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December, 2013  (Page 9)

Former Kenyon College Student Files Lawsuit Against School

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Posted by    Monday, December 9, 2013 at 9:30am

Here’s the story of another male student who’s trying to get his life back after being accused of sex crimes.

Hat tip to Instapundit who notes that despite an acquittal, the article never names the accuser.

The Kenyon Collegian reports.

Former student files lawsuit against college

Stephen Zingarelli, a former Kenyon student who was acquitted...

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Marquette U. Shocks Students with Textbook Written by Bill Ayers

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Posted by    Monday, December 9, 2013 at 8:00am

The last time we checked on Marquette University, it had just swapped an edgy sex workshop for “F***ing While Feminist” Speaker.

Administrators at this Catholic institution continue to make some fascinating academic choices.

Students at Marquette University reacted with surprise and dismay when they were informed that a textbook used in a freshman...

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Yale Student Questions Hillary Clinton’s Potential “Coronation”

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 5:00pm

While Professor Jacobson is upset Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren is not making a presidential run, many others are eagerly anticipating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to readily get the nomination and win.

Yale University student Harry Graver uses a smart literary analogy to convey some skepticism that Clinton will be the...

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Video – Alfonzo Rachel Examines Common Core Survey

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 3:30pm

PJ Media’s Alfonzo Rachel has taken a close look at Common Core, specifically the questions that appear on a CC survey.

Here’s the video description from YouTube.

From the folks who brought you Common Core, comes a survey of the political leanings of the students’ parents! Because, obviously, Common Core can’t be taught...

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As key element of unionization plans fails, NYU grad students rethink legal options

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 2:00pm

Graduate student at New York University are now rethinking their legal options after the school and a union scuttled a key element of their plan.

Graduate students hoping to unionize at private institutions had for years been counting on a National Labor Relations Board ruling to set a new precedent for their...

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UCLA Prof Notes Explicit Sex on Today’s Cable TV

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 12:30pm

The envelope is definitely being pushed. Consider shows like HBO’s Girls.

Nathan Harden of The College Fix reports.

Professor: Explicit Sex on Today’s Cable TV ‘Unthinkable’ a Few Years Ago

Cable television networks such as HBO and Showtime are making explicit sex, nudity, and violence commonplace on America’s TV screens, showing graphic content that...

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What Happened to Finland’s Once Great Education System?

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 11:00am

It looks like the American public school system isn’t the only one that seemingly has gone downhill.

Business Insider’s Education contributor Adam Taylor has a report on Finland’s education system, which was one considered the best in the world.

Since it was reformed 40 years ago, Finland’s education system has frequently been held...

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Auburn University Student Punished for Unproven Crimes

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 9:30am

File this under the war on men.

James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal has the story.

Taranto: An Education in College Justice

Joshua Strange will never forget the girl he met in May 2011.

Both were underclassmen at Alabama’s Auburn University when a common acquaintance introduced them. “We instantly became attached at the hip...

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Stanford Healthcare Market Expert Gives Obamacare a Poor Diagnosis

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Posted by    Sunday, December 8, 2013 at 8:00am

Jay Bhattacharya, an economics/medicine professor at Stanford University, who has studied the healthcare market for 20 years.

He recently chatted with a scholar at his institution, Devon Zuegel, and offered a long list of problems and concerns with Obamacare.

The Affordable Care Act requires insurance companies to accept all clients, including those with...

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Utah State U. Prof Asks about “Faith Diversity”

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 5:00pm

An anthropology professor at Utah State University plans to study the religious diversity environment on campus by interviewing students about their faith experiences.

Given the challenges faced by Christian and Jewish students at campuses across the country, this may be one diversity effort worth following.

It is Bonnie Glass-Coffin’s hope that the study...

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Lunenburg Football Racism Case Update – Mother of Victim Now Chief Suspect

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 3:30pm

We have followed the story of the high school football team in Lunenburg, MA from the beginning. See our prior reports here and here.

As the investigation continues, it’s looking more and more like another racism hoax.

David Abel and John R. Ellement of the Boston Globe provide an update.

Police focus on victim’s...

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Yale Police Responding to 7 “Knockout Game” Reports

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 2:00pm

Professor Jacobson recently reported that the detestable “Knockout Game” may have hit the campus of Cornell.

