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Headline: Professor Accused of Siphoning Funds from Student-run Meat Store

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 11:00am

It may look like something out of The Onion but it isn’t.

From AZFamily.com.

UA professor accused of siphoning funds from student-run meat store

University of Arizona police are looking into allegations that a professor siphoned funds from a student-run meat store.

The Arizona Daily Star reports that authorities on Tuesday seized computers, cash, inventory...

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George Washington U. Law Professor Jonathan Turley – Obama Amnesty Tearing at Fabric of Constitution

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 8:00am

It’s worth noting, as we have before, that Professor Turley is a liberal who voted for Obama.

Here’s more from Brendan Bordelon of National Review.

Liberal Law Prof: Obama’s Executive Amnesty ‘Tearing at the Very Fabric of the Constitution’

Georgetown law professor Jonathan Turley, a political liberal but a longstanding critic of President Obama’s...

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Florida State Athletes Get Slap on the Wrist for Hit and Run Accident

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Posted by    Monday, November 17, 2014 at 5:00pm

There’s such a thing as getting off too easy.

Dave Huber of the College Fix reported.

Florida State football players barely disciplined for hit and run accident

FSU cornerbacks P.J. Williams and Ronald Darby were involved in a hit and run accident back in October which totaled both cars … but were given a...

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Is Higher Education Run for the Benefit of Students, Faculty or Administrators?

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Posted by    Monday, November 17, 2014 at 2:00pm

An excellent question. It was apparently the focus of a panel at the National Lawyers Convention.

Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog reported.

Federalist Society Panel: Is Higher Education Run for the Benefit of Students, Faculty or Administrators?

At today’s 2014 National Lawyers Convention: Millennials, Equity and the Rule of Law:

Showcase Panel III:  Higher Education:...

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Colleges Aren’t Competent to Conduct Rape Trials

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Posted by    Monday, November 17, 2014 at 11:00am

It’s hard to believe these words were printed by the New York Times.

Jed Rubenfeld writes.

Mishandling Rape

OUR strategy for dealing with rape on college campuses has failed abysmally. Female students are raped in appalling numbers, and their rapists almost invariably go free. Forced by the federal government, colleges have now gotten into...

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43 Dartmouth Students Accused of Cheating – in an Ethics Class

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Posted by    Monday, November 17, 2014 at 8:00am

It sounds like these students missed the whole “ethics” thing in this ethics course.

Peter Jacobs of Business Insider reported.

43 Dartmouth Students Suspected Of Cheating In Ethics Class Designed For Athletes

Forty three students at Dartmouth College have been “implicated in an academic dishonesty case” in an ethics course, student newspaper The...

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Arizona State to Get Prescription Drug Vending Machine On Campus

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Posted by    Sunday, November 16, 2014 at 4:00pm

The service is called “InstyMeds.”

What could possibly go wrong?

CBS News Las Vegas reported.

University Installs Prescription Drug Vending Machine On Campus

An InstyMeds vending machine has been installed on Arizona State University’s campus, allowing any student or university employee to pick up prescription drugs from the dispenser.

Any ASU student or university employee...

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Bill O’Reilly of Fox News Donates $10,000 to Boston University’s Student Newspaper

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Posted by    Sunday, November 16, 2014 at 12:00pm

That’s a very generous gift. The newspaper was struggling and Bill O’Reilly is an alum who wrote for the paper at one point.

Peter Jacobs of Business Insider reported.

BILL O’REILLY: Here’s Why I Donated $10,000 To Save Boston University’s Student Newspaper

Earlier this week, Boston University student newspaper The Daily Free Press —...

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Anti-Rape Protesters Make a Mess at Columbia, Get Charged $1,500 for Cleanup

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Posted by    Sunday, November 16, 2014 at 8:00am

The students stacked mattresses in front of the college president’s because that’s symbolic or something.

Sam Frizell of Time reported.

Columbia University Charging Student Group $1,500 After Anti-Rape Protest

A Columbia University student group said it is being charged $1,500 by the school after a demonstration against sexual assault last month.

Hundreds of Columbia students...

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Former Domestic Terrorist to Join Faculty at University of Illinois

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Posted by    Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 4:00pm

Can anyone name a professional field other than academia that welcomes so many people who were involved in domestic terrorism?

Michael Cipriano of the College Fix reported.

University of Illinois OKs hiring of former radical with domestic terrorist group

Leaders of the University of Illinois on Thursday paved the way for the school to rehire...

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BDS Activists at UCLA Try to Shut the Press Out of Upcoming Vote

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Posted by    Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 2:00pm

The BDS activists at UCLA are obviously afraid of letting people know what they’re all about. They are also trying to control the narrative.

