This guy deserves credit for doing the right thing and maybe saving lives.
Cleveland.com reports.
Gun shop owner thwarts possible mass shooting at Ohio University
A Hocking County gun shop owner may have prevented a mass shooting at Ohio University in Athens, authorities said.
John Downs, owner of...
If the government of Connecticut needs cash, how can they legally pilfer it from Yale’s endowment?
The Daily Caller reports.
Connecticut May Raid Yale’s Endowment For Much-Needed Cash
Connecticut’s cash-starved government is considering raiding the endowment of Yale University in an attempt to plug a growing budget hole.
A bill introduced to the Connecticut Senate...
If this student was a liberal this would probably be a national news story.
Campus Reform reports.
USC senator escapes impeachment, but loses stipend for being conservative
The University of Southern California student senate has decided to allow one of their colleagues to remain in office, but is confiscating the remainder of his stipend...
Students at NYU don’t like the fact that their application asks if a person has ever been convicted of a crime.
Gothamist reports.
NYU Students Are Staging A Sit-In To Demand That The University ‘Abolish The Box’
Dozens of New York University students and community members have been occupying the Kimmel Center for University...
Who knew the city of Detroit was in such sound financial shape?
The Detroit Free Press reports.
Detroit high school grads to get tuition-free college
Detroit students who graduate from any high school in the city — public, charter or private — will be guaranteed two tuition-free years of community college under a program...
It’s unknown at this point if this is some type of hoax, but the flyers have shown up on multiple campuses.
Mass Live reports.
UMass not only college targeted with racist, anti-Semitic flyers; Smith, Northeastern, Princeton among others
The University of Massachusetts was not alone in receiving the “hate-filled, racist and anti-Semitic flyer” that...
We need more leaders at the state and national level to defend liberty like this.
The FIRE blog reports.
Kansas Governor Signs Bill Protecting Students’ Religious Liberty
On Tuesday, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed into law a bill that will protect religious student organizations’ ability to limit membership and leadership roles to students who...
Will this ultimately increase tuition costs?
The College Fix reports.
Public university to hire more counselors to help students cope with microaggressions
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has pledged to hire more counselors in the wake of students claiming the state’s flagship university is fraught with microaggressions and racial bias.
“I’m accelerating the hiring of additional student...
A college student who wanted to start a shoe shining business in DC just learned the harsh truth about government regulations.
The Extract reports.
D.C. college student condemns over-regulation for making it impossible to shine shoes
It has often been said that small-business owners are the lifeblood of the U.S. economy. Unfortunately for many...
Is there a single college president in America who will stand up to whiny leftist students?
The College Fix reports.
Emory University president grovels before anti-Trump protesters
Following the whine fest by approximately 40 Emory University students over numerous pro-Donald Trump “chalkings” found across campus Sunday night, school president James W. Wagner issued the...
The ongoing budget crisis in the state threatens all public colleges which are now cash starved.
Marketplace reports.
Illinois cuts off funding for its public universities
A state budget stalemate in Illinois, which has dragged on since last July, is offering a masterclass on the destruction political gridlock can cause.
At risk are the state’s...
This news comes just a day after the terror attacks in Brussels.
CNN reports.
Two university students convicted of plotting London terror attack
Two university students have been convicted of plotting a terror attack on the streets of London.
The terror cell’s 22-year-old ringleader, Tarik Hassane, and 21-year-old Suhaib Majeed, were convicted Wednesday of conspiring...
The case revolves around the school’s purported employment record.
The TaxProfBlog reports.
Jury Rejects Fraud Claim Against Thomas Jefferson Law School
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jury Rejects Fraud Claim Against Law School:
A San Diego Superior Court jury on Thursday disagreed with a former law student who claimed the Thomas Jefferson School of Law willfully misrepresented...
Have you noticed that conservative student groups are never accused of such hostility?
The Daily Caller reports.
University Of Michigan Group’s ‘Fossil Fuels’ Flyers Torn Up By Pro-Socialism Activists
Banners and flyers promoting a University of Michigan (UM) student group’s pro-fossil fuel event were ripped down and replaced with socialist propaganda.
The flyers advertised a...
This story keeps getting worse and is probably driving more voters into Trump supporters.
Mediaite reports.
Emory University Offers ‘Emergency Counseling’ After ‘Triggering’ Donald Trump Chalking
A group of students at Emory University led a campus-wide protest after someone wrote ‘Donald Trump 2016’ in chalk across campus, leading the university to provide “emergency counseling”...
You can’t blame someone in this position for suing. An accusation like this can ruin your life.
The Washington Examiner reports.
Student cleared of sex assault charges sues for malicious prosecution
A New Jersey student who had charges of sexual assault dismissed against him is suing the police who investigated him, alleging false arrest...
A drug deal gone wrong led to an assault at UMass under incredibly stupid circumstances.
Mass Live reports.
UMass Amherst assault occurred after defendants tried to pass off shredded vegetables as marijuana, prosecutor says
The violent altercation that resulted in a shelter-in-place order at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Feb. 18 occurred after two...
Get these poor students to a fainting couch. Quick!
The College Fix reports.
Emory University snowflakes ‘in pain’ after pro-Trump graffiti appears on campus
Approximately 40 students at Emory University were disturbed — disturbed, I tell you — about “pro-Donald Trump for president chalkings” that had appeared Sunday night throughout campus, and hence protested...
Sometimes the special snowflakes on campus are the professors. This is unreal.
The Grand Forks Herald has the story.
LETTER: Military maneuvers startle already-stressed UND campus
Apparently, it’s not enough that UND’s administration is attacking the quality of education by cutting programs and experienced faculty and jacking class sizes. Now, we must also feel...
This will remind you of that scene in Back to School when Rodney Dangerfield schools the business professor on real life.
The Captain Capitalism blog reports.
Only 1/3 of “Entrepreneurship Professors” Ever Started Companies
I quit my research early only after 31 data points.
And the reason I quit my research early is, frankly, because...
If you can’t hear challenging ideas without a safe space, why are you even at college?
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
How ‘Safe Spaces’ Stifle Ideas
In After Virtue, the philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre suggests that, when a culture is in good shape, its condition will have much to do with the robust arguments...
There’s certainly a lack of conservative professors at American colleges. Would this help?
The Los Angeles Times reports.
Do universities need affirmative action for conservative professors?
Even though we are conservative professors, we’ve argued publicly that conservative attacks on universities are too often overheated and counterproductive. Nonetheless, liberals shouldn’t pretend that academia is untouched...
