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September, 2013  (Page 4)

Scholars at UNC Chapel Hill Claim Republicans Want To Harm Black Women, Kill Kids

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Posted by    Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 12:30pm

The hate filled rhetoric of the left is truly out of control on some college campuses.

Ben Smith of The College Fix reports.

Scholars: Republicans Want To Harm Black Women, Kill Kids, Destroy Schools and Take U.S. Hostage

CHAPEL HILL – Abortion safety laws make it “more dangerous for the black woman’s body.” Republican...

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UC Berkeley Student: Parents need to teach kids how to handle their liquor

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Posted by    Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 11:00am

Shockingly, one University of California – Berkeley student is opposing the Berkeley City Council’s big government response to a wave of binge-drinking hospitalizations that occurred during the campus “Welcome Week”.

Maximilian Pitner says that instead of spending money to enforce underage drinking laws, a more European approach offers a better...

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U. Portland student attends college with help from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

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Posted by    Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 9:30am

Here’s a heartwarming story you won’t hear from the liberal media. Clarence Thomas is helping a young woman he met attend college. And she’s a Democrat.

Casey Parks of The Oregonian reports.

University of Portland student gets help, inspiration from controversial Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Some of Dakota Garza’s classmates plan to protest...

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Florida Atlantic U. Prof Claims Navy Shipyard Assault Staged

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Posted by    Sunday, September 22, 2013 at 8:00am

Florida Atlantic University topped the 2013 list of “Worst Placed to Attend College.”

The following story shows that the institution is pulling ahead in the race to the top….of the same list for 2014.

A Florida Atlantic University communications professor known for conspiracy theories has posted a series of pictures, audio clips, memos...

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Cornell Student on the Disturbing Trend Toward Campus Censorship

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Posted by    Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 5:00pm

With speech codes and “free speech zones” now entrenched in many campuses, students are becoming more aware that their First Amendment rights are at risk.

Cornell University student Julius Kairey offers his insights on this disturbing trend in The Cornell Daily Sun.

Are American free speech norms too permissive of offensive and hateful...

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Brave Conservative Harvard Student Puts Bush/Cheney Sticker on his Laptop

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Posted by    Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 3:30pm

If this kid has a decent voice he’s probably going to have a successful career in talk radio. I love this story.

Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.

Harvard Student Picks Fights With Bush/Cheney Campaign Sticker

Harvard University student John “Jack” Kocsis has received some eyerolls and sneers from peers this month after...

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“Death of an Adjunct” Gives Birth to Debate

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Posted by    Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 2:00pm

Professor Glenn Reynolds recently featured an article on the the death of a longtime, penniless Duquesne U. instructor that seems to illustrate the plight of adjunct professors.

Inside Higher Ed’s Colleen Flaherty takes a look at the ensuing debate across academia about the working conditions of part-time staff members.

A column in the ...

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Wisconsin Art Teacher’s first graders just happen to draw anti Scott Walker pictures

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Posted by    Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 12:30pm

The teacher actually claims that her first and second grade students came up with horrible drawings of Scott Walker on their own.

Uh huh. Sure.

Ryan Ekvall of the Wisconsin Reporter has the story.

Madison elementary art teacher posts students’ anti-Walker cartoons

MADISON — Some kindergartners, first-graders and second-graders in Madison public schools are apparently...

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Hillsdale Student: Utterly Factless – The Gun Control Cult

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Guest Post by Isaac Morrison    Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 11:00am

Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel infamously said “never let a serious crisis go to waste,” and liberals have followed this credo with the Navy Yard shooting. It took no time at all for liberal pundits and media to bemoan the evils of guns. So little time, in fact,...

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Baylor U. Student: Why the Constitution is Important

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Posted by    Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 9:30am

In honor of this week’s “Constitution Day” celebrations, Baylor University student Danny Huizinga highlights why our founding document is still revered.

“We the people, in order to form a more perfect union…” They are words most of us are familiar with.

Akhil Amar, a Yale professor and constitutional expert, says these words were...

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Kansas Journalism Prof. who wished death on NRA children suspended

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Posted by    Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 8:00am

Yesterday, we reported on Kansas journalism professor David Guth who wished death on children of NRA members.

Katherine Timpf of Campus Reform is now reporting that Guth has been suspended.

‘Disgraceful:’ University suspends prof who hoped for murder of NRA children

Administrators at the University of Kansas have suspended the journalism professor who suggested...

