In the College Conservative, contributor Amy Miller has some thoughts on the Proposition 8 arguments and about how to handle news about these cases until decisions come down this June:
[T]he oral arguments on Hollingsworth v. Perry [the Proposition 8 case] provided plenty of meat for your next great Facebook debate, so let’s...
School spars with ACLU over contraception distribution rules.
Catholic schools tend to impose rules based on the teachings of the Catholic faith.
However, when administrators at Boston College decided to crack down on student-organized workarounds to the campus’ faith-based rules on contraception, it ran afoul of one activist civil rights organization. Eric Owens explains in The Daily Caller.
Official Roman Catholic...
Here’s another example of how California and Texas differ dramatically.
In California, one institution opened up a “Marijuana Research Institute“. In Texas, students rejected a resolution endorsing a change in the school’s marijuana possession policy. Eric Owens of The Daily Caller has the details:
Tuesday night’s student government meeting at the University of...
Last week, College Insurrection reported the story of Florida Atlantic University student Ryan Rotela who refused to stomp on a piece of paper with the word “Jesus” written on it.
The story set off a firestorm in the media...
Have we really come to the point where biology teachers can’t openly discuss human biology in the classroom?
David Edwards of The Raw Story reports.
Idaho teacher investigated for saying ‘vagina’ during biology lesson
A high school science teacher in Idaho is under investigation by the state’s professional standards commission because he reportedly used...
At Legal Insurrection, I recently reported that a group of British scientists presented material that indicated that global temperatures have been at a standstill.
Now, The College Fix reports that an American scientists presented similar information to his state’s senators:
Not every academic believes global warming is real, man made and destroying...
Here’s a friendly reminder that the higher education bubble is real.
Elvina Nawaguna of Reuters reports via the Chicago Tribune.
Student loan write-offs hit $3 billion in first two months of year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Banks wrote off $3 billion of student loan debt in the first two months of 2013, up more than...
Is Dartmouth going the way of everyone gets a trophy?
Joseph Asch of Dartblog reports.
The SP: No Grades Freshman Year
Here’s one Strategic Planning idea that would be my personal candidate for the Law of Unintended Consequences award:
Consider your typical Dartmouth freshmen: not very outgoing, of an intellectual bent, happier studying alone than...
The U.S. Department of Education featured a quote from mass-murdering dictator Mao Zedong on its website.
Mao, the longtime Communist dictator of China, killed up to 60 million people through executions, torture, and the government-created famines of the abortive “Great Leap Forward.”
As George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley
I don’t know anything about the hazing laws in Canada but if this happened in the US, expulsions would surely follow.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
Half-Naked Hazing in Broad Daylight Prompts Controversy (VIDEO)
A YouTube video that captures university students dressed in bras and underwear who trudge on their hands and...
If you read College Insurrection, you know that we’ve linked numerous stories by writers of The FIRE.
Yesterday, Ed Driscoll of PJ Media interviewed FIRE President Greg Lukianoff.
Interview: Greg Lukianoff of FIRE on Unlearning Liberty
It’s relatively easy for college students to avoid getting into trouble via political correctness, campus speech codes and...
In September, we reported that Towson University senior Matthew Heimbach launched the “White Students Union” .
The Daily Caller’s Eric Owens has an update on the group’s latest activity involving nighttime campus patrols:
Something called the White Student Union at Towson University has announced plans to conduct random nighttime patrols on the...
Hey American college students, are you cool with the government sharing your personal information?
The only reason I ask is because an overwhelming number of you voted for this administration. Oh, you haven’t heard?
Read this report from Joy Pullman at the Washington Examiner.
Education Dept. helps leak students’ personal data
States and schools are...
Apparently, not all college age women are enthralled by the likes of Sandra Fluke.
Julia Morriss of American University’s student newspaper The Eagle recently heard Fluke speak on campus and was clearly unimpressed.
Op/Ed: How Sandra Fluke gets it wrong
After hearing Sandra Fluke speak on campus this week, students should keep a few...
It’s ticked me off for the last couple years how little attention the European Union has gotten. Every single power hungry policy that Obama and the “Liberals” sell as a utopian solution has unequivocally failed in the European Union.
Today it crossed a new line. Amidst all this gay, gun, predator, Israeli drama Obama gets...
Are you a young job seeker with mad computer skills? A future may await you at the Department of Homeland Security.
Walter Russell Mead reports.
Homeland Security: High School Hackers Wanted
The Department of Homeland Security is developing a new weapon in its war against foreign hackers: high school students. To attract young candidates...
In a new post at The College Conservative, writer Avey Owyns examines the classic liberal vs. conservative argument of guns and abortions.
Gun Crimes vs Abortions
“So you conservatives think regulating guns won’t end gun violence, but that regulating abortions will end abortion? Isn’t that hypocritical?” This question can sometimes be asked by...
Years ago, liberals were permissive people who would fight for your right to smoke a joint on campus. Good luck finding those folks anywhere on the left today.
Adam Tragone of the YAF blog reports.
UMass-Amherst prepares students for campus-wide tobacco ban
In April 2011, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst Faculty Senate passed a resolution...
Congratulations to Professor Sylvia Nasar for standing up for what’s right.
The Washington Free Beacon reports.
Professor Sues Columbia Over Misuse of Endowment Funds
Tenured journalism professor Sylvia Nasar filed a lawsuit Tuesday accusing Columbia University of misusing $4.5 million in funds over the past 10 years, according to the New York Times.
Nasar, the...
American Indian costume, piñata string, and ‘platonic’ relationships receive failing grade from school,
Never let it be said schools are not innovative when it comes to imposing speech codes.
Scott Greer of Campus Reform details Ohio State University’s black listing of a wide range of items, in the quest for complete political correctness.
A left-out piñata string mistook for a noose, American Indian costumes, and comments...
Yesterday, we reported that representatives of Florida Atlantic University apologized for suspending a student who failed to “Stomp on Jesus” as part of a professor’s class assignment, stating “Florida Atlantic University respects all religions and welcomes people of all faiths, backgrounds and beliefs.”
That assertion will be questioned in the wake of...
Last week, College Insurrection covered the story of a Florida student who was removed from his class for refusing to stomp on a piece of paper with the word Jesus written on it.
On Monday night, Bill O’Reilly covered the story and the corrupt influence of liberal politics on college campuses in...
