We recently told you that some faculty members at Rutgers were objecting to the choice of Condoleezza Rice as commencement speaker. Now the student government has voted and the objectors lost.
The College Fix reports.
In Narrow Vote, Rutgers Student Government OKs Condi Rice As Grad Speaker
In a close vote preceded by plenty...
About a year ago, we covered the story of a University of Virginia student who spent the night in jail when her water bottle and cookie dough purchases were confused for something illegal by Alcoholic Beverage Control agents.
It looks like that purchase may be very, very expensive…for the state.
The Daily Caller’s...
The left is methodically politicizing every area of study in higher ed. Even the arts are no longer safe.
Richard Perez-Pena of the New York Times reports.
Using the Arts to Teach How to Prepare for Climate Crisis
University courses on global warming have become common, and Prof. Stephanie LeMenager’s new class here at...
We have been following the drive for unionization by the Northwestern University football team.
If they proceed, due to the rules of Obamacare, it looks like the school will be buying maternity coverage for...
Professor Dalton Conley of NYU wrote the article excerpted below for the Washington Post with his son. I guess we can file this story under economic justice.
Were your parents rich? Maybe you should pay more in taxes.
We have both been lucky enough to attend one of the best public high schools...
The University of South Carolina Upstate is hosting a production of “How to Be a Lesbian in 10 Days or Less.”
But….I thought that you were born that way? Progressive activists really need to learn to be more consistent.
The event is part of the school’s “Bodies of Knowledge 6 Symposium and Conference”....
Luckily for Chris Matthews, since he’s a liberal, students won’t show up to protest his appearance, rudely interrupt his speech or get up and walk out. That only happens to conservative speakers.
Collin Binkley of The Columbus Dispatch reports.
Ohio State students upset Chris Matthews tapped as commencement speaker
Some Ohio State University students...
After a New York University scholar sets up a date using the Hook-Up Facebook page, what music may best set the proper mood?
Given the escalating tuition costs, I might suggest the ever cl...
Last week we shared a video of American University students who were unable to name a single US senator.
This weekend, the president of the College Republicans at the school appeared on Fox and Friends to respond.
Watch below.
Waynesburg Univeristy student Nika Anschuetz thinks that instead of pitting men against women (as often occurs as part of progressive campus activism), the qualities of both should be cherished and celebrated.
…Equality is overused by both political parties. Political leaders aim to sway voters by using the term “equality.” Gender...
$10,000 seems like a such a reasonable price for a Bachelor’s degree. Looks like Florida’s governor Rick Scott is getting results.
Channel 13 News of Florida reports.
Daytona State College board approves $10,000 bachelor’s degree in education
Earning a bachelor’s degree in education at Daytona State College will soon be more affordable than ever.
Beginning...
We have been following the efforts of the Northwestern University football team to unionize.
In potential landmark case, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) backed bid for collective bargaining by Northwestern...
Given the student debt crisis, you’d think more colleges would follow this model.
Lisa Rathke of Pilot Online reports.
Students’ jobs pay off tuition at N.C. work college
Many students spend years after college working off tens of thousands of dollars in school debt. But at seven “Work Colleges” around the country, students are...
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the fraternity whose icy ‘torture’ of pledges that evoked Tarantino films and allegedly led to the death of some students, is now facing further consequences of its past hazing activities.
Early this month, JPMorgan Chase & Co. stopped managing an investment account for a prominent client: the charitable foundation...
So your team lost the big game. Is that any reason for mob behavior?
There’s no excuse for this.
FOX News reports.
University of Arizona students riot after NCAA Tournament loss
Tucson police said Saturday night that they shot pepper spray at several hundred fans who took to the streets and threw beer bottles and...
Baylor University student Danny Huizinga explores the American car market and how far its been driven from the realm of a truly free market.
News broke last week that Tesla, a California-based electric car company, had been banned from selling cars in several states due to lobbying pressure from existing car dealers....
Sounds like the state of Idaho has real respect for the Second Amendment.
How refreshing.
The Washington Times reports.
University preparing for guns on campus
The University of Idaho is taking steps to comply with a new state law that allows people with an enhanced concealed-carry permit to bring a concealed weapon on campus.
The law...
Tragically, four students at the University of Pennsylvania have committed suicide this academic year, three of them since Christmas.
Though the school’s president and provost have launched the Task Force on Student Psychological Health and Welfare, UPenn administrators are drawing fire for waiting months to publicly report a student’s suicide and for...
Just think of what the students at the University of Iowa are missing out on. Disruptive film crews, entire areas of campus restricted to people who work for the show. Who wouldn’t want to deal with that?
Nikara Johns of Variety reports.
University of Iowa Denies Request to Film ‘Girls’ on Campus
The university...
Amid all the troubling reports of problems with the new, national education standards implementation, there is chatter about instituting “Common Core” at colleges.
University of California – Los Angeles student Samah Pirzada takes look at science course peer review system at her school, which is similar in concept to some Common...
It’s worth noting that this same thing recently happened at Rutgers. In this case a student and a professor, both of them white men, are leading the charge.
Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.
Bitter white...
“Feminism’s image problem was something we wanted to up-end (with Bitch magazine)”
When the latest progressive movement focuses on banning the word “bossy”, it would be intriguing to learn what perspectives the editor of “Bitch” magazine may have.
The students at the University of South Dakota had the opportunity during their “Diversity Symposium.” It was everything you would imagine it to be…and more!
The 1995...
