In a new post at The College Conservative, Elizabeth Marcello examines the recent events surrounding Bowe Bergdahl.
Bergdahl: POW or Terrorist Sympathizer?
Based on my previous articles, readers have probably figured out by now that the treatment of our military (presently serving and past) is an issue of utmost importance to me. You...
We recently reported that after Stanford University’s student government refused to help fund an upcoming traditional marriage conference, calling the topic “hate speech,” campus administrators agreed to foot the bill for the security required for the event.
And, despite numerous complaints about its thuggery, the student bureaucrats assert that they did nothing wrong. ...
College Insurrection readers should find this story rather obvious and unsurprising.
The College Fix reports.
Surprise: Race Always Matters to Professor of Race Studies
David Leonard, Associate Professor of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies at Washington State University, wants you to know why he is comfortable in his classroom and is respected by...
The last time we checked on Duke University’s former student, Porn Princess Belle Knox, her example of entrepreneurial educational funding was an supposedly an inspiring example to other scholars.
However, the adult film actress seems to be having a few regrets now. It’s doubtful that this development will get nearly the same...
If conservatives held up board appointments over the controversial statements made by liberals, no one would ever be appointed to anything. This is such a clear case of liberal double standards.
Carl Campanile of the New York Post reports.
Liberals hold up CUNY board appointment over Gaga ‘slut’ comment
Liberal legislators are holding up...
San Francisco Representative and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi delivered the commencement address at UC Berkeley.
The reviews are in…from the independent conservative students of that campus. The members of the California Patriot staff agree: She offered good advice, which the Democrats would do well to take.
…Pelosi certainly cannot be...
American college students love to protest anything these days but they know very little of real repression.
This report from Elizabeth Redden at Inside Higher Ed is very enlightening.
‘Silenced, Expelled, Imprisoned’
A new report from Amnesty International documents the crackdown on Iranian students and scholars that came in the wake of former President...
After Elliot Rodger’s alleged slaying of six people and himself near the University of California-Santa Barbara campus, University of Arizona student Julianne Stanford weighs in on allowing campus concealed-carry for students as a way to prevent mass killings at schools.
…. Where it’s lawful, can students and faculty be trusted to effectively...
Throughout sexual activity… It’s getting to the point where students would be safest by video taping their sexual activity.
Samantha Harris of The FIRE reports.
California ‘Affirmative Consent’ Bill Puts Colleges in Untenable Position
Colleges are in an increasingly untenable position when it comes to the sexual autonomy...
Temple University is defending a professor who questioned the deaths of 6 million Jews in the Holocaust and engaged in “anti-Semitic discourse” by saying he is entitled to promote his controversial ideas.
The Washington Free Beacon’s Adam Kredo has the details.
Adjunct Temple University Professor Alessio Lerro came under fire from Jewish scholars...
Here’s something to keep in mind the next time someone on the left starts talking about the importance of fairness.
College Fix editor Nathan Harden reports.
No Conservative Commencement Speakers at Top 30 Universities Last 2 Years
Bias. It’s a word we use all the time when we talk about the universities–especially the elite...
Religious student organizations at public colleges and universities in Oklahoma will have their “freedom of association” rights more robustly protected on campuses under new state legislation.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) reviews the new rules.
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin signed HB 2873 (PDF) into law this week after both houses...
From what I can tell, this is a real contest and it looks like fun. The National Association of Scholars is sponsoring.
Trigger Warning Contest
This spring, students at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Rutgers, Oberlin, and George Washington University have called for “trigger warnings” on syllabi and in courses that...
We reported that Harvard University was one of 5 Massachusetts institutions under federal investigation for its mishandling of sex assault cases.
Now, its students are expressing their unhappiness with the school’s handling of these cases in a graduation protest.
Dozens of Harvard University seniors marked their graduation caps with red tape in support...
Aside from the job loss, the back story here is somewhat humorous as you’ll read below.
Katie Frates of The Daily Caller has the story.
University Professor Fired After Picture Used On Beer Can
A Charleston Southern University associate professor was fired on Friday after his likeness appeared on a beer can.
For many years kids have amused themselves with a history-based video came named “Oregon Trail”.
Loyola University student Dominic Lynch shares details about one professor’s modified version of this classic.
…A New York University professor has developed a video game called “The Migrant Trail,” in which students can experience the perils of what...
While leftist students are pushing colleges to divest from fossil fuels, college students in Texas enjoy low tuition and increased stability.
Imagine that.
James Osborne of the Dallas News reported.
Oil boom sends gusher of cash to Texas universities
Before hydraulic fracturing. Before the super majors. Before the first oil boom. Before Tex...
As the job market continues to be difficult for young Americans, many schools have been folding their career centers into their development offices with their well established alumni and parent networks.
Melissa Korn of The Wall Street Journal has the details.
Looking for the career-services office? Check with the fundraising and alumni-relations department.
New...
This is actually an update to a story we brought you back in the fall of 2013. The injury at the center of the story was very serious.
WCPO News reports.
14 charged in Wilmington College hazing incident at the Gamma Phi Gamma house
WILMINGTON, Ohio — Fourteen men were arrested Thursday after an...
At Legal Insurrection, Professor Jacobson promoted awareness of last week’s anti-Israel all-campus student divestment vote.
However, the measure passed (but only 10 percent of the students weighed in). Now administrators are are about to give the supporters of the measure a lesson in economics.
Loyola University student Matt Lamb offers this analysis.
Supporters of...
It’s amazing that an institution of higher learning can so blatantly misuse tax dollars. How does this happen?
Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Calif. Taxpayers Funded Professors’ Meeting with Terrorists
San Francisco State University (SFSU) spent more than $7,000 to send two of its professors to the Middle East for a...
File this story under “News You Can Use.”
Here in the United States, education comes at a price. As the cost of education climbs and climbs, loans have become increasingly necessary for students interested in pursuing higher education.
As a result, the national student debt currently stands at a whopping 1.2 trillion dollars....
