This is getting a little ridiculous.
Robby Soave writes at Reason.
Old Photo of Confederate Flag a Possible Safety Threat, Says U. of Missouri
University of Missouri-Columbia Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin promised a swift investigation of a three-year-old photo of the Confederate flag that surfaced this week. The pho...
Yes, by all means. Let’s just let everyone out of jail. Student loan debt crisis solved!
This report comes from VOX, of course.
Obama: $80 billion spent on incarceration could eliminate tuition at public universities
Mass incarceration costs the US more than $80 billion in a year. That’s how much corrections expenditures cost the...
Of course. The latest craze over the Confederate flag demands it.
FOX News reported.
Some say Utah’s Dixie State University should reconsider name as Confederate flags come down
Amid moves to take down Confederate flags nationwide, some say Utah’s Dixie State University should re-open a discussion about changing its...
Perhaps we should keep due process in real courts, not university kangaroo courts.
Justin Wm. Moyer reported at the Washington Post.
University unfair to student accused of sexual assault, says California judge
A California trial court judge in San Diego has determined that a college student found responsible for sexual misconduct by a university...
Up next? Werewolves and mummies.
Via the College Fix.
Study urges people to accept those who ‘identify as real vampires’
You think you’ve heard it all, and then something like this comes along.
Katherine Timpf of National Review reports:
Sociology researchers are now insisting that we...
If you’re afraid of microaggressions, should you really be in grad school?
Caitlin Grimes reported at Campus Reform.
Grad student union contract has microaggression protections
A graduate student union at the University of Washington recently renegotiated its contract to include protection from microaggressions.
Graduate students around the country have recently been attempting to unionize, including...
Rhetoric like this is only going to get worse in the coming months, especially if Walker does well.
David Hookstead reported at the College Fix.
Univ. of Wisconsin professor says Hitler, Scott Walker share ‘terrifying’ similarities
University of Wisconsin sociology Professor Sara Goldrick-Rab claims there are “terrifying” psychological similarities between Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker...
Throwing caps in the air is too dangerous because someone could get hurt, you see.
The Independent reported.
Birmingham University bans students from throwing caps in the air at graduation ceremony
Staff at the University of Birmingham have killed-off a beloved graduation day tradition because of ‘health and safety’ fears – the throwing of...
The conservative student group was trying to make a point but the administration wasn’t buying it.
FOX News reports.
College conservatives’ ‘murder-free zone’ a no-go on Oregon campus
It was supposed to be a stunt to point out the silliness of banning unwanted activity by decree, but a college conservative group in Oregon was...
We’re from the government and we’re here to help.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller reported.
Federal Government Grants $300K To Make Engineering Classes ‘LGBTQ-Affirming’
The National Science Foundation is granting almost $300,000 in taxpayer funds for a two-year “diversity research” study examining aspects of engineering culture that serve as “impediments” to increased numbers...
It doesn’t sound like the professor has thought this plan through very well.
Katherine Timpf reported at National Review.
Professor’s Manifesto: Vegans Must Illegally Overthrow Society to Save the World
A professor at the University of Texas at El Paso wrote a manifesto saying that animal-rights activists must rise up...
Colleges should be completely transparent when it comes to policies on such sensitive subjects.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Regents grow a pair and demand review of UMinn’s new ‘affirmative consent’ standard for sex
We noted earlier this week that the University of Minnesota’s new regents were making trouble for the administration...
It’s nice to get good news like this from a blue state once in a while.
If there’s anyone who deserves a break on college tuition, it’s the men and women who have volunteered to defend America.
Letty Burgin of Campus Reform reported.
Vermont offers in-state tuition to vets
Veterans from around the country will...
It sounds like the building needed the work.
WOWKTV reported.
Marshall University spending $500,000 to renovate president’s house
Marshall University is taking advantage of the fact the president’s house is currently vacant and undertaking some long-overdue renovations and upgrades.
Marshall Spokeswoman Ginny Painter said the $500,000 project will correct some structural issues and bring the...
The same media that protected Obama’s sealed academic records now wants to make an issue out of Scott Walker’s lack of them.
Are people supposed to interpret this article by Nicholas Carnes and Naom Lupu in any other way? Media bias against Republicans isn’t just real, it’s stunning.
Scott Walker didn’t finish college....
You wouldn’t want to encounter one of these on a nature hike.
The LA Times reported.
Mountain lion spotted near Stanford University
Watch out budding tech moguls, there is a large furry feline roaming near Stanford University’s campus.
A mountain lion was spotted on the south side of the university, near Gerona Road and Junipero...
The professor made his opinion known in a piece at Salon but I’ll refer you to this report from Blake Neff of the Daily Caller.
Prof: Make Confederate Flag A Hate Crime
“Let’s make the Confederate flag a hate crime: It is the American swastika and we should recoil from it in horror.”
So...
History has finally caught up to one of the best known progressives.
Dave Huber reports at the College Fix.
The name change craze continues: Add Woodrow Wilson to the list
A history teacher at (Woodrow) Wilson High School in Portland, Oregon is demanding that the school change its name.
Hyung Nam tweeted “(Expletive) Wilson and...
I took a sociology course in college and I wish my professor had done this.
What a boring subject.
Jacqueline Thomsen of Inside Higher Ed reports.
Celebrations, Not Tests
Students entering a classroom to take a test can be filled with a sense of dread. But in one classroom at Baylor University, students in some...
I don’t understand how students at this school communicate about anything without putting themselves in jeopardy.
Samantha Harris reports at the FIRE blog.
Speech Code of the Month: Florida State University
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for July 2015: Florida State University (FSU).
FSU’s Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination Statement provides...
Well, Obama did say he wanted to “fundamentally transform” the United States.
Michael Bastasch of the Daily Caller reported.
Law Prof.: Obama’s Climate Agenda Is About Changing The Constitution
President Barack Obama’s push to unilaterally commit the United States to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions in the coming years is about changing the constitutional...
If it’s legal to possess a firearm in your home, why not university housing?
News 4 JAX reported.
Court to weigh allowing guns in university housing
After a high-profile legislative debate this spring about concealed weapons on college campuses, a state appeals court is poised to hear arguments in a dispute about whether guns...
