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Virginia Bans Campus Free Speech Zones as Unconstitutional

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 8:00am

Congratulations to Governor Terry McAuliffe and the Virginia General Assembly for respecting the free speech rights of college students.

The FIRE reports.

Virginia Bans Unconstitutional Campus ‘Free Speech Zones’

RICHMOND, Va., April 7, 2014—On Friday, Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe signed a bill into law effectively designating outdoor are...

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Wesleyan Allows Students to Graduate in Three Years

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Posted by    Monday, April 7, 2014 at 5:00pm

For students who prefer the tuition savings and a faster track to the working world, this sounds like a great idea.

Marcella Bombardieri of the Boston Globe reports.

Wesleyan bucks trend, lets students graduate in 3 years

They’ve given up on studying abroad, taking a summer vacation,...

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Not All College Athletes Are for Unionization

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Posted by    Monday, April 7, 2014 at 2:00pm

As Bill McMorris of the Washington Free Beacon reports below, not all college athletes are for unionizing sports.

Divisions of Labor

Brandon Kerns knew he was hurt the second he contested the pass. He felt like a dog—a big one—had latched on to the back...

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Returning Vets Expected to Increase College Enrollments

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Posted by    Monday, April 7, 2014 at 11:00am

Military cuts and the scaling back of America’s presence in the Middle East is going to mean many more American veterans will be enrolling in college.

FOX News reports.

US universities bracing for surge of vets heading to college as military downsizes, wars abate

Officials from universities nationwide are getting set for a wave...

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Call for Guns on Campus Renewed After Fort Hood Shooting

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Posted by    Monday, April 7, 2014 at 8:00am

Responsible law abiding adults should be allowed to arm themselves, even if they’re college students.

Julianne Stanford of The College Fix reports.

Fort Hood Shooting Sparks Renewed Calls for Campus Gun Rights

TUCSON, ARIZ. – Second Amendment advocate Katie Pavlich called for increased gun rights on campuses, military bases and across America in the...

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Harvard Makes Grisly Discovery in its Library

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Posted by    Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 3:30pm

This is kind of sickening but an interesting story nonetheless.

Hat tip to Instapundit.

Greg Newkirk of Road Trippers reports.

Harvard discovers three of its library books are bound in human flesh

There’s something undeniably creepy about big, expansive libraries. The hushed whispers, the almost artificial quiet, and the smell of dusty tomes combine to...

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Feminists Who Blocked Reporter Now Complain About Her Lack of Student Interviews

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Posted by    Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 12:30pm

Last week a Campus Reform reporter was blocked from interviewing students at a feminist conference. In a stunning turnaround, these same dopes are now complaining that the reporter didn’t interview...

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No One at Dartmouth is Being Oppressed

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Posted by    Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 9:30am

You may have heard about the hostile takeover at Dartmouth last week, we covered here and in fact, I made it the focus of this week’s round-up at Legal Insurrection.

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal weighed in on the subject.

Oppressed by the Ivy League

On Tuesday Dartmouth’s finest seized the main administration building...

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Sensitive College Students Push for ‘Trigger Warnings’

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Posted by    Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 3:30pm

In case you’re not familiar with the term, ‘trigger warnings’ have nothing to do with guns. This is all about a ridiculous fear of being offended.

Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.

Trigger warnings: New wave of political correctness hits campuses

Hypersensitive students and professors all over the country are about to score...

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Florida State Under Federal Investigation for Response to Sexual Violence

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Posted by    Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 12:30pm

Here’s a bit of news that won’t be going into the new recruitment brochure for Florida State.

FOX News reports.

Florida State University under investigation by feds

Florida State University is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for possible Title IX violations in its response to sexual violence complaints.

USA Today first reported...

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New DOE Regulations Unfair to For-Profit and Community Colleges

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Posted by    Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 9:30am

In a new article at the Pope Center, writer Jenna Ashley Robinson examines new regulations from the Department of Education which are being unfairly applied.

Gainful Employment for Thee, Not Me

The U.S. Department of Education released its latest draft of new gainful employment regulations on March 14. Gainful employment is the term...

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Students Capture Rapist in Illinois College Dorm

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Posted by    Friday, April 4, 2014 at 5:00pm

Kudos to the students who captured this creep and held him until the cops arrived.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.

