Derek Daplin breaks down voter data to show that in many key races, the majority of millennials went with Republicans, or at least the margin narrowed significantly.
From The College Fix:
YOUNG REPUBLICAN VOTERS HELPED MIDTERM ELECTION’S RED WAVE, EXIT POLLS SHOW
While millennial voters still favor Democrats, that margin has narrowed, and exit...
Maybe this is where Rand Paul, with his notable anti-NSA spying stance, swoops in and wins the Harvard vote.
Harvard secretly photographed students to study attendance
Harvard University has revealed that it secretly photographed some 2,000 students in 10 lecture halls last spring as part of a study of classroom attendance, an admission...
The students were protesting reported rapes and were wearing Guy Fawkes masks. They were ultimately detained.
Eli Rosenberg of KMBC News in Kansas reported.
Masked protesters rattle nerves on University of Kansas campus
A masked protest by two students rattled nerves on the University of Kansas campus Wednesday, prompting one student to say that...
Feminists at DePaul University say that the male-led ‘Consent the D’ campaign was “flippant” and “triggered victims and survivors of sexual violence.”
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Lesson for bros who want to promote affirmative consent: Don’t make T-shirts
A male-led campaign to promote affirmative consent for sex at DePaul...
Less time and less money for a college degree might be just the ticket for some students.
Melissa Korn of the Wall Street Journal reported.
New on Campus: The 3-Year Degree
To combat rising college costs and student debt, more schools are offering a time- and money-saving idea: a three-year bachelor’s degree.
Schools including Purdue...
Discussing income inequality at a $200-a-night hotel. Of course, there is no word on how much attendees are paying, but it just seems a little odd.
Eric Owens writes for the Daily Caller:
Multicultural Education Conference Will Tackle ‘Hierarchies’ At Swanky El Conquistador Resort
The National Association for Multicultural Education is holding a conference...
This video from Maggie Lit of Campus Reform shows that college students care about many different political issues.
Perhaps all of them.
Millennials seem...
Yes, that’s why we’d rather not have sex acts demeaned and paraded out in the open: because we hate gay people. This explains everything.
Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:
Harvard University sex week organizer defends anal sex lesson
Although Harvard Sex Week organizers did not respond to repeated requests by ...
Remember UC Santa Barbara professor Mireille Miller-Young? She’s back in the news.
The College fix reported.
Prolife students file civil lawsuit against UCSB feminist studies professor
A civil lawsuit was filed Thursday by prolife students against the University of California and UC Santa Barbara professor Mireille Miller-Young, who in July pled no contest to stealing and...
After the recent vote by Dartmouth faculty to radically change the college’s Greek system, some students speak up about the importance of men-only and women-only organizations on campus.
Sandor Farkas at The Dartmouth Review has the story:
The Single-Sex Greek System
Over Homecoming, the Class Connections program hosted social events between current students and...
Libertarian students at Wayne State University protested a November 1st appearance by Obama at the school and faced heavy security but it didn’t stop them.
Ty Hicks of Young Americans for Liberty reported.
Protesting Obama at Wayne State University
President Obama came to Wayne State University on November 1 for a campaign event, endorsing...
He helmed Midland University in Nebraska since 2010.
From the Washington Times:
Ben Sasse cruises to victory in Nebraska Senate race
Republican Ben Sasse cruised to victory Tuesday in Nebraska, ensuring both of the state’s U.S. Senate seats remain in GOP hands.
Mr. Sasse handily defeated Democrat Dave Domina, an attorney who has led the...
Dave Brat is the candidate who beat Eric Cantor in a stunning upset during the summer. He won on Tuesday, too.
Alix Bryan of CBS 6 News reports.
And the Virginia 7th Congressional District election race goes to…
Virginia’s 7th Congressional District has a new leader, a victory for Dr. David Brat (R –...
I have great personal interest in Uber. It’s a disruptive innovation that should be championed, not demonized. Unfortunately, Quinnipiac University’s administrators would rather bow down to paranoia and fear of change than let free markets reign.
University bans Uber from campus
Quinnipiac University (QU) has banned Uber over concerns about the ridesharing business’s...
I think we should all be doing a little celebrating right now.
Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reported.
College Republicans celebrate good times
Victory parties. Celebratory statements on social media. High fives.
Conservative and college Republican students on Tuesday basked in the glow of the 2014 midterm election results.
“Christmas came early this year,” Berkeley...
Despite the fact that “there was never any evidence — nor any effort made to discover evidence”, Yale’s rape tribunal nearly ruined former quarterback, now Harvard law student Patrick Witt’s life.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
Former Yale QB indicts campus rape tribunal for trashing his reputation
It’s not just...
College Insurrection would like to offer hearty congratulations to Republican Saira Blair for her outstanding achievement.
Kris Maher of the Wall Street Journal wrote about Ms. Blair yesterday.
West Virginia Elects America’s Youngest State Lawmaker
A West Virginia University freshman who did most of her campaigning out of her dorm room became the youngest...
I guess they’re just going to shrug and say, “Our bad.”
From HuffPo:
Stanford, Dartmouth Apologize For ‘Deceitful’ Montana Election Experiment
The presidents of Stanford University and Dartmouth College are sending 100,000 letters to Montana residents disavowing election mailers that state officials called deceitful and worried will influence the state’s two Supreme Court elections.
The...
Oops! False alarm, everyone. Go about your business.
NBC News 9 in Colorado reported.
Regis University accidentally sends bomb threat alert
DENVER – Regis University accidentally sent a “bomb threat” alert to people across the metro area even prompting Rangeview High School in Aurora to go on emergency lockdown.
“Regis does regret that the message...
Student Senate Vice President Miles Sisk has reportedly contacted the cyber police, saying that consequences will never be the same.
Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:
News flash to student senators: Being mocked on Tumblr is not ‘cyber-bullying’
So here’s my conflict of interest: I’m a native Oregonian and my dad...
Don’t enough people already think college is a scam? Higher education doesn’t need news like this.
Via ABC News.
Woman Gets 16 Years for Running Fake University
A San Francisco Bay Area woman was sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for running what prosecutors s...
At first I thought this article I linked was particularly poorly written because it is not until the end of it where the writer explains what the students were protesting about.
Then I realized I was too harsh on the writer. The students don’t have anything to be protesting about. They’re just...
