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St. Thomas Student on Chris Carmona and a Key Texas Race

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Posted by    Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 5:00pm

Vladimir Davidiuk, a student at the University of St. Thomas, offers some fresh insights on an exciting new candidate and the race he is launching in a challenging district.

In a quiet, unassuming restaurant on Houston’s north side. With the huge sign out front announcing the campaign kick-off reception, Chris Carmona’s effort...

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Montana Tech commencement boycott over creationism-supporting keynote speakers

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Posted by    Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 2:00pm

Commencement season is always fascinating for its political dynamics, in terms of speaker selections.

Case in point: The faculty and students at a science-based university are upset that donors slated to give their school’s commencement address, and who give generously to computer science programs at several Montana colleges, also support a creationist...

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Prager University: Are People Born Good?

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Posted by    Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 11:00am

Prager University has released its newest video,  filed under “Political Science”, that asks: Are People Born Good?

In our universities, newspapers, and television shows, it is a given that external forces are the cause of crime. If not for poverty, murder and rape would be much lower. If not for racism, America’s...

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UC System Administrators’ Platinum Perks Inspire UCSD Grad Students to Strike

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Posted by    Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 8:00am

We  have noticed the lavish lifestyles of some University of California administrators.

So, too, have its students.  The system’s grad students have launched a multi-campus protest and students at UC – San Diego say that the platinum perks are one of the many reasons they are protesting.

Juan Carmona, a doctoral student of...

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Barnard College conservatives angry over Planned Parenthood commencement speaker

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Posted by    Friday, April 4, 2014 at 6:30pm

Let’s conduct an experiment this year!

A group of conservative students at Barnard College are upset over their school’s choice for commencement speaker. Progressives who claim the students have no case under the concept of “free speech” should also be chill when conservatives are chosen to speak at school events.

We’ll just see...

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In the wake of a tragedy, U. of Texas student reporter questions journalistic priorities

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Posted by    Friday, April 4, 2014 at 3:30pm

College Media Matters notes that while waiting for rapper Tyler the Creator to take the stage during a show at South by Southwest (SXSW), Jane Claire Hervey witnessed the immediate aftermath of a deadly crash.

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The College Conservative interviews James O’Keefe

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Posted by    Friday, April 4, 2014 at 12:30pm

Zachary Freeman,Editor-in-Chief of TheCollegeConservative.com, recently chatted with famed conservative activist James O’Keefe, whose recent work with Project Veritas uncovered a Democratic official offering to help make a connection between the non-profit Obamacare enrollment group.

Snippets from his interview are fascinating:

…In a perfect world, James O’Keefe’s work would be hailed on both sides...

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California Bathroom Drama Update: Transgender student angered at community college actions

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Posted by    Friday, April 4, 2014 at 9:30am

A transgender student at Central Piedmont Community College is claiming rights violations after school security escorted this individual off campus for using the women’s bathroom.

Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed files this report:

When the U.S. Education and Justice Departments last year found that a California school district violated Title IX of...

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Northwestern Football Coach’s Take on Unionization “My Team… My Focus”

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Posted by    Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 6:30pm

We just reported that the National Labor Relations Board gave the thumbs up for the Northwestern University football team to unionize.

The team’s coach testified against the players’ case.  However, he is now continuing toward his goal of a successful season.

Northwestern University head football coach Pat Fitzgerald was put in an interesting...

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Washburn U’s Libertarian Guest Speaker Smeared by Social Justice Professor

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

Proving that “Social Justice” does not translate to “Social Courtesy”, a progressive professor acted disgracefully in an attempt to undermine a libertarian guest speaker’s event at Washburn University.

University of Missouri student Christopher White files this report:

The libertarian student group Young Americans for Liberty at Washburn University hosted guest speaker, historian and...

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Colorado African Exchange Student Falls to Death after Eating Pot Cookie

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Posted by    Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 12:30pm

In the wake of Colorado’s new rules regarding marijuana use, expect more news that connect student injury and death to “marijuana intoxication”.

