When I think of heroes, I think of people who have achieved great feats. Women who get abortions don’t qualify in the slightest, regardless of your opinion on the legality and morality of abortion.
Kaitlyn Schallhorn reports for Campus Reform:
University celebrates ‘abortion heroes,’ commends illegal abortions
The University of North Carolina – Wilmington...
If you need to pay someone to teach you how to waste time on the internet, you really don’t belong in college.
Tina Nguyen of Mediaite has the story.
Ivy League School Offers Class Called ‘Wasting Time on the Internet’
Have you ever wanted to get college credit in dicking around on the internet?...
The magazine’s most recent cover story is about the near-impossibility of firing public school teachers.
From the Washington Post:
A Time magazine cover enrages teachers — again
Time magazine has done it again: It published a cover that has enraged teachers around the country, triggering protesting e-mails...
In a new video from Prager University, economist David Henderson explains why raising the minimum wage isn’t a good idea.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
What’s the perfect minimum wage: is it $10 an hour? $15? $20? How about zero? That’s right. Zero. While Congress discusses a minimum wage hike, economist David Henderson shows...
Colleges have begun using FERPA as an excuse for keeping silent an time they get caught doing something questionable.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
University of Houston wrongly invokes student-privacy law in sex assault case
The Student Press Law Center’s latest example of college administrators misusing the Family Educational Rights...
Of course, this exchange took place on MSNBC. Of course.
Breitbart news reports.
NYU Prof: Coverage of First Lady’s Arms Shows Fear of Strong Women
NYU Associate Professor Thuy Linh Tu argued that media coverage First Lady Michelle Obama’s arms shows “we’re always a little bit uncomfortable with a str...
First, they came for the Redskins…
Andrew Desiderio at The College Fix has the story:
Students say spear-wielding Aztec mascot offensive, demand its decommission
Some students at San Diego State University are pushing to scrap their “Aztec Warrior” mascot and its use of a spear, claiming they perpetuate “harmful stereotypes of Native Americans” and...
Well, what a surprise. They voted for a $15 minimum wage on campus but they don’t know how to make it happen.
It doesn’t sound like they thought this through very thoroughly.
Alisa Warren of The Post reports.
OU Student Senate lacks plan for $15 minimum wage
Ohio University Student Senate still wants the university...
Black conservative pundit Sonnie Johnson thinks so. It’s something I’ve always thought, too. Of course, not all of rap music’s content jives with conservative values, like the misogyny and glorification of drugs. However, rap is certainly pro-capitalist, individualist, and skeptical of government.
Taylor Walters writes for Campus Reform:
Rap is aligned with conservative...
It would be interesting to see this man’s transcripts.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reported.
NYC hatchet-terrorist who attacked cops for jihad had bachelor’s degree, attended Columbia as grad student
The maniac who used an ax against New York City cops in the name of jihad last week had roughly six years of...
Posters, chants, and bra burning won’t stop rapists, but a bullet will.
Chelsea Gruenwald writes for The College Conservative:
I Carry, Therefore I am Female
Thirty years ago, one gun shop’s customers were 90% male, but today they report an even split between men and women. This increase in female gun use and interest...
Does Tufts University officially support the BDS movement now? That’s the message this sends.
Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Tufts University Hosting Islamists to Train Students in ‘Direct Action’
A controversial Islamist group will gather at Tufts University on Friday for a weekend-long conference that will include training students to take...
No, this isn’t a headline stolen from the Onion.
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:
Rabbits given Swedish massages at Ohio State in $387,000 taxpayer-funded study
Ohio State University used a $387,000 National Institutes of Health grant to study the benefits of Swedish m...
The conference is meant for abstinent gay people who follow church teachings.
Heather Clark of Christian News reports.
Notre Dame University to Host Controversial ‘Gay in Christ’ Conference for Abstinent Homosexuals
Notre Dame University, a popular Roman Catholic institution, will host a controversial conference entitled “Gay in Christ: Dimensions of Fidelity” this week for...
The 22-year old D.C.-area substitute teacher performed oral sex on a 17-year old student on her first day at work. Her first day.
D.C. Substitute Teacher Arrested After Performing Oral Sex On Student
D.C. substitute teacher Symone Greene, 22, is charged with felony, first-degree...
I’m not sure all of the problems are the president’s fault. It looks as though Lincoln University is struggling with some higher ed bubble related issues.
Susan Snyder of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
A no-confidence vote for Lincoln University’s president
Citing falling enrollment, sluggish fund-raising, and a turnover in staff, the faculty union at...
In fact, anti-semitic acts occur about 8 times as often as the anti-Muslim acts that academia just loves to harp on.
Malcolm A. Kline at Accuracy in Academia has the story:
Anti-Semitism in Action
When faced with a choice between confronting two evils, elites—particularly academic ones—usually focus on...
Yikes. There are different strains of Meningitis and not every one will kill you but this is still pretty serious.
Grace Toohey of The Diamondback reports.
University of Maryland confirms multiple cases of meningitis
There are confirmed and suspected cases of viral meningitis and viral syndromes on campus, wrote David McBride, director of the...
Dave Huber at The College Fix argues that maybe we’ve gone a bit too soft on public school kids, and that, just maybe, police intervention is warranted:
Schools resort to police too often … for ‘routine’ discipline?
A recent article at Education News.org caught my attention: “Police: Schools Start Path to Criminal...
All those electronic gizmos can become very distracting.
Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog reports.
NYU Technology Prof Bans Student Use of Technology in His Classroom
Clay Shirky (NYU), Why I Just Asked My Students To Put Their Laptops Away:
I teach theory and practice of social media at NYU, and am an advocate and activist...
It seems these students don’t understand the Catholic part of Catholic school.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports.
Confused Students At Catholic College Call Lack Of Free Condoms ‘Pattern Of Injustice’
Hopelessly confused about how the Catholic Church and leaders at Jesuit universities view birth control, and blissfully unaware that a 36-count pack...
I think Reagan did more for everyone than Obama has.
Maggie Lit of Campus Reform reports.
Black, Democrat prof: Reagan did more to help black education than Obama
A black, Democratic professor blames President Obama for the disenfranchisement of historically black colleges and universities (HBCU), and credits Ronald Reagan for taking a stand for...
