Does anyone really believe college students in Nevada are going to stop smoking pot on campus just because the state says they have to?
Please.
Lenita Powers of the Reno-Gazette Journal reports.
Nevada regents ban marijuana use on campus
It came down to health problems versus money...
If it’s not illegal, it’s pretty sexist. They’re quite explicitly hiring more women and ignoring the relative quality of their applications.
Holly Else at Inside Higher Ed has the story:
Controversy in Switzerland over university job ad seeking only female applicants
A Swiss university is taking the “exceptional” step of advertising a job specifically...
I feel bad for the guy but he certainly hasn’t done any favors for the cause of concealed carry on campus.
Brandy Zadrozny of the Daily Beast has the story.
The Concealed Carry on Campus Movement Shoots Itself in the Foot
Just into the second week of fall classes, a Idaho State University professor...
Plenty will occur on campus this weekend, but which is worse?
Victoria Bekiempis has the story for Newsweek:
Is Teen Drinking Worse Than Teen Marijuana Use?
Every year, more and more Americans support marijuana legalization. In 2010, 41 percent of Americans favored legalization; by 2014, 54 percent supported such reforms, per the Pew Research...
As we say in Massachusetts, light dawns on Marblehead.
Tovia Smith reports.
Some Accused Of Sexual Assault On Campus Say System Works Against Them
After years of criticism for being too lax on campus sexual assault, some colleges and universities are coming under fire from students who say the current crackdown on perpetrators has...
There are probably a few milliseconds in there where the officer weighs his chances of being labeled a racist against his chances of being killed. It’s a tough decision, really.
Dave Huber at the College Fix has the story:
Narrative Fail: Study Shows People Shoot at Whites Quicker Than Blacks
A recent study published...
Everyone’s still asking what their country can do for them, not what they can do for their country.
Daniel E. Ritchie at Minding the Campus has the story:
Why “Global Citizenship” is Flawed
Within a few years of the September 11 attacks, anyone on a university campus could observe the steady growth of programs and...
A recent post at Minding the Campus examines the importance of free speech on campus and society at large.
‘Intellectual comfort’ and the Struggle for Free Speech
The fight for free speech is growing ever more urgent, argues Greg Lukianoff in Freedom from Speech, his new Encounter Broadside. Lukianoff, the President of the...
#FreshFace Jennifer Sullivan, a 23-year old who lives with her parents in Lake County, Florida, defeated her opponent by a six-point margin last week to win a seat in the state’s house of representatives.
From Campus Reform:
Millennial elected to Florida House of Representatives at age 23
Jennifer Sullivan, a 23 year old Republican,...
Here is one of the fundamental problems in higher education today. Too many students don’t understand that the college experience is supposed to challenge their views.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reported.
Yale Student: Conservative Club Problematic Because It Makes Campus ‘Uncomfortable’ For Muslims, Gays
I don’t know a great deal about Yale University...
While due process in campus sexual assault cases is definitely an issue, it should also be noted that campuses do occasionally protect rapists.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Student Privacy Law Wrongly Used To Shield Convicted Rapist
While much of The College Fix‘s legal coverage has focused on colleges denying due...
In a new video from Prager University, artist Robert Florczak discusses the devolution of modern art.
Here’s more info:
Course Description
For two millennia, great artists set the standard for beauty. Now those standards are gone. Modern Art is a competition between the ugly and the twisted; the most shocking wins. What happened? How...
Let’s see what readers think.
Stewart Ain of The Jewish Week has the story:
Cornell’s Ties To Qatar Getting Fresh Scrutiny
Cornell University is being called upon to close its medical campus in Qatar, an Arab country in the Persian Gulf that is the chief financier of Hamas, which just waged a 50-day war...
You’ve surely heard about the ice bucket challenge. Now, witness a new low for the BDS movement.
Ashley Pratte of Breitbart reported.
Blood Bucket Challenge: New Anti-Semitic Movement at Ohio University
Throughout the past month our social media accounts have been flooded with many “ice bucket” challenge videos designed to raise awareness for ALS.
Yesterday,...
Florida’s Lee County became the first county in the country to opt out of administering Common Core testing. On Tuesday, it opted back in after the school county superintendent and state educational groups pressured the school board to reverse its decision.
From Florida Today:
Lee County schools rescind vote to opt-out of Common...
I wonder if these students are using their cell phones to spread the word on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other products of the free market?
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.
Idiot Ivy League Students Blame Capitalism For ‘Countless Wars, Endless Poverty’
Columbia University student radicals published an activist manifesto for the new...
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix explains that, without God, nothing means anything, and when nothing means anything, the only thing left to do is party, shop, and drink your days away:
Today’s Culture of Meaninglessness – and What It All Means
America no longer holds Judeo-Christian values.
But how...
Calling college Freshmen…
There’s a call for stories over at Minding the Campus which was inspired by Instapundit.
All the details are below.
Wanted: Your Worst Orientation Stories
While mandatory college orientation programs have always veered toward the absurd, they’ve now sunk to new depths. Today Glenn Reynolds (the Instapundit) noted that some of these...
One Newark is a new school district-wide initiative to reform the region’s public school system, which includes shutting down failing schools and no longer assigning students to schools based on where they live. In turn, teachers unions and some parents are boycotting.
How are they boycotting exactly? By not allowing their kids...
The student is carrying around a twin sized bed mattress which can’t be easy. Apparently, she’s worked it into a project for her art class as well.
Jessica Roy of New York Magazine has the story.
Columbia Student Will Carry a Mattress Everywhere Until Her Alleged Rapist Is Expelled
Emma Sulkowicz says she was...
I can already here the feminist mobs shouting “Victim Blaming!”
Greg Piper at The College Fix reports:
Ass-Kicking Classes Among University’s Recommendations For Sexual Assault
The former president of George Washington University was on to something when he proposed in a controversial radio interview that women on campus “need...
The only way to explain the story below is a need for a refresher course in basic math. Or lying.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Teacher’s Union Misses Millions
Apparently, some teacher’s union officials have taken too much public school math.
“On a Saturday in May, members of the Michigan Education Association...
