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University Files Charges Against Student who Refused to Stomp on Jesus

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

Yesterday, we reported that representatives of Florida Atlantic University apologized for suspending a student who failed to “Stomp on Jesus” as part of a professor’s class assignment, stating “Florida Atlantic University respects all religions and welcomes people of all faiths, backgrounds and beliefs.”

That assertion will be questioned in the wake of...

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Law student brings personal injury lawsuit against school after falling out of her chair

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Posted by    Monday, March 25, 2013 at 6:00pm

Lawsuits may be the fun, new scheme to fund college education.

One Michigan student recently brought a case against her school, related to her “emotional support guinea pig”.  Now, Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports that one New Mexico student is taking her institution to court as well.

In the event that...

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Tennessee Church Raises Money for University’s Sex Week

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Posted by    Monday, March 25, 2013 at 4:30pm

One student recently decried the fact that universities are participating in the degradation of their students with the continued focus on sex.

Now, it being reported that a church in now helping fund the sexual scholarship at one school:

The University of Tennessee’s controversial and explicit sex week plans were in jeopardy after...

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Florida Atlantic University apologizes for Jesus Stomping 101

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

Last week, we reported that a student was suspended for defending his faith at a Florida university.

Eric Owens of the Daily Caller has an update to the story, which includes some background on another professor with some concerning views of the world.

So, the story about the Florida Atlantic University student who...

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Ohio State grad student leaves after being harassed over criticism of diversity program

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Posted by    Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 9:30am

An Ohio graduate student has discovered that “intellectual diversity” is not a protected class of difference on some college campuses.

Campus Reform’s Scott Greer reports on what happened to the student after word of his critique about the school’s diversity program was spread via email.

A former gradu...

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U. Alabama Student’s “Autopsy Report” on the Republican Party

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Posted by    Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 3:00pm

At the recent CPAC conference, the Republican National Committee’s offered an “autopsy report” on the state of the party.

Regan Williams is a junior majoring in political science and communication studies at the University of Alabama. He gives his own diagnosis in “The Crimson White”, which includes a recommendation that the party...

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Columbia Student: Athletes Deserve Respect

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Posted by    Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 8:00am

Progressive institutions rail against stereotyping people.

However, many people at Columbia seem fine with painting athletes as “dumb jocks”.

Chad Washington is is a Columbia College sophomore majoring in political science and statistics and a member of the varsity football team. In the Columbia Spectator, he says that Columbia students and faculty should...

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The New York Times’ Deeply Biased Coverage of College Sex Hearings

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Posted by    Friday, March 22, 2013 at 6:15pm

The New York Times has as its motto: All the news that’s fit to print.

The rule applies only if the story fits politically correct victimization memes.

Via Glenn Reynolds is a report from KC Johnson of Minding the Campus, which discusses one of the NYT’s reporter’s distortions when covering campus sexual...

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U. Arizona student: Immigration reform should not stall deportations

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Posted by    Friday, March 22, 2013 at 2:30pm

There has been lots of talk in Washington, D.C., recently on immigration reform.

Some talk is also occurring at the local level, too. In the University of Arizona’s student publication, the Arizona Daily Wildcat, journalism student David Weissman responds to an assertion at a nearby protest event that deportations should be ended.

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Prager U.: The President Who Shrank Government

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Posted by    Friday, March 22, 2013 at 12:59pm

Prager University is offering its newest course, featuring the political restraint of the country’s 30th President, Calvin Coolidge.

The video class is from the History department and features Amity Shlaes, noted conservative author and columnist who recently wrote a biography on “Silent Cal” Coolidge.

Under the Coolidge administration, the nation enjoyed a decade...

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U of Colorado Student: Sleazy Sociology 101

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Posted by    Friday, March 22, 2013 at 9:30am

One university recently promoted an event at which students were recruit to make porn.

A graduate student recently derided the Bacchanalia that his school’s “Sex Week” had come.

Now, University of Colorado – Denver student Susannah Williams shares her thoughts about the psychic degradation that occurred in her sociology class.

