A need to find meaning in one’s life and left wing indoctrination combined to create the atmosphere at UC Irvine.
Dennis Prager explains at Real Clear Politics.
Why UC Students Voted to Remove American Flag
Here are three reasons:
1. Outside of the natural sciences, math, and a few other departments, our universities are essentially...
This report from Ashley Dobson of Red Alert Politics should raise a few eyebrows.
Report: Department of Education still paying fired federal student loan debt collectors
Like a case of bed bugs, this is a problem the U.S. Department of Education can’t seem to get rid of.
Two of...
Further proof that bullying isn’t limited to boys and men.
FOX News reported.
5 university lacrosse players in Maryland accused of threatening teammates are suspended
Five women’s lacrosse players at the University of Maryland Baltimore County are accused of threatening freshman teammates in text messages and have been suspended indefinitely.
UMBC athletic director Tim Hall...
It’s heartening to see these students fighting back against such hatred.
Samantha Watkins of the College Fix reports.
Law students combat anti-Semitic incidents at Emory with legal help and advocacy
Following a string of anti-Semitic acts on campus, Emory University law students last month formed a campus chapter of the Louis D. Brandeis Center...
Here’s a thought. If you don’t like this college’s views on homosexuality, don’t go there.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reports.
Embattled evangelical college sticks with its defense of traditional sexuality
Gordon College near Boston isn’t changing its theological approach to sexuality, even at the risk of losing its accreditation.
The evangelical school found...
Anti-fossil fuel tree huggers are all riled up over Oxford University’s decision to defer endowment investment decisions.
Karl Mathiesen reports at The Guardian:
Students occupy Oxford university in fossil fuel divestment protest
Students occupied an administrative building at Oxford university on Monday in protest at the university’s decision...
The professor notes that anonymity can sometimes be a good thing.
Susan Kruth of the FIRE blog reports.
Education Prof Writes in Defense of Yik Yak and Online Anonymity
The popular phone app Yik Yak, which allows users to anonymously share comments with nearby app users, has been attacked by college administrators and student...
I really hope this isn’t true…
Ray Sanchez reports for CNN:
Penn State fraternity suspended over alleged nude Facebook pictures
(CNN)A Pennsylvania State University fraternity has been suspended after allegedly posting on a private Facebook page compromising photos of women, including some who appeared to be asleep or passed out.
The suspension of Kappa Delta...
It’s hard to imagine what possesses someone to do something so vile.
Kelly Halom of the Vanderbilt Hustler reports.
Administration, Hillel respond to swastika graffiti at AEPi
Early Saturday morning, two swastikas were spray-painted in the elevator of the Tau Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house, and another swastika was painted on a...
This Economist article argues it’s a matter of body chemistry.
The weaker sex
“IT’S all to do with their brains and bodies and chemicals,” says Sir Anthony Seldon, the master of Wellington College, a posh English boarding school. “There’s a mentality that it’s not cool for them...
This is great news. Now if we can just get every other school with free speech zones to do the same thing, we’ll be in good shape.
Victoria Webb of Campus Reform has the story.
U. of Georgia abandons free speech zones
The University of Georgia released a new free speech policy earlier this...
Some people would disagree with this analysis. Higher ed bubble, anyone?
Ms. Napolitano recently wrote at the Washington Post.
Higher education isn’t in crisis
So let’s be clear. Higher education in this country is not in crisis. Instead, it is in motion, and it always has been. Higher education evolves as knowledge expands, societies...
Minding the Campus has published the transcript of an important panel on campus rape. Here’s the description.
‘The Rape Epidemic on Campus Does Not Exist’
This is the edited transcript of Manhattan Institute’s March 10 panel discussion of “The Truth About Campus Sexual Assault” featuring Heather Mac Donald (City Journal), KC Johnson (Brooklyn...
Don’t just take classes to find your major, get out of school and try different things.
U.S. News reports.
Seek Out-of-School Experiences to Help Choose a College Major
Out-of-school experiences can be an excellent source of not just social, personal and emotional growth, but also of clarification. As high school students begin to consider...
In a new video from Prager University, Pierce College history professor Richard McMillan explains why the most important date in American history may not be the one you think.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
What was perhaps the most determinative date in American history? July 4, 1776? Pearl Harbor? September 11? How about…July 28,...
According to The Daily Caller, two journalism students at Ryerson University in Toronto were not welcomed at an anti-racist meeting held on campus.
Blake Neff writes:
Two Students Kicked From Anti-Racist Meeting For Being White
Two white students at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada were barred from attending an anti-racism meeting at the school...
The student claims the film will make her feel unsafe. Oh, and it’s also a racist movie.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Muslim student leader protests campus screening of ‘American Sniper’
An upcoming campus screening of American Sniper at the University of Missouri has drawn fire for potentially offending Muslim members of...
According to this law professor, OU chose breaking the law over bad publicity.
Glenn Reynolds writes in USA Today:
OU broke the law to avoid bad press: Column
It has been a bad spell for the University of Oklahoma. First, some members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity were videotaped singing a racist s...
Do you enjoy watching Netflix movies in your dorm room?
Read this report from Zach Epstein at Yahoo News.
How the FCC’s great new net neutrality rules could ruin Netflix for you
You just can’t please everyone… The Federal Communications Commission issued its final net neutrality rules earlier this week, and some people still...
Bill Ayers, a former member of the Weather Underground, is slotted to speak at Penn State on a panel.
Senator slams Penn State plan for Weather Underground speech
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – Penn State’s president should cancel plans to have a co-founder of the violent anti-war group the Weather Underground speak on...
This is a fascinating development and is changing the attitudes of some students.
Michael S. Rosenwald reports at the Washington Post.
Gun industry’s helping hand triggers a surge in college shooting teams
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In between completing problem sets, writing code, organizing hackathons, worrying about internships and building solar cars, a group of...
The group behind the protest is called the Bathroom Brigade. The workload must be light right now at Cal.
Dwinelle Hall bathroom protest addresses issue of all-gender restrooms on campus
On Wednesday morning, a small group of students posted signs and occupied bathrooms in Dwinelle Hall as part of an ongoing effort to pressure...
