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.
Law school today...
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.
A deb...
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...
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...
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...
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...
We have been following the attacks on Western Civilization instruction on American campuses, as well as the undermining of “whites” and “males” that compr...
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...
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!
The Librarian...
“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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Adam Smith...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
