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University of Maryland Will Show American Sniper After All

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Posted by    Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 2:00pm

Common sense has finally prevailed at U. Maryland.

Stephen Gutowski of the Washington Free Beacon reports.

Boomer Wins: University of Maryland Will Show American Sniper

Less than a week after former NFL star and University of Maryland alumnus Boomer Esiason threatened to cut off his support for the school over the cancelation...

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Bill de Blasio’s Son to Attend Yale University

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Posted by    Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 11:00am

That’s kind of an expensive, elitist, one-percenter university, isn’t it?

NBC New York reports.

Dante de Blasio to Attend Yale University

Mayor de Blasio’s son will be heading to Yale University this fall.

Dante de Blasio’s mother, Chirlane McCray, made the announcement Wednesday morning via Twitter. She wrote, “So excited for your next adventure,...

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No Recording Devices or Signs Allowed at Hillary’s Columbia University Appearance

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Posted by    Thursday, April 30, 2015 at 8:00am

Gee, Hilary Clinton sure is transparent as a candidate, isn’t she?

Twitchy reported.

Brave: Recording devices, placards banned from Hillary Clinton’s Columbia appearance Wednesday

Despite her campaign being well underway, Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton seems content for now to limit her appearances on camera to Chipotle security footage. Clinton will appear at Columbia...

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Campus Carry Effort Spreads to More States

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 5:00pm

This is one campus issue that’s trending in favor of the right. For once.

Letty Burgin of Campus Reform reports.

More states are working toward campus carry

Lawmakers across the country want to add their states to the short list of states that allow students, faculty, and staff to legally carry concealed firearms on...

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Some Colleges Think Diversity is More Important Than Education

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 2:00pm

Browse higher education news for a few days and you’ll lose count of the times that the word diversity is mentioned.

Harry Painter of the Pope Center writes about it in a new post.

All diversity, all the time, everybody, right now

It often seems as though the central m...

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Do Campus Sexual Assault Hearings Often Ignore Evidence?

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 11:00am

Ashe Schow of the Washington Examiner asks a good question here. How does a student accused of sexual assault prove their innocence?

No such thing as evidence of innocence in campus sexual assault hearings

If a student has been wrongly accused of sexual assault on their college campus, how are they supposed to...

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Penn Law Prof: Reparations is the Answer to “Patriarchal White Supremacy”

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at 8:00am

How do so many social justice warriors find their way into academia?

From the Pundit Press.

Professor, MSNBC Contributor: Reparations is the Answer to “Patriarchal White Supremacy” that Runs US

Dr. Dorothy E. Roberts, who is described by Penn Law as “an acclaimed scholar of race, gender and the law,” believes that the United...

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Collapse of Corinthian Colleges Could Cost Taxpayers

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 5:00pm

File this story under higher ed bubble.

Blake Neff of the Daily Caller reports.

For-Profit College Closure Could Cost Taxpayers Hundreds Of Millions

More than 16,000 students across the country have found their college educations abruptly ended after for-profit chain Corinthian Colleges abruptly ceased all operations at its 28 remaining campuses over the weekend....

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Prager University – Don’t Judge Blacks Differently

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 2:00pm

In a new video from Prager University, a student from University of New Orleans named Chloe Valdary offers a common sense analysis of true equality between people of different races.

Here’s more information.

Course Description

When whites riot, the public rightly labels them as criminals. When blacks riot, the public considers them to be...

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Actor Vince Vaughn Headlines Libertarian College Conference

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 11:00am

Isn’t it amazing to learn that not all celebrities are progressive liberals?

Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reported.

Actor Vince Vaughn headlines libertarian college conference; touts liberty, privacy

LOS ANGELES – Actor Vince Vaughn headlined a Young Americans for Liberty conference at UCLA over the weekend, offering candid thoughts and words of encouragement...

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Drexel Law Prof Writes of Public Shaming After Mistake

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at 8:00am

Professor Lisa T. McElroy accidentally sent a link to a porn site to her students. She wrote about what followed in the Washington Post.

Hat tip to Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog.

After a public shaming, reclaiming my dignity

When a Web site broke the news on April 3 that, instead of posting an...

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Whites and Males Excluded From Diversity Event at British University

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Posted by    Monday, April 27, 2015 at 5:00pm

The organizers of this event obviously have a very unique interpretation of diversity.

