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February, 2016  (Page 4)

Black Democrat Student is Called ‘Uncle Tom’ for Defending Free Speech

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Posted by    Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 9:30am

This is racism, straight up.

The College Fix reports.

Black, Democrat student called ‘Uncle Tom’ for defending free speech

Uncle Tom. Ben Carson. Clarence Thomas.

Those are just a few of the names 20-year-old Zach Wood said he has been called by peers this school year as a student at Williams College, an elite New...

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Companies Can Help Pay For College

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Posted by    Sunday, February 21, 2016 at 8:00am

Target, Staples and Home Depot are among the brands that offer employees cash for college.

US News reports.

Ask Your Company to Help Pay for College

Even if your company doesn’t offer money for college, your boss might know of other scholarships.

Many scholarships to help pay for college are competitive and see hundreds –...

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Cornell ‘Climate Action Plan Rally’ Ends Up Being A Dud

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Posted by    Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 5:00pm

This is in response to Cornell’s decision not to go “carbon neutral” by 2035.

The Cornell Review reports.

Cornell ‘Climate Action Plan Rally’ a Dud, Students Complain of Cold and Retreat Into Fossil Fuel-Heated Building

A handful of student protesters gathered on Ho Plaza Thursday afternoon to denounce Cornell’s policy reversal on the Climate...

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Student Loan Forgiveness Can Lead to a Hefty Tax Bill

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Posted by    Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 3:30pm

You can pay now or pay later but you will pay.

Red Alert Politics reports.

Student loan forgiveness = Big tax bill

Congratulations! You did it. It took four long years of studying and hard work, but the day has finally come and you have earned your degree. Sure, you had to take out...

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High School Habits Not Suitable For College

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Posted by    Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 2:00pm

Be ready for some changes.

USA Today reports.

Your high school study habits may not work in college, here’s why

No matter how many AP courses you’ve taken, there’s no denying that college academics are typically much, much more rigorous than high school academics. So while you may have done “just fine” in high...

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Student Protests Follow Milo Yiannopoulos Campus Speaking Tour

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Posted by    Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 12:30pm

Delicate college students can’t handle the truth Milo speaks.

Josh Logue reports at Inside Higher Ed.

The Next Ann Coulter

In a packed auditorium Wednesday, several students at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities interrupted ultradivisive conservative writer and speaker Milo Yiannopoulos with blaring air horns. Outside, more student protesters held signs reading “End...

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Is A Degree Worth Having Debt?

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Posted by    Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 11:00am

The big question.

WHOTV reports.

Is a College Degree Worth Student Debt?

DES MOINES, Iowa — On average, more than 70 percent of graduates are leaving college and entering the workforce in debt.

Americans collectively owe more than $1.3 trillion in student loan debt — a figure that’s growing at a rate of nearly $3,000...

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Pagans Join Increasingly Diverse Pro-Life Youth Movement

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Posted by    Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 9:30am

Pagans, Christians and atheists united by pro-life issues? Who knew this was possible?

The College Fix reports.

Pagans join increasingly diverse pro-life youth movement led by atheists and feminists

‘I hope that our courage will awaken other fellow pagans to do the right thing’

A movement long dominated by conservative Christian voices is making room...

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College Students at George Mason University Unable to Identify Reagan

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Posted by    Saturday, February 20, 2016 at 8:00am

One student guessed Bill Clinton.

The Daily Signal reports.

College Students Don’t Recognize Ronald Reagan

A video shows “politically challenged” college students are unable to identify former President Ronald Reagan in a photograph.

“Was that a former president?” a student majoring in government and international politics at George Mason University asked when shown the picture...

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Purdue Staffer Who Resigned Over Rape Comment Now Suing Pro-Life Group

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Posted by    Friday, February 19, 2016 at 6:30pm

A pro-choice university employee resigned over a perceived rape threat in an abortion argument.

The College Fix reports.

Purdue staffer who said he’d rape women to test pro-life conviction hints he’ll sue pro-life group

What started as an abortion awareness campaign for Black History Month at Purdue University ended with a pro-choice university employee’s...

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Donations Drop at University of Missouri Due to Protests

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Posted by    Friday, February 19, 2016 at 5:00pm

This is where things get serious for university officials. It’s all fun and games until the fundraising dries up.

Fox News St. Louis reports.

Donations drop following unrest at University of Missouri

A University of Missouri official says about $2 million in donations have been lost in fallout from the Columbia campus unrest...

