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Wisconsin school uses crossword puzzles to indoctrinate students against conservatives

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Posted by    Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 8:00am

Gee. Who are the people slapping the large sodas out of your hand and forcing you to buy health insurance? Who wanted to force Wisconsinites to join unions? I don’t think it was conservatives.

Liberals lost in their attempt to recall Scott Walker so they’re fighting back in the only arena they...

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Libertarians at Florida State Concerned About Diminished Free Speech

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 6:30pm

There’s something oxymoronic about free speech zones. Figures the campus libertarians would get that.

K. Maxwell Greenwood of FSU News reports.

Open platform areas draw criticism from students

Standing near Oglesby Union, just outside of Moore Auditorium on the campus of Florida State University, it isn’t uncommon to see a group of students verbally...

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Student Laments Lack of Concealed Carry on Campus After Stabbings in Texas

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 5:00pm

After the horrific stabbing attack at Lone Star College in Texas yesterday, at least one student pointed out that someone with a gun could have stopped the incident.

The FOX News Insider reports.

Lone Star College Stabbing Witness: ‘We Wish We Could Protect Ourselves With Guns’

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Law Student Selling His Naming Rights on eBay to Pay Student Loans

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 2:00pm

Law students are in big trouble right now. If doubt the seriousness of their plight, meet Jason Madsen, the law student who’s selling his own name for cash.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.

Law school dropout auctions off own name on eBay to pay student loans

An enterprising law school dropout is...

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CT School Teaching Students Americans Don’t Have the Right to Bear Arms

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 12:30pm

The discovery was made by a father who took a look at his son’s homework.

Todd Starnes of FOX News Radio has the story.

School: Americans Don’t Have Right to Bear Arms

The father of a Connecticut child is furious after discovering that his son’s school is teaching students that Americans don’t have a...

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Leftists Plan to Disrupt Dedication of George W. Bush Library at SMU

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 9:30am

Here’s some news that should surprise absolutely no one.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.

Exactly the leftists you imagine will protest dedication of new Bush library at SMU

On April 25, the gleaming, new George W. Bush Presidential Center on the campus of Southern Methodist University will be officially dedicated.

The center will...

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U. Penn Jumps on the Sex Week Bandwagon

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 5:00pm

Why not? Everyone else is doing it.

The College Fix reports.

Ivy League University’s Inaugural ‘Sex Week’ Offers Porn, Masturbation, Orgasms

University of Pennsylvania has become the latest Ivy League school to offer “Sex Week” to its students,...

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U. South Florida Students to Protest Gun Laws by Wearing Empty Holsters

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 3:30pm

This should go over well with the MSM. If they even cover it.

FOX News 13 of Tampa reports.

USF students want guns on campus

TAMPA (FOX 13) – When students show up for classes Monday at USF, odds are they’ll see a few empty gun holsters. Some students are wearing them for a...

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Police Association Asks Columbia to Fire Weather Underground Terrorist Kathy Boudin

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 12:30pm

James J. Kelly, the President of the Rockland County Police Benevolent Association has penned a letter to the Rockland County Times in which he asks Columbia University to dismiss Weather Underground terrorist Kathy Boudin.

Open letter from Rockland PBA President James J. Kelly to Columbia President Lee C. Bollinger

Dear President Lee...

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Dumpster Diving Tufts Student Opens ‘Recycled Food’ Cafe

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at 11:00am

You probably know what a vegan is but have you ever heard of a freegan?

Erika Grant of Food Beast has the unusual (and disgusting) story.

College Student Runs Dumpster Diving Cafe with ‘Recycled’ Food

Tufts University student Maximus Thaler has taken frugality to a whole new level by open...

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Ross Douhat on the Elitism of Ivy League Culture

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Posted by    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 2:00pm

Ross Douhat of the New York Times penned an interesting piece this weekend in which he examines the letter a Princeton alumna sent to the school’s newspaper. According to Douhat, Ms. Patton committed the sin of exposing elitism.

The Secrets of Princeton

SUSAN PATTON, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter...

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Tufts Divestment Activists Pwned by Annoyed Parents of Prospective Students

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Posted by    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 12:30pm

Hat Tip to Instapundit and Stanley Kurtz.

