Yesterday we told you about an unusual outbreak of Mumps at Ohio State. Alexandra Sifferlin of Time is now reporting that the disease has left campus.
Ohio Mumps Outbreak Spreads Beyond University Walls
Outbreak began in Ohio State University, but health officials in Columbus say virus is now affecting people with no links...
File this under “Increíble.”
Lonely Conservative reports that some illegal immigrants rallied in Albany, NY, over the weekend, and one of the speakers complained that he will have to work to pay for his college education.
Mateo Tabares and two dozen other students chanted “Education not deportation” and similar slogans Saturday morning as...
I wonder if anyone in the audience has heard that graduate students at some schools are having their work hours cut under Obamacare.
Kathleen O’Brien of the Star Ledger reports.
Sebelius to stump for Ob...
We don’t tolerate our 3-year-olds throwing rocks; why pay tuition so our 19-year-olds can?
We recently reported that there was an ugly brawl at the conclusion of a basketball game between Utah Valley and New Mexico State.
A piece in the New York Post takes a look at the increasingly wild behavior on college campuses that has become so bad that some schools call in riot...
In his quest to run for student body, San Diego State student Luke Dzierzanowski released an ad on YouTube in which he’s surrounded by girls in bikinis. He never speaks but smokes a cigar.
I don’t know if this young man has a future in politics but he could probably go far...
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) announce an important victory for student due process rights.
There’s good news to report from Indiana University – Bloomington (IU) this month after FIRE successfully stepped in to correct the university on a dangerously broad application of its “Personal Misconduct” policy to a student’s...
It sounds like Professor Charles Lance was trying to put the “high” back into higher education. Unfortunately for him, the student he asked for help turned him in.
Alexis Stevens of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Cops: UGA professor asked student for ‘happy’ drug
A University of Georgia psychology professor accused of asking a student...
We noted that campuses nationwide have been experiencing outbreaks of meningitis.
Now, it is being reported that mumps have struck nearly 30 students at Ohio State University.
City health officials say the number of mumps cases associated with the outbreak among Ohio State University students has increased to 28.
Of those, 23 are students,...
In a new post at The FIRE, Greg Lukianoff explains that free speech on campus is a sometimes messy but always important aspect of higher education.
When Campus Intolerance Means Free Speech Gets Torn Up and Run Over, Literally
Being offended is what happens when you have your deepest beliefs challenged. And if...
A small college in Massachusetts are checking out claims made in Facebook postings of three female students, which describing abusive behavior by fraternity members.
If true, perhaps the fraternity in question could claim they were simply celebrating “Sex Week”, which has featured fetishes and food on other campuses.
At least three women at...
Timothy Flanagan hasn’t been on the job very long but it’s hard to get around allegations of assault.
ABC 7 in Chicago reports.
Illinois State University President Timothy Flanagan resigns amid assault claim investigation
Illinois State University President Timothy Flanagan resigned Saturday after just seven months in the job.
Authorities are investigating a claim that...
Apparently, there isn’t enough unmarketable specialized “studies” degrees at the University of Washington.
Students there want the school to create a whole, new degree program devoted to an ethnic group.
Perhaps potential majors should weigh their realistic career outcomes before pressing farther on their demands.
To many, the Pacific Islands may seem to be...
We have been reporting on multiple college campuses that are dealing with meningitis outbreaks, including an infection at the University of California – Santa Barbara that cost a student both feet.
S...
The denigration of traditional religious views on college campuses is a subject we’ve covered extensively at College Insurrection. Here’s a movie our readers may find interesting.
Julieanne Stanford writes at The College Fix.
New Movie Tackles Anti-God Bias at Universities
‘God’s Not Dead,’ a movie that opened nationwide Friday, March 21, raises awareness of discrimination against...
Two Mississippi teens have been expelled for a photograph taken of them making sports-related hand signals.
At least they didn’t make finger guns. Then, they would have been in real trouble.
Two Mississippi high school students were maliciously expelled after they were photographed making supposedly gang-related hand gestures, even though the kids had...
This is pretty serious. People don’t typically have ricin in their possession for casual purposes.
CNN reports.
Georgetown University student accused of ricin possession
A Georgetown University student was charged on Friday with possessing ricin after admitting he made the poison in his campus dorm room, a court document showed.
Daniel Harry Milzman, 19, appeared...
With the college basketball season’s March Madness in full force, Inside Higher Ed asks the important question:
Who would win the NCAA men’s basketball tournament if the games were decided by the teams’ classroom performance?
While the academic tournament has at times been surprisingly accurate in predicting March Madness victors, last year’s tournament...
Professor Mireille Miller-Young, who recently assaulted a pro-life teen on a college campus and stole her sign, is now facing formal charges.
Eric Owens of The Daily Caller provides an update.
Charges for prof who claimed ‘MORAL RIGHT’ to censor, batter 16-year-old abortion foe
The district attorney in Santa Barbara, Calif. has formally filed...
Demonstrating the power of a fully operational, conservative social media network:
After Stanford University’s student government refused to help fund an upcoming traditional marriage conference, calling the topic “hate speech,” campus administrators have agreed to foot the bill for the astronomical amount of security they require for the event.
The Stanford Anscombe Society, the...
Have you ever wondered what a campus “diversity program” would be like?
University of Illinois student Simran Devidasani recounts her experiences during the mandatory workshop, which were less than satisfying:
…The University’s most recently required workshop, I-Connect, is important in opening our eyes to the diversity on c...
In a new post at See Thru Edu, George Leef explains what many of those student fee dollars are used for.
How College “Student Fees” Fund Propaganda
The fees that college students often are required to pay creates a large fund of money that attract all kinds of people and organizations that like...
Did Obama really make the “right call” by using his mighty pen to sign an executive order raising the minimum wage? Baylor University student Danny Huizinga doesn’t think so.
First, Obama’s executive order cannot constitutionally raise the minimum wage for all workers. Peter Kirsanow at National Review notes that the president’s executive order must...
