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December, 2015  (Page 8)

Trump is Tops With Young Republican Voters

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Posted by    Friday, December 11, 2015 at 3:30pm

A new Harvard poll finds good news for Donald Trump among young Republicans.

The College Fix reports.

Trump top choice among young Republican voters, Harvard poll finds

The latest Harvard Institute of Politics poll of 18- to 29-year-olds found that young Republicans’ first choice in their party’s presidential primary is Donald Trump.

The poll results,...

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Black Student Union Protesters Cause Disruption at Eastern Michigan U.

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Posted by    Friday, December 11, 2015 at 2:00pm

Protesters yelled, banged on objects and carried on in a loud fashion.

How is this fair to other students?

Campus Reform reports.

VIDEO: EMU’s Black Student Union disrupts classes, blocks cars

Members of the Black Student Union at Eastern Michigan University stormed the halls and classrooms of Pray Harrold Tuesday afternoon, promising the protests would...

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An Outline for A Plan to Restore Free Speech on College Campuses

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Posted by    Friday, December 11, 2015 at 12:30pm

We are at a crisis point and in need of a plan.

National Review reports.

A Plan to Restore Free Speech on Campus

The slowly metastasizing assault on free speech that has played out on American college campuses since the 1960s has reached a crisis point. What’s needed is a concrete plan to restore...

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Matt Damon to Give MIT Commencement Address

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Posted by    Friday, December 11, 2015 at 11:00am

Damon acknowledges that he never could have gotten into MIT so at least he’s honest.

CNS News reports.

Matt Damon selected to deliver MIT commencement address

Matt Damon shot to fame in the 1997 movie “Good Will Hunting” as a gifted janitor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Now, he has been selected to...

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Pomona College Students Using ‘Latinx’ for Inclusivity

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Posted by    Friday, December 11, 2015 at 9:30am

It began in academic literature about two years ago.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

Students adopt gender-nonspecific term ‘Latinx’ to be more inclusive

Anyone following the recent protests on college campuses may have noticed a word that simply didn’t exist a year or two ago — Latinx.

At Pomon...

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College Student Sues School Over Free Speech Policy

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Posted by    Friday, December 11, 2015 at 8:00am

It’s surprising that this hasn’t happened more often.

The Daily Signal reports.

College Student Takes a Stand Against Campus Free Speech Policy, Sues School

A student at an Arizona community college is challenging her school’s so-called “speech zone,” arguing the policy “severely limited” her right to free speech and due process.

Brittany Mirelez, a freshman...

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University of Mississippi Decides Christmas Implies Too Much Christianity

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Posted by    Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 6:30pm

Another school is getting in the Christmas spirit by dissing the meaning of Christmas.

Eric Owens reports at the Daily Caller.

Ole Miss Rebrands Christmas Party Because ‘Christmas’ Implies ‘Too Much Christianity’

The University of Mississippi is the latest taxpayer-funded school to forbid the word “Christmas” over concerns that it may offend someone.

This year,...

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UC Irvine Chancellor Condemns Trump in Email to Entire Campus

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Posted by    Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 5:00pm

Remember all the times college leaders have spoken out this way against Democrats?

Neither does anyone else.

The College Fix reports.

Public university chancellor condemns Trump in email to entire campus

UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman on Tuesday sent an email to the entire campus community – professors, students and employees – to denounce Donald...

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Op-Ed: College Quotas Are Bad for Minorities

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Posted by    Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 3:30pm

In a new column at the New York Post, Betsy McCaughey argues that racial quotas for colleges actually hurt minorities.

College quotas are actually destroying lives of minorities

Today the US Supreme Court hears a constitutional challenge to racial preferences in college admissions. These preferences obviously hurt whites and Asians turned down to...

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Occidental College Students Are Asked if They Hate Free Speech

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Posted by    Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 2:00pm

Reason TV recently visited the campus of Occidental College and asked students to explain their views on free speech.

This is difficult to watch.

Here’s more:

Do College Students Hate Free Speech? Let’s Ask Them.

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Outbreak at Chipotle Sickens 80 Boston College Students

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Posted by    Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 12:30pm

Members of the basketball team are among those sick.

ABC News reports.

Boston College: 80 Sickened After Eating at Chipotle

Boston College said the number of students reporting gastrointestinal symptoms after eating at a Chipotle this weekend has climbed to 80.