Divestment activists at Tufts infiltrated an information session for prospective students and...

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Loyola Students Protest ‘Injustice’ of Changes to Meal Plan

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Posted by    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 11:00am

I don’t blame these students for being angry about an increase in fees but I have trouble seeing this as a case of injustice.

Benjamin Woodward of DNAinfo reports.

Loyola University Students Protest Meal Plan Changes

ROGERS PARK — Students who “are tired of being bullied” gathered at the center of Loyola University to...

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Liberals at UMass Plan to Disrupt Upcoming Karl Rove Speech

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Posted by    Monday, April 8, 2013 at 9:30am

This is how the left rolls. Convicted domestic terrorist Kathy Boudin is entitled to a prestigious teaching position at NYU but it’s a matter of national security if Karl Rove wants to set foot on a college campus.

No double standard there.

Michael Graham reports.

UMASS Liberals Freak Over Karl Rove’s Free (On...

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Community College in Arkansas May Allow Concealed Carry for Faculty

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 2:00pm

Sixty-two percent of students surveyed support this measure.

Jocelyne Pruna of KFSM News 5 reports.

NWACC to Hold Public Forums on Professor Concealed Carry Law

Under a new law, licensed professors will be allowed to carry concealed handguns onto campus if the Board of Trustees approves it and doesn’t opt out.

Over the next two...

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Swarthmore Commencement Speaker Forced Out Over Ties to Bush Administration

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 12:30pm

I wonder if Sawrthmore students would protest drone killer in chief, President Obama?

Zack Budryck of Inside Higher Ed reports.

A Speaker Withdraws at Swarthmore

Robert Zoellick withdrew on Friday as Swarthmore College’s commencement speaker, following criticism from some students that his support for the Iraq war and his role in the administration of...

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Queen’s U. Shuts Down Free Speech Wall Claiming “Offensive Content”

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 11:00am

You really have to wonder if these folks have any sense of irony at all.

Keara Vickers of Students for Liberty reports.

Queen’s University Free Speech Wall Shut Down

For years, Students For Liberty have been using free speech walls to draw attention to repressive speech codes on college campuses.

Sometimes, we see professors...

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15 Year Old Tea Partier Claims Bullying by Liberal Teachers

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 9:00am

This kind of garbage has to stop. If this kid was a liberal being harassed by a conservative teacher, the MSM would be covering it 24/7.

Matt Wilstein of Mediaite reports.

15-Year-Old Tea Partier Speaks Out To Fox’s Megyn Kelly About ‘Bullying’ From Liberal Teachers

15-year-old conservative Benji Backer recently wrote an article for...

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Jesuit Gonzaga U. Refuses to Recognize Campus Group for Being Too Catholic

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Posted by    Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 7:08am

The religion of liberal academia is diversity and that’s the only religion which is allowed anywhere, even Catholic schools.

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller has the story.

Catholic Gonzaga University won’t allow Catholic students to form Catholic group

Roman Catholic, Jesuit-affiliated Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington has refused to recognize the Knights of...

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Congress Seeks Billions to Avoid Doubling College Student Loan Rates

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Posted by    Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 6:00pm

Just a reminder – these are the same people who are taking over the healthcare industry.

Wynton Hall of Breitbart reports.

Congress Seeks $6 Billion to Keep College Loan Rate from Doubling

Subsidized Stafford student loan interest rates will double on July 1st for loans taken out by new students entering college. President Barack...

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UK Writer – Young People Need Jobs More Than College

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Posted by    Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 4:30pm

Gosh, there’s something so familiar about this story.

The awesomely named Allister Heath of the Telegraph UK reports.

Tell youngsters the truth: the UK needs you to work not go to university

Tragically, as yet more data reveal, the decision to massively increase the number of school-leavers going to university, wrongly assuming that this...

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Unemployment Rate for Millennials Skyrockets

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Posted by    Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 2:30pm

If you figure the number of people who have left the workforce into the March jobs report, the unemployment rate for 18 to 29 year olds has reached a staggering 16.2%.

Tony Lee of Breitbart reports.

Losing Hope: Effective Millennial Unemployment Rate At 16.2%

A dismal March jobs report that saw 663,000 Americans completely...

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