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UC Irvine frat under fire for making parody video featuring blackface

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Posted by    Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 11:00am

The makers of the video were trying to parody a song by Justin Timberlake and Jay-Z. Not smart, guys.

Jane Yamamoto and Julie Brayton of NBC 4 in California report.

UC Irvine Fraternity Sparks Outrage After Making Video Using Blackface

A scene 55 seconds into a two-minute homemade music video posted on Youtube is...

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5th Grader suspended for bringing Swiss Army knife to camp

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Posted by    Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 8:00am

The ridiculous overreaction of the day is brought to you by a school in Cupertino, California.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller has the story.

Fifth-grader suspended at overnight nature camp for bringing Swiss Army knife

A fifth-grader in Cupertino, California was suspended and threatened with expulsi...

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Home Schooling Alabama Family Sends Six Kids to College by Age 12

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Posted by    Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 5:00pm

Talk about getting college loan expenses out of the way early. This family has it down to a science.

Bob Dotson of NBC News reports.

Meet the family who sent six kids to college by age 12

Named after her mother’s favorite song, Mona Lisa Harding home-schools her children in the basics, but found...

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College newspapers seek funding from student fees

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Posted by    Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 11:00am

Print media or dinosaur media as it’s sometimes called, has been hurting for a while. Now, as college newspapers are experiencing the same problems, they’re increasingly turning to funding from student fees.

Allie Grasgreen of Inside Higher Ed reports.

Who Will Pay for the Paper?

While declining print readership and advertising revenue started prompting...

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Video – Inside a college porn class

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Posted by    Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 8:00am

If you haven’t already done so, you must read my College Insurrection colleague Leslie Eastman’s post on the pornification of campuses.

Then for an inside look, watch the video below which takes you right into a classroom at Pasadena City College where the openly stated goal is to normalize pornography.

Note: While the...

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Carolina Review – Are you proud of your browser history?

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Posted by    Friday, April 26, 2013 at 6:30pm

Are you spending more time looking at naked bodies than textbooks? Duke Cheston of the Carolina Review has some advice for you.

Mind if I check your browser history?

If you’re a male college student and you’re reading this, I can say with near certainty that you have seen pornography before. In fact,...

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Bill Gates – Put Surveillance Cameras in Every Classroom

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Posted by    Friday, April 26, 2013 at 5:00pm

After Adam Lanza’s murderous rampage in Newtown, liberals scoffed at the idea of armed teachers in every classroom.

I’m eager to know how they feel about surveillance in every classroom.

The College Fix reports.

Bill Gates Wants America to Spend $5B for Video Cameras in Every Classroom

Bill Gates wants the country to spend $5...

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Libertarians at UGA hold ‘Drone Awareness’ event

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Posted by    Friday, April 26, 2013 at 3:30pm

Say what you will about college libertarians. The truth is that they’re having more fun than anyone else on campus.

Anthony Rodriguez of Young Americans for Liberty reports.

The UGA chapter had a successful day raising drone awareness at the Tate Center on campus

We made a sign that drew a distinction between Obama...

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Three Oxford University colleges stripped of AAA credit rating

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Posted by    Friday, April 26, 2013 at 2:00pm

This seems like the tail wagging the dog, or something.

Oxford University colleges are more sound financially than the British government which funds them, so they have been downgraded by the ratings agencies.

Rupert Neate of the Guardian UK reports.

Oxford University colleges stripped of AAA credit rating

George Osborne‘s popularity at his alma mater...

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SUNY-Geneseo students misunderstand point of ‘sexual assault’ lecture, erupt in fury

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Posted by    Friday, April 26, 2013 at 12:30pm

American college students seem to think that their primary reason for attending college is to stage protests, even if their outrage is based on an inability to understand the issue.

Take as a case in point, this story from Carl Straumsheim at Inside Higher Ed.

Anger Over Scare Quotes

Students at the State University...

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Middle school girls forced to act out lesbian kiss scene

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Posted by    Friday, April 26, 2013 at 11:00am

Teaching tolerance to children is a good thing but forcing 13 and 14 year old girls to act out fantasy love scenes is the stuff of lawsuits.

Someone deserves to be fired over this.