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Florida College Offers Master’s Degree in Drone Warfare

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Posted by    Friday, September 20, 2013 at 6:30pm

Given the tendencies of the Obama Administration to use drones frequently, one college has smartly decided to offer a degree program focusing on a obvious growth industry.

Secured inside a room you need a U.S. passport to enter is a modern arcade of war machines.

‘It looks like a gamer’s paradise: A comfortable...

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Political Diversity Included in New Non-Discrimination Policy at U. Colorado

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Posted by    Friday, September 20, 2013 at 5:00pm

This isn’t perfect but it’s a step in the right direction. Kudos to the University of Colorado.

Brittany Anas of the Daily Camera reports.

CU adds political affiliation, gender identity to nondiscrimination policy

In a kumbaya moment Tuesday, the University of Colorado Board of Regents voted 8-0 to approve a resolution that expands the...

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Kansas Journalism Prof Targets NRA Members’ Kids in Tweet

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Posted by    Friday, September 20, 2013 at 3:30pm

Legal Insurrection just reported that “angry tweets are polluting Twitter“.

One Kansas journalism professor just posted a tweet so angry it may require an armed squad of EPA agents to handle the situation.

A journalism professor at the University of Kansas (KU) turned to Twitter on Monday to suggest he would like to...

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New Obamacare ad Aimed at College Students Will Haunt Your Dreams

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Posted by    Friday, September 20, 2013 at 2:00pm

Mind you, this isn’t a pro-Obamacare ad, it’s an anti-Obamacare ad which obviously seeks to educate college students about the downsides of the Affordable Care Act.

Chris Moody of Yahoo News is clearly on the side of the Obama administration but he makes a valid point about the scary tone of the...

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Texas Parents Protest 2nd Amendment Rewrite in High School AP History Text

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Posted by    Friday, September 20, 2013 at 12:30pm

Earlier this year, we noted that a report indicated that some American History college courses contained more diversity than facts.

Now, it looks like some high school courses don’t even have the facts, as essential elements are being rewritten to promote the progressive worldview.

The Second Amendment the Founding Fathers wrote: “A well...

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CA College Stops Student from Handing Out Constitutions on Constitution Day

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Posted by    Friday, September 20, 2013 at 11:00am

Last year, we reported that Michigan State University invited a Communist professor as a highlight of their Constitution Day activities.

This year, our choice for the “Constitution Day Curmudgeon College” is one located in California.

In a stunning illustration of the attitude taken towards free speech by too many colleges across the United...

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Disparate-impact regulations harm young people, increase cost of getting a job

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Posted by    Friday, September 20, 2013 at 9:30am

Earlier, I wrote about the Obama administration’s attempt to inject a race-conscious “disparate impact” provision into colorblind anti-discrimination laws like the Fair Housing Act, and how that could lead to risky, race-conscious lending, bad loans, and future bank failures and financial meltdowns. But the financial system isn’t the only thing harmed...

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Victor Davis Hanson Examines the Decline of Higher Ed

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Posted by    Friday, September 20, 2013 at 8:00am

Victor Davis Hanson is one of the most revered conservative thinkers in America today and for good reason. In a new article at National Review, he absolutely skewers everything that’s going wrong with higher education.

Hat tip to Ace of Spades HQ.

The Decline of College

For the last 70 years, American higher education...

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Liberal Profs at Purdue Plan Howard Zinn ‘Read-In’

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Posted by    Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 6:30pm

As we’ve reported, leftist historian Howard Zinn is the hero of Hollywood and the academic left. Now that Mitch Daniels, a conservative, is running Purdue and had the audacity to challenge the teachings of...

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Parents force AZ high school to yank sexually explicit book

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Posted by    Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 5:00pm

Showing that parents still have power over the curriculum of their schools, at least on the local level, one Arizona school has been forced to pull a very sexually explicit book.

Sierra Vista school administrators yanked a book from classes this week following parental complaints of sexually graphic material.

The novel “Dreaming in...

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13 Tips for Jobless College Grads Living at Home

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Posted by    Thursday, September 19, 2013 at 3:30pm

Megan McArdle of Bloomberg offers some genuine common sense advice in this article.

13 Tips for Jobless Grads on Surviving the Basement Years

1. You need to take a job, any job. Every time you leave your house, or otherwise make contact with the real world, you create opportunities for something good to...

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