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Employers Say College Grads Aren’t Ready to Work

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 5:00pm

Here’s some advice for recent college graduates looking for work. Kick it up a notch and be more professional than your peers.

According to new post at Walter Russell Mead’s blog, people with jobs to offer aren’t impressed so far.

College Fail: Employers Say Grads Are a Disappointment

Employers are increasingly disappointed by the graduates available...

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Wall Street Still a Draw for College Graduates

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 3:30pm

Despite being the target of progressive activism, a job on Wall Street remains a goal of many college graduates.

Even in the weak economy, and derision of the famous “greed is good” mantra of the famous movie, Fins Finance writer Julie Steinberg reports that Wall Street is still seen as the “it”...

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UNC Student: “Do Libertarians have a Branding Problem?”

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 2:00pm

Ann Coulter’s televised smack-down of Libertarians is still stinging.

University of North Carolina student Angelina Johnston reports the remarks from one leading member of the party, who recently discussed the perceptions offered by conservative pundits.

If you went to the (fantastically successful) ISFLC 2013 [International Students for Liberty Conference]  two weeks ago, you...

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Yale’s “Sexual Diversity” includes Bestiality, Incest and Prostitution

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 12:30pm

Yale’s infamous “Sex Week” seems to cull new depths each year.

Campus Reform writer Katherine Timpf covers a workshop offered this year, in which students were asked to consider topics such as bestiality, incest, and accepting money for sex.

During the workshop, entitled, “Sex: Am I Normal,” students anonymously asked and answered questions...

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Marco Rubio Speech at University of Louisville on March 25th Already Sold Out

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 11:00am

Marco Rubio is scheduled to give a speech at the University of Louisville on March 25th and the event is already sold out. The tickets were free but you had to sign up to get one and they’re all gone.

The Courier-Journal reports.

Marco Rubio to speak at University of Louisville March 25

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The Psychology of Hazing

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 9:30am

This informative chart on hazing follows the thought process behind hazing and also provides historical data on the subject.

Click on the image for a larger version.

 
 
 
 

“Slave-Free Chocolate” the latest college craze

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Posted by    Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at 8:00am

It is well known that college students crave comfort foods.

Jack Butler of Hillsdale College reports on the latest campus craze, combining the traditions of “feel good” activism and a college favorite:

The dark side of chocolate is a social justice cause de jour at many universities across the nation.

They’ve devoted informational websites,...

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Are Millennials going to become the great Libertarian generation?

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Posted by    Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 5:00pm

Are Millennials going to become the great Libertarian generation?

A recent post at the Students for Liberty blog by James Padilioni Jr. seems to suggest so.

Millennial Libertarianism: A Manifesto

Much talk is often made within Students For Liberty about defining a second wave of libertarianism. Alexander McCobin has spoken publicly  on this topic, and...

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Princeton Student Weighs School’s Sex Change Coverage Proposal

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Posted by    Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 3:30pm

Princeton University is rated as one of the “Top 10 Trans-Friendly Colleges and Universities“.

However, that rating still isn’t good enough for the prestigious institution. Princeton is now considering plans to include “sex reassignment surgery” in its student health plans, following in...

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“College-Progressive Complex” about to be slammed by reality tsunami

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Posted by    Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 2:00pm

When the “Higher Education Bubble bursts, it is going to take the “College -Progressive” Complex with it.

And that is a good thing.

Los Angeles-based lawyer and conservative pundit Kurt Schlichter explains in Townhall:

Conservatives should welcome the decline of academia as we know it. I, for one, will celebrate its death by engaging in...

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Harvard Mulls Installation of Student Nap Room

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Posted by    Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 12:30pm

A nap room? What’s next, snack time?

In all fairness to Harvard, all that fussing about conservatives must be very tiring.

College Fix Editor Nathan Harden reports.

Zzzzzz: Harvard May Install a Student ‘Nap Room’

You know how in preschool, all the little kids lay down for “nap time” every afternoon? Well, Harvard students may...

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Harvard Prof denies seeking “Neanderthal Clone” baby mama

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Posted by    Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 11:00am

We recently reported that during an interview given to a German newspaper, Harvard Medical School professor George Church seemed to indicate he was seeking an “adventurous woman” to incubate a Neanderthal clone.

