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May, 2013  (Page 3)

Rebel Harvard Law Students Say School “Thinks Small”

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Posted by    Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 11:00am

Harvard Law School is Bogus is a website by a small group of brave Harvard Law School students “dedicated to the candid examination of corruption and conflict of interest at the Law School, and of its long-standing practice of censoring and otherwise chilling politically incorrect speech.”

They are unimpressed with the guest...

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Four more colleges hit with complaints over handling of sexual assaults

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Posted by    Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 9:30am

College Insurrection recently reported that Yale has been fined $165,000 for underreporting sexual assaults.

Now Libby Sander of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports that four more colleges face similar complaints.

4 More Colleges Are Targets of Students’ Complaints Over Sexual Assault

Students at Dartmouth College, Swarthmore College, the University of California at Berkeley,...

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Black Spanish teacher claims fired for using Spanish word ‘negro’ in class

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Posted by    Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 8:00am

One of the first lessons in Spanish 101 centers on colors.

Red = Rojo
White = Blanco
Blue = Azul
Black = Negro

So, it seems a little shocking to hear about a Spanish teacher being booted for the proper use of a common word in that language. The Daily Caller Education Editor has more details:

In...

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Knox College Student: Scandals Raining on “Bipartisanship” Parade

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Posted by    Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 6:30pm

The fallout from the Internal Revenue Service harassment of conservative groups continues to rain down on the Obama Administration.

Alex Uzarowicz of Knox College offers his view about what the Obama Administration could do to clean-up the continuing mess, noting that the lack of leadership is a roadblock to the “bipartisanship” liberals...

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Dems in Senate call for student loan bailouts

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Posted by    Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 5:00pm

Of course they do. Didn’t everyone know it was just a matter of time before this happened?

Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.

Senate Democrats propose student loan bailouts

Following closely on the heels of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s recent proposal to subsidize student loans through the Federal Reserve, another senator is...

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Cal State may turn real lab classes into virtual ones

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Posted by    Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 3:00pm

As an owner of a chemistry degree, I can attest to the fact that one of the biggest challenges I faced was enrolling in science laboratory classes because of tight space restrictions.

Now, in my home state, one university is looking to break science lab course bottlenecks, changing life sciences education by...

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Biology Prof’s Comparison of Creationism to Holocaust Denial Evolves into Debate

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Posted by    Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 1:00pm

A statement to a local newspaper by a prominent evolutionary biologist that, “teaching creationism is like denying the Holocaust”, has evolved into focus of support for campus religious freedom by a large anti-theist organization.

Macaela Bennett of Campus Reform has the details:

Bestselling author and popular lecturer, Professor Jerry Coyne, made the comment...

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Chicago Public Schools will close 49 elementary schools

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Posted by    Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 11:00am

In a move that highlights the consequences of the education bubble burst, the Chicago Board of Education is now closing almost fifty elementary schools.

The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens files this report:

Autumn seemed like dark days for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The Chicago Teachers Union had declared a strike, shutting...

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Female cadets at West Point secretly filmed in showers

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Posted by    Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 9:30am

This story is such a disappointment. People expect more from students at West Point, given the school’s high standards of admittance.

Thom Shanker of The New York Times reports.

Women Were Secretly Filmed at West Point, the Army Says

WASHINGTON — A sergeant first class on the staff of the United St...

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FIRE works overtime for targeted Syracuse U. students

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Posted by    Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 8:00am

We recently covered the case of Matthew Werenczak, a Syracuse University student defended by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) after being expelled for Facebook comments.

His comments were about an experience as a tutoring event, during which condescending remarks about...

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Readers respond to LA Times article on Conservative-free Commencements

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 5:00pm

We recently reported that the lack of conservative speakers at graduation ceremonies nationwide had gotten so bad, even the Los Angeles Times noticed.

The newspaper published several reader letters in response to the observation:

Steve Murray, Huntington Beach:

It’s an ironic turnaround. When I was in college, students demonstrated for free speech on campus....

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NYC Music Prof: ‘Your parents should have slapped you around’

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 5:00pm

A professor of music just gave new meaning to the phrase, “Out of tune”.

The New York City-based instructor responded to online criticism with a humorous video in which he told students their parents should have “slapped them around” when they were children. Campus Reform contributor Spencer Schredder has the details:

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New sports arena at DePaul to be funded by taxpayers?

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 3:30pm

The kicker of this story is that DePaul is a private university. Welcome to Chicagoland.

Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.

Chicago taxpayers could finance private university’s sports arena

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to revitalize the Chicago area includes the controversial use of public funds to build a new sports arena for DePaul...

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Florida high school suspends teacher who went “bananas”

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:00pm

One concern about the “pornification” of college campuses is that it is filtering down to high schools.

One Florida high school, however, is bucking that trend. The Daily Caller’s Education Editor Eric Owens has these details:

Is a cigar sometimes just a cigar? That debate will remain unresolved, but The Daily Caller can...

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George Washington U. Professors Fantasize about Obama on Mt. Rushmore

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 12:30pm

A debate on President Obama now focuses on which scandal-ridden President he is most like:  Richard Nixon or Warren Harding.

However, hope springs eternal among some members of elite academia.  George Washington University student Katherine Rodriguez shares some dreams of the faculty at her school.

A handful of George Washington University political and...

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Dinesh D’Souza at Northwestern

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 11:00am

Dinesh D’Souza is a conservative pundit who most famously produced 2016: Obama’s America, a movie that details potential reasons for the current President’s political motives.

In a rare campus appearance by a conservative, Souza recently addressed more than 80 people at Northwestern Univeristy before answering about a dozen questions almost equally divided...

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“Affirmative Action Baby” … Or Survivor?

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 9:30am

Cecillia Wang, Director of the ACLU’s Immigrant Rights Project, has written an ACLU blog entry, “Reflections of Another Affirmative Action Baby,” describing the wonders of the new world “diversity” opened up for her as an undergraduate at Berkeley.

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CAMERA launches new website for pro-Israel college students

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 8:00am

It’s good to know there are college students in America who have rejected the BDS insanity that has infected so many college campuses.

This report comes via the Camera blog, Snapshots.

Algemeiner and JNS: CAMERA Launches New Student Website

The Algemeiner and JNS report:

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)...

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Professor gives MOOCs a thumbs-down

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 6:30pm

The list of MOOCs (Massive online courses) seems to be expanding as rapidly as the known universe.

In The American Conservative, Wheaton College Professor Alan Jacobs shares his lack of enthusiasm for this development.

When I think about turning all this into a MOOC, my first thought is: How easy that would be....

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Come on, can’t they take a good cricket prank?

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 5:00pm

Some stunts are better in theory than reality.

Using the internet to put-together a prank involving thousands of crickets, some Kentucky high school students are getting a major time-out. Eric Owens of The Daily Caller has a report:

Seven seniors at East Carter High School in the rural northeast corner of Kentucky were...

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NYU researchers sold study results to Chinese competitor

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 3:30pm

It looks like one New York professor is giving new meaning to the term “outsourcing”.

Sarah Hofmann of The Daily Caller reports on the faculty member who is selling his lab’s discoveries to a Chinese firm.

A New York University professor and a lab engineer have been released on bail on Monday after...

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85% of college students are wasting their time and money

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 2:00pm

Given the fact that there are millions of college students now saddled with debt and no job prospects, it’s difficult to disagree with this estimation.

Vivian Giang of Business Insider reports.

EXPERT: 85% Of College Students Are Wasting Their Time And Money

We talked to the one of the most voc...

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