Why do today’s college students put up with these policies?
Michael Cipriano of the College Fix reported.
Nationwide, Campus Officials Govern How College Students Must Have Sex
New York University latest to mandate ‘Affirmative Consent’ sex policy
New York University this week became the latest campus to impose a new policy on students that requires...
First they say “don’t display sexually suggestive or derogatory objects, pictures, cartoons, or posters”, and then they offer programs like “O-Face Oral” and “BJs and Beyond” with programs featuring dildos and ‘vulva puppets.’ I don’t think we’re working with the same definition of sexually suggestive here.
Greg Piper at The College Fix...
Yesterday we reported that convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal is set to address students at Goddard College. Last night, Megyn Kelly spoke to the widow of the slain officer as well as a representative of the college.
In between Social Justice 101 and Fighting Through the Struggle 101 I bet these social justice majors will stop by Starbucks, open up their Macbooks, chat on Facebook. and read a few articles on Buzzfeed.
Maggie Lit of Campus Reform writes:
University to offer degree in ‘Social Justice Studies’
Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) will...
What kind of person does something like this?
Christian Datoc of the Daily Caller reported.
Preacher Pepper Sprayed On MSU Campus
Shawn Holes didn’t quite receive the welcome he expected from Montana State students on Tuesday afternoon.
Holes, also known as Shawn the Baptist, was preaching in a common area on the south side of...
Hint: They’re not. In fact, STEM seems to be doing quite well for itself.
Colleen Flaherty at Inside Higher Ed has the story:
Are STEM fields more gender-balanced than non-STEM fields in Ph.D. production?
Conventional wisdom says that while there are many barriers for women pursuing advanced degrees, the “pipeline” to the sciences, technology,...
In a new column at Time, Paglia suggests that over-hyped rape culture obscures real dangers faced by young women on campus.
Camille Paglia: The Modern Campus Cannot Comprehend Evil
The disappearance of University of Virginia sophomore Hannah Graham two weeks ago is the latest in a long series of girls-gone-missing cases that often...
Students were outraged that U. Michigan quarterback Shane Morris suffered a concussion mid game and was immediately put back into play, risking even further massive head trauma and potentially even death.
Scott Jaschik at Inside Higher Ed has the story:
Protests and controversy over how U. of Michigan responded to athlete’s concussion
University of...
In a new video from Prager University, Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute looks at America’s debt and offers a few suggestions on how to deal with it.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
Everyone complains about America’s debt, and rightly so, but how do we get out of it? As Cato’s Michael Tanner explains,...
As part of the National Day of Protest Against Rape Culture, about one hundred Cornell students gathered to give speeches, read poems, and dragged around a mattress in order to bring about the end of “rape culture.”
From the Review Blog:
“End Rape Culture” Protest at Cornell Targets President Skorton
Students gathered on Ho...
How sadly unsurprising.
If Ann Coulter or some other conservative wants to speak on campus all hell breaks loose.
Convicted cop killer? No problem.
Dave Boyer of the Washington Times reported.
Cop-killing ex-Black Panther to give college commencement address
A convicted cop killer and former Black Panther whose case helped to derail one of President Obama’s...
This is no joke, repeat, no joke.
So it goes: In recent years climate change has been “partly” responsible for drought conditions across the Middle East, including in Syria, provoking anger at Assad’s leadership thereby giving birth to ISIS.
While I agree climate conditions can affect economics ones, and economic conditions can affect...
George Leef explains why in a recent post at See Thru Edu.
How ‘Gentle’ Repayment Terms for Student Loans Hurt Everybody
It’s just inevitable – any time the government decides to be generous with taxpayer money, interest groups will start scheming for ways to maximize their take, and politicians will start scheming to...
Alex McHugh at the College Fix explains why all this talk of “civility” and students’ “comfort” is dragging education into a censorious ditch:
College Students Must Grow Thicker Skin: An Argument Against Civility
In the latest campus free-speech showdown, Yale’s Muslim Student Association, along with other campus groups, pressured the William F. Buckley...
Based on current campus sex laws, I hope the event features a session about getting sworn witnesses and signed affidavits beforehand.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Public University’s Sex Week Includes ‘Negotiating Successful Threesomes’ Event
The University of New Mexico has launched its first-ever “Sex Week” observance this week with a controversial agenda...
I found some “stuff” on her time at the University of Southern California, but I’ll write about that some time soon.
Elizabeth Garrett, USC provost, named Cornell’s 13th president
The Cornell University Board of Trustees today approved the appointment of Elizabeth Garrett, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University...
You knew this question would be asked eventually, didn’t you?
Jake New writes at Inside Higher Ed.
Banning Frats?
This month was not kind to the already-embattled image of the American college fraternity.
Wesleyan University announced that its fraternities would have to go coeducational amid a push from students and faculty members who say that fraternities...
It’s not technically burning books, but hey, it’s the thought that counts, right?
Kasey Marie Shores at The College Fix has the story:
Student Newspapers Destroyed Over Christian Crisis Pregnancy Center Ad
Hundreds of copies of Drake University’s student paper The Times-Delphic were recently destroyed, allegedly because it consistently ran an advertisement for a Christian...
You wouldn’t think it would be so difficult to get such a group approved at Notre Dame. Isn’t this the position of the Catholic Church?
The FIRE blog reports.
After Denial, Group Opposing Same-Sex Marriage Approved at Notre Dame
NOTRE DAME, Ind., September 30, 2014—Months after being rejected on the grounds that it was...
