According to Jacob Kohlhepp at The College Fix, the UCLA student government has found a loophole in university policy about political ethics and is exploiting it to “push a progressive political agenda.”
UCLA abuses student fees to push progressive causes ahead of election
At UCLA, student fees and taxpayer money is used by...
Not everyone thinks this is a good idea. In fact, lots of colleges don’t like it.
Matt Friedman of NJ.com reports.
Tuition freeze: N.J. Assembly passes 7 bills on higher education
A bill that would allow New Jersey college students to pay the same tuition for nine straight semesters is one step closer to...
History professor Emerson McMullen of Georgia Southern University is being accused of pushing his creationist and Christian religious views on students, often awarding extra credit to students whose views agree with his own. Notable atheist Richard Dawkins is leading the calls for an investigation into the professor’s academic conduct.
This type of...
This is a horrible story all around. It looks as though the young man had a history of mental illness.
Russell Westerholm of University Herald reports.
Cody Cousins, Purdue Student Convicted of Murder, Commits Suicide in His Cell
Cody Cousins, a 24-year-old man convicted of shooting a classmate in a Purdue University building, has...
Remember back in the early twentieth century when a group of women protested gender deciding what positions you could hold and jobs you could have? What was that group of women called again?
Maygan Beeler at The Post reports:
Student Senate to reform senate elections at Ohio University
With midterm elections rapidly approaching for candidates...
I know we shouldn’t be surprised by things like this anymore but it’s still disappointing.
Jim Windham of See Thru Edu reports.
NAS Study: U.S. College Reading Assignments Teach “Progressive Activism”
The National Association of Scholars released its annual comprehensive survey of books assigned to entering college freshmen this week (Beach Books 2013-2014: What...
There’s no such thing as a free lunch, except at UCSD apparently.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn reports for Campus Reform:
Che Guevara cafe protests eviction after failing to pay rent
In the guerrilla spirit of the venue’s namesake, University of California at San Diego (UCSD) students protested the school’s eviction of the Che Cafe Collective.
Students gathered...
This will make you want to tear your hair out.
Not only do almost all of these students know nothing about the American Civil War, they also have no idea who is currently the Vice President of the United States.
How can you even get into college without knowing these things?
The pot shops should just bus them over. Call it the canni-bus.
Seth Paxton reports for Fox News:
Road trip: Colorado pot shops lure college kids from nearby states
Neighboring Colorado is Oklahoma, a state where both medical and recreational marijuana is illegal. With little surprise to State of Oklahoma officials, Colorado marijuana has...
A horrific crime took place on Long Island, New York this week. A Farmingdale State College professor was killed by her son who had a history of mental illness. FOX News reported.
Professor beheaded in what witnesses first thought was Halloween prank
A man with a history of...
Remember the 17-year old who received oral sex from his 22-year old substitute teacher on her first day of work? Well, a month after this, the family is now suing the teacher and the D.C. school board.
Eric Owens reports for the Daily Caller:
Family Of 17-Year-Old Male Student Who Received Oral Sex...
Let me get this straight. Higher education is hyperventilating over “rape culture” but you can’t ask applicants if they’ve ever been arrested?
That makes sense.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports.
Colleges Agree Not To Ask If Applicants Have Been Arrested Because It’s A Discriminatory Question
Under an agreement with the New York State...
The source of the handout, given to 8-year-old students at a Tennessee elementary school, is apparently the Nation of Islam.
Todd Starnes at Fox News has the story:
School’s Nation of Islam handout paints Founding Fathers as racists
The mother of an eight-year-old wants to know why...
I assumed it had something to do with throwing people in a lake to see if they sink but KC Johnson of Minding the Campus has the real story.
How Judges of Campus Sex Offenses Are ‘Trained’
I’ve written frequently about the unfair, guilt-presuming processes that colleges and universities from Harvard to Occidental...
Yes, you read that right: there are people who are not only okay with killing unborn babies, but born babies as well. Where does it end?
Mairead McArdle at the College Fix has the story:
TRENDING: More college students support post-birth abortion
A trend seen by prolife activists that frequently engage college students on campuses...
There are quite a few things wrong with the way the survey was conducted. Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner breaks it down.
Hat tip to Instapundit.
1 in 6 MIT undergraduates have not been sexually assaulted
Another day, another false statistic trying to tell women that college campuses are no safer than the...
A “Jail ‘N’ Bail” Event put on by a sorority at Northwestern was canceled because a few students complained about it “making light of mass incarceration.”
Jeanne Kuang at The Daily Northwestern reports:
Kappa ‘Jail N’ Bail’ philanthropy event canceled after criticism
Organizers canceled a philanthropy event featuring a mock jail hosted by...
Remember when Cosmo was a fashion magazine and not an activist arm of the Democratic Party?
Lindsay Smith of the Technician reports.
Male models, party bus to bring student voters to polls
On Nov. 4, students in need of a ride to the polls will have the option take a party bus equipped with...
Do students these days not have anything better to protest?
Heyun Jeong at The Daily Californian has the story:
Students spring into opposition after Bill Maher announced as keynote speaker
In response to an announcement last week that comedian Bill Maher would speak at UC Berkeley’s fall commencement, an online petition started circulating Thursday...
In a new column at the Examiner, Hans Bader compares hysteria over campus rape with silence over Rotherham.
Progressive schizophrenia about campus rape
The Talmud says that “he who is kind to the cruel is cruel to the kind.” That aptly describes many “progressives,” who coddle rapists while seeking to brand innocent people...
In 2013, New York voters approved a law allowing multiple casino developments throughout upstate New York in order to bring more jobs to the financially-depressed region. Now it seems the casino developers are aiming to build their mega gambling and entertainment complexes near college campuses, where they know there are large,...
When did due process become something which must be defended?
Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner reports.
‘Yes means yes’ opposition: It’s about due process, not misogyny
It’s easy enough for women writers to attack men who write against “yes means yes” laws as crude misogynists. But it’s a simple and lazy response that...
