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Liberal Bias in Academia is Affecting Social Science

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Posted by    Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 11:00am

Nothing gets challenged or debated when everyone agrees with each other.

Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry writes at The Week.

How academia’s liberal bias is killing social science

I have had the following experience more than once: I am speaking with a professional academic who is a liberal. The subject of the underrepresentation of conservatives in academia...

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U. Michigan Prof Writes Column “It’s Okay To Hate Republicans”

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Posted by    Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 8:00am

University of Michigan Communications professor Susan J. Douglas sure is comfortable explaining why she hates Republicans.

Her column was published by In These Times.

It’s Okay To Hate Republicans

I hate Republicans. I can’t stand the thought of having to spend the next two years watching Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Ted Cruz, Darrell Issa...

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Columbia Student in Critical Condition After Jump from 8th Floor of Dorm

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 5:00pm

A sad story. Authorities suspect drugs were involved.

Chelsia Rose Marcius and Barry Paddock of the New York Daily News reported.

Columbia University student critically injured in apparent jump from eighth floor of Wien Hall dorm

A Columbia University student believed to be high on drugs was critically injured when he apparently jumped from...

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Have You Heard About the Confucius Institutes?

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 2:00pm

I hadn’t heard about them until I read the post excerpted below by Jane S. Shaw of National Review.

There are concerns about socialist propaganda possibly being taught here.

So, What about Those Confucius Institutes?

The government of China is promoting Chinese language and culture at “Confucius Institutes” at 97 schools in the United...

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Florida International U. Students Amazed to Learn Hillary Clinton is 67

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 11:00am

They also had no idea that she hasn’t driven a car since 1996.

Watch the video below.

Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reported.

VIDEO: Students shocked to learn Hillary Clinton is 67, hasn’t driven since 1996

College students at Florida International University were shocked recently to discover that not only is Hillary Clinton 67...

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Queer Black Artist Group Takes Responsibility for Lynching Effigies Found at Berkeley

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at 8:00am

On Monday, I said I was skeptical about this incident. Here you go.

Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reports.

‘Queer Black And Person Of Color Artists’ Claim Responsibility For Lynching Effigies At Berkeley

The University of California at Berkeley, already fired up over recent protests related to the deaths of Michael Brown and...

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Report Shows Many Freshmen Have no Idea How Much Debt They’re Taking on

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Posted by    Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 5:00pm

A new report from the Brookings Institution found that many college freshmen are oblivious to the amount of debt they’re taking on in college.

Christopher Ingraham of the Boston Globe reports.

Most college freshman seen as ignorant on debt

A majority of first-year undergraduates can’t correctly estimate how much student loan debt they’re taking...

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Colleges and Students in Virginia Lobby Governor Over Expected Budget Cuts

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Posted by    Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 2:00pm

Some students even got together and made a video.

It’ll be interesting to see how Governor McAuliffe responds.

Kristin Musulin of USA Today reported.

‘Save our Slice’: 13 Va. colleges fight higher...

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Michigan State Protesters Call George Will ‘Rape Denier’

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Posted by    Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 11:00am

Classy. Some of them even had signs that said not to politicize rape. Hello?

Derek Draplin of the College Fix reported.

Angry protesters denounce George Will at MSU; called ‘rape denier,’ backs turned

EAST LANSING – Conservative columnist George Will faced major opposition Saturday as a commencement speaker at Michigan State University, where he...

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Judge Rules That Years-Old Sex Abuse Case Against Harvard Can Proceed

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Posted by    Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 8:00am

The case goes all the way back to the 1960’s and involves a swim coach who is now deceased.

From Truth Revolt.

Child-Rape Case Against Harvard Can Proceed: Judge

Harvard University will have to defend itself against allegations of child rape at the campus now that a Massachusetts judge has reinstated a lawsuit against...

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College Student Gets Kisses With Mistletoe Contraption

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Posted by    Monday, December 15, 2014 at 5:00pm

This kid gets an A for creativity.

I completely lost track of how many kisses he gets in the video.

WABC in New York reported.

College student’s ‘mistletoe contraption’ gets him all the Christmas kisses

Maybe he was looking for love or maybe he was just hoping to spread a little holiday cheer, but either...