Justin Wm. Moyer of the Washington Post reports.

Excluding whites and men from diversity event at British university elicits anger

A student leader in the United Kingdom has come under fire for allegedly...

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Boston University Has a Diversity Problem

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Posted by    Monday, April 27, 2015 at 2:00pm

Is there a worse problem for a school to have these days?

Hannah Sparks of Boston.com.

Boston University, MLK’s Alma Mater, Is Just 3 Percent Black

At the alma mater of Martin Luther King, Jr., the black student population is only three percent.

Boston University is located, of course, in Boston, a city where 24...

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Public University Invites Gay Porn Star to Give Sexual Liberation Speech

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Posted by    Monday, April 27, 2015 at 11:00am

I wonder if anyone posted trigger warnings or created a safe space on campus during this event.

David Hookstead of the College Fix reports.

Public university hosts gay porn star for sexual liberation speech

Please note: Graphic content

A popular gay porn star spoke Thursday at the University of Wisconsin Madi...

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Congressional Staffers May Lose Student Loan Forgiveness Perk

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Posted by    Monday, April 27, 2015 at 8:00am

Just think, people who work on Capitol Hill might end up having to live like the rest of America.

Rebecca Gale of Roll Call.

Student Loan Forgiveness for Staff on Chopping Block

One of the more generous benefits for congressional staffers might be on the chopping block in this year’s budget. The House and...

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University of Maryland Students Can’t Identify Photo of Ronald Reagan

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Posted by    Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 3:30pm

This is just sad.

How do you even get into college without being able to identify a two term president who was responsible for the end of the Cold War?

From MRCTV.

VIDEO: College Students Don’t Recognize Ronald Reagan

President Ronald Reagan is one of the most famous Americans of the 20th century. Between...

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Pro-Life Group’s Signs Torn Down Twice at College of New Jersey

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Posted by    Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 12:30pm

This would probably be labeled a hate crime if someone had done it to a progressive group.

Greg Piper of the College Fix reported.

Campus pro-life group’s signs ripped down twice in less than a month

Someone at The College of New Jersey doesn’t like representations of women with children.

The campus Students for Life chapter had...

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Carnegie Mellon Features Masturbation in Gender Conference

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Posted by    Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 9:30am

Hey, at least they’re not trying to show American Sniper, right?

Ashley Rae Goldenberg of the Daily Caller.

Carnegie Mellon University Shows Graphic Masturbation As Part Of Its Annual Gender Conference

The prestigious Carnegie Mellon University hosted a graphic event featuring genitalia and masturbation as part of its annual gender conference.

“Finger Painting: An Arts-Based...

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Rutgers Students Get Credit for Course on Hillary Clinton

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Posted by    Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 3:30pm

Well, this seems perfectly fair and above board.

Dr. Susan Berry reports at Breitbart.

Rutgers Students Earn Credit for Course on Hillary, Field Trip to Clinton Global Initiative

First-year students at taxpayer-funded Rutgers University have been studying Democrat candidate for president Hillary Rodham Clinton during a one-credit...

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George Will Talks About Campus Free Speech at Yale’s Disinvitation Dinner

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Posted by    Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 12:30pm

George Will knows a thing or two about free speech on college campuses.

Susan Kruth of the FIRE blog reports.

George Will Surveys Campus Free Speech, Hails FIRE’s Lukianoff at Yale’s Disinvitation Dinner

Increasingly on college and university campuses nationwide, students are objecting to invitations to visiting speakers with whom they disagree and demanding...

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Students Panic over False Report That Yik Yak is Blocking Princeton for Harassment

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Posted by    Saturday, April 25, 2015 at 9:30am

Students freaked out about the idea of losing a social media app.

Matthew Boyer of the College Fix reports.

Yik Yak is blocking Princeton for harassment? False report, but real panic

Rogue ‘support agent’ plays on racial tensions following ‘Urban Congo’ spat

When a c...

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The New York Times Profiles Ted Cruz’s College Debate Skills

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Posted by    Friday, April 24, 2015 at 5:00pm

I’m really looking forward to seeing Ted Cruz in presidential debates.

Still, this is a fun read.

Ted Cruz Showed Eloquence, and Limits, as Debater at Princeton

By the time he was a senior at Princeton University in 1992, Ted Cruz had developed an arsenal of rhetorical skills and theatrical gestures that made him...

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