Through a computer snafu,...

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Maryland School District “Jumps the Shark” with New Rules

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Posted by    Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 6:30pm

Maryland has become quite an interesting place to raise families.

Recently, one of the state’s schools drew national attention when it suspended a boy for making a pastry-gun.  Now, Eric Owens of The Daily Caller notes that some new, draconian polcies are being implemented “for the children”.

The Old Line State — where...

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Nation of Islam’s Leader Farrakhan to speak at Tuskegee University

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Posted by    Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 5:00pm

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is slated for a three-day visit to Tuskegee University this week, despite concerns expressed about the “bigoted and anti-Semitic” positions he has publicly advocated.

The Daily Caller political reporter Caroline May writes that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is worried how Farrakhan will use this signific...

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Tennessee State Senator Whips-Up Opposition to University’s Sex Week

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Posted by    Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 12:30pm

The University of Tennessee recently hosted a “Sex Week” that featured a workshop given by a bondage expert.

In the wake of a weak economy and tight funding, one of the state senators wants to reconsider the school’s budget.

Tennessee State Sen. Stacey Campfield has asked his peers to reconsider their recent vote...

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Organizers of Brown workshop against inter-racial “queer” dating take down Facebook page

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Posted by    Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 9:30am

Tolerance and sex are two supposed hallmarks of Brown University.  Some of its students, however, came out against inter-racial LGBT dating, and were not quite proud of that bias when the program came to light and have taken down the Facebook page.

Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform reported two days ago on the...

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Cornell student considers abolishing the Student Assembly

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 3:30pm

It seems the November 2012 election wasn’t the only one to create unhappiness.

In the Cornell Insider, Aniket weighs in on the school’s recent student government elections, looks at a historic election to abolish the Assembly, and draws some conclusions for today’s campus.

If the recently concluded Student Assembly elections, marked by intrigue,...

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Obamacare Taxes Kill U.Va Savings

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 2:00pm

Obamacare has had “unforeseen” impacts on higher education.

We have reported that adjunct professor hours at several institutions have been cut to avoid meeting Obamacare requirements,  and that New Jersey college students have had a hefty increase in health insurance costs for policies they are required to have.

Now, John S. Rosenberg in...

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Mass Killing Transformed to Lone Suicide at U. Central Florida

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 12:30pm

Some students at a school in Florida woke up yesterday to a fire alarm, only to be evacuated when investigators made some grim discoveries.

Based on their preliminary findings, police now believe the suicide victim intended to stage a mass slaying of fellow students.

The local CBS news affiliate offers these details on...

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How American Campuses Came to Reject Free Speech

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 11:00am

We regularly report about the assault on independent/conservative speech on today’s college campuses.

Minding the Campus contributor Fred Siegel reviews how the restrictions on campus free speech developed over the past few decades.

John Dewey said the job of education was to free students from the intellectual captivity imposed by “village truths,” the...

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ASU prof demands women and men be seated together for lecture

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 9:30am

An American professor and former member of President Obama’s science policy committee was recently accused of “intolerance” by attempting to  be “inclusive”.

The College Fix has the details on a physics professor’s lecture in England.

One of the world’s most renown theoretical physicists, at a recent speaking engagement in England, demanded that his...

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U Missouri Students Recruited for Online Amateur Porn

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Posted by    Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 6:30pm

It looks like Porn U is opening up a Missouri campus.

University of Missouri graduate student Christopher White has the details of an entrepreneurial event promoted by the school.

In a talk Wednesday night advertised by the University of Missouri and well-attended by college students, a “crowdsourced porn” entrepreneur recruited college students to...

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Oregon law professor loses job after attack on students

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Posted by    Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 2:00pm

Al College Insurrection, we totally support free speech rights on campus.

However, free speech can have consequences, as one law school professor discovered after his confrontation with students was captured on a Youtube video that went viral.  We covered this story at Legal Insurrection Friday night,

Eric Owens of The Daily Caller has...

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