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Lynching Effigies Found on UC Berkeley Campus

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Posted by    Monday, December 15, 2014 at 2:00pm

Call me a skeptic but I suspect this was done by students who want to keep stoking the protests happening at the school.

Peter Holley reports at the Washington Post.

Berkeley students find cardboard cutouts of black lynching victims hanging on campus

Students at the University of California at Berkeley awoke Saturday morning to...

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Oregon State University Gets High Marks for Free Speech

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Posted by    Monday, December 15, 2014 at 11:00am

Congrats to Oregon State. May other schools follow their lead.

Brad Schmidt of Oregon Live reported.

Campus free speech? Oregon State University earns high marks in new report

Oregon State University is one of 18 colleges across the United States without restrictive free-speech policies, according to a report released S...

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CUNY Baruch Prof Accused of Assaulting NYPD Officers During Protest

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Posted by    Monday, December 15, 2014 at 8:00am

The charges here are pretty serious if true.

The Associated Press, Lisa Chamoff and Julia Jacobo of PIX 11 reported.

CUNY Baruch professor accused of assaulting NYPD officers charged with rioting, robbery

Police have arrested the suspect accused of assaulting two NYPD officers on the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday night amidst the Millions March protests,...

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Princeton Students Start ‘Microaggressions’ Reporting Service

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Posted by    Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 3:30pm

Ingenuity in the age of the outrage industry.

Katherine Timpf reports at National Review.

Princeton Students Set Up Microaggression-Reporting Service

Princeton University students recently launched “Tiger Microaggressions,” a service that takes other students’ reports of microaggressions and publishes them on its Facebook page — so that no one has...

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Howie Carr: Harvard Men Have Had “a tough couple of weeks”

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Posted by    Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 12:30pm

It’s OK for Carr to offer this critique because Carr is a Harvard man himself.

Who knew?

From the Boston Herald.

Carr: You can always tell a Harvard man

These have been a tough couple of weeks for all us Harvard men.

What? You didn’t know I’m a Harvard man. It’s the veritas. Back in the...

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UCLA Law Prof in Hot Water for Test Question About Ferguson

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Posted by    Sunday, December 14, 2014 at 9:30am

Law schools are having a really hard time with Ferguson, aren’t they?

Fox News reports.

UCLA law professor learns Ferguson-related exam question taboo

Law school exams often present legal conundrums ripped from headlines of the day, but one UCLA law professor is apologizing for basing a test question on what is apparently a taboo...

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University of Maine Clarifies, it is not Banning Candy Canes

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Posted by    Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 3:30pm

How charitable of them. It is Christmas time, after all.

FOX News reported.

University of Maine says candy cane ban a ‘misunderstanding’

The University of Maine will allow the halls to be decked with candy canes, after all.

After an administrator sent out an e-mail to employees telling them “religious-themed” decorations — which he said...

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UC Student Workers Union Joins the Anti-Israel BDS Movement

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Posted by    Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 12:30pm

Well, what a surprise. A leftist organization jumps on the bandwagon of a leftist cause.

Jonathan Marks of Minding the Campus reports.

Student Workers Vote to Support the Israel Boycott

The UC Student-Workers Union represents “over 13,000 student-workers across the University of California system.” They are affiliated with the United Auto Workers. The union...

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Ann Coulter Weighs in on the UVA Story

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Posted by    Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 9:30am

As only Ann Coulter can.

The College Rape Club

Sorry this column is late. I got raped again on the way home. Twice. I should clarify — by “raped,” I mean that two seductive Barry White songs came on the radio, which, according to the University of Virginia, constitutes rape.

TAKE BACK THE NIGHT!

Even...

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College Enrollment Continues to Decline

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Posted by    Friday, December 12, 2014 at 5:00pm

This is the third straight year. Can you say higher ed bubble?

Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reports.

College Student Count Continues Slide

President Obama could be the first U.S. president since World War II to see college enrollments drop during his tenure, as new data shows that...

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Concealed Carry May be Coming to Colleges in Florida and Texas

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Posted by    Friday, December 12, 2014 at 2:00pm

The debate began anew after a recent shooting in the FSU library.

Mary Lou Byrd of the Washington Free Beacon reported.

Concealed Carry Closer to Reality on Colleges in Florida, Texas

College students in Florida and Texas saw actions taken this week that would allow for concealed carry of firearms on college campuses on...

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