It looks like the game is now being played at Yale, too.

Yale students and New Haven residents are experiencing the arrival of a new crime pattern that has gained national attention in recent weeks — the...

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U. Alabama School Paper Apologizes When Cartoon Mentioning Obama is Deemed Racist

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 12:30pm

Dan Reimold is a blogger who writes at College Media Matters which doesn’t appear to be affiliated with the leftist outfit known as Media Matters for America. In a recent post, he described a predictable situation at the University of Alabama.

Crimson White ‘Obama’s America’ Cartoon Perceived as Racist, Prompts Public Apology

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Budget Battle: Comparing Enrollment vs Spending at Brown and Dartmouth

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 11:00am

One of the biggest budget- busters for colleges and universities is the administration.

Dartmouth alum Joseph Asch takes a detailed look at the spreadsheets for Brown University and his alma mater, noting that Brown now has 36% more students than Dartmouth.  Crunching the numbers, he reveals a core reason for the discrepancy...

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San Francisco State Student Poses With Knife “I want to stab an Israeli soldier.”

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 9:30am

The student, Mohammad Hammad, is a member of the school’s General Union of Palestine Students. The threat was deemed serious and The Simon Wiesenthal Center even issued a warning to Jewish students.

Lori Lowenthal Marcus of the Jewish Press reports. Hat tip to Weasel Zippers.

Did SFSU Student Post Selfie with Knife: ‘I...

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Portland Principal Says Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwiches are Racist

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Posted by    Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 8:00am

A quintessentially American lunch item is the peanut butter & jelly sandwich.  Yet, one principal has a unique perspective on this lunch staple.

Did you know that eating or even talking about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich could be considered racist?

That’s right.

Apparently, it’s because people in some cultures don’t eat sandwich...

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Yale to hold Non-Human Rights Conference

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Posted by    Friday, December 6, 2013 at 10:40pm

There were plenty of headlines about a lawsuit seeking a court ruling that four captive Chimpanzees were persons and entitled to

“the right to bodily liberty via a writ of habeas corpus. The suits, filed in New York Supreme Court, are based on scientific evidence proving that chimpanzees are self-aware and autonomous, and...

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Law Prof: Obama’s “Become The Very Danger The Constitution Was Designed To Avoid”

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Posted by    Friday, December 6, 2013 at 6:30pm

Professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington University Law School recently spoke to the House Judiciary Committee about the separation of powers.

Real Clear Politics provides the transcript of a key exchange.

REP. BOB GOODLATTE (R-VA): Professor Turley, the constitution, the system of separated powers is not simply about stopping one branch of government...

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Book’s Shock Revelation: Party Schools Hurt Campus and Community

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Posted by    Friday, December 6, 2013 at 5:00pm

A new book details campus and community hazards of thriving party school culture, and complacency of administrators who fail to address it.

Allie Grasgreen of Inside Higher Ed interviews the author of Party School: Crime, Campus, and Community, Karen G. Weiss (an associate professor of sociology at West Virginia University). Weiss details...

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Golden Parachutes for University Presidents Hurt College Students

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Posted by    Friday, December 6, 2013 at 3:30pm

Keep taking those federal loans, college students. University presidents are counting on you.

Avi Snyder of National Review writes.

University Presidents’ Farewell Packages Hurt Students

Skyrocketing college tuition continues to put pressure on families struggling to make do in a sluggish economy. Recall the median family income is approximately $53,000 a year — less...

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UVA Dean’s Email Trail Leads to Child Porn Charges

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Posted by    Friday, December 6, 2013 at 2:00pm

Some disturbing news from the University of Virginia, as one dean faces serious charges related to child pornography.

Robby Soave of The Daily Caller has these details:

Michael Morris, associate dean of UVA’s McIntyre School of Commerce, is accused of purchasing child porn through his university email account. The indictment against him claims...

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Princeton Music Prof Pens ‘Ballad for Trayvon Martin’

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Posted by    Friday, December 6, 2013 at 12:30pm

The Princeton University Orchestra is performing the world premiere.

Ronni Reich of the Star Ledger reports.

Princeton jazz professor composes ‘Ballad for Trayvon Martin’

When Anthony D.J. Branker heard about Trayvon Martin, he could not help but think of an experience he had in his early 20s, just after graduating from Princeton University.

“I was...

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