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College Insurrection’s Top 10 College Movies

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Posted by    Friday, May 3, 2013 at 4:30pm

College life has been the subject of many great movies. Below, I present ten college film greats.

If you missed any of these or haven’t seen them in a long time, check one out this weekend.

Here we go, counting down from ten…

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Duh of the Day — New study suggests Millennials have unrealistic expectations

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Posted by    Friday, May 3, 2013 at 3:30pm

Is it so hard to beleive Millennials have unrealistic expectations? After all, they believed Obama.

Tom Jacobs of Pacific Standard reports.

Millennials: A Generation With Unrealistic Expectations

Young people coming of age over the past decade or so have been referred to as Millennials, or, in a nod to their individualistic nature, Generation Me.

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College — sticking it to the working class for two generations

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Posted by    Friday, May 3, 2013 at 2:00pm

In the article excerpted below, Naomi Schaefer Riley of the New York Post takes issue with some of the useless course offerings at American colleges and the debt students incur while t...

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Doctorate Biden, I presume?

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Posted by    Friday, May 3, 2013 at 12:30pm

If you’ve ever read a news story about Dr. Biden, you know she’s Dr. Biden because Dr. Biden is described as Dr. Biden any time Dr. Biden comes up.

Charles C.W. Cooke of National Review has the story.

Diagnosing Dr. Biden

Doctor Biden has joined Twitter as @DrBiden. The account is “run by Dr. Jill...

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Only 10 Berkeley students show up for protest in favor of Gitmo detainees

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Posted by    Friday, May 3, 2013 at 8:00am

You would think on a campus of over 30,000 students regularly steeped in leftist ideology, the protest organizers could turn out more than ten people.

When the left has lost Berkeley…

Katherine Timpf of Campus Reform reports.

Ten of UC Berkeley’s 35k students turn out for Guantanamo Bay hunger-strike protest

Ten students,...

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New poll says almost half of American college grads are underemployed

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Posted by    Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 6:30pm

How much more pain will it take for young voters to realize that liberal policies are destroying their future?

Patricia Reaney of Reuters reports.

Poll: Nearly half of US college grads are underemployed

NEW YORK – More than 40 percent of recent U.S. college graduates are underemployed or need more tr...

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News – U. Colorado seeks more conservative professors

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Posted by    Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 2:00pm

As College Insurrection reported back in February, UC Boulder broke with tradition and sought to hire a conservative professor.

Things must have gone well because Valerie Richardson of The Washington Times is now reporting that the school wants more.

Conservatives wanted:...

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U. Saskatchewan prof endorses eating snot

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Posted by    Thursday, May 2, 2013 at 11:00am

No, really. This isn’t from The Onion.

The College Fix reports.

Is Eating Boogers Good For You? One Professor Thinks So

Scott Napper, a biochemist at the University of  Saskatchewan in Canada, believes that picking your nose and eating your boogers exposes you — and your immune system — to the pathogens inside, which in turn...

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Morehouse College disinvites black pastor from graduation for criticizing Obama

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Posted by    Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 2:00pm

Is there any greater blasphemy in the church of academia than criticism of President Obama?

Bryan Preston of the PJ Tatler has the story.

Criticize Obama? That’ll Earn You a Disinvitation from Morehouse College Graduation Ceremonies

Georgia Tipsheet reports on the case of Rev. Kevin...

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Female Carnegie Mellon student marches in parade dressed as the pope naked from waist down

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Posted by    Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 11:00am

According to the report below from CBS 2 in Pittsburgh, the student had shaved her pubic hair into the shape of a cross and was passing out condoms.

Classy. Carnegie Mellon must be so proud.

CMU Parade Controversy Over Naked Woman, Dressed As Pope

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Students at Carnegie Mellon say it’s freedom...

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U. Michigan feminist prof says 9/11 widows were exploited to justify war

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Posted by    Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at 9:30am

I wonder if this professor thinks the victims of Newtown were exploited to justify gun control? And for the record, I’m not saying there’s any comparison between 9/11 and Newtown, because there isn’t.

Jenna Neumann of the College Fix reports.

