Someday in the not too distant future, we’re going to run out of things to ban on college campuses.
Sonny Bunch of the Washington Free Beacon reported.
UVA Faculty Want Abolition of Greek System, Emails Reveal
University of Virginia faculty members are floating the abolition of Greek life on campus after an explosive Rolling...
There are some people you just can’t help. This young man might be one of them.
Maggie Lit of Campus Reform reported.
Student mugged, says he deserved it because of his ‘privilege’
A Georgetown University (GU) student who says he was mugged at gunpoint says he “can hardly blame”...
I, for one, am absolutely flabbergasted by the idea that parents being involved in their children’s lives is beneficial.
Dave Huber at The College Fix reports:
Who knew? Parental involvement good for high schoolers
University of Pittsburgh researchers have done some research — and they’ve concluded that “parents should have strong relationships with their...
We’ll probably see more of this in the coming months.
Eva Palmer of the GW Hatchet reported.
D.C. college students protest Ferguson decision at White House
Students from GW and Georgetown, American and Howard universities gathered outside the White House on Monday night to protest a St. Louis County grand jury’s decision not to...
University of Tennessee student Treston Wheat has some good advice for the Republican leaders in the next session of Congress, so they won”t squander the mandate they have been given by the American people.
Now that the GOP has taken back the legislature, if they want to change this country for the...
The purchase is so exorbitant that at least one lawmaker is calling for an inquiry.
CBS News in New York reported.
Lawmaker Calls For Review After Kean University Buys $219K Table
When it comes to pricey tables, you might have to go to Las Vegas to sit at one more expensive than what they’ve...
Emily Yavitch at The College Fix notes that there’s some irony in this:
The ultimate irony of feminism
Women are now liberated! No longer must we be judged solely on the children we bear. Now, we can find satisfaction outside the home, in a fulfilling career. And have a lot of free,...
Let’s face it. We all knew college students would take this up as a cause.
Tim Tooten of WBAL reported.
Maryland university students protest Ferguson decision
BALTIMORE —Activists and students at many Baltimore-area universities organized protests against the decision by a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the...
The list of male students whose due process rights have been violated in sexual assault cases is starting to rival the list of female students who have been sexually assaulted.
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:
Add another to the list: Male student sues CU Boulder over baseless sexual...
Matthew Dragonette of the College Conservative may be onto something here.
Congressional Republicans have been handed a golden opportunity and they would be foolish to waste it. For two years, they will have control of both the House and the Senate, which will prevent Democratic legislation from ever passing muster and allow...
In 1992, 60 women were elected to Congress, and liberals called it the “Year of the Woman.” In 2014, 100 women are elected to congress, and liberals call it “really incremental gains.”
Malcolm A. Kline at Accuracy in Academia has the story:
Liberals Can’t Believe their Eyes: More Women in Congress after...
Using drugs to study is never a good idea. Not only is it dangerous but you probably won’t retain anything you learned.
University Herald reported.
1 in 5 College Students Abuse Prescription Stimulants to Keep Up With Demands of School
Between academics, work and maintaining a social life, college students are turning to prescription...
Thank God, he just might have hurt someone with that “gun made from his hand.”
Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:
Kid suspended for using finger like a ‘laser gun’
Good thing we have school administrators on the prowl for budding wannabe Luke Skywalkers.
At Stacy Middle School in Milford, Massachusetts, ten...
In a new video from Prager University, Adam Carolla explains why you have to make your own luck in life through hard work.
Here’s more information.
Course Description
Can bad luck be a good thing? Comedian Adam Carolla, best-selling author and the world’s most popular podcaster, well understands this riddle. He’s lived it. Using...
A trade group of 1,400 for-profit colleges and universities sued in federal court to force the U.S. Department of Education to rescind regulations designed to prevent the schools from taking billions in federal aid if they also stick students worthless degrees.
The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens files this report:
Mainly at...
The column was offensive to progressives so obviously, the student needed to be punished.
Read it below, courtesy of the College Fix.
Read the ‘hostile’ column that got student writer suspended by campus newspaper
Editor’s note: Below is a satirical column penned by University of Michigan student Omar Mahmood, who writes for both the mainstream...
I offer this as the “feel good” story of the week.
Rebecca Friedrichs figures 30 years is long enough when it comes to paying her dues.
A fourth-grade teacher in Anaheim public schools, Friedrichs has long had problems with the way the California Teachers Association spends...
In a new column at the Washington Post, Peter Thiel wonders if everyone really needs to go to college.
Thinking too highly of higher ed
Perhaps the least controversial thing that President Obama ever said was that “in the coming decades, a high school diplom...
The university worries that ing the names public as required by law could “trigger” the victims.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Arizona State flouts law: Complying could ‘trigger’ sexual-assault victims
Arizona law requires the names of sexual-assault victims in crime reports...
That’s not even enough time to get your desk organized.
Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog reports.
Maryann Jones, Hired as Charleston Law School President Under Renewable 3-Month Contract, Resigns After 8 Days on the Job
Charleston Post and Courier, New Charleston...
Republican Sen. Tom Coburn compiles examples of waste and abuse in his annual “Wastebook.”
This year’s list is filled with pulse-raising examples of bad gambles made by the “smart set” using taxpayer dollars.
Cardio for mountain lions – University of California-Santa Cruz
At the University of California-Santa Cruz, professor Terrie Williams was awarded an $856,000...
Naomi Shatz of the Huffington Post has some tough love for the feminist crowd.
Feminists, We Are Not Winning the War on Campus Sexual Assault
It is no secret to anyone who occasionally picks up a newspaper or magazine that we are in the middle of a cultural sea change regarding sexual assault...
