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Pro-Life Display Vandalized at Central Michigan University

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Posted by    Friday, November 29, 2013 at 12:30pm

Here’s another story to add to the ever expanding list of pro-life displays vandalized on college campuses:

Last week students from Central Michigan University found that their onesie display had been vandalized by those seeking to silence their message. The display consisted of eight onesies hanging on a clo...

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U. of Arizona Student Reports on Berkeley’s New ‘Q-Jew’ Club

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Posted by    Friday, November 29, 2013 at 9:30am

Never let it be said that progressives can’t find a way to break a minority group down into even smaller subdivisions.

Julianne Stanford, a student at University of Arizona, files this report on a campus renown for its “diversity” programs and “sexual scholarship.”

Can one be both homosexual and a devout Jew? A student club...

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LA Times Report: Getting into College is Easier

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Posted by    Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 6:30pm

Never let it be said that an elite media outlet can’t spin the bad news into good.

We recently reported that universities are having trouble recruiting enough students to fill their freshman classes.

The Los Angeles Times sees the news a little differently.

After a long stretch of rising competition in college admissions, the...

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CDC Declares Students Safe to Travel Despite Meningitis Outbreak

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Posted by    Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 3:30pm

There have been recent outbreaks of bacterial meningitis at Princeton University and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

However, the Center for Disease Control say students from these campuses are safe to travel home for the Thanksgiving break.

At Princeton, there have been seven confirmed cases and one additional case now under study....

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U. of Washington Student on Loss of Boeing Jobs

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Posted by    Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 12:30pm

The policies and politics of Washington state have driven Boeing to move farther away from its original home, ever since construction workers broke ground in South Carolina to begin construction of its new high-tech aerospace facility.

University of Washington student Josh Waugh has a few common-sense observations for the state’s union leaders...

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Schools hire student experts to recruit using latest social media tools

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Posted by    Thursday, November 28, 2013 at 9:30am

Given the challenges to fill seats in increasingly empty freshman classes, some colleges and universities recruit students to recruit using the latest social media tools.

Carl Straumsheim of Inside Higher Ed files these details.

Keeping up with the latest social media trends is time-consuming even for digital natives, which is why some institutions...

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Yale Student on Recent Campus Lockdown: Reminding Us of Evil

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 6:30pm

Despite the fact that the reports of a gunman on Yale University’s campus was a likely hoax, it still was a very stressful experience for students.

Senior Harry Graver shares his observations on the day’s events, which he sees as a reminder of the reality of evil.

….While we are profoundly blessed to...

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Lacking any sense, M. Night Shyamalan says U.S. educators favor whites

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 3:30pm

Hollywood director M. Night Shyamalan rose to fame with the movie, “The Sixth Sense”.

However, given the fact that while males have been denied opportunities to participate in student government and white females have been denied theatrical roles, his recent assertions lack any sense.

M. Night Shyamalan, the director of “The Sixth Sense” who...

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The most common grade at many schools? “A” of course!

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 12:30pm

Educators clearly have forgotten one important economic principle in their quest to enhance “self esteem”: When something becomes common, its value is diminished.

The Daily Caller’s Robby Soave takes an in-depth look at the rampant grade inflation, identifying that the professors’ self esteem levels is a potential root cause.

The average college student’s...

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Bravery at Berkeley: Prof crosses picked line to teach class

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at 9:30am

University of California Berkeley’s mathematics professor Alexander Coward bravely emailed students that his class would still be held, even though it meant crossing a union’s picket line.

And while students normally enjoyed a day off, his action was completely supported by them and his email drew a lot of praise after it...

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Uncle Sam Nets $43.1 Billion in Student Loan Profits

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 6:30pm

When President Obama thrilled students with his “spreading the wealth” mantra, his young audience probably didn’t think he meant this (hat-tip Instapundit).

The federal government made enough money on student loans over the last year that, if it wanted, it could provide maximum-level Pell Grants of $5,645 to 7.3 million college students.

