Don’t worry, the Battle of Bulge can be beaten.
NBC News reports.
College Students: That Dreaded Freshman 15 Is Avoidable
The Freshman 15 is one of the most feared side effects of a student’s first year of college.
And though studies have found it’s not as bad as it sounds — and that the average...
All the talk about rape culture and sex assaults has got colleges over compensating with tons of talk about sex.
From the Associated Press via ABC News.
Sex Talk Part of Curriculum Under New York Campus Safety Law
They’d barely arrived on campus at St. Bonaventure University, but already the new students were talking...
Frozen yogurt. That’s right, frozen yogurt. Froyo because YOLO?
USA Today reports:
College students order more frozen yogurt than any other food
College students are not generally known for their healthy eating habits. It isn’t until you leave home that you realize cooking is a lot harder than your parents made it look.
Ordering food...
Here are some mistakes to be avoided.
Time reports.
6 Common Money Mistakes College Freshmen Make
College freshmen across the country are settling in at school for the first time and, with the high cost of tuition, money is in short supply. But even if they’ve gotten great deals on their textbooks and saved...
It was a student owned drone and luckily, no one was hurt. This is clearly a 21st century problem.
FOX Sports reported.
Another drone crashes in stadium, this time at Kentucky
A student’s drone crashed into a part of newly renovated Commonwealth Stadium before the Wildcats faced Louisiana-Lafayette in the season opener, Kentucky officials...
Eight charter schools are currently set to open in the state. No one really knows what to do next.
The Seattle Times reports.
State Supreme Court: Charter schools are unconstitutional
After nearly a year of deliberation, the state Supreme Court ruled 6-3 late Friday afternoon that charter schools are unconstitutional, creating chaos for hundreds...
It’s amazing what some people on the left will admit if you just let them talk long enough.
The College Fix reports.
Feminist research fellow: Put all men ‘in some kind of camp’
In an interview with the website radfem collective, founder of the group Justice for Women and research fellow at the University...
This is what capitalism does. And some still want communism?
Cornell Review reports.
Capitalists Wreak Havoc at Cornell By Donating Millions of Dollars
Those dastardly capitalists are at it again.
In late June, Cornell’s Department of Biomedical Engineering received a $50 million gift from the Meinig family, prominent benef...
Microaggressions are a big problem, right? Mary Grabar of the Federalist has a plan to deal with them.
A Modest Proposal For Ending Campus Microaggressions
While college students have been touring Europe, saving rainforests, or interning at high-powered government offices, college faculty and administrators have been preparing for...
Hard liquor is now considered contraband at University of Missouri fraternities.
KMBC reports:
University of Missouri fraternities ban hard alcohol
University of Missouri fraternities will not be able to have hard alcohol at social events this year and any violations will be immediately reported to the Office of Student Conduct...
Don’t people ever get tired of being offended by everything?
The College Fix reports.
U. of Nebraska vice-chancellor to students: Your tailgate t-shirts are offensive due to Native American imagery
The University of Nebraska’s vice chancellor for student affairs is not happy about some t-shirts that fans are wearing during football tailgate festivities.
Juan N....
This is incredibly concerning.
The New York Post reports:
Colleges brainwash students into believing 9/11 was our fault
Not all of us will be mourning 9/11 victims and their families this Friday on the 14th anniversary of the attacks. Hundreds of college kids across the country will instead be taught to sympathize with...
Perhaps if more colleges were run by people from the business world, higher education wouldn’t be in such a mess.
Kellie Woodhouse reports at Inside Higher Ed.
Unpopular Pick
Come November, the University of Iowa will have a businessman with little experience in academe at its helm — and many faculty members and others...
Some college professors have made an unsafe place for themselves.
The Academe Blog reports.
On Becoming the Enemy We Fight
A supplementary Report on the AAUP-Censured Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge appeared today. It deals with the dismissal of Teresa Buchanan:
Buchanan, a specialist in early childhood education with an unblemished eighteen-year performance record, was...
Have we really gotten to the point where this is acceptable?
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reports.
PORNHUB Is Offering $25,000 College Scholarship For Good Grades, Leadership
College tuition prices have skyrocketed well over 1,100 percent in real dollars since 1978 across the United States. Students are taking on staggering amounts of debt....
Finally, some support for the first amendment on campus.
FIRE reports.
Purdue’s Dean Supports Free Speech Without Ifs, Ands, or Buts
As dedicated Torch readers know, I’ve been known to engage in a rant or two about university presidents who wax poetic about the value of free speech and then go on to carve...
IS joining a college honors program worth the extra work required?
USA Today explores:
Should I join my college’s honors program?
College honors programs are designed to facilitate academic challenges and growth opportunities for exceptionally motivated students. These programs may have a generalized scope, or certain schools may offer a variety of honors programs...
A law professor from the University of Miami is concerned about the increase of “yes-means-yes” sexual assault laws and argues they’re shifting the burden of proof in a detrimental way.
Ashe Schow writes for the Washington Examiner:
Miami law professor criticizes burden of proof shifting
A University of Miami Law professor is criticizing...
Hillary might have a problem with support from the college crowd.
Derek Draplin reports at the College Fix.
After ‘Ready for Hillary’ image prompts anger, UMich deletes it off Facebook
Not everyone at the University of Michigan is ‘Ready for Hillary,’ apparently
After a University of Michigan Facebook post depicting a student with a “Ready...
Have you noticed that you never hear this sort of rhetoric in academia about Democrats?
Meghan Keenan of Red Alert Politics reported.
UMass Amherst communications professor calls Republicans ‘American terrorists’
A communications professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst thinks Republicans are “American terrorists,” and conservative Supreme Court justices are “frat-boy fascists.”
The Liberty Standard...
College football is different in this era.
ESPN reports.
Have we reached college football free agency?
Over a period of four days, two of the inaugural College Football Playoff teams replaced their Heisman-Trophy-winning quarterbacks with graduate transfers, fifth-year players who set foot on campus with their eligibility unencumbered by a redshirt year.
Oregon named Vernon...
Can you imagine if the roles were reversed here?
The Media Research Center reported.
Vanderbilt Women’s Center to Lecture Men on ‘Healthy Masculinities’
Vanderbilt University’s Women’s Center will be hosting a week-long event dedicated to lecturing men about what it means to have “healthy masculinity.”
The “Healthy Masculinities Week” is sponsored by Vanderbilt’s Margaret Cuninggim...
