posted by    Friday, April 12, 2013 at 5:00pm

Excuse me? Excuse me???

What crime has United States Senator Rick Santorum ever committed?

What x-rated campus sex week event has Senator Rick Santorum ever advocated? What act of violence has Senator Rick Santorum orchestrated?

What’s happening here is the plain and simple censorship of free speech by people who disagree with Rick...

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Rand Paul Heckled by Howard University Student Protesters

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Posted by    Friday, April 12, 2013 at 3:30pm

It seems that no conservative speech at a college campus is complete unless it is interrupted by student activists.

Breitbart-TV offers a video clip and AP report on Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s talk at Howard University:

The Kentucky senator, an eye doctor and son of libertarian-leaning former Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, was...

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Harvard Celebrates ‘Islamic Awareness Month’

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Posted by    Friday, April 12, 2013 at 2:00pm

The Harvard Crimson reports.

Let’s Talk About Islam

Islamic Awareness Month is an opportunity to learn more about American cultural heritage

Monolithic, separate, inferior, enemy, manipulative. These were the adjectives that the British think-tank Runnymede Trust found were commonly associated with Islamic communities in a 1997 report about social perceptions of Islam. Many years later,...

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Video: Bill O’Reilly and Charles Krauthammer Analyze the Liberal Takeover of Higher Ed

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Posted by    Friday, April 12, 2013 at 11:00am

In his opening segment last night, Bill O’Reilly addressed the issue of radical leftism and liberal indoctrination in higher education.

When Bill’s monologue was complete, he brought on FOX News favorite Dr. Charles Krauthammer to offer additional commentary.

Watch it all below.

 
 
 

Amherst Student – Social Justice is Code for Redistribution

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Posted by    Friday, April 12, 2013 at 9:30am

I picked up this article at The Amherst Student via The College Fix which examines the story from a different angle which is worth reading.

This is the part which jumped off the page when I read it. The writer’s name is Katrin Marquez.

Social Justice

Social justice has no real meaning; it is...

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Condom Wars at Boston College

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Posted by    Friday, April 12, 2013 at 8:00am

We recently reported that Boston College, a Catholic school, was planning to close down the “underground condom railroad” set-up by students trying to bypass the campus restrictions on birth control.

One of its students, Ariana Caraffa, has on on-the-scene report about the ongoing battle at the school.

For some churchgoers on the Boston...

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The Law School Job Crisis is Worse Than You Think

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Posted by    Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 6:30pm

You know times are tough when people who have trained for a professional career can’t find jobs.

This is not good news.

Jordan Weissmann of The Atlantic reports.

The Jobs Crisis at Our Best Law Schools Is Much, Much Worse Than You Think

The barren job market for law school grads has become a familiar...

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$500,000 Stimulus to study ‘Condom Use Problems’

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Posted by    Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 5:00pm

Ever wonder where the Obama Stimulus money went?

Wonder no longer!  Emily Schrader of the University of Southern California has some details for items critical to many schools’ “Sex Week” events.

Remember when the Obama Administration paid gay men $400,000 to cruise the Argentinian bars to discover why gay men engage in risky...

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U.S. MBA Programs Flooded with Students from China

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Posted by    Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 3:30pm

It seems to be a match made in international education heaven.

Chinese and other foreign students want specialized degrees to stand out from other job applicants, and business schools in this country get revenue in tough economic times. Melissa Korn of the Wall Street Journal has the details:

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While you were sleeping, radical 1960s leftists took over the education system

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Posted by    Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 2:00pm

How have we come to the point where so many criminals, terrorists and radical leftists from the 1960’s hold so many prominent positions in American academia?

Michael Moynihan of The Daily Beast explains.

How 1960s Radicals Ended Up Teaching Your Kids

Last week, Rutgers University fired its mercurial basketball coach after he was videotaped...

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Northwestern Chronicle – The Case for “Assault Weapons”

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Posted by    Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 12:30pm

Writer Max Baird of the Northwestern Chronicle has penned a new post in which he refutes much of what you’ve heard about assault weapons.

