Sarah Palin’s entire CPAC speech was amazing but for the sake of College Insurrection readers, I wanted to be sure we highlighted her shout out the College Republicans.
Skip to the 17:15 mark to see it.
You have to wonder if the entire student body is happy to know how their student fees are being spent. What would liberal students say if the money was used to bring in someone like say… Anne Coulter?
Todd Starnes of FOX News Radio reports.
University of Tennessee Uses Student Fees to Host...
The student in question isn’t your typical undergrad. He’s a 57 year old builder who was trying to get a bachelor’s degree in writing and rhetoric for some reason.
Joseph Corlett and Mandi Wright of the Detroit Free Press report.
‘Hot for Teacher’ essayist sues Oakland University for $2.2 million
An Oakland University student...
Writer Dwight Longenecker of Intercollegiate review suggests that students of faith can and often do come under attack for their views on college campuses.
He also says that such students shouldn’t take these attacks lying down.
Reality and Religion
College is supposed to be about education, and there are not a few college professors...
Here’s a feel-good story for Friday. The personal politics of these students doesn’t matter because they’re giving their time to a noble cause.
Bravo.
Stephanie Wang of the Indianapolis Star reports.
Celebrating spring break by helping others
Last year, IUPUI student Cole Johnson found himself on spring break in Florida amid the hordes of college...
Laurel Conrad of the Cornell Insider reports that not everyone in the student body is happy about the choice of a liberal Democrat to deliver the convocation at Cornell this spring.
Democrat Politician Announced as 2013 Convocation Speaker
Conservative students and alumni may be upset upon hearing the announcement of Cory Booker as 2013...
University of Nebraska Chancellor Harvey Perlman has his own YouTube channel and his videos have been attracting lots of attention.
Zack Budryk of Inside Higher Ed reports.
‘Perls’ Before Cornhuskers
Like a lot of people before him, Harvey Perlman thinks YouTube is a good forum in which to air his thoughts. But Perlman is...
Sometimes people on the left say outrageous things like this just to upset conservatives. In this guy’s case it’s hard to tell.
The College Fix reports.
Atheist Professor: Pig More ‘Human’ Than Fetus
Atheist Professor Richard Dawkins riled the prolife community Thursday after he tweeted that a pig is more human than a fetus.
“With...
There’s a growing movement among progressives on America’s college campuses which calls for a divestment from the nation of Israel.
In a new post at the Brown Spectator, writer Olivia Conetta offers an alternative view.
The Problems with Divestment
Divestment has recently become a buzzword at Brown. The Brown Divest Coal Campaign calls for...
This news should go over well with the Department of Justice and Attorney General Eric (nation of cowards) Holder.
Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.
Federal judge: Arizona can ban classes promoting ‘racial resentment against ‘whites’
A federal appeals judge has upheld most of a 2010 Arizona state law that prohibits school districts...
The Northwestern Chronicle has a new blog dedicated to guns and ammo called Down Range.
In one of their first posts, writer Max Baird says if you want to buy a gun, you should take a serious look at the AR-15.
So You’re Looking at an AR-15…
With all of this talk about gun...
If you read the full report below, it’s clear that this isn’t a case of a guy who just happened to take a picture of some friends after gym class and then posted it to his Twitter account.
Rachel Katz of ABC News reports.
University of Arkansas Student Charged for Tweets of Men...
Is this a sign of young libertarians taking over the GOP or progressives taking over the College Republicans?
Amelia Evrigenis of the College Fix reports.
Ivy League College Republicans Back Same-Sex Marriage
College Republican presidents at two Ivy League schools recently threw their support behind same-sex marriage, a sign of a growing trend among...
Ryan Bolyard is the president of the Hillsdale College Republicans.
In honor of Rand Paul’s historic filibuster, Mr. Bolyard has suggested that CPAC attendees stand for the duration of Senator Rand Paul’s speech.
Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform reports.
Student calls on CPAC attendees to stand through duration of Sen. Rand Paul’s speech
A conservative...
A university president of less than two years gets fired over spring break and no reason is given? There’s obviously more to this story.
FOX News reports.
Pennsylvania university ousts new president, refuses to offer reason
A Pennsylvania college has reportedly terminated its president of less than two years, stunning faculty and students who...
In a new post at The Brown Spectator, writer Oliver Hudson provides an accurate and helpful translation of Obama’s second inaugural address.
Translating the President
President Barack Obama delivered his second inauguration address Jan. 21. Much of the speech was a string of unintelligible platitudes, so, as a public service, The Spectator has...
Akane Otani of The Cornell Daily Sun reports.
Cornell Organization to Give Scholarships to Undocumented Students
With the cost of attending Cornell’s endowed colleges approaching $60,000 a year, the DREAM Team, a student organization, is awarding $5,000 in scholarships to the University’s undocumented students — an act it hopes will alleviate the financial...
Don’t count on the MSM to cover this story.
Of course, if the professor was a conservative and did this to a statue of Obama…
The College Fix reports.
Professor Covers Jesus Statue With Vacuum Dirt, Calls It Art
Just in time for Easter comes news that an associate art professor at Wheaton College has...
Any defeat of “speech codes” on college campuses is a victory for free speech and higher education as well.
Robert Shibley of The FIRE reports.
Victory: Ohio College Settles First Amendment Lawsuit, Scraps Speech Code
DAYTON, Ohio, March 12, 2013—Ohio’s Sinclair Community College (SCC) has settled a First Amendment lawsuit by revising an unconstitutional...
Wow. A liberal professor at NYU agrees with Mayor Bloomberg’s nanny state statist policies. Who could have predicted such a thing?
Noah Glyn of National Review has the story.
NYU Professor Compares Drinking Large Sodas to Drunk Driving
In an op-ed in the New York Daily News on Friday, Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition...
Oppressive speech codes and political correctness are smothering free speech in the one place where the free exchange of idea is supposed to be sacred.
Bruce Thornton of the Hoover Institution reports.
College: Where Free Speech Goes to Die
The value of the university once lay in its providing a nurturing space for what...
We recently covered an article that appeared in the Harvard Crimson in which the writers said conservatives weren’t welcome at Harvard.
Luciana E. Milano of the Harvard Conservatives blog has written a response to the Crimson.
Not Wanted at Harvard
I am disappointed that The Crimson has not apologized for but instead continues to defend...
