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FIRE works overtime for targeted Syracuse U. students

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Posted by    Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 8:00am

We recently covered the case of Matthew Werenczak, a Syracuse University student defended by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) after being expelled for Facebook comments.

His comments were about an experience as a tutoring event, during which condescending remarks about...

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Readers respond to LA Times article on Conservative-free Commencements

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 5:00pm

We recently reported that the lack of conservative speakers at graduation ceremonies nationwide had gotten so bad, even the Los Angeles Times noticed.

The newspaper published several reader letters in response to the observation:

Steve Murray, Huntington Beach:

It’s an ironic turnaround. When I was in college, students demonstrated for free speech on campus....

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NYC Music Prof: ‘Your parents should have slapped you around’

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 5:00pm

A professor of music just gave new meaning to the phrase, “Out of tune”.

The New York City-based instructor responded to online criticism with a humorous video in which he told students their parents should have “slapped them around” when they were children. Campus Reform contributor Spencer Schredder has the details:

A pr...

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New sports arena at DePaul to be funded by taxpayers?

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 3:30pm

The kicker of this story is that DePaul is a private university. Welcome to Chicagoland.

Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.

Chicago taxpayers could finance private university’s sports arena

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to revitalize the Chicago area includes the controversial use of public funds to build a new sports arena for DePaul...

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Florida high school suspends teacher who went “bananas”

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 2:00pm

One concern about the “pornification” of college campuses is that it is filtering down to high schools.

One Florida high school, however, is bucking that trend. The Daily Caller’s Education Editor Eric Owens has these details:

Is a cigar sometimes just a cigar? That debate will remain unresolved, but The Daily Caller can...

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George Washington U. Professors Fantasize about Obama on Mt. Rushmore

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 12:30pm

A debate on President Obama now focuses on which scandal-ridden President he is most like:  Richard Nixon or Warren Harding.

However, hope springs eternal among some members of elite academia.  George Washington University student Katherine Rodriguez shares some dreams of the faculty at her school.

A handful of George Washington University political and...

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Dinesh D’Souza at Northwestern

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 11:00am

Dinesh D’Souza is a conservative pundit who most famously produced 2016: Obama’s America, a movie that details potential reasons for the current President’s political motives.

In a rare campus appearance by a conservative, Souza recently addressed more than 80 people at Northwestern Univeristy before answering about a dozen questions almost equally divided...

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“Affirmative Action Baby” … Or Survivor?

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 9:30am

Cecillia Wang, Director of the ACLU’s Immigrant Rights Project, has written an ACLU blog entry, “Reflections of Another Affirmative Action Baby,” describing the wonders of the new world “diversity” opened up for her as an undergraduate at Berkeley.

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CAMERA launches new website for pro-Israel college students

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Posted by    Friday, May 24, 2013 at 8:00am

It’s good to know there are college students in America who have rejected the BDS insanity that has infected so many college campuses.

This report comes via the Camera blog, Snapshots.

Algemeiner and JNS: CAMERA Launches New Student Website

The Algemeiner and JNS report:

The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA)...

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Professor gives MOOCs a thumbs-down

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 6:30pm

The list of MOOCs (Massive online courses) seems to be expanding as rapidly as the known universe.

In The American Conservative, Wheaton College Professor Alan Jacobs shares his lack of enthusiasm for this development.

When I think about turning all this into a MOOC, my first thought is: How easy that would be....

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Come on, can’t they take a good cricket prank?

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 5:00pm

Some stunts are better in theory than reality.

Using the internet to put-together a prank involving thousands of crickets, some Kentucky high school students are getting a major time-out. Eric Owens of The Daily Caller has a report:

Seven seniors at East Carter High School in the rural northeast corner of Kentucky were...

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NYU researchers sold study results to Chinese competitor

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 3:30pm

It looks like one New York professor is giving new meaning to the term “outsourcing”.

Sarah Hofmann of The Daily Caller reports on the faculty member who is selling his lab’s discoveries to a Chinese firm.

