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Ann Coulter expecting warm reception at Notre Dame

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Posted by    Friday, April 11, 2014 at 12:30pm

Conservative icon Ann Coulter is addressing Notre Dame students as part of the Notre Dame College Republican’s Lincoln Day celebrations.

Kudos to the school for not rescinding her invite, though she can expect the usual brouhaha from the usual suspects upon her arrival.

Conservative political pundit Ann Coulter will address Notre Dame students...

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Washington University students stage sit-in to protest school’s “evil coal” ties

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Posted by    Friday, April 11, 2014 at 9:30am

Students at Washington University in St. Louis are staging a sit-in, calling for the school to cut its ties to Peabody Energy, a coal company.

Dozens of students are pledging to camp out on campus until the University removes the coal company’s CEO Gregory Boyce from the school’s board of directors, CBS...

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Heartbreak! “How to be a Lesbian in 10 Days” event cancelled!

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Posted by    Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 6:30pm

We recently reported that the University of South Carolina Upstate was hosting a production of “How to Be a Lesbian in 10 Days or Less.”

It appears that the self-identified “guide to gay for budding lesbians, no matter their sexual orientation” has been cancelled.

The Univers...

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UCLA Student Reports from the Frontlines of Student-Workers Union Strike

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Posted by    Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 3:30pm

We reported on the University of California system’s United Student-Workers Union organized strike, featuring news from the Santa Cruz and San Diego institutions.

Now, UCLA student Josh Hedtke files this report from his school:

The strikers, totaling in...

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NYC education officials complain about “ambiguous” “inappropriate” Common Core test questions

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Posted by    Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 12:30pm

Ironically, Common Core test preparers may have accidentally alighted upon a way to fund education: Corporate product placement in test questions.

But this form of marketing is not going over well with New York City principals, who offer a scathing review of a recent test.

New York City principals are rising up against...

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UC Santa Barbara Student’s Dim View of California’s Beach Party Gone Wild

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Posted by    Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 9:30am

We recently reported that a big Spring Break beach party on Isla Vista, close to University of California – Santa Barbara, went wild.

So wild that 100 were arrested and many were injured.

UCSB student Alexa Shapiro takes a dim view of the entire event, and indicates that some of the problems stemmed...

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Prager University – God vs. Atheism, Which is More Rational?

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 6:30pm

The latest video offering from Prager University is well timed for the Passover/Easter season.

Belief in God, according to atheists, is irrational, illogical, and dumb. Belief that...

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Alumna & Conservative Speaker Booted From Campus Theater in Favor Of Box-Office Bomb

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 3:30pm

Another day, another conservative speaker gets dissed at a “diverse” and “tolerant” institution.

At the University of Arizona, a student group that properly reserves a room to host a conservative speaker months in advance of its event apparently doesn’t get priority over an indie movie screening about a guy who falls in...

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Rutgers Athletic Director wants New Jersey Star-Ledger out of newspaper game

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 12:30pm

Many of us wish various newspapers would fold.

The Athletic Director at Rutgers University caused quite a stir when she expressed the desire that a local publication fold.

Perhaps adding insult to injury for a prominent newspaper scaling back in a struggling industry, Julie Hermann, the athletic director at Rutgers University said she...

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Saudi Arabia shows more tolerance than some American campuses

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at 9:30am

CAIR recently succeeded in shutting down a screening of the film, “Honor Diaries,” at the University of Michigan, claiming that the film is ‘Islamophobic.

In some respects this acts shows that Saudi Arabia is more tolerant than some of our college campuses.

Muslim women’s rights activist Dr. Qanta Ahmed explains in National...

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“Adjuctification” of community colleges potentially impacting graduation rates

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 6:30pm

A new report sheds light on the “adjunctification” of community colleges, which may be a barrier to college completion.

More than half the nation’s most vulnerable college students are in courses taught by part-time, adjunct faculty members who lack the job security, credentials and experience of full-time professors – as well as the campus...