Girls Told to Ask for Lesbian Kiss at School

Parents of children attending a Red Hook, New York, middle school...

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College students in New York prepare for terror attack with simulation

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Posted by    Friday, April 26, 2013 at 9:30am

Who will be better prepared for a real terror attack, these students or the University of Michigan students who are wasting their time on zombies?

I know where I’m placing my bets.

CBS New York reports.

College Students Take Part In ‘Mass Casualty Incident’ Simulation

NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A hands-on drill took...

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Ben Affleck to Receive Honorary Degree from Brown

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Posted by    Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 3:30pm

Not bad for a college dropout.

FOX News reports.

Ben Affleck to get honorary degree at Brown University graduation

Academy Award-winning actor and director Ben Affleck is among six artists, writers, scientists and educators selected to receive honorary degrees from Brown University during graduation ceremonies next month.

The Ivy Le...

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MSNBC’s Chris Matthews to Deliver Commencement Speech at Suffolk Law

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 6:30pm

What will Chris Matthews tell the students of Suffolk Law School at their graduation in May? Will he repeat his completely wrong prediction that the Boston Marathon bombers were right wingers?

Here’s a more important question. Why is this man being honored by a university in Boston after being so wrong?

From the...

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FIRE: Six Ways to Defeat Campus Censors

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 3:30pm

In a new post at Minding The Campus, Greg Lukianoff and Robert Shibley outline a six point strategy for saving free speech and overcoming censorship on campus.

6 Ways to Defeat the Campus Censors

It’s no longer a matter of much debate that America’s college campuses are not the beacons of free and...

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U. Michigan Public Health Students Prepare for Zombie Apocalypse

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 9:30am

Good thing the students at the University of Michigan School of Public Health are getting a fact based education in disaster management.

Who cares about real emergency scenarios when there’s pop culture to celebrate?

CBS News reports.

“Zombies” invade University of Michigan campus

You can learn a lot from a zombie.

At least that’s what a...

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Iceland college students create phone app to prevent accidental incest

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at 8:00am

If you’re an American, this may seem ridiculous but Iceland is a country with a small population and an even smaller gene pool.

Nidhi Subbaraman of NBC News reports.

Anti-incest app built by Iceland college students

A group of students at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík have created an Android app that prevents...

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Leaked Rutgers admin email urges student support for DREAM Act

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 2:00pm

Someone at Rutgers University recently got caught pushing liberal immigration policy to students.

Elissa Roberson of The College Conservative has the story.

To Whom It May Concern: Rutgers University Is Clueless

In a message to TCC staff, an anonymous student at Rutgers University forwarded an e-mail from the University’s VP of Public Affairs encouraging...

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U. Wisconsin accused of hiding cash from state in slush fund

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at 12:30pm

Taxpayers are constantly told that more money is needed for education but how often do they hear about allegations like this?

Patrick Marley and Karen Herzog of the Journal Sentinel report.

Outrage grows as University of Wisconsin System admits it ‘did not draw attention’ to cash

Trying to balance damage control and candor, University...

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John Stossel Special – The Education Blob

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Posted by    Monday, April 22, 2013 at 5:00pm

Last month, John Stossel of the FOX Business Network did a special on education.

If you missed it, you can watch the entire episode below.

Hat tip to Common Cents.

 
 
 

8th Grader Suspended and Arrested Over Gun T-Shirt

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Posted by    Monday, April 22, 2013 at 12:30pm

And the anti-gun madness continues.

Charlo Greene of WOWKTV reports.

8th grade student suspended, arrested over gun t-shirt

When 8th grade Jared Marcum got dressed for school on Thursday he says he had no idea that his pro-Second Amendment shirt would initiate what he calls a fight over his First Amendment rights.

“I never thought...

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Profs form Scholars for a Progressive NC to protect liberal lock on academia

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Posted by    Monday, April 22, 2013 at 11:00am

Via Instapundit, we learned of this delightful sounding group of progressive academic activists who recently held their first meeting.

Jay Schalin of the John William Pope Center reports.

Faculty Attack Squad

“Fascists,” “bums,” and “killing machines.”

That’s how conservatives and Republicans were described at the initial meeting of a new organization of faculty members in...

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