A New York University professor and a lab engineer have been released on bail on Monday after...

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85% of college students are wasting their time and money

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 2:00pm

Given the fact that there are millions of college students now saddled with debt and no job prospects, it’s difficult to disagree with this estimation.

Vivian Giang of Business Insider reports.

EXPERT: 85% Of College Students Are Wasting Their Time And Money

We talked to the one of the most voc...

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College Fix Editor: Porn is a weapon in the real campus ‘war on women’

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 12:30pm

Justifiably, the “pornification” of our campuses is getting more public attention.

We feature items from The College Fix regularly. Its editor, Nathan Harden, was recently interviewed by LifeSiteNews.com’s Ashley Herzog on the subject, starting with Yale University.

[Nathan Harden] exposed how Yale women are constantly degraded on campus. They are valued for their...

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Obama and Elizabeth Warren want to keep feeding the Higher Ed bubble beast

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 11:00am

Legal Insurrection has covered Elizabeth Warren’s wrongheaded approach to student loans extensively. Today, in a new post at his blog, Walter Russell Mead offered his opinion on Warren and the president.

Obama and Elizabeth Warren Feed the College Beast

College students may see their debt rise sharply overnight, as the interest rate for...

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U. Wisconsin-Madison commencement speaker urges students to demand more public spending

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 9:30am

One of the contributing factors of high unemployment among recent college grads is out of control government spending. Note to college students, beware public employees who want more public spending.

Amanda Achtman of Intercollegiate Review reports.

Commencement speaker exhorts students to advocate more public spending

What makes a university great? Is it being part...

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Brown environmentalists’ enormous black blob bombs

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Posted by    Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 8:00am

Now that spring is blooming on Brown’s beautiful New England campus, environmental activists decided spoil everyone’s view with a giant inflatable display.

How thoughtful of them.

The Brown Spectator reports.

Loser: Brown Environmentalists

In late April, passersby on the Main Green were robbed of a view of a pleasant New England spring afternoon. Obstructing the...

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College professors weigh in on IRS scandal and impeachment

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Posted by    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 6:30pm

Not everyone in academia is pleased with Obama over the unfolding IRS scandal.

Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reports.

Professors: IRS Scandal Could Lead To Impeachment

If it can be proven President Barack Obama was involved in the IRS’ targeting of conservative groups, that’s an impeachable offense, two professors said in interviews with ...

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Florida university workshop features building genital models out of Play-doh

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Posted by College Insurrection    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 5:00pm

Planned Parenthood representatives on-hand, too!

Never let it be said that progressives aren’t creative in demeaning traditional Americana.

PLAY-DOH is a American childhood staple that has been entertaining kids and making home messes for years. Timothy Dionisopoulos of Campus Reform files this report about the use of this fun modeling compound in a Florida university workshop.

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Prager U. Video – The Separation of Church and State

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Posted by    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 3:30pm

Here’s a new video from Prager University that should be viewed not only by college students but a few choice members of government as well.

Via Jason Fertig of National Review.

Prager U: Separation of Church and State

In the age of banning nativity scenes in a public park and renaming Good Friday on a municipal calendar, some clarification...

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Hamas student union posts cartoon depicting Jews as trash

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Posted by    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 2:00pm

No double standard here. After all, everyone knows what a great sense of humor radical Islamists have about cartoons, right?

Nathan Harden of The College Fix reports.

Hamas Student Union: ‘Jews are Trash’

If you so much as publish a cartoon of Muhammad, it has been proven to ignite riots...

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Pelosi Fails Math During UC Davis Address

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Posted by    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at 12:30pm

House Minority Leader says cuts in education spending would increase federal deficit.

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gave an eye-popping demonstration of Washigton-style mathematics during a commencement speech at a California University.

Oliver Darcy shares the contents of that address in Campus Reform.

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) told graduates at the University of California – Davis law school on Friday that...

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