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April, 2013  (Page 8)

Ron Paul’s Spirited Speech at Oberlin College

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 6:30pm

The last time we visited Oberlin College, the campus was evacuated after sightings of a woman in a blanket.

The school seems to have recovered enough to have a former Republican presidential contender give a talk on the constitution, limited government intervention and support of free market capitalism.

Emily Kennedy of The Chronicle-Telegram...

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U. Penn Jumps on the Sex Week Bandwagon

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 5:00pm

Why not? Everyone else is doing it.

The College Fix reports.

Ivy League University’s Inaugural ‘Sex Week’ Offers Porn, Masturbation, Orgasms

University of Pennsylvania has become the latest Ivy League school to offer “Sex Week” to its students,...

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U. South Florida Students to Protest Gun Laws by Wearing Empty Holsters

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 3:30pm

This should go over well with the MSM. If they even cover it.

FOX News 13 of Tampa reports.

USF students want guns on campus

TAMPA (FOX 13) – When students show up for classes Monday at USF, odds are they’ll see a few empty gun holsters. Some students are wearing them for a...

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UNC Student: Iron Lady’s Death is a Loss to Liberty

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 2:00pm

The tributes to Margaret Thatcher continue today.

In the Carolina Review Daily, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student Ben Smith shares his thoughts about her death:

Early this morning, the conservative movement lost one of the leading voices and one of the most prominent politicians of the twentieth century. After a series of...

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Police Association Asks Columbia to Fire Weather Underground Terrorist Kathy Boudin

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 12:30pm

James J. Kelly, the President of the Rockland County Police Benevolent Association has penned a letter to the Rockland County Times in which he asks Columbia University to dismiss Weather Underground terrorist Kathy Boudin.

Open letter from Rockland PBA President James J. Kelly to Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger

Dear President Lee...

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Dumpster Diving Tufts Student Opens ‘Recycled Food’ Cafe

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 11:00am

You probably know what a vegan is but have you ever heard of a freegan?

Erika Grant of Food Beast has the unusual (and disgusting) story.

College Student Runs Dumpster Diving Cafe with ‘Recycled’ Food

Tufts University student Maximus Thaler has taken frugality to a whole new level by open...

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Professor attacks Pope for blessing disabled man, claims Christian bias against disabled

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 9:49am

It’s tough being Catholic on today’s college campuses.

Demands are made for priests to be fired for preaching Catholic doctrine, and some groups are too Catholic even for Catholic schools.

Now, Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform reports on one Illinois professor’s rant against the Pope and Christianity:

University of Illinois – Chicago (UIC) Prof....

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Wash U. in St. Louis earns FIRE’s “Speech Code of the Month” Dishonor

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 8:00am

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is on the frontlines of the battle for students’ free speech rights, in the truest spirit of their First Amendment meaning.

FIRE has announced its Speech Code of the Month for April 2013, which comes from Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL).

Specifically, WUSTL’s Residence...

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Oregon to give illegal immigrants in-state tuition discount

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 5:00pm

In light of the new AP style guide, this could be a challenging story to report.

Oregon has now joined 14 other states in allowing the children of illegal immigrants the privilege of paying in-state tuition rates to attend college. Fox News Latio reports:

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has made it official —...

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Study Shows more than 50% of Law School Grads Are Failing to Make a Living

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Posted by    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 3:30pm

The belief that law as a sensible career option for young Americans has just been quashed by a new study (hat-tip, Instapundit).

Published in the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, the analysis indicates that more than 50% of law school graduates from the 2011 class aren’t earning enough to buy a house.

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Ross Douhat on the Elitism of Ivy League Culture

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Posted by    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 2:00pm

Ross Douhat of the New York Times penned an interesting piece this weekend in which he examines the letter a Princeton alumna sent to the school’s newspaper. According to Douhat, Ms. Patton committed the sin of exposing elitism.

The Secrets of Princeton

SUSAN PATTON, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter...

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Tufts Divestment Activists Pwned by Annoyed Parents of Prospective Students

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Posted by    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 12:30pm

Hat Tip to Instapundit and Stanley Kurtz.