Students capture man after he sneaks into dorm, rapes girl in shower

On Monday morning, just after 10 a.m., a man strolled into a coed dormitory building on the campus of the...

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Oregon State Forced to Pay 100K for Trashing Conservative Student Newspaper

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Posted by    Friday, April 4, 2014 at 2:00pm

This isn’t social justice, this is real justice. Can you imagine the conversations that will take place during the school’s next board of trustees meeting?

FOX News reports.

Oregon State University pays $101,000 to settle suit over trashed conservative paper

Oregon State University has paid $1,000 plus $100,000 in legal fees to a former...

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UNC Prof Suffers Discrimination After Converting to Christianity

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Posted by    Friday, April 4, 2014 at 11:00am

UNC apparently liked this professor when he was a devout atheist. After becoming a Christian? Not so much.

Accuracy in Academia reports.

Religious Profiling at UNC

At the University of North Carolina Wilmington, Dr. Mike Adams teaches crime — but he never dreamed he’d be the victim of one. Unfortunately for the assistant professor,...

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Arizona State Prof Sends Vile Hateful Email to Americans for Prosperity

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Posted by    Friday, April 4, 2014 at 8:00am

As you read the excerpt from The Blaze below, bear in mind that Professor Joe Skulan of Arizona State University is paid to teach college students.

Language warning…

What a Professor Emailed a Conservative Group Is So Vile, We Can’t Put It in the Headline

A former faculty member at the University of Wisconsin,...

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Dartmouth Group’s Hostile Takeover Fizzles With No Mandate

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Posted by    Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 5:00pm

Yesterday we told you about the Freedom Budget group which took over the president’s office at Dartmouth. Their hostile takeover has failed.

Joseph Asch of Dartblog provides an update.

Demonstration Fizzles; No Mandate

The FB crowd called on the campus to come out and support their efforts to implement a radical diversity agenda. When...

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College Campuses and Sexual Double Standards

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Posted by    Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 2:00pm

In a recent post at National Review’s Phi Beta Cons blog, Bernie Reeves writes of a conversation that took place on National Public Radio with Jimmy Carter.

University of Gomorrah

Recently, a caller to the Diane Rehm Show on NPR repeated the statistic that one in four young women is raped on American...

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Community College in CT Suspends Student for Questioning Gun Control

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Posted by    Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 11:00am

Remember when colleges and universities were places people went to ask questions? Remember when college students were encouraged to question authority?

Check out this report from Robby Soave at The Daily Caller.

College suspends student for asking questions about gun control

A Connecticut community college suspended a student veteran for his aggressive questioning of...

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Campus Reform Reporter Told Conservatives Not Welcome at Feminist Conference

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Posted by    Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 8:00am

The event was supposed to be all about inclusiveness so naturally, the open minded liberals immediately excluded the conservatives.

Sterling Beard of Campus Reform reports.

WATCH: Female Campus Reform reporter bullied at ‘inclusive’ feminist conference for being ‘conservative’

Campus Reform’s Katherine Timpf attended the National Young Feminist Leadership Conference (NYFLC) — an event which promised...

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Student Sues College for Being Told He Couldn’t Talk About Jesus

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 5:00pm

Do you think this student would have been told he couldn’t talk about sex, sexual orientation, how awful conservatives are, how fake religion is, etc.?

Of course not. Those are the new sacred subjects on college campuses.

Andrew Desiderio of The College Fix reports.

LAWSUIT: Student Talking About Jesus Told To Shut Up

Conservative attorneys...

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Progressive Activist Student Group Takes Over Dartmouth President’s Office

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 2:00pm

We told you about Dartmouth’s ‘Freedom Budget’ group back in February.

They’ve now taken over the college president’s office.

Joseph Asch of Dartblog reports.

Freedom Budgeters Occupy Pres’ Office

There’s never a dull or unembarrassing moment at Dartmouth College. A few days ago,...

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High School Student from NY Gets Accepted at all Eight Ivy League Schools

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 11:00am

Congratulations to Long Island, NY high school student Kwasi Enin for such an impressive accomplishment. Undoubtedly, it took a lot of hard work to achieve such a feat.

The Chicago Tribune reports.

New York high school student accepted at all eight Ivy League schools

A high school senior on Long Island has been accepted...

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