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UCLA students defend Professor Rust, accused of racist “micro-aggression”

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 3:30pm

We recently covered the sit-in at the University of California – Los Angeles, which targeted Professor Emeritus Val Rust, who was accused of creating a racially hostile environment through aggressive grammar corrections.

In the campus paper, student reporter Sam Hoff interviews others who defend the instructor.

Current and former students in the Graduate...

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Lecturer Compares New Ph.D.s to Drug Gang Wannabes

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 12:30pm

How best to understand the thinking of new Ph.D.s who enter a challenging job market? A professor’s blog offers an analogy that is as original as it is controversial.

It’s the season of preparation for big disciplinary meetings — and for the job interviews that take place there. So once again —...

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150 Notre Dame Students Give Obamacare the Cold Shoulder

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Posted by    Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 9:30am

We recently covered an Obamacare “Opt-Out Party” in Miami, which featured pizza  and beer and was sponsored by Generation Opportunity.

The group took the party to Indiana:  The weather was colder, but the sentiment was much the same.

Despite blistering wind and relentless snow, about 150 University of Notre Dame students agreed to...

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Forever 21 Sets New Fashion Trend: Shirts With Ayn Rand Quotes

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Posted by    Monday, November 25, 2013 at 6:30pm

The following story is sure to warm the hearts of free market advocates.

Forever 21, an apparel store that targets young Americans, looks as if it is trying to cash in on the newest campus trend: Libertarianism.

Forever 21 has a penchant for releasing controversial clothing, but a recent muscle tee emblazoned with...

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No charges against Colorado English teacher who sexted high schoolers

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Posted by    Monday, November 25, 2013 at 3:30pm

Based on how much porn is hitting college campuses, when law enforcement declared that a former high school English teacher incommitted no crime when she sexted some young students, perhaps they thought her sexts were part of an AP Literature assignment.

The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Ownes has the background of...

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Jindal’s victory over Obama administration over LA’s voucher plan

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Posted by    Monday, November 25, 2013 at 12:30pm

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal just scored an important victory for real choice, as the Justice Department backed off its threat to end the state’s groundbreaking school-voucher program that allows thousands of poor children to attend the state’s best schools.

…[T]he Republican governor warned that the Obama administration may now attempt to “red...

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4th Grade Reading Assignment: Obama’s Biography Painting Whites as Racist

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Posted by    Monday, November 25, 2013 at 9:30am

While reading about the lives of American presidents is a classic scholastic assignment, the choice for our current Commander-in-Chief has some Illinois parents upset.

The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens has the details:

Some parents in Dupo, Ill. are not happy that a biography of President Barack Obama is required reading for...

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Obama’s New Plan: $100 Million Competition to Overhaul High Schools

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Posted by    Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 5:00pm

Given the spectacular failure of the Obamacare website, parents of school-age children should be concerned about the President’s newest project.

And given the budget crisis, the price-tag for this program should concern all Americans.

President Barack Obama will unveil a $100 million competition Tuesday aimed at finding new ways to better prepare high-school...

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New Jersey college administrator leaves amid plagiarism scandal

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Posted by    Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 2:00pm

We recently noted that some college students have difficulty fully understanding the concept of “plagiarism”.

It looks like one New Jersey university’s administrator also struggles with the matter.

Last year, Kean University had an intense debate over false statements on the résumé of President Dawood Farahi. The board investigated and determined that there...

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Hope and Change: Black Students Deride Obama Over Obamacare

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Posted by    Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 11:00am

We recently noted that black college students at Bowie State University in Maryland lost their low-cost student health insurance plan  due to Affordable Care Act regulations (“Obamacare”).

The College Fix provides some students reviews of the President and his signature legislation.  They aren’t flattering.

“You haven’t done anything Obama, and I am disappointed in...

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Professor fired for sexual harassment sues University of Idaho

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Posted by    Sunday, November 24, 2013 at 8:00am

A year after a university was accused of being tragically slow in responding to harassment concerns about a professor, it is now accused overreacting to questionable concerns about another professor.

Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed files this report:

Many universities have been accused of ignoring harassment complaints against professors, leaving students and...

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