This story comes from sunny California at San Diego State University. Delta Sigma Phi is now defending itself after waving dildos to sexual assault protesters.
The fraternity believes the protesters have exaggerated the incident. Learn more about this Animal House like incident below.
SDSU frat defends itself, says dildo-waving claim exaggerated by activists
A Delta...
Indoctrinating another generation of liberal journalists, one class at a time.
Red Alert Politics reported.
Columbia’s journalism school promotes workshop hosted by Bloomberg’s anti-gun group
Students at Columbia’s School of Journalism have been invited to participate in a two-day “workshop for journalists on covering guns and gun violence,” sponsored by none other than Michael...
Courts recently approved WVU’s purchase of Beckley campus with contingencies.
Wendy Holdren of the Register-Herald reports:
UPDATE: Court approves WVU purchase of Beckley campus pending 30-day appeal window
Mountain State University’s final settlement has not yet been approved, but a mass litigation panel of judges on Friday approved West Virginia University’s $8 million offer...
This post is a little long but you have to read it all to appreciate the ironic ending.
Courtney Such reports at the College Fix.
MIT professor sparks culture war by saying feminism attacks ‘nerds’
Feminist workshops gave him ‘fresh paranoia and self-hatred to last me through another year’
When an MIT professor defended a disgraced colleague’s...
The financial services behemoth isn’t too optimistic about the future of nonprofit higher education.
Andy Thomason of The Chronicle of Higher Education writes:
Standard & Poor’s Issues Negative Outlook for Nonprofit Higher Education
Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has issued a negative outlook for nonprofit higher education for 2015, citing, among other things, tension...
Following the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal that rocked Penn State, the NCAA reached an agreement with the school to reinstate Paterno’s wins.
ESPN reports:
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State’s football team is getting back 112 wins wiped out during the Jerry S...
A teacher and her friend have shaved their head to show “black lives matter”. Read why they did this and hear professors analyze the meaning behind shaving your hair in this article by the College Fix.
Shaving your head shows that ‘black lives matter,’ or something
Here is what happens when you have...
They don’t want to offend anyone, you see.
Charles C.W. Cooke of National Review has the story.
Oxford University Press: Authors Shouldn’t Talk about Pork In Case They Offend Others
Per the BBC, Oxford University Press has instructed its authors to refrain from mentioning . . . pork. The International Business Times reports:
One of the biggest...
More news with fraternities in trouble sparking protest. This time at Clemson University, the student protesters are now trying to have criminal charges put against members of a fraternity that held a “gang- and rapper-themed “Crip’mas” party”.
The attacks against fraternity life increase. Greg Piper from The College Fix reports.
Fraternities punish their...
What could possibly be more feminist than the Vagina Monologues? I’m not sure I want to know.
Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner reported.
Here’s the reason this all-women’s college cancelled its yearly ‘Vagina Monologues’
The “Vagina Monologues” was once a yearly tradition at Mount Holyoke College, an all-women’s school in Massachusetts. But not...
What happens when the first amendment, a Facebook post, and University Administration get involved in a law suit?
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Court Revives First Amendment Suit on Facebook Post
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit revived a lengthy First Amendment lawsuit against Valdosta State University on Monday, reversing a lower...
Too bad he is the outgoing editor and a member of the class of 2015 at Princeton. Mr. Rochabrun criticizes fellow students that expect the school newspaper to push an agenda. He strikes back and pushes the point that his newpspaper staff strives to be “journalists first, students second”.
Princeton editor-in-chief calls...
Well that was quick. To find out what happened, just read the report below from Adam Bell of the Charlotte Observer.
Duke reverses decision, will not allow Muslim call to prayer at its chapel
In the face of mounting controversy, Duke University reversed itself Thursday afternoon and announced it will not allow a...
According to a study conducted by philosophy professor at Princeton, fields that require ‘innate brilliance’ are dominated by men and subsequently, punish women.
Madeline Will writes in The Chronicle of Higher Education:
Disciplines That Expect ‘Brilliance’ Tend to Punish Women, Study Finds
Here’s a downside to our cultural obsession with genius: It might...
There was a time when it was needed but the world has changed.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Professor admits Farce of Affirmative Action
Every now and then, academics drop their guard and reveal that one or another of the shibboleths that the modern academic world holds dear is—a sham. “The...
Parents, you know college is expensive. If you are a student and unaware of the price tag be grateful to your parents. Do you know why college is expensive and where all that tuition money goes?
The answer is finally given as Williams College, one of the nation’s best liberal arts colleges,...
It’s getting to the point where some schools define sexual harassment so broadly that almost anything qualifies.
Samantha Harris reports at the FIRE blog.
Speech Code of the Month: Georgia Southern University
Last month, we highlighted a policy change at Pennsylvania State University that tracks the recommendations made by OCR in its May 2013...
George Washington University is located in our nation’s capital. The system this university has put into place for handling sexual-assaults is poorly setup. The College Fix reports.
GW faculty have no idea how to handle sexual-assault reports
Whatever your thoughts on the fairness of the sexual-assault reporting system at George Washington University, its utter...
As Caleb Bonham points out below, nothing is free and the government usually gets its cost estimates wrong.
Watch the exchange:
Sterling Beard has more.
Campus Reform’s Caleb Bonham Talks About Obama’s #FreeCommunityCollege plan on Fox News
Last Thursday, President Obama announced a plan to make the first two years of community college free for...
Officers thought they were just investigating a low-level book store employee that was stealing. The case did not end there, but was traced to high-ranking officials of the college. Now the officers that discovered this are being threatened. The case does not end there though.
Read this article by Monica Hernandez for...
This should go over well.
According to the Duke Chronicle:
Duke’s bylaws state that the University’s aims are to “assert a faith in the eternal union of knowledge and religion set forth in the teachings and character of Jesus Christ” and specify that of the 36 elected members of the Board of Trustees—Duke’s...
If passed, this would make for record education spending in Florida.
Kathleen McGrory and Amy Sherman of the Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau write:
Gov. Rick Scott proposes record high education spending in Florida
TALLAHASSEE — After promising to boost education spending to a record high, Gov. Rick Scott on Monday released a plan to spend...