Divestment activists at Tufts infiltrated an information session for prospective students and...

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Loyola Students Protest ‘Injustice’ of Changes to Meal Plan

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

I don’t blame these students for being angry about an increase in fees but I have trouble seeing this as a case of injustice.

Benjamin Woodward of DNAinfo reports.

Loyola University Students Protest Meal Plan Changes

ROGERS PARK — Students who “are tired of being bullied” gathered at the center of Loyola University to...

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Liberals at UMass Plan to Disrupt Upcoming Karl Rove Speech

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Posted by    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 9:30am

This is how the left rolls. Convicted domestic terrorist Kathy Boudin is entitled to a prestigious teaching position at NYU but it’s a matter of national security if Karl Rove wants to set foot on a college campus.

No double standard there.

Michael Graham reports.

UMASS Liberals Freak Over Karl Rove’s Free (On...

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UC-Riverside student government votes to rescind divestment from Israel plan

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Posted by    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 7:51am

Professor Jacobson recently noted that the anti-Israel Boycott-Divest-Sanction (BDS) movement was making no progress with the American public.

With the California higher education system facing significant budget shortfalls, it is refreshing to see that one of the state’s student government bodies put fiscal sense over politics and refuse to go the BDS...

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Dr. Thomas Sowell on “Intellectuals & Race” and American Academia

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 5:00pm

Tammy Bruce, independent political commentator and talk show host, is featuring a public podcast with an interview with Dr. Thomas Sowell, noted economist and conservative philosopher.

Their discussion touches upon the political environment on today’s college campuses (click HERE for link to podcast).

Sowell is currently promoting his new book, “Intellectuals and Race”....

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Texas A&M student body president will veto ‘Religious Funding Exemption Bill’

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 3:30pm

So much for “pro-choice!”

We recently reported that a bill proposed in the student senate at Texas A&M University in College Station would let students choose not to pay the portion of their student fees that funding the school’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center.  This was in response to some faith-based...

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Community College in Arkansas May Allow Concealed Carry for Faculty

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 2:00pm

Sixty-two percent of students surveyed support this measure.

Jocelyne Pruna of KFSM News 5 reports.

NWACC to Hold Public Forums on Professor Concealed Carry Law

Under a new law, licensed professors will be allowed to carry concealed handguns onto campus if the Board of Trustees approves it and doesn’t opt out.

Over the next two...

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Swarthmore Commencement Speaker Forced Out Over Ties to Bush Administration

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 12:30pm

I wonder if Sawrthmore students would protest drone killer in chief, President Obama?

Zack Budryck of Inside Higher Ed reports.

A Speaker Withdraws at Swarthmore

Robert Zoellick withdrew on Friday as Swarthmore College’s commencement speaker, following criticism from some students that his support for the Iraq war and his role in the administration of...

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Queen’s U. Shuts Down Free Speech Wall Claiming “Offensive Content”

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 11:00am

You really have to wonder if these folks have any sense of irony at all.

Keara Vickers of Students for Liberty reports.

Queen’s University Free Speech Wall Shut Down

For years, Students For Liberty have been using free speech walls to draw attention to repressive speech codes on college campuses.

Sometimes, we see professors...

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15 Year Old Tea Partier Claims Bullying by Liberal Teachers

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 9:00am

This kind of garbage has to stop. If this kid was a liberal being harassed by a conservative teacher, the MSM would be covering it 24/7.

Matt Wilstein of Mediaite reports.

15-Year-Old Tea Partier Speaks Out To Fox’s Megyn Kelly About ‘Bullying’ From Liberal Teachers

15-year-old conservative Benji Backer recently wrote an article for...

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Jesuit Gonzaga U. Refuses to Recognize Campus Group for Being Too Catholic

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 7:08am

The religion of liberal academia is diversity and that’s the only religion which is allowed anywhere, even Catholic schools.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller has the story.

Catholic Gonzaga University won’t allow Catholic students to form Catholic group

Roman Catholic, Jesuit-affiliated Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington has refused to recognize the Knights of...

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