On Monday, the school had said 30 students, including members of its men’s basketball...

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The ACLU is Enabling Campus Protesters’ Fight Against Free Speech

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Posted by    Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 11:00am

It’s almost like the ACLU is putting left wing politics above civil liberties.

From the U Express.

ACLU Silence Enables Campus Anti-Free Speech Movement

The Radio Television Digital News Association recently presented its new First Amendment Defenders Award to Tim Tai, a student journalist who was hired by ESPN to cover the anti-racism protests...

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States Where College Grads Are Most Likely to Get Jobs

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Posted by    Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 9:30am

Head over to Massachusetts.

Business Insider reports.

The 10 states where college graduates have the best chance of getting a job

The job search process is never fun, and is far from easy — but for college graduates, your luck could vary depending on what state you’re looking in.

In a recent report, Georgetown University’s...

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College Students Protest Campus Building Named “Lynch”

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Posted by    Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 8:00am

Campus protesters are obvious;y just looking for something to be against. This is ridiculous.

Ashe Schow reports at the Washington Examiner.

Student protesters jump the shark: Can’t even handle the name ‘Lynch’

Student protesters at Lebanon Valley College have managed to encapsulate everything outsiders see as wrong with the current campus “revolution”: privileged students...

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Republicans Threaten Cuts to University of Tennessee Knoxville Over Anti-Christmas Flap

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 6:30pm

Good. It’s about time someone stood up to these politically correct goons.

The Washington Post reports.

Republicans threaten funding cuts after university urges leaving Christmas out of holiday celebrations

In Tennessee this holiday season, people are fighting about how to celebrate.

It started when the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s office of diversity...

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University of Maryland to Offer Law Course About Freddie Gray

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 5:00pm

Black Lives Matter makes its way into the academy once again.

Erica Baum reports at Campus Reform.

U. of Md. to extend Freddie Gray law course to undergrads

Amidst the onset of the trial against Officer William Porter last week over the death of Freddie Gray , the University of Maryland announced it is...

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College President Salaries Rise With the Cost of Higher Education

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 3:30pm

Who could have guessed that this would happen?

Anthony Hennen reports at Red Alert Politics.

College president salaries continue to rise with the cost of higher education

A new survey of college presidents revealed an uptick in presidential compensation as students complain about rising costs in higher education.

The median salary for the top chief...

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Why Have Administrators Let the Angry Few Take Over?

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 2:00pm

The inmates have taken over the asylum. Where are the college leaders?

Jesse Saffron writes at Minding The Campus.

Limp Administrators Let the Angry Few Take Over

The tumultuous, racially charged demonstrations that rocked American campuses this fall show few signs of abating. In fact, they’re spreading across the country because student activists have...

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Westwood College Will Not Be Accepting New Students

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 12:30pm

This comes after another multimillion-dollar settlement with a state attorney general.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

For-profit Westwood College won’t accept new students

For years, Westwood College fought off allegations of deceptive marketing and recruitment practices.

The for-profit institution, based in Colorado under the privately held Alta Colleges company, announced last month that it would stop...

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Former Wesleyan Newspaper Editors Sign Letter Defending Free Press

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 11:00am

It’s good to see these people defending freedom of speech and the press.

Alex Morey reports at the FIRE blog.

Dozens of Former Wesleyan Newspaper Editors Sign Letter Defending ‘Argus,’ Free Press

More than 50 former editors of The Wesleyan Argus have signed onto an open letter expressing “deep disappointment and concern” over the...

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Student Loan Forgiveness for Government Employees is Just a Bad Policy Idea

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 9:30am

Just bad policy to please some interest groups.

Forbes reports.

It’s Hard To Contain Bad Policy Ideas — ‘Public Service’ Loan Forgiveness, For Example

Politicians are usually eager to be generous with the money taken from taxpayers, especially when it helps them gain favor with some interest group. A good illustration is the Public...

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Colleges Deny Christianity At Tree Lighting Ceremonies

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 8:00am

Maybe Christian college students should just start ignoring politically correct administrators.

Jennifer Kabbany reports at the College Fix.

At tree-lighting ceremonies, one university forbids Christian song, another deletes word ‘Christmas’

At one university, a student Christian a cappella group was not allowed to sing a song about Jesus at a campus tree-lighting ceremony. At...

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