Is the uptick in patrolling campus law enforcement officers helpful?
The Atlantic digs in:
The Rise of Law Enforcement on College Campuses
Bill Taylor, the chief of police at Texas’s San Jacinto College, has spent four decades patrolling higher-education campuses. A veteran in the field, Taylor said his niche line of law enforcement...
Sadly, this type of behavior has become all too common on college campuses.
Peter Fricke of Campus Reform reported.
Pro-life flyers torn down at American University
Pro-life flyers posted by the College Republicans group at American University were torn down last night by an anonymous group, which then bragged of its exploits on Twitter.
Sam...
Man buns are “too extreme” for Brigham Young University Idaho administrators.
From the Huffington Post:
Man Buns Are Outlawed From BYU Campus For Being Too ‘Extreme’
To anyone who has ever looked at a guy wearing a man bun and sighed to herself, “He’s so extreme,” administers at Brigham Young University’s Idaho campus agree...
In the newest video from Prager University, author Raymond Ibrahim examines radical Islam and the threat it presents to freedom.
Watch.
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Is radical Islam our generation’s most dangerous ideology? Is it comparable to what Nazism and Communism were in the 20th century? Or are Islamists no more dangerous than extremist...
Checks will be issued to athletes?
Tribune-Review reports.
Stipend to offset college athletes’ costs could unbalance playing field
For decades, the scholarship model in college athletics remained unchanged: room and board, tuition and books, miscellaneous fees.
“At one point,” Pitt athletic director Scott Barnes said, “there was some laundry money on top of that. It...
Did you ever think people could get mad about geography studies? Never underestimate the left.
Breana Noble of the College Fix reports.
Professors protest ‘overwhelming whiteness and maleness’ of geography panels
Manifesto urges diversification at geography conference
About 140 geography professors have added their name...
First amendment violation?
Campus Reform reports.
UPDATE: UNM student told to remove American flag from dorm window
A student at the University of New Mexico was told to remove an American flag from his dorm room window over the weekend, ostensibly because the school doesn’t want other...
Do any college aged Bernie Sanders supporters realize that his plans are going to make it harder for them to find a job?
The Star Tribune reports.
At alma mater, Sanders calls on students to join his fight for minimum wage, women’s rights
Bernie Sanders called on thousands of college students to jo...
If you were looking for yet another reason to weep for humanity today, here you go.
From the Wall Street Journal:
University Hits Pause on Kiss Cam in Stadium
Syracuse University has put the kiss cam in the deepfreeze.
A long tradition at sporting events across the country, the kiss cam projects the image of...
Everyone needs to know the rules in a situation like this, right?
The Editors’ Guide to Free Speech on Campus
In late July, the University of New Hampshire issued a “Bias-Free Language Guide” designed to help students “invite inclusive excellence” on campus. To many commenters, the Guide represented the apex of political correctness...
A new survey suggests college students are less likely to understand the risks of binge drinking and substance abuse than their non-college going peers, why is that?
Fox News reports:
Many college students aren’t warned about substance use risks
According to a new survey, college students are less likely than their non-college peers to...
The school doesn’t want this to go to court, for obvious reasons.
The College Fix reports.
Columbia files motion to dismiss ‘Mattress Girl’ target Paul Nungesser’s lawsuit
Columbia University has asked that Paul Nungesser’s lawsuit against the school be dismissed, saying it “did nothing wrong in allowing Emma Sulkowicz […] to carry her mattress...
College football is being bumped from the main networks.
NBC Sport reports.
College football TV broadcasts take backseat to Pope in Philly
Philadelphia is most definitely a pro sports town, even though Temple is off to a 3-0 start this season with wins over Penn State and Cincinnati in...
Rex Murphy of National Post takes a wrecking ball to higher education in his latest column.
Rex Murphy: Institutes of lower education
Some universities — and, in particularly, some humanities departments — have, over the last few decades, wandered far from the primary purpose of what these institutions were designed for: to teach...
Yes, this is a real story.
CBS Denver reports.
Buddhist-Inspired University In Boulder Contemplates Killing Prairie Dogs
BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – One university’s plans to remove prairie dogs from its campus is drawing sharp criticism. The fact it’s a Buddhist-inspired school only adds to the controversy.
Naropa University in Boulder has been trying to resolve...
The campus statue is a likeness of Martin Richard.
CBS News reported.
University unveils statue of youngest Boston Marathon bombing victim
A life-size sculpture of the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombings has been unveiled at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts.
The sculpture of 8-year-old Martin Richard is artist Victoria Guerina’s representation of a...
Why? Because they’re “racist” of course.
From the Mirror:
Free sombreros handed out at restaurant BANNED by university chiefs – because they’re ‘racist’
Killjoy university chiefs have banned students from getting free sombreros – claiming they’re ‘racist’.
Students were being given free sombreros by a local Tex-Mex restaurant in a bid to drum up business...
All that talk about the “law of the land” goes out the window when it comes to laws the left doesn’t like.
Greg Piper reports at the College Fix.
Texas professors plan to flout the law by telling students they can’t carry guns
There’s a move afoot in Texas academia to neuter a recently...
College students packed buses and headed out to see Pope Francis.
From the South Bend Tribune:
A papal pilgrimage for local college students
They climbed aboard buses with anticipation, ready to join hundreds of thousands of Catholic faithful who are crowding into Philadelphia this weekend.
For the South Bend area college students, the draw, of...
This is an update to a story we reported recently.
Blake Neff reports at the Daily Caller.
Students Double Down, Insist Fake Hate Crime Was Real
Students at the University of Delaware are taking it hard after the discovery that an alleged hate...
The FBI are not really calling these students.
Post Crescent reports.
Phone Scam Targets College Students
APPLETON — Scammers have been contacting Wisconsin college students, claiming to be part of the U.S. government and threatening to arrest them if they don’t pay thousands of dollars, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned Friday.
The FBI has...
Once again, fear of offending people trumps the free exchange of ideas.
Harry’s Place reports.
Responses to Warwick SU barring Maryam Namazie
If you haven’t yet caught up with this story an excellent summary of Warwick Student Union’s disgraceful decision can be read on Student Rights. Briefly, Namazie had been invited to speak by...
