According to a new column for the Chronicle of Higher Education by Karin Fischer and Eric Hoover, there is a whole lot of drinking going on at the University of Georgia.
A River of Booze
The supplies are rolling in. At 1 p.m. on a Thursday, three delivery trucks line College Avenue. Around...
A story that shows that California leads the way, once again, in the production of questionable legislation and policies.
New Jersey may be the next state to adopt the “Yes Means Yes” sexual assault policy amid national attention being paid to how colleges adjudicate the crime.
According to the Associated Press, the policy...
Prager University just released videos for all of the Ten Commandments which you can see at the link below but let’s get started with the introductory video featuring Dennis Prager.
Here’s more information:
Still the Best Moral Code
Humanity has everything it needs to create a good world. We’ve had it for 3,000 years....
We report that the University of Minnesota apologized for a “Galactic Fiesta” bowling party that offended the usual suspects.
And, as with much else in life, the reason for that anger can be traced back….simply by following the money.
The University of Minnesota wasn’t responding to any campus outcry when it...
Keli Goff of the Daily Beast is asking the questions that no one else is asking. Really, no one.
Are College Educated Police Safer?
When a photo emerged of white Police Sergeant Bret Barnum hugging 12 year-old Devonte Hart, who is black, during a Ferguson inspired protest, it immediately went viral. The reason?...
“That’s surprising!” said absolutely no one.
Scott Jaschik at Inside Higher Ed has the story:
Another decline in jobs in English and foreign languages
The 2013-14 academic year saw a decline in faculty openings in English and foreign languages, according to an analysis released by the Modern Language Association. The drop was 8.4 percent...
Every single candidate they worked for lost. The program is called Campaign Semester and students got credits for it.
Jason Song of the LA Times reported.
Occidental students confront a reality of political campaigns: defeat
The midterm elections were over. The 11 campaign workers from Occidental College returned to class. But first, they heard...
The University of Chicago has become the latest institution to discover that a race-based incident was actually a hoax.
As the University of Chicago reels from a controversy over racist Halloween costumes and cultural sensitivity on campus, new information has come to light, fur...
Incorrect and offensive on so many levels.
Ron Feingold of Campus Reform reported.
Student gov’t rep compares pro-Israel group to KKK
The University of Minnesota’s graduate student representative to the Board of Regents compared Students Supporting Israel (SSI) to the Ku Klux Klan in a series of emails obtained by Campus Reform.
Damien Carriere labeled...
According to Assistant Principal James Lucas of Pine Creek High School in Colorado, “separation of church and state” prohibits students from meeting and praying during their free time.
Mairead McArdle at TheCollege Fix has the story:
Colorado school lets students text but not pray during free time, lawsuit says
Depose students and teachers to...
In academia, I’m pretty sure this counts as heresy.
Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed reported.
Extra-Credit Creationism?
Lecturing for a week about how “evolution could not have happened.” Offering extra credit for students to watch the film “God’s Not Dead.” Showing religious bias in exam questions. Student reviews saying he’ll try to...
Finally, a course on science fiction that makes itself relevant to the real world.
Dave Huber at The College Fix interviews Professor John Putnam from San Diego State University:
Learning history and culture via Star Trek
Western is giving Muslims privileges other faiths won’t enjoy. Where are all the leftist champions of fairness?
Daniel Greenfield of Frontpage Mag reports.
Non-Muslim University Chaplains Resign Over Special Treatment for Muslims
I’m surprised it took this long to happen. Muslims have been demanding and getting privileged treatment at the expense of other religions...
It seems like just yesterday that liberal elites were complaining about the appointment of a Republican as President of Florida State University.
Given his actions related to student Second Amendment rights that recently had dramatic consequences, their concerns were baseless.
As news reports announced 31-year-old Florida State University alumnus Myron May drew a...
After all, you have to have priorities.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reported.
University union demands plan to tackle ‘microaggressions’ and ‘bathroom equity’
University of Washington academic student employees – teaching assistants, research assistants and the like – recently formulated their “initial bargaining demands” for union negotiations with the school and are putting them...
The College Conservative’s Chelsea Gruenwald takes a look at the news surrounding the Ferguson riots, and identifies the real victims of this disturbance.
Violent protests erupted throughout the St Louis area Monday night, following the news that a grand jury did not indict the police officer involved in a well-known case from...
It’s amazing to me that college students would need to have the basics of free speech explained to them.
Sarah McLaughlin of The FIRE reported.
Oberlin President Discusses Dissent and Censorship Trends on Campus
While the rape and sexual assault charges against famed comedian Bill Cosby are troubling, it is also true that he has not been convicted.
Despite this fact, there is a petition being launched to rescind his honorary degree from Yale University.
However, given the current campus approach of guilty-until-proven-innocent, such an action should...
This story is a window into the minds of progressives.
Joel B. Pollak of Breitbart reported.
Video: White Ferguson Protester Lectures Black Cop on Racism
On Tuesday evening, in the midst of the Ferguson protest outside the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), a group of protestors confronted a black police officer and challenged him....
To be fair, it does make sense, and it’s their right to do so as an employer.
Amanda LaBrot of KOMU 8 reports:
MU Health Care won’t hire smokers starting in 2015
MU Health Care announced it won’t hire smokers starting on Jan.1, 2015.
The new nicotine-free hiring policy exempts current employees, but all new...
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Greg Piper of the College Fix reported.
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Harassed by boycott, divestment and sanctions activists? Frat house vandalized with swastikas? Look no further than a new app called
It’s about time: most of today’s media is heavily biased one way or the other, and it’ll be nice to see some unbiased news sources popping up.
Don Irvine at Accuracy in Academia has the story:
Texas A&M to Teach Aspiring Journalists How to “Put Bias Aside”
Ten ye...