The Denver coroner says an exchange student from Wyoming fell to his death after eating a marijuana cookie, the first reported death linked to marijuana since the drug became legal...

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Catholic Georgetown Hosts ‘Choice Week’ Which Promotes Abortion

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Posted by    Thursday, April 3, 2014 at 9:30am

When President Obama visited the Vatican, Pope Francis gave him a ltter to read in defense of the concept that life is central to human rights.

Meanwhile, a Catholic university took an entirely different approach to right-to-life issues.

Georgetown University, a Roman Catholic institution, played host to a series of pro-abortion events last...

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Yale Student: “We’re living in the most authentically Christian time ever.”

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 6:30pm

A play featuring Norse mythology has inspired Yale student John Aroutiounian to reflect on “diversity” and Christianity in our era.

…”Valhalla” raises unsettling questions about how people arrive at conclusions about what they want and who they are, and about how family and societal conceptions can help or hurt the process. It’s...

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A California law school ends discount pricing for top scholars

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 3:30pm

One California law school is ending its practice of discount pricing in hopes of getting away from a confusing “high tuition, high discount” model.

Inside Higher Ed’s Ry Rivard files this report:

The University of La Verne College of Law is the latest institution, and perhaps the first law school, to stop offering...

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Notre Dame’s “Hot Pocket Bandit” Trashes Local Spa

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 12:30pm

Though the police reports blame “underage drinking”, I suspect there were other chemicals floating around in one Notre Dame student’s bloodstream.

A student at the University of Notre Dame was arrested this weekend, cops say, after he smashed a stained glass window at a massage therapy facility in downtown South Bend with...

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Letter to UCLA Newspaper: Society’s obsession with diversity itself subtly racist

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at 9:30am

UCLA student columnist Eitan Arom features an intriguing letter from a UC-Berkeley alumnus on the subject of a recent Daily Bruin column, “Editorial: Crop of commencement speakers lacks diversity”.

I am a 61-year-old white man, the sort that is often considered irrelevant and accused of being angered by the loss of privilege...

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Common Core Emerging as Big Issue in November’s Election

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 6:30pm

In addition to Obamacare, it looks like American voters may be heading to the polls to issue a referendum on Common Core:

Parents across the country may hold the key to this year’s mid-term elections as they vent their anger over the implementation of a controversial education achievement measure called the Common...

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UVA student sues state for $40 million over her “bottled water and cookie dough” arrest

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 3:30pm

About a year ago, we covered the story of a University of Virginia student who spent the night in jail when her water bottle and cookie dough purchases were confused for something illegal by Alcoholic Beverage Control agents.

It looks like that purchase may be very, very expensive…for the state.

The Daily Caller’s...

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Once Unionized, Obamacare Forces Northwestern to Pay for Football Players’ Maternity Coverage

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 12:30pm

We have been following the drive for unionization by the Northwestern University football team.

If they proceed, due to the rules of Obamacare, it looks like the school will be buying maternity coverage for...

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Intriguing New Campus Event: “How to Be a Lesbian in 10 Days or Less”

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 9:30am

The University of South Carolina Upstate is hosting a production of “How to Be a Lesbian in 10 Days or Less.”

But….I thought that you were born that way? Progressive activists really need to learn to be more consistent.

The event is part of the school’s “Bodies of Knowledge 6 Symposium and Conference”....

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Showing it’s “All About the Benjamins” NYU’s Newest Course Features Puff Daddy

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Posted by    Monday, March 31, 2014 at 6:30pm

After a New York University scholar sets up a date using the Hook-Up Facebook page, what music may best set the proper mood?

Given the escalating tuition costs, I might suggest the ever cl...

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Waynesburg U. Co-Ed – No one will ever win the battle of the sexes

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Posted by    Monday, March 31, 2014 at 3:30pm

Waynesburg Univeristy student Nika Anschuetz thinks that instead of pitting men against women (as often occurs as part of progressive campus activism),  the qualities of both should be cherished and celebrated.

…Equality is overused by both political parties. Political leaders aim to sway voters by using the term “equality.” Gender...

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