Feminist Professor Says 9/11 Widows Exploited To Justify Bombing Afghanistan

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Stanford Review responds to allegations of plagiarism

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 2:00pm

Recent allegations of plagiarism against a writer at the Stanford Review were so serious that Editor Emeritus Nahdiv Rahman has responded personally.

Note from the Editor Emeritus: Accusations of Plagiarism

It brings me great disappointment in having to address you under such circumstances, but on behalf of the Stanford Review, I would like...

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“Academia has been polluted with the most radical thinkers”

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 12:30pm

Len Tria of Hernando Today has written a new column which raises some very legitimate issues.

Professors of hate

People wonder why the country seems to be in a decline rather than growing intellectually and why our youth harboring such disdain for our country and our way of life.

The rise of progressive th...

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Brown Spectator author rips apart inflated campus rape stats

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 9:30am

Rape and sexual assault are horrible and the victims of these crimes deserve help and support.

While no one would dispute that as a fact, the Brown Spectator takes issue with some of the statistics associated with these crimes on American campuses.

Ryan Fleming reports.

Lies, Damn Lies, and Rape Statistics

Brown is in the...

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U. FL student on LSD demands police cut off his …

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at 8:00am

Any young men who have ever considered taking acid or LSD may want to read this story before proceeding.

Kathryn Varn of The Alligator reports.

Acid trip gives UF student the shaft

A UF student, claiming he was under the influence of LSD, was arrested early Monday after he stripped in front of police...

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Parents Cautioned Against Borrowing too much for College

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Posted by    Monday, April 29, 2013 at 6:30pm

Via Instapundit, this report from Tim Grant of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette warns parents of getting in over their heads when it comes to borrowing money for higher education.

Parents should beware of borrowing too much to pay for children’s college education

Faced with rising college costs and a shortage of savings, many p...

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Ann Coulter Spoke to Sold Out Crowd at Syracuse University

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Posted by    Monday, April 29, 2013 at 3:30pm

Just last November, the College Republicans of Fordham University were bullied into disinviting Ann Coulter from speaking on campus.

Somehow it was OK for noted abortionist Peter Singer to speak on Fordham’s Catholic campus a short time later.

Just last week, I wrote a post about Ann Coulter’s upcoming appearance at Syracuse and asked...

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Video – Dem rep thinks government should force banks to pay for student loan debt

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Posted by    Monday, April 29, 2013 at 2:00pm

The politician in the video below is Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA) and you’ll be shocked to hear her cite Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as the inspiration for her idea.

Via Campus Reform.

 
 
 

Study hard and you too can become a professional water slide tester

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Posted by    Monday, April 29, 2013 at 12:30pm

I’m trying to imagine how this conversation would go. Hey mom and dad, thanks for spending $150,000 on my college education, I have great news…

Susanna Kim of ABC News reports.

College Student’s Dream Job: Water Slide Tester

A British university student just snagged a hedonist’s dream job: a water slide tester who will...

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Two Emerson College students raise over $500K for victims of marathon bombing

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Posted by    Monday, April 29, 2013 at 9:30am

Two students at Emerson College decided to make and sell t-shirts to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Their campaign went viral and they’ve raised over half a million dollars.

Anna Buckley of Emerson’s student newspaper The Berkeley Beacon reports.

Boston Strong raises $562,000

Two Emerson students’ Boston Strong fundraiser has sold over...

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Pro-life students greeted with hostility at UNC Chapel Hill

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Posted by    Monday, April 29, 2013 at 8:00am

Students for Life is conducting a college campus tour to educate people about Planned Parenthood. When they got to UNC Chapel Hill, things did not go well.

Emphasis is theirs.

Theft, Profanity, and Pro-Aborts at UNC-Chapel Hill

Monday was an interesting day on The Planned Parenthood Project tour.  On our 5th stop, at University...

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Are young Libertarians the future of the GOP?

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Posted by    Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 5:00pm

One of the interesting takeaways from this article is that the president of the Colgate College Republicans identifies as a Libertarian.

Andrew Sorensen of Your News Now reports.

Young Libertarians could play into GOP future

HAMILTON, N.Y. — College campuses have long been thought of as a breeding ground...

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