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Conservatives speakers target of most commencement controversies

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Posted by    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 2:00pm

Statistics show that commencement speakers are rarely conservative.

Now, the number show that when they get the rare invitation to give a graduation address, they then become the focus of “tolerant” liberal activism.

Of the Top 10 biggest controversies surrounding graduation speakers this commencement season, seven specifically targeted conservatives or business leaders, a survey...

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Florida school district scanned children’s eyes for bus program without permission

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Posted by    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 12:30pm

File this story under “Nanny State gone wild”.

A series of behind-the-scenes mistakes by educators in a Florida school district led to children’s biometric information being culled without their parents’ permission, TheLedger.com reported.

In May, parents of students in the Polk County School District received a letter stating a pilot program would track...

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College students petition Obama to spy on FOX NEWS employees

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 11:00am

Some college students show clearly that more classes do not automatically translate to more common sense.

The Campus Reform team recently filmed students at George Mason University (GMU) signing a petition asking President Obama to listen in on the “private conversations” of all Fox News employees and their families.

The petition, which was...

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West Virginia teen faces jail for wearing NRA t-shirt to school

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Posted by    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 9:30am

Today’s anti-gun hysteria story is brought to you by the administrators of Logan Middle School.

Zenon Evans of Reason reports.

Teen Faces Year in Jail and $500 Fine After Wearing NRA Shirt to School

Back in April, Logan Middle School in West Virginia found itself at the center of controversy when it suspended Jared...

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Hot new class on campus – Brewing beer

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Posted by    Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 8:00am

Some college students make a hobby out of drinking beer but according to a new report at USA Today, some students are learning to make it too.

Devin Karambelas reports.

Craft brewing renaissance hits college campuses

Of all the places to find beer on a college campus, the classroom may not be the first...

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After Newtown, some states are arming teachers

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Posted by    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 6:30pm

Despite the massive push for greater gun control, some schools are taking no chances with the safety of their students and teachers.

Lauren Russell of CNN reports.

In response to Newtown shootings, some states move to put guns in classrooms

(CNN) – While most of the nation’s students...

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Job market for Humanities majors is inhumane

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Posted by    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 5:00pm

Higher education isn’t immune to the laws of supply and demand.

Francesca Donner of the Wall Street Journal reports.

Are Humanities Degrees Doomed? Experts Weigh In.

Humanities majors at Harvard are becoming harder to find.

Students, worried about landing a job post-graduation, fear humanities degrees don’t hold the value they once did in a rapidly...

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Duke student lived in a van to escape student debt

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Posted by    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 3:30pm

Remember when Chris Farley famously warned that you could end up living in a van down by the river? Meet Duke University grad student Ken Ilgunas.

Mandi Woodruff of Business Insider has the story.

Duke Grad Student Secretly Lived In a Van to Escape Loan Debt

By the time Ken Ilgunas was wrapping up...

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Florida school changed student records to get federal aid

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Posted by    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 2:00pm

Academic fraud and theft of taxpayer dollars. This story has it all.

Breitbart News reports.

Florida Educator Alters Student Records to Achieve Federal Aid

Federal officials say that Michael Gagliano, president of the Galiano Career Academy in Orlando, Florida,

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Rutgers Rabbi: Who will provide for religiously Conservative Jewish students?

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Posted by    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 12:30pm

In tough economic times, one campus rabbi is reaching out to save a program geared to conservative Jewish students.

Rabbi Esther Reed, Senior Associate Director of Rutgers Hillel, explains:

Yesterday, I got the news that United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) decided to close the KOACH/College Outreach program. My students at Rutgers have...

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“Big Brother is watching us. It’s up to our generation to stop it.”

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Posted by    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 11:00am

In the wake of all the recent scandals, Young Americans are becoming even more disenchanted with the nanny state.

Gabriella Hoffman is a Regional Field Coordinator at The Leadership Institute where she is tasked with identifying, recruiting, and training young conservatives on college campuses. She takes exception to some points President Obama...

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Maine court to decide which bathroom transgendered students should use

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Posted by    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 9:30am

As sexual identity diversity policies have been enacted, various schools have struggled with certain aspects of program implementation.

