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Male Stanford Student Claims Sexual Assault by Female

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Posted by    Sunday, January 18, 2015 at 9:30am

Can you guess what happened next?

Peter Jacobs of Business Insider reports.

Stanford Student Says He Was Sexually Assaulted By A Female Student

A male Stanford University student says he initially wasn’t believed when he told a sexual assault counselor that a female student had sexually assaulted him, he writes in a recent op-ed...

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Canadian Prof Thinks Women Should Speak First in the Classroom

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Posted by    Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 3:30pm

That’s funny. I thought the whole “ladies first” thing was deemed sexist long ago. This sure sounds like equality to me.

Chuck Ross of the Daily Caller reports.

Canadian Prof’s Proposal: ‘Women Get To Speak First’ In Classrooms [VIDEO]

A professor of management at a Canadian university says that she only allows women to...

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Columbia Journalism School Workshop to be Hosted by Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun Group

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Posted by    Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 12:30pm

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...

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MIT Prof Says Feminism Attacks Nerds, Gets Attacked by Feminists

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Posted by    Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 9:30am

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...

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Oxford University Press Tells Writers to Refrain From Mentioning Pork

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Posted by    Friday, January 16, 2015 at 3:30pm

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...

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Holyoke College Cancels the ‘Vagina Monologues’ for Not Being Feminist Enough

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Posted by    Friday, January 16, 2015 at 12:30pm

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...

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Duke Cancels Plans for Muslim Call to Prayer on Campus After Outcry

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Posted by    Friday, January 16, 2015 at 8:00am

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...

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Prof Admits Affirmative Action isn’t Necessary

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Posted by    Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 5:00pm

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...

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Georgia Southern University Wins FIRE’s Speech Code of the Month

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Posted by    Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 2:00pm

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...

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Campus Reform Debates Obama’s Free Community College Plan on FOX News

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Posted by    Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 11:00am

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...

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Duke University to Begin Weekly Muslim Call to Prayer on Campus

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Posted by    Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 8:00am

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...

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Conservative Prof Still Banned From Marquette University Campus

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Posted by    Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 5:00pm

It looks like the administration of Marquette University hasn’t caved to public or media pressure yet.

Karen Herzog of the Journal Sentinel reports.

Marquette University professor John McAdams remains banned from campus

Marquette University students returned from winter break this week, but a longtime associate professor of political science whose public criticism of a...

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University of California Gets Record Number of Applications

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Posted by    Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 2:00pm

This is despite the fact that tuition keeps going up at the California university system.

FOX News reported.

University of California sees record number of applications despite threat of higher tuition

The threat of higher tuition is not keeping prospective students from applying to the University of California in record numbers, UC officials said.

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Some Students at University of Minnesota Demand ‘Trigger Warnings’

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Posted by    Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 11:00am

Luckily, not everyone thought this was a good idea. If you can’t study a subject without ‘trigger warnings’ do you really belong in college?

Anthony Gockowski of the College Fix reports.

Demand for ‘trigger warnings’ at University of Minnesota meets opposition

While some University of Minnesota student leaders have demanded the use of trigger warnings...

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Ohio State Fans Riot After Win

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Posted by    Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 8:00am

I will never ever understand why people riot after sporting events.

Josh Jarman & Jim Woods of the Columbus Dispatch reported.

Tear gas disperses revelers around campus after Ohio State win

Authorities used tear gas early today to disperse thousands of Buckeye fans on N. High Street along campus celebrating Ohio State’s win...

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Almost 300 Stanford Professors Sign Letter Urging Divestment from Fossil Fuels

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 5:00pm

Because the world can run on rainbows and good intentions, right?

Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.

Nearly 300 Stanford professors call for divestment from fossil fuels

The Guardian reports that nearly 300 professors at Stanford University have signed a letter urging the president and board of trustees to divest from fossil fuels.

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President Obama Finds Time to Save College Sports

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 2:00pm

Having fixed the economy, healthcare and global terrorism, President Obama is now dealing with the important issue of college sports.

Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reports.

President Obama Decides To Save College Sports

President Obama has found time in his busy schedule of not-really-terrorist terrorists and global warming to “save” college sports.

Obama will...

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Prager University – Are Israeli Settlements the Barrier to Peace?

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 11:00am

In a word? No.

Professor Alan Dershowitz explains why in a new video from Prager University.

Here’s more information.

Course Description

Is Israel’s policy of building civilian communities in the West Bank the reason there’s no peace agreement with the Palestinians? Or would there still be no peace even if Israel removed all of...

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UVA Reinstates Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity After Police Investigation Finds Nothing

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Posted by    Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 8:00am

The members of this fraternity not only deserve a heartfelt apology from UVA, they also deserve to be the new owners of Rolling Stone magazine.

I hope they’ve hired a good lawyer.

UVA released a statement today.

Phi Kappa Psi Reinstated at the University of Virginia

The Virginia Alpha Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi fr...

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Obamacare Causes Work Hour Problems on College Campuses

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Posted by    Monday, January 12, 2015 at 5:00pm

This has actually been an ongoing issue and obviously it still is.

Ashley Dobson of Red Alert Politics reports.

Obamacare full-time work definition brings out rift on college campuses

The latest battle over Obamacare is bringing out a sharp divide on college campuses. But it’s not between liberals and conservatives, it’s between the college...

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Navy SEAL Who Killed bin Laden Speaks at High Point University

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Posted by    Monday, January 12, 2015 at 2:00pm

This must have been a fascinating event to attend.

Stephanie Butzer of the High Point Enterprise reported.

The man who killed bin Laden

After months of training on targets with images of Osama bin Laden’s face, Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill was finally face to face with the man responsible for 9/11.

A second later, bin...

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False Rape Report Filed at University of Missouri – St. Louis

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Posted by    Monday, January 12, 2015 at 11:00am

Maybe Rolling Stone could write a story about it.

Trey Sanchez of Truth Revolt reported.

Another Female Student Lies About Being Raped

In December, a female University of Missouri-St. Louis student reported a rape at the hands of a man in a ski mask, who she s...

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