I think it’s safe to say that liberals are fully committed to making sure absolutely no one in America is happy or has any fun at all.
Philip Marcelo of The Providence Journal reports.
Women’s groups call on Chafee to veto ‘father-daughter’ dance bill
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – More than a dozen women’s groups are...
It’s way too early in the year for “Festivus”, but College Republicans had an “airing of the grievances” anyway:
The College Republicans National Committee, an independent, section 527 political organization, has criticized the GOP for its lack of leadership, inability to communicate its party identity and its difficulty attract...
The Zimmerman verdict brought some of America’s most vile leftist rhetoric to the surface of society and Professor Anthea Butler of the University of Pennsylvania is no exception.
Religion Dispatches Magazine published an op-ed by the professor you have to read to believe.
H/t to The Daily Caller.
The Zimmerman Acquittal: America’s Racist God
The...
As College Insurrection recently reported, CUNY was planning to pay David Petraeus an absurd amount of money for minimal teaching time. After public scrutiny, the school changed its mind.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
CUNY reduces Petraeus salary from $150,000 to $1
In an effort to quash a growing scandal over how...
Colorado Christian University student Haley Littleton notes a Winston Churchill quote, “a joke is a very serious thing.”
In an essay for The College Fix, Littleton goes on to describe the power of humor to win the votes of Young Americans:
When Republican activist Caleb Bonham wanted to spread the news about an...
Why not give Snowden the peace prize? President drone strike got one for doing absolutely nothing.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Red Alert Politics reports.
Swedish professor wants Edward Snowden to win Nobel Peace Prize
Edward Snowden is still on the hunt for a country — perhaps Russia — to take him in, but when one...
A few quick points on this story:
After more than an hour of exhaustive internet research, I have been unable to determine the party affiliation of the student who was convicted despite the fact that the story is linked by numerous news sources.
Young Americans feeling sad and unfulfilled after struggling to find a job worthy of their talents and education may take comfort in this list from Buzz Feed of 19 well known individuals whose careers got off to a rough start.
1. Jon Hamm: – At 27, Hamm couldn’t find any work and...
When New York’s Monroe Community College officials wondered why more students weren’t taking advantage of early registration, they took a look to find the source of the problem.
Simply put: Too much information.
The college had conducted research that showed students who registered earlier were more likely to succeed: they get financial aid...
We have been following covering cases that prove points made by Dr. Helen Smith’s in her new book, Men on Strike: Why Men are Boycotting Marriage, Fatherhood, and the American Dream — and Why It Matters
Last fall, Notre Dame University student Michael Bradley delivered a freshman orientation speech. In it, he...
National Review’s Ramesh Ponnuru is a brilliant writer and speaker who grasps the foundations of Conservatism better than most. It’s encouraging to know he is speaking to America’s young people.
Brian Miller of The College Conservative reports.
How Conservatism Forges Ahead
Ramesh Ponnuru, who is an editor at National Review, a columnist at Bloomberg,...
In a turn of events that insults the intelligence of minority students and their families, Alabama will now use race as a determining factor in the evaluation of students.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Education: Alabama officially expects less of blacks, Hispanics than whites
A recently implemented plan that allows Alabama to...
This debate took place online and you can read all of the participants’ points below. The winner is pretty clear.
The College Fix reports.
College Republican Trounces College Democrat in Texas Abortion Debate
A college Republican writer recently trounced a college Democrat one in dueling online debates regarding the Texas abortion legislation that has riled up the...
Dartmouth’s motto is Vox clamantis in deserto which means The voice of one crying in the wilderness.
One has to wonder if The Dartmouth Radical had that in mind when they organized their protest.
Nicholas P. Desatnick of Dartlog reports.
A Radical Failure
Late Sunday risers awoke this afternoon to find an email from The...
Conservative icon Thomas Sowell offers his summer reading list for National Review:
Instead of fighting the Japanese for every island stronghold as the Americans advanced toward Japan, MacArthur sent his troops into battle for only those islands that were strategically crucial. In the same spirit, parents who want to bring their brainwashed...
A federal appeals court has backed Boston College in its case for retaining most of the interview records on Northern Ireland that the British government (backed by U.S. authorities) wanted turned over to help with long term investigations.
The court reduced from 85 to 11 the number of oral history interviews Boston...
Applying to college can be a baffling process with all the paperwork and essays. Here are a few examples of questions that would make your application even more annoying.
Peter Jacobs of Business Insider reports.
The 15 Most Ridiculous College Application Questions
Tufts University has received some attention recently for its #YOLO-based application essay...
Patricia Murphy of The Daily Beast says that while everyone argues about student loan rates, they’re missing the bigger issue – the cost of college.
The Real College Crisis Isn’t About Student Loan Rates
Senators sparred Wednesday over whether and how to subsidize federal loans for college students, whose total debt load has...
The bad news: Millions of baby boomers about to retire before the next generation is ready to pay for generous retirement services.
The good news: Middle-aged Americans are planning to delay their “golden years” plans, so the impact of mass retirements may be delayed. Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed takes a...
Something else to blame on biochemistry!
A new study shows that students don’t necessarily learn more from “great” instructors than from average or poor ones.
Imagine you receive the same lecture twice: once from a charismatic lecturer speaking fluently without notes and maintaining eye contact; and again from a hesitant speaker, slumped over...
The board of Wilson College has decided to make the school co-ed but not everyone is pleased with the decision.
Jim Hook of Public Opinion Online reports.
Some alumnae still fighting to keep Wilson a college for women only
Some alumnae have not given up their fight to keep Wilson College a women’s college.
A...
Professor Guillermo Gonzalez may have written about intelligent design but he was never a member of the Weather Underground. Perhaps if he had been, there wouldn’t be any controversy.
FOX News reports.
Ball State comes under scrutiny for hiring professor who wrote book on intelligent design
Ball State University in Indiana is facing scrutiny...
