Alex Christy of the College Conservative isn’t a fan of Bernie Sanders and explains why in a new post.
No, Bernie, European Socialism Does Not Work
Bernie Sanders and other supporters of “soft socialism” tell us that they think we should be more like Scandinavia. Putting the fact that Sanders and his wife took...
Of course, how can we have a Halloween without progressives trying to ruin it?
Peter Fricke reports at Campus Reform.
Wesleyan provides checklist to help students avoid ‘offensive’ Halloween costumes
Now that Columbus Day is over, Wesleyan University is turning its attention toward the next controversial date on the calendar: Halloween.
Wesleyan’s Office of Student...
It looks like this “Diversity” spending was just a big gravy train.
Scott Greer reports at the Daily Caller.
TN Lawmakers Rip Apart University System For Spending Millions On ‘Diversity Programming’
Some Republican legislators in the Tennessee legislature are not happy with the state’s taxpayer-funded university system spending $5.5 million every year on...
Will wonders never cease?
The College Fix reports.
Affirmative action hurts students it’s intended to help, UCLA law professor argues
A UCLA law professor critiques affirmative action as detrimental to the very people it strives to aid: minority students.
This man was essentially forced out by his colleagues, not the school.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Putting Harassers on Notice
One of the biggest names in astronomy resigned his professorship at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday over the fallout from a damning investigation into his conduct with female...
The school’s by-laws prevent him from being paid for his work.
Hollie McKay reports at FOX News.
Illegal immigrant fights for pay after being elected Cal-Long Beach student body president
Politics pays in college, but not quite as well for illegal immigrants.
Student government representatives at most public universities collect money for their service, including...
File this story under, you couldn’t make this stuff up.
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
Anti-Rape Activist Resigns After Raping Somebody
Annie Teriba appears to have sterling credentials as an activist. She edited the journal No Heterox**, targeted at Oxford’s “queer and trans*” communities, was a member of the black students’ committee...
This is just another higher education exercise in leftism and social justice.
The College Fix reports.
Notre Dame replaces PE class with mandatory ‘cultural competency’ lessons
At Notre Dame, tennis, golf and ultimate Frisbee have been replaced with “cultural competence,” “inclusiveness” and “human sexuality.”
The University of Notre Dame this semester replaced its longtime mandatory physical education course...
How can this be true when the left is always telling us the opposite?
From Beliefnet.
Harvard University Study Reveals Astonishing Link Between Firearms, Crime and Gun Control
According to a study in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, which cites the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences...
In the newest video from Prager University, Rabbi Joseph Telushkin examines the old saying that honesty is the best policy.
Is it really? Not always.
Here’s more information.
Telling the truth is usually right. But can it also sometimes be wrong? If so, when? And why? Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, a bestselling author and renowned...
What a mature way to make an argument.
Joel B. Pollak reports at Breitbart.
Anti-Religious Slurs Carved into Cars at UC Davis
Police are searching for a suspect who carved anti-religious hate messages on cars in a parking lot at the University of California Davis on Saturday.
Eleven cars were vandalized, among which eight had...
Conservative students are made to feel uncomfortable in college classrooms all the time. Sorry if the Second Amendment makes you nervous.
Elaine Godfrey reports at New York Mag.
Many Professors Anxious About Legally Armed Students in Their Classrooms
A professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Aust...
The goal of every campus progressive has been achieved at one Florida school.
Rebecca Downs reports at Red Alert Politics.
College bans Pledge of Allegiance: It ‘violated beliefs in academic freedom’
WFLA.com reported that the advisory council for Hillsborough Community College, in Fla., voted at its September meeting to drop the Pledge of Allegiance...
University of Ottawa professor Janice Fiamengo asks some very pertinent questions about the current climate on college campuses.
Particularly with regard to rape culture and due process. Watch:
We need more leaders in higher education to do the same.
This New York Post editorial praises Cornell president Elizabeth Garrett, and rightly so.
Hopefully Cornell president’s free speech stance sets a trend
Calling herself “an avid supporter of freedom of speech,” Elizabeth Garrett — Cornell University’s new president — came out firmly against...
What’s next? Trigger warnings in the Bible?
Pardes Seleh of Campus Reform reported.
Students from 82 colleges urge Pope Francis to divest Vatican from fossil fuels
Fossil Free, a global network of “campaigns and campaigners” aimed at economically hindering companies that profit from fossil fuels, has recently busied itself with lobbying the Pope to...
Is nothing sacred? The University of Missouri should be ashamed of this.
The Missourian reported.
Students protest Thomas Jefferson statue, call for its removal
COLUMBIA — In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “All men are created equal.” On Wednesday, the words were plastered to his forehead.
Throughout the day, students covered the Jefferson...
Of course, there are certain strings attached to this offer.
Eric Owens reported at the Daily Caller.
Bunny Ranch Brothel Offers To Pay Down Student Loans For Debt-Strapped Co-Eds
The owner of the Moonlite BunnyRanch, a legal whorehouse in Nevada, has announced that he will pay down student loans for new sex worker underlings.
Like...
We can’t have nasty words offending sensitive college students can we?
Emily Shire writes at the Daily Beast.
Freedom of Speech? Not At Brown University
College is a time for participating in a number of head-scratching activities that make perfect sense inside the campus bubble, but appear utterly ridiculous and nonsensical to anyone in...
At least it was a silent protest that didn’t interrupt the speaker.
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
Dartmouth students stage silent protest during ‘controversial’ sexual assault speech
There’s been yet another college protest focused on an “against-the-sexual assault-narrative” speaker, this time Slate’s Emily Yoffe at Dartmouth.
Apparently, some of Yoffe’s articles — titled...
What a mature way to respond to an issue you disagree with.
From The Blaze.
College Students Plan to Carry Sex Toys Around School to Protest Campus Carry
University of Texas at Austin students plan to carry dildos around campus next year in protest of recent legislation that allows concealed...
I wonder if anyone has informed John Kerry about this?
The FOX News Insider reported:
California College Denies Student Yacht Club, Says Yacht Clubs Are Offensive
Are yacht clubs — in and of themselves — offensive? According...