Kudos to the Daily Bruin’s editorial board for calling them out.

Editorial: USAC must not limit press, student access to divestment meeting

The focal point of the undergraduate student government’s...

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Judge in New Jersey Orders Parents to Pay Their 21-year-old Daughter’s College Tuition

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Posted by    Saturday, November 15, 2014 at 10:00am

This young woman is 21, a legal adult. What a crazy turn of events.

Allahpundit of Hot Air reported.

New Jersey judge orders parents to pay estranged 21-year-old daughter’s college tuition

Alternate headline: “America discovers new reason why no one should live in New Jersey.” If you’re feeling deja vu right now, there’s a...

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Taxing the Rich Will Not Fix Higher Education

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Posted by    Friday, November 14, 2014 at 5:00pm

Republicans should tackle higher ed reform in real ways and offer better ideas than this tired one.

George Leef of See Thru Edu reported.

Magical Thinking: Tax the Rich More and America’s “Education Gap” Will Disappear

The New York Times provides a constant stream of articles showing the unshakable liberal belief in the benefits...

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Video: College Students Explain Why Republicans Won the Senate

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Posted by    Friday, November 14, 2014 at 2:00pm

In a surprising twist for videos like this, most of the answers given are very thoughtful.

Video by Maggie Lit of Campus Reform.

VIDEO: Students explain Republican takeover of the Senate

The 2014 midterm elections went better for Republicans than they had expected, as the GOP captured seven Senate seats to gain a 52-43...

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Cal State System Criticized for Imposing ‘Success Fees’ on Some Campuses

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Posted by    Friday, November 14, 2014 at 11:00am

I don’t know what anyone’s upset about. Punishing success is one of the hallmarks of Progressivism.

Carla Rivera of the LA Times reported.

Cal State system under fire for success fees on some campuses

As University of California leaders push for a controversial multiyear tuition increase, the larger California State University system is holding...

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Pensacola State Bars Faculty From Speaking to Student Journalists

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Posted by    Friday, November 14, 2014 at 8:00am

Faculty contracts are being negotiated at Pensacola State and the administration has told faculty they will be violating the law if they speak to student journalists.

Ry Rivard of Inside Higher Ed has the story.

Gag Order in Sunshine State

Administrators at a Florida community college are leaning on faculty and student journalists to...

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How to Spend Even More on Your Higher Education – College Consultants

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Posted by    Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 5:00pm

I suppose it’s a nice option to have if you can afford it.

Barbara Booth of the Fiscal Times reports.

The Crazy Price Tag for College Consultants

Two months before 17-year-old Alexa of northern New Jersey—a national merit scholar, Girl Scout Gold Award recipient and standout soccer player—planned to submit her application to Amherst,...

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U. Georgia Students Take Field Trip to Planned Parenthood and a Sex Shop

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Posted by    Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 2:00pm

I can’t wait to see what’s on the agenda for next week.

Blake Seitz of the College Fix reported.

University of Georgia students take field trip to Planned Parenthood, sex shop

ATHENS, Ga. – A University of Georgia student group took a field trip to Atlanta on Saturday to visit a Planned Parenthood clinic...

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Video: Why College Isn’t for Everyone

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Posted by    Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 11:00am

I hadn’t heard of conservative comedian Michael Loftus until I saw this video on Weasel Zippers but he’s pretty good.

He certainly makes some valid points about the cost of college.

The Great Ripoff: Why College Isn’t for Everyone

There are some great lines in this rant from conservative comedian Michael Loftus on how...

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New Campus Consent Laws Carry Risks for Young Men

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Posted by    Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 8:00am

Getting accused of rape can ruin your life. Ruth Marcus of the Washington Post notes one situation at Yale that came close to doing so for one young man.

Campus sexual assault charges carry dangers for boys as well

Today, no parent of girls should send them off to college without a lecture:...

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Online University Launches New Scholarship Program for Military Students

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 5:00pm

This is a nice piece of news right after Veterans Day.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

Online university offers new scholarship to active-duty military, veterans

WGU Missouri is offering a new scholarship to help veterans, active-duty military, and their spouses go back to school. Its parent university, Western Governors University, is partnering with the...

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Prager University – Christians Are The World’s Most Persecuted Minority

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 2:00pm

In an informative new video from Prager University, Middle East expert Raymond Ibrahim examines the persecution of Christians in Muslim countries. Some of his findings may surprise you.

Here’s more information.

Course Description

The most persecuted and victimized people in the world today are Christians in the Middle East. The perpetrators of the widespread...

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