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Deal or No Deal — Law school student on lack of transactional law focus

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Posted by    Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 3:30pm

When most people think of law work, they imagine dramatic courtroom cases.

However, much of the work involves transactions (drafting contracts, negotiating deals and handling other aspects of law related to business agreements).  Third year Cornell Law School student Mystyc Star Metrik feels this is a neglected area of  study.

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CUNY prof – Why is National Science Foundation funding “political science”

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 2:30pm

Whoever invented the term “political science” obviously had a sense of humor.

Talk about going where no political science professor has gone before!

Daniel DiSalvo, an assistant professor of political science at the City College of New York-CUNY and a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, dares to ask if the National Science Foundation should be funding political science.

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Boston University Students Hold Silent Pro-Life Protest

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Posted by    Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 1:00pm

Even in the liberal city of Boston, there are college students who favor life over abortion. Not that you’d know it by watching the nightly news.

Margaret Waterman of Boston University’s independent student newspaper The Daily Free Press reports.

Pro-life student group protests abortion with silence

Members of Boston University’s Right to Life student...

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College Libertarians Seek Girls! Girls! Girls!

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Posted by    Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 11:30am

College Libertarians are trying to increase the number of young women in their ranks and even held a recent conference in DC to brainstorm ideas.

Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform has the story.

College libertarians host panel to attract women to movement

More than 100 student activists from across the nation piled into an...

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New Finance Course at Columbia Will be Taught by Former Prime Minister of… Greece

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Posted by    Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 9:59am

Yes, really.

This is one of those stories that makes you wonder if you’re reading The Onion. Given the fact that it’s being reported by Bill Hoffmann of Newsmax, it’s safe to say this is true.

Greece’s Ex-Prime Minister Joins Columbia University

George Papandreou, the controversial former prime minister of Greece, is headed to...

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U. Colorado Removes Crazy List of Tips for Women Facing an Attacker

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Posted by    Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 8:00am

Two days ago, Charles C. W. Cooke of National Review pointed to this ridiculous University of Colorado list of suggestions for female students facing a sexual predator.

University of Colorado’s Advice on How to Avoid Being Raped

Guns being Bad and gun-free zones being Good, the “Department...

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History Prof Wants Rebirth of Western Civilization Requirements

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Posted by    Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 5:30pm

We have been following the attacks on Western Civilization instruction on American campuses, as well as the undermining of “whites” and “males” that compr...

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Arizona Chem Major Hoping for an American Pope

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Posted by    Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 4:00pm

Interest in the papal enclave following Pope Benedict XVI’s historic resignation is intense.

Secrecy during the proceedings is strict, and tech-savvy cardinals are prohibited from Tweeting about the process and promoting their favorites electronically.

However, Catholics are begining to chime in with preferences, including Stephanie Zawada, a University of Arizona chemistry and...

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College Republicans: Let our cellphones go!

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Posted by    Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 2:30pm

At Legal Insurrection, we covered a ridiculous law that makes it illegal to “unlock” your cellphone.

Via Instapundit:  College Republicans are fighting that rule, and as Istapundit says, the GOP leadership may want to take a hint from this action. 

The campus-based group is petitioning the Obama Administration to unchain their phones!

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Wesleyan U.’s naked take on “Night at the Museum”

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Posted by    Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 12:38pm

“Night in the Museum” is an extremely popular family movie that depicts displays coming to life, causing hilarity and chaos.

However, a Wesleyan University student night at a Connecticut museum was anything but family friendly. The Daily Caller writer Eric Owens has the details:

A Wesleyan University soiree held at a Hartford science...

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Anarchists say they vandalized UNC frat house

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Posted by    Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 11:00am

Many Occupy Wall Street movement participants are avowed anarchists.

Now, the anarchist movement seems to have spread to one campus. Campus Reform writer Scott Greer reports on one groups claims of vandalizing a North Carolina fraternity.

An anarchist group has claimed credit for vandalizing a fraternity house at the University of North Carolina-Chapel...

