In Aggieland, this is known as “good bull.”
Brian Perroni writes at 247Sports:
Aggie band steps in when Georgia’s can’t make it
At this weekend’s SEC Women’s Basketball Tournament, the Texas A&M Hullabaloo band was...
Now that Darren Wilson has been cleared of wrongdoing, we should see multiple retractions from college newspapers.
Dave Huber of the College Fix reports.
Retrospective: How college newspapers smeared Officer Darren Wilson
Last Sunday The College Fix reported on how a (USC) Daily Trojan columnist called out the College Republicans on that campus for...
This one had to hurt:
Chip Patterson reports for CBS Sports:
The NCAA handed down its punishment to Syracuse University on Friday, charging the school with a failure to monitor its athletic department and put both the football and men’s basketball programs on five...
The George Washington University chapter of Young America’s Foundation wants to be exempted from LGBT sensitivity training and that made some people angry.
Bradford Thomas of Truth Revolt reported.
LGBT Activists Want GW Conservative Org Deemed A Hate Group
George Washington University’s Allied in Pride, a gay rights student group, wants GW’s Young America’s...
Who knew this was possible?
Fox News reports.
Paying for College: Yes, you can (and should) negotiate over price
This month, tens of thousands of high school seniors will find out whether they have been granted admission to the college of their choice. Those letters will be followed in short order by financial aid...
The student made the mistake of texting a girl too many times.
Dave Huber of the College Fix reports.
Ohio University student suspended for text messages sues school
Michael Marshall, a student at Ohio University who was suspended for a semester due to his text messages to a female student, has now sued...
Parents are left outraged and threatened to pull their kids out. Why is there no more homework at this NYC elementary school?
DNA info reports.
Elementary School Dumps Homework and Tells Kids to Play Instead
KIPS BAY — A public elementary school is abolishing traditional homework assignments and telling kids to play instead —...
I wonder what one wears to “prom-munism?”
KRQE News reports. Hat tip to Hot Air.
Seniors vote for Communism-themed prom
They’re calling it “prom-munism.” Seniors at an Albuquerque school want...
Jared Cohen, Director of Google Ideas, spoke at the George Bush library. He began by thanking President Bush for providing, “a frame of reference for what true leadership is.”
It’s worth the few minutes it takes to watch this.
Ian Hill from KAGS-TV in College Station reports:
COLLEGE...
I’d ask what the anti-second amendment crowd will think of next, but I’m not sure I want the answer to that question.
Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon writes:
Possession of a firearm by a person convicted of rape—a felony—is punishable by...
It’s great to hear some good news coming out of academia once in a while.
Victoria Razzi of the College Fix reports.
What these college students did for 12 hours might surprise you – in a good way
Millennials show altruistic side at Syracuse University
For a college student to dance for 12 hours straight...
A detail that a new documentary on sexual assaults stated was not depicted accurately.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
‘Hunting Ground’ Updated
The filmmakers behind “The Hunting Ground” — a searing new documentary about how colleges mishandle cases of campus sexual assault — have removed a statement featured in an earlier print of the film...
George Orwell was a good writer but he never could have imagined academia today.
Our friend Hans Bader writes at the Competitive Enterprise Institute.
University of California Dean: Academic Freedom Makes Students “Feel Unsafe”
Recently, the dean of the School of Social Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley condemned a professor’s constitutionally...
Being non-profit can be quite profitable.
The New York Times reports.
Some Owners of Private Colleges Turn a Tidy Profit by Going Nonprofit
After a recent government crackdown on the multibillion-dollar career-training industry, stricter limits on student aid and devastating publicity about students hobbled by debt and useless credentials, some for-profit schools simply...
Students are not always right and therefore should not always get what they want.
CBS News in Los Angeles reports.
UC Irvine Students Vote To Remove American Flag From Campus Lobby
Students at the University of California, Irvine, have voted for a more “inclusive space” by banning...
This victory comes from our parent site, Legal Insurrection. Students arrested while reading a Legal Insurrection post during a protest of an anti-Israel Student President have been vindicated.
Professor Jacobson writes:
Charges dropped against pro-Israel Ohio U. students
You may recall our extensive coverage of the Ohio University incident in which the student Senate...
Do journalists respond differently depending on their medium? Columbia’s Journalism School published a report comparing legacy journalist’ Twitter interactions with the Twitter interactions of digital journalists.
Who retweets whom? How digital and legacy journalists interact on Twitter
Since bloggers and citizen journalists became a fixture of the U.S. media environment, they have found...
I was going to make a Hogwarts joke here, but they beat me to it.
Dina Rickman of the Independent reported.
Someone created a Harry Potter themed sex education lesson
What’s the one thing missing from sex education lessons thus far? Magic, obviously.
Now two students at Boston University have changed that, after devising a...
The major you study and the college you attend will determine your return on investment. How can one get a better ROI? Study engineering, computer science, math, or business. Also, public schools are better than private schools, unless you were admitted to an Ivy League institution.
Where To Get The Best Return...
Once again, FIRE steps in to help students fight for free speech on campus.
From the FIRE blog.
Students Sue Dixie State U. Over ‘Free Speech Zone,’ Censorship of Bush, Obama, Che Flyers
Students filed a First Amendment lawsuit today against Utah’s Dixie State University, with assistance from the Foundation for Individual Rights in...
Wellesley College, one of the seven sisters, will now accept transgender women. Wellesley will become the third college to make this move.
The Boston Globe reported.
Wellesley College to accept transgender women
Wellesley College for the first time will admit transgender students who identify as women, the school announced to alumnae in a letter...
Why don’t gun control advocates trust young women to protect themselves with guns?
Awr Hawkins of Breitbart reported.
Everytown: Fight Campus Sexual Assault With Backpacks, Not Guns
Michael Bloomberg-funded gun control groups Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America are currently running a television ad against Campus Carry...