Especially in the areas related to locker-rooms and bathrooms.

It looks like a court will soon weigh in on the subject.

Maine’s highest court will soon decide which restroom Nicole Maines, a 15-year-old transgendered student,...

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Intercollegiate Review – Multiculturalism is Mediocrity

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Posted by    Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 8:00am

George Neumayr of Intercollegiate Review has a new piece in which he lambasts academia’s devotion to multiculturalism.

Multiculturalism is Mediocrity

Harvard University recently gave Oprah Winfrey an honorary doctorate, a depressingly appropriate award given that her taste in literature and vapid quality of thought trump the classics on most American campuses these days....

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Police Detain Campus Reform Reporters Seeking University’s NSA Facility Info

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Posted by    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 6:30pm

Campus Reform reporters have been investigating the University of Maryland’s connections to the National Security Agency.

They have posted video featuring an exchange with campus police:

University of Maryland (UMD) police on Wednesday prohibited two Campus Reform reporters from filming an alleged covert government facility where Edward Snowden is believed to have worked...

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California Democrat school board member: “I am not a Nazi.”

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Posted by    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 5:00pm

You can chalk this item up to weird news but if I lived in this community, I don’t think I’d want this man on my local school board.

Breitbart News reports.

Lifelong Democrat Saugus School Board Member: ‘I Am Not a Nazi’

Saugus, California school board member Stephen Winkler may have allegedly posted on...

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Advice – How to survive the higher education bubble

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Posted by    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 3:30pm

Writing at Real Clear Policy, Thomas K. Lindsay points out a way to navigate the higher ed bubble and shows how some small schools are leading the way.

How to Survive the Higher-Ed Meltdown

Higher education is reeling. A recent study demonstrates that a third of colleges and universities are now financially unstable...

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St. John’s U. Student: Why the fuss over NSA’s snooping?

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Posted by    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 1:30pm

Many college students are social media exhibitionists.

In fact, the young generation is so versed in the new technologies that there are now degrees in the subject.

So Edward Peichel of St. John’s University a little confused over the fuss about the National Security Agency’s scanning scandal.

By now, we’re all familiar with the ...

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Sen. Lamar Alexander: Obama and Democrats trying to control local schools

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Posted by    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 1:00pm

It seems the Democratic Party won’t be satisfied until power over every aspect of the lives of Americans is centralized in Washington.

Senator Lamar Alexander provided the GOP’s weekly remarks which you can read below.

The article is by Andrew Malcolm of Investor’s Business Daily, h/t to Hot Air.

GOP: Do you realize Obama...

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Billion dollar deficit forces Chicago to lay off 850 teachers and staff

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Posted by    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 12:30pm

Robert Stacy McCain has the story.

Chicago School System’s $1 Billion Deficit Forces Layoffs for 850 Teachers, Staff

Is this the Hope or the Change?

The worst fears of Chicago Public School teachers and staffers were confirmed Friday when district officials announced it was laying off some 850 employees.
“Given the historic financial crisis facing our...

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Will The Black Swan End Unpaid Internships?

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Posted by    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 11:00am

In the Obama Economy, unpaid interns are the modern-day equivalent of entry-level employees…minus the pay and benefits.

It seems young Americans have caught on, to the point there is a website for those who want to get in on upcoming class action lawsuits against companies engaging in unfair labor practices.

Ricochet contributor D.C....

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Rising number of college students in Northern Ireland using “Sugar Daddy” site to pay tuition

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Posted by    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 9:30am

We’ve reported on this phenomenon at College Insurrection before, as it has happened at American colleges. Now it has crossed the Atlantic.

Nicola Murphy of Irish Central reports.

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Michael Bloomberg urges financial aid for illegal immigrants in Stanford commencement speech

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Posted by    Monday, June 17, 2013 at 8:00am

Of course, if any illegal immigrants want access to a large soda that will be a completely different story.

Glenn Wilburn of MyFOXNY reports.

Mayor Bloomberg speaks at Stanford University commencement

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg was a guest speaker at Stanford University’s commencement in Palo Alto, California Sunday.

Bloomberg addressed the graduates speaking about immigration...

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