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Art students get degrees drawn with red ink

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Posted by    Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 9:30am

Graduates of arts programs have the most student debt

Clearly, not all college degrees are the same.

Many institutions are looking to expand their enrollment in science and technology degrees to meet the demands of the current job market. However, as a report by Ruth Simon and Rob Barry in the Wall Street Journal explains, art students have an entirely different...

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Columbia U. Investigating Antics of Professor Quantum McStrange

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Posted by    Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at 8:00am

Yesterday at Legal Insurrection, William Jacobson wrote about the strange behavior of a Columbia University Quantum Mechanics professor who stripped on stage and put on a bizarre performance featuring video images of 9/11 and Hitler.

According to Christopher Brennan and Tina Moore of...

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States Lead Obama on College Reforms

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Posted by    Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 4:30pm

At the American Enterprise Institute, Richard Vedder reports on what Obama did and did not say about higher education in his recent state of the union speech. The states are way ahead of him when it comes to real reforms.

Obama lags as states lead college reform

President Barack Obama’s State of the...

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Columbia Student: Economics needs to be a core course.

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Posted by    Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 2:30pm

Nowadays, it seems college American history courses fail to teach basic information on important people critical to the nation’s formation.

However, Columbia University history major Joshua Fattal shows that he knows something about Adam Smith. Using his background, Fattal explains why he wants students to be challenged and learn basic economics.

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Indiana Republican Introduces Bill to Allow Concealed Carry on Campus

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Posted by    Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 12:30pm

More Republicans should be introducing legislation like this. Even if it doesn’t pass, it forces people to think about the issue.

Celia Bigelow of Breitbart reports.

Indiana Legislator Pushes Bill to Allow Concealed Carry on Campuses

State Senator Jim Banks (R -IN) introduced a bold bill in the Indiana General Assembly back in January...

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Breaking — UC Boulder Seeks Conservative Professor

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Posted by    Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 11:00am

This is amazing. Conservative voices are in such short supply on college campuses that they have to be sought out and recruited.

The College Fix reports.

Reverse Affirmative Action: Liberal College Seeks Conservative Scholar

This is sure to be a hot topic debated among conservative scholars. Should the conservative movement sell its soul, so...

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Virginia Bill Allows Student Groups to Bar Members who Disagree With Mission

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Posted by    Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 9:30am

The purpose of a bill like this may not be fully explained in the opening line of the story below.  While it may be true that the left loves to infiltrate and take over conservative groups, this really addresses the issue of whether religious student organizations can protect the tenets of...

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Why We Can Cut Our Way to Prosperity

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Posted by    Monday, February 18, 2013 at 6:30pm

President Obama is fond of saying “we can’t cut our way to prosperity.”

Alex Cartwright of Intercollegiate Review asks a great question. Why not?

“We can’t cut our way to prosperity” – Why not?

Even though most speeches that politicians give to large audiences are filled with general terms and are designed to be...

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Professor Faces Firing for Forcing Students to Pledge Allegiance to Obama

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Posted by    Monday, February 18, 2013 at 4:57pm

The mere fact that this professor felt comfortable abusing her authority for political purposes speaks volumes about the lopsidedly liberal environment on American college campuses.

Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.

College: Fire professor who forced students to vote for Obama

A tenured professor who forced her students to sign pledges that they...

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LA Board of Education Pulls the Parental Trigger Law; Teachers Union Hardest Hit

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Posted by    Monday, February 18, 2013 at 3:00pm

Progressives support a parent’s “right to choose” when it comes to children’s lives before birth.

But, after children are born, liberal activists take an entirely different view: They refuse to acknowledge parents should be able to determine where children are educated.

Nonetheless, parents around the country are fighting for quality education programs, such...

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Swarthmore Students Go on Keystone Pipeline Protest Trip

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Posted by    Monday, February 18, 2013 at 1:14pm

While North Dakota colleges benefit from the “Oil Boom”, green groups at Swarthmore College are pulling students out of their “Masturbatory Theater” and taking them to protest the Keystone Pipeline.

While Swarthmore College officials have not budged on...

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