The Case for “Assault Weapons”

Let’s face it. If you’ve been paying any attention to the news in the last year, you’ve probably heard the term “assault weapon.” But...

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Pro-lifers prevail, winning recognition at Johns Hopkins

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Posted by    Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 11:00am

We recently reported that the student government at Johns Hopkins University gave a thumbs-down to a pro-life student group.

Robby Soave of the Daily Caller News Foundation has an update,  as a campus judiciary committee  has granted official recognition...

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USC Student Exposes Professor Who Routinely Calls Republicans Stupid and Racist

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Posted by    Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 9:30am

Kudos to Tyler Talgo, the University of Southern California student who decided to fight back against an unending diatribe of ignorant rhetoric in his poli-sci class.

Jason Howerton of the Blaze reports.

Is This the Kind of Far-Left Ideology We Now Assume Is Standard Fare in America’s Colleges?

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Wisconsin school uses crossword puzzles to indoctrinate students against conservatives

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Posted by    Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 8:00am

Gee. Who are the people slapping the large sodas out of your hand and forcing you to buy health insurance? Who wanted to force Wisconsinites to join unions? I don’t think it was conservatives.

Liberals lost in their attempt to recall Scott Walker so they’re fighting back in the only arena they...

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Libertarians at Florida State Concerned About Diminished Free Speech

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 6:30pm

There’s something oxymoronic about free speech zones. Figures the campus libertarians would get that.

K. Maxwell Greenwood of FSU News reports.

Open platform areas draw criticism from students

Standing near Oglesby Union, just outside of Moore Auditorium on the campus of Florida State University, it isn’t uncommon to see a group of students verbally...

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Student Laments Lack of Concealed Carry on Campus After Stabbings in Texas

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 5:00pm

After the horrific stabbing attack at Lone Star College in Texas yesterday, at least one student pointed out that someone with a gun could have stopped the incident.

The FOX News Insider reports.

Lone Star College Stabbing Witness: ‘We Wish We Could Protect Ourselves With Guns’

A loc...

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UC-San Diego bans smoking, smokeless tobacco on campus

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 3:30pm

Administrators at the University of California – San Diego (UCSD) will implement a campus-wide ban on the use all forms of tobacco, including smokeless tobacco, cigars, and electronic cigarettes.

No word on whether marijuana is included in the ban.

Katherine Timpf of Campus Reform has the details:

The new rule, which is set to...

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Law Student Selling His Naming Rights on eBay to Pay Student Loans

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 2:00pm

Law students are in big trouble right now. If doubt the seriousness of their plight, meet Jason Madsen, the law student who’s selling his own name for cash.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.

Law school dropout auctions off own name on eBay to pay student loans

An enterprising law school dropout is...

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CT School Teaching Students Americans Don’t Have the Right to Bear Arms

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 12:30pm

The discovery was made by a father who took a look at his son’s homework.

Todd Starnes of FOX News Radio has the story.

School: Americans Don’t Have Right to Bear Arms

The father of a Connecticut child is furious after discovering that his son’s school is teaching students that Americans don’t have a...

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Daily Caller: MSNBC Host Touré founded “black liberation theology” student paper

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 11:24am

If you ever wondered what a biography of an MSNBC host would look like, wonder no more.

Charles C. Johnson and Ryan Girdusky of The Daily Caller takes a look at the college antics of Touré Neblett, noted wit who offers insights such as: “If Adam Lanza had walked into a black...

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Leftists Plan to Disrupt Dedication of George W. Bush Library at SMU

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 9:30am

Here’s some news that should surprise absolutely no one.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.

Exactly the leftists you imagine will protest dedication of new Bush library at SMU

On April 25, the gleaming, new George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University will be officially dedicated.

The center will...

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Sex Week and Big Orange Outrages

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Guest Post by Brandon Whiteley    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 8:00am

At my dear old University of Tennessee we students have an unfriendly term for our administration: The Big Orange Screw.

This delightful euphemism certainly explains, with graphic detail, the front and tail end of how UT Administration handled the first UT Sex Week.

Sex Week originates from a program out of the Ivy...

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