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CU-Boulder responds to its conservative prof with as much tolerance for his diversity as you’d expect

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 3:30pm

Last year, the University of Colorado-Boulder (CU-Boulder) appointed Steven Hayward as its first Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy.

How has his year been going so far?

He is being treated with the kind of “tolerance” for his political diversity as we have come to expected at progressive institutions. The Foundation for Individual...

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Loyola U. Student – Push a growth friendly, fence friendly immigration reform

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 12:30pm

While Jeb Bush promotes the “Act of Love” immigration reform plan, Loyola University student Mathew Lamb offers an arguably more sensible alternative.

…It’s an economic fallacy to believe that an influx of immigrants will permanently drive down wages, since those immigrants will also buy products here and could help the economy in...

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Transgender Wars: Christian university denies transgender’s request to live in all-male dorm

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 9:30am

It appears that California’s transgender battles have spread to Oregon.

A transgender college sophomore has been barred from living in all-male dorms, and now his lawyer has lodged a federal complaint against the university.

George Fox University, a Christian school in Newberg, Ore., says officials denied Jayce’s December request to live with his...

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Unauthorized Search Uncovers Teen’s Non-Lethal Weapons, Jail Follows

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Posted by    Monday, April 7, 2014 at 6:30pm

Jordan Wise is an 18-year old who was looking forward to serving his country and its citizens in several worthy endeavors.

For example, here is a touching video in response to a suicide within his school’s district.

For perspective, here is one of the comments on that video: “You should be an inspirational...

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U. of Colorado derails business model for firms helping out-of-state students get in-state tuition

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Posted by    Monday, April 7, 2014 at 3:30pm

In an effort to circumvent the ever increasing costs of college in that state, two Colorado companies promised to help out-of-state students get in-state tuition.

Then, the University of Colorado got wise to the business model, and instituted some changes: Changes that leave it richer, and one of the two companies closed.

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Former staffer sues U. of Tennessee after Facebook based firing

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Posted by    Monday, April 7, 2014 at 12:30pm

University of Tennessee’s seem to have no problem with exposing students to Sex Week gems such as an “Aphrodisiac Cooking Class”.

So it will be fascinating to hear the defense in a case brought by a former University of Tennessee staffer against the the institution over online comments about a dirty...

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Student Protest of Transgender’s Bathroom Bust Threatened by College’s Free Speech Zone

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Posted by    Monday, April 7, 2014 at 9:30am

File this story under “Blue vs Blue”.

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) reports that students at Central Piedmont Community College (CPCC) who are planning to protest in support of a

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Violence Breaks out during Grad Student Protests at UC Santa Cruz

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Posted by    Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 5:00pm

Graduate students throughout the University of California system are engaging in some precarious extra-curricular activities.

And, when it comes to strikes, don’t forget to look for the union label.  At one school, the unrest during these protests has escalated.

One day after 20 undergraduate students were arrested at the University of California Santa...

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San Diego State U.’s New “Certificate of Transgender Studies”

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Posted by    Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 2:00pm

San Diego State University has announced its an exciting, new graduate-level program.

This should really help graduates get a career-launching job…at the local coffee house.  Or, in the case of San Diego, perhaps a regional brewery.

The university will offer an “Advanced Certificate in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies,” starting this fall.

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Harvard Implicated in Title IX Sexual Assault Complaint

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Posted by    Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 11:00am

A group is poised to file a complaint against Harvard University, charging that the Ivy League school violated Title IX in not adequately responding to reports of sexual assault.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity with the Huffington Post, the two lead complainants said they are part of a group filing the...

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UC Berkeley student astutely explains connection between “corporations” and “people”

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Posted by    Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 8:00am

There may be hope for University of California – Berkeley, yet!

The “Loyal Opposition” columnist at the schools newspaper, Jacob Grant, explains the connection between “corporations” and “people” that escaped many when Mitt Romney used the phrase in a 2011 primary campaign stop in Iowa.

“Government,” as the saying goes, “is just a...

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