Huffington Post writer Malcom Ritter has an update to this story, in which Church appears to be walking back the...

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Brown U. Professor Speaking at Duke Decries ‘Inclusive Racism’

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Posted by    Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 9:30am

What is ‘inclusive racism’ you ask? It’s the non-racist racism of racism and racist racism or something. And racism.

Didn’t liberals tell us Obama’s presidency would usher in a new age of racial harmony?

Patton Callaway of The Duke Chronicle reports.

Brown professor criticizes ‘inclusive racism’

Tricia Rose, author and professor of Africana Studies at...

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Duke Student: Heterosexual, White Female Opinions Unimportant On Campus

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, March 5, 2013 at 8:00am

A Butler Prof. jumped the “American-ness, maleness, whiteness, heterosexuality” shark with an obnoxious “inclusion” assignment.

Now, the “diversity shark” rears its head on another university.

Duke University student newspaper columnist Ashley Camano writes in The Duke Chronicle that she’s white, heterosexual and, because of that, feels intimidated about expressing her opinions.

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College Students Flood (Less Dangerous) Cancun for Spring Break

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Posted by    Monday, March 4, 2013 at 5:30pm

Apparently, everyone is going to Cancun this year because other destinations in Mexico have been deemed too dangerous.

Of course, less dangerous doesn’t equal safe.

Report by Katie Davies of the Daily Mail UK.

American students are flooding Cancun for Spring Break amid fears that other Mexican resort towns are ‘too dangerous’ for tourists

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Libertarian economist offers modern version of infamous college “sit-in”

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Posted by    Monday, March 4, 2013 at 4:00pm

In the 1960’s, students arranged for campus “sit-ins” to support civil rights.

Fast forward to the new millenium: Student loan debt level is even higher than that for credit cards, and Ivy League education seems to be both

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Emory Student Remembers Andrew Breitbart

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Posted by    Monday, March 4, 2013 at 2:00pm

David Giffin of the College Conservative has written a touching remembrance of Andrew Breitbart, a year after his passing.

A Year Later – Remembering Breitbart

One year ago today, Andrew Breitbart passed away. Since then, he has been missed by many – including me.

I never met Breitbart. I’d only been a writer for...

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Knox College Student: Christie should be at CPAC

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Posted by    Monday, March 4, 2013 at 12:30pm

CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, is slated for March 14-16 at the nation’s capitol.

Alex Uzarowicz,a student from Knox College in Illinois, thinks one Republican luminary is noticeably absent from this event:

The Republican Party is still soul-searching. It’s still torn by celebrities such as Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly, and public...

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Concerned Millennials Join Paul Ryan to Denounce Debt

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Posted by    Monday, March 4, 2013 at 11:00am

T. Elliot Gaiser of The Heritage Foundation reports on a press conference in which Paul Ryan was joined by a group of concerned Millennials to denounce the debt their generation is on course to inherit.

Millennials: How the Debt Impacts Us (VIDEO)


The growing national debt demands immediate attention and real solutions from...

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Rollins College Nixes Dorm Room Bible Study

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Posted by    Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:30am

Rollins College was the subject of another post here at College Insurrection just recently for telling Christian student groups that they had to accept non-Christians in leadership positions. Now this.

What is going on at Rollins College?

Jessica Chasmar of The Washington Times reports.

Florida college shuts...

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Harvard Crimson President Defends Anti-Conservative Editorial

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Posted by    Monday, March 4, 2013 at 8:00am

College Insurrection recently reported on a controversial piece at the Harvard Crimson which urged conservatives not to apply to the school.

Harvard Crimson president Bobby Samuels was on The Kudlow Report this weekend and responded to criticism of the piece.

Via The Daily Caller.

 
 
 
 

LSU College Republicans seek unified voice of campus conservatives

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Posted by    Sunday, March 3, 2013 at 6:30pm

Here at College Insurrection, we love to post stories about freedom loving young people on college campuses.

This is one of them.

Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz of The Daily Reveille reports.

College Republicans aim to identify all conservative voices on campus

The University group College Republicans is evolving to become the voice of all conservatives on campus.

With...

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