They are disposing of copies of the newspaper on campus.
The College Fix reports.
Black Lives Matter activists will keep stealing newspapers until they get their way at Wesleyan
Our writer Bryan Stascavage chronicled the crazy week he’s had at Wesleyan University, where his constructively critical op-ed about the Black Lives Matter movement made...
Harvard recently faced a similar complaint and was also cleared.
The Wall Street Journal reports.
Princeton University Cleared of Claims of Anti-Asian Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Education has declared that there is no evidence that Princeton University discriminates against Asian and Asian-American applicants.
The university on Wednesday released a letter dated Sept. 9 from...
That thing where you reflexively assume everyone is a racist? Maybe don’t do that. Those ‘nooses’ supposedly hanging from trees on the University of Delaware’s campus were actually lantern hooks.
NBC News reports:
‘Nooses’ Found Hanging on University of Delaware Campus Were Lanterns
University of Delaware officials said three...
Alas, there is some sanity left in this world.
From the Daily Caller:
Faculty At American University Firmly Reject ‘Trigger Warnings’
A faculty resolution passed at American University (AU) in Washington, D.C., stands out as one of the most vocal and direct condemnations of the “trigger warning” phenomenon sweeping college campuses.
The resolution, passed unanimously...
Help for some peace of mind.
NBC News reports.
Parents: Here’s How to Not Go Crazy Worrying About Your College Student’s Safety
A shooting at Mississippi’s Delta State University last week renewed the gravest concern a parent has when sending students away to college: that their kids’ safety could be compromised.
While campus shootings and...
It’s interesting that survey data on this subject is often flawed.
Greg Piper reports at the College Fix.
The massive new campus sexual-assault survey has one giant design flaw
The Association of American Universities released the results of its 27-school “climate survey” on campus sexual assault on Monday, and officials explained on a conference call...
86,584 applied to get a chance to attend UCLA.
LA Weekly reports.
UCLA Gets More Applications Than Any Other U.S. College
UCLA isn’t the best school in America, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges list. It tied with USC for number 24 on the list.
It is, however, the most popular...
In the real world, cops carry guns. So what’s the problem?
Peter Fricke reports at Campus Reform.
Portland State Univ. students protest armed campus police
Students and political activists crashed the convocation of the new freshman class at Portland State University Monday to protest the school’s decision to start arming campus police officers.
Saying that...
Students are stepping up to the challenge.
USA Today reports.
University of Delaware students take action to improve veteran care
The neglectful treatment of veterans continues to be a pressing national problem. And it seems only to be getting worse.
In 2014, government officials were alleged to have falsified data to hide how long veterans...
Columbia is on defense in a lawsuit which was brought by the student accused by Mattress Girl. They’ve hired the lawyer who brought down the Defense of Marriage Act.
The Columbia Spectator reports.
Columbia looks to DOMA attorney in Nungesser case for victory in court of public opinion
In one of its most high-profile...
Last week, the Obama administration confirmed conservative Hillsdale College was omitted from the Department of Education’s “College Scorecard.” Hillsdale says it’s because they refuse federal funding and don’t report their demographic makeup.
From M Live:
Hillsdale...
The school doesn’t even recognize Columbus Day, so what’s the point?
The College Fix reports.
Petition to replace Columbus Day with ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’ at U. of Oklahoma
A quartet of Native American University of Oklahoma students presented the college’s Student Government Association with “over 100 letters of solidarity from OU students, faculty and...
The future is now!
From the Daily Californian:
UC Berkeley researchers invent invisibility cloak to conceal 3-D objects
A team of UC Berkeley researchers published a study Thursday detailing a miniature invisibility cloak that can conceal 3-D objects by refracting light waves.
The cloak, made from a thin material covered with millions of gold-plated antennae,...
The newest video from Prager University features FOX News host Greg Gutfeld explaining why conservatives are conservative.
This is great.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
What makes conservatism right? If you’re a conservative, you should know why you’re right. If you’re not a conservative, why should you think about becoming one? Greg Gutfeld, bestselling author...
The left sees racism everywhere and the New York Times is no different.
Christopher Nowacki of the Cornell Review reports.
NY Times Wants to Reengineer College Lectures Because They’re Racist
This past week, the New York Slimes published an op-ed by Annie Murphy Paul about the inherently discriminatory aspects of the paradigm of the...
The old 1 in 5 statistics were disproved but there are new 1 in 5 statistics.
The Washington Post reports.
Survey: More than 1 in 5 female undergrads at top schools suffer sexual attacks
More than 20 percent of female undergraduates at an array of prominent universities said this year that they were victims...
The bond is older than Yale!
Bloomberg reports.
Yale gets interest from 1648 Dutch bond: Report
Some perpetual bonds are more eternal than others.
Yale University will receive 136.20 euros ($153) in interest on a perpetual bond issued in 1648 from Dutch water authority de Stichtse Rijnlanden.
The 1,000 guilder-bond ($509), which...
The White House has a new college scorecard but conservative schools aren’t on it.
Cortney O’Brien reported at Townhall.
After Obama Claims Conservative Voices Need to be Heard on Campus, WH Dismisses Conservative Colleges from ‘Scorecard’
Last week, President Obama offered a glimmer of hope to conservatives by slamming the politically correct culture on...
When booze-driven hookups are considered sexual assault and punishable by the university kangaroo court system, how are students affected?
The San Francisco Chronicle reports:
University students divided over sex policy’s effectiveness
The UC Berkeley freshman took a drink, then another, and possibly a third. The alcohol buzz and the cacophony of the party helped...
Harvard’s endowment is worth billions of dollars, but should it be taxed just because it’s so large?
Jordan Weissman of Slate seems to think so.
Is It Time to Tax Harvard’s Endowment?
“The joke about Harvard is that it’s a hedge fund with a university attached to it,” Mark Schneider tells me. It’s a...
Where does all the money go?
The Nation explores:
Why Is College So Expensive if Professors Are Paid So Little?
As the fall semester begins on the small-town campus of St Michael’s College in Vermont, Sharyn Layfield is entering the autumn of her educational career with the freshman writing seminar, The Examined Life. Lately,...
Scripps College is taking the pronoun thing to the extreme.
Katherine Timpf reports at National Review.
All-Women’s College Offers Students Ten Pronoun Options, Including the Option to Never Be Called A Pronoun
Scripps College, a private all-women’s college in Southern California, is giving students ten pronoun options to choose from in their student portal...