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College Payments Can Be Insured

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Posted by    Friday, February 19, 2016 at 3:30pm

Insure your college payments much as you would a car or any other costly item.

New York Post reports.

How to safeguard your college payments with insurance

With four years of college tuition costing as much as a Lexus, there’s now the option to insure your college payments much as you would a car...

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Washington University Sex Week Includes Kink and Contraceptives

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Posted by    Friday, February 19, 2016 at 2:00pm

If rape culture is such a big problem on campuses, why are there events like this?

Campus Reform reports.

Wash. U. students learn about kink, make crafts from contraceptives at Sex Week

This week is “Sex Week” at Washington University in St. Louis, where students can learn about sex toys, “the politics of pleasure,”...

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College Professors Can’t Speak Millennial

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Posted by    Friday, February 19, 2016 at 12:30pm

Professors teach students daily, but don’t know their slang.

Red Alert Politics reports.

College professors try (and fail) to guess millennial slang

College professors love to make their students read their work, understand their opinion, and listen to them — but they often don’t speak to millennials.

USA Today’s Collin Brennan interviewed several professors from...

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Georgia House Passes Campus Carry Despite Democrat Opposition

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Posted by    Friday, February 19, 2016 at 11:00am

Good news for student gun owners out of Georgia.

Breitbart reports.

Campus Carry Passes House Committee In Georgia Amid Democrat Protest

On February 16, Campus Carry legislation passed in Georgia’s House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee.

Democrats “protested” the vote, claiming committee chairman Alan Powell called up the legislation for a vote without giving...

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Princeton Prof’s Racist Claims Against Officers Found False

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Posted by    Friday, February 19, 2016 at 9:30am

“Based upon that review, the officer’s conduct is to be commended, not criticized.”

The College Fix reports.

Investigation: Princeton prof’s ‘racist treatment’ claim false

The Mercer County (New Jersey) Prosecutor’s Office has released the results of its preliminary investigation into the arrest of Princeton’s Imani Perry, and found that...

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Harvard Law Students Take Over Student Center

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Posted by    Friday, February 19, 2016 at 8:00am

The problem is a hall named after someone who owned slaves.

The Harvard Crimson reported.

Law School Activists Occupy Student Center

Student activists began to occupy a portion of Harvard Law School’s Caspersen Student Center Monday evening in an effort to create a space on campus...

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College Radicals Have Embraced Middle-Class Bourgeois Values

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Posted by    Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 6:30pm

Sorry Bernie.

New York Post reports.

Today’s ‘radical’ college kids actually want boring lives

Today’s college freshmen are more likely to protest than any generation in five decades. But don’t prepare for the revolution just yet; this generation’s social-justice warriors are actually pretty bougie.

That’s according to a new survey from the Higher Education Research...

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University of Texas Head Unhappily Complies With Campus Gun Rules

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Posted by    Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 5:00pm

The left will continue to fight new campus carry laws. You can tell how much they despise this.

ABC News reported.

University of Texas Head Begrudgingly OKs Campus Gun Rules

Concealed handguns will be allowed in University of Texas classrooms but generally banned from dorms under rules begrudgingly approved Wednesday by the school’s president,...

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College Student Group Sells AntiZionist Gear

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Posted by    Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 3:30pm

The anti-Israel student group chillingly noted: “100% of profits goes towards organizing Palestinian resistance.”

The Blaze reports.

‘Sweet F***ing AntiZionist Gear’: College Student Group Promotes Sale of Shirts Featuring Notorious Palestinian Hijacker

Imagine a college student group promoting the sale of novelties featuring a photo of 9/11 hijacker and mastermind Mohamed Atta.

That’s not so...

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Campus Crime Alert at University of Iowa Includes Trigger Warning

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Posted by    Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 2:00pm

Don’t the people behind this sort of thing see how silly it looks to average people?

The College Fix reports.

University of Iowa puts trigger warning on campus crime alert

The University of Iowa put a trigger warning on a campus crime alert informing students about a man filming a female student taking a shower.

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How Should Republicans Respond to Free College?

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Posted by    Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 12:30pm

Remember nothing is free.

Red Alert Politics reports.

Dems promise ‘free’ college, GOP searching for response

As Republican candidates visit college campuses as part of their campaigns, a conservative vision for higher education has started to emerge, finally.

For John Kasich, that happened at Michigan State University. He explained his thoughts on higher education in...

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