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Fairness — University Presidents Avoid Paying Their Own Taxes

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 9:30am

Come to find out, many highly compensated university presidents avoid paying their own taxes through an arrangement called grossing up.

Nathan Harden, Editor of The College Fix reports.

Many Rich University Presidents Don’t Pay Taxes

While many wealthy university presidents favor high taxes, many of them don’t pay taxes on their own income. According...

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Dartmouth Caves to SEIU

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Posted by College Insurrection    Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 8:00am

Dartmouth College has been in negotiations with the SEIU over staff salary and benefits. It now looks like the college is going to give in to the union’s demands.

Joseph Asch of Dartblog is not pleased.

SEIU Contract: No Surprise, Carol Caves

It’s all over but the voting — which will take place tomorrow....

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U. California’s new logo sparks Category 5 snark storm

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, December 10, 2012 at 5:14pm

Changing an icon associated with a venerable institution can be a tricky proposition.

It’s not helped when the redesigned image lacks dignity, good taste, or creativity.  Scott J...

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California students “not so bright” to vote for Prop 30

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, December 10, 2012 at 3:30pm

“Their best hope is legal marijuana.”

Any voter with an ounce of economic sense could have predicted the breaking news in the Golden State:  Despite Tax Increase, California State Revenues in Freefall

By far the biggest target audience for November’s tax increasing Proposition 30 was college students, and campuses were reported to be conducting illegal campaign activities in...

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The Obama Admin’s Parody Of Anti-Discrimination Policy

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Posted by    Monday, December 10, 2012 at 1:00pm

Sometimes it’s impossible to escape the suspicion that Onion writers have infiltrated the Obama administration and gleefully set about reducing its anti-discrimination policies to parody, or farce.

Reading Peter Schmidt’s restrained but nevertheless devastating report in the Chronicle...

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Florida State student — quit blaming Bush

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, December 10, 2012 at 11:30am

It seems that President Obama’s “Blame Bush” tactic worked again in 2012.

Sadie Montanus is a student at Florida State University who interned for Congressman Vern Buchanan and is a Republican Party volunteer. She offers her critique on the vote of her college compatriots in Sarasota Today, and is very upset that...

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Data mining may be used to cheat on restrictions on Affirmative Action

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Posted by    Monday, December 10, 2012 at 10:13am

About a decade ago, a bit uncharitably but not inaccurately, I described George Washington University law professor and New Republic legal affairs editor Jeffrey Rosen as “A Brown-Defying, Meritocratic, Quota-Mongering Preference Pusher.”

He’s still pushing preferences, as in a new New Republic piece offering a depressing if unoriginal argument why the Supreme Court should not prohibit preferences...

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Northwestern Student — we may not be able to afford all the “positive rights” you want

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, December 10, 2012 at 8:00am

If you’re not fully clear on the difference between negative and positive rights, Justin Moore of The Northwestern Chronicle provides an outstanding explanation below.

I’m guessing Mr. Moore did not vote for Obama.

Rights in a Free Society

The word ‘right’ is tossed around these days with little concern for its me...

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MSU reverses itself on funding College Libertarians speaker

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 5:24pm

While campus censorship against independent conservative thought seems more prevalent, at least one university has reversed this pattern.

An article from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) offers the details, including their involvement in getting the College Libertarians their free market speaker.

Michigan State University (MSU) has reaffirmed the First Amendment rights...

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Why is anyone surprised? Job prospects for Humanities Ph.D.’s shrinking

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 2:30pm

We now know that people in academia overwhelmingly supported Obama.

With that in mind, it’s difficult to feel sympathy over their shrinking pool of job prospects.

Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reports.

Ph.D. Job Woes

The proportion of new doctorates in 2011 who finished their degrees with firm commitments for either employment or a...

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Menorah Display Vandalized at Northeastern

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 12:22pm

The act was committed by two students but school officials have not been forthcoming with other details.

Gabriella Hoffman of Campus Reform reports.

Anti-Semitic students vandalize Jewish Menorah at Northeastern Univ. in Boston

Two students vandalized a Menorah in the quad at Northeastern University early Friday, a university spokespers...

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Emory student — Bob Costas shoots from the hip and misses

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 10:10am

As we pointed out with a piece on a bow-and-arrow used in a murder-suicide, the actual weaponry is not the problem when a jilted lover wants to harm the ex-partner.

Many elite media types fail to see the realities about the responsibility and usefulness of private gun ownership, and like Bob Costas,...

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Ivy League bubble watch — students spiral out of control

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 8:00am

Chris Staiti of Bloomberg News has written an eye opening piece about the stunning behavior taking place on some Ivy League campuses and the measures being taken by school administrators to get things under control.

This is a must read for parents of kids entering college next fall.

Ivy League Cracks Down as...

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Retired Ron Paul Will Speak More on College Campuses

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 7:08pm

This is great news because whether you like him or not, Ron Paul has a real talent for connecting with young people and articulating the message of liberty.

Joseph Diedrich of the College Fix has the story.

Retiring Ron Paul To Take His Fight to College Campuses

When libertarian icon and retiring Congressman Ron...

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NC Community Colleges push (fantasy) Green Jobs Agenda

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 4:30pm

Why do jobs have to be green jobs? How about just jobs? Now that we live in a world where 12.7 percent unemployment is the new normal for college grads, is it really so important for new jobs to be green?

Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed reports.

North Carolina’s community colleges are...

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College ‘Bow and Arrow’ killer’s targets included his father

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 2:30pm

The genius perpetrator suffered from Asperger Syndrome.

We recently covered the Casper College tragedy involving a murder-suicide in which “bow and arrow” were used during the killings.

The College Fix has summarized the series on this event produced by the Casper Star-Tribune, which includes more background on the killer who stabbed a female teacher near her campus home, then...

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Edgy Video Advice on Choosing a Smart Major

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 12:30pm

College Insurrection just took a look at CATO Institute’s question: Is A Liberal Arts Degree Worth The Cost?

Aaron Clarey, author of “Worthless – A Young Person’s Indispensable Guide to Choosing the Right Major“, b...

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Two new libertarian student organizations set to launch at U. Richmond

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 10:54am

It’s a good time to be a libertarian student at the University of Richmond.

The school’s independent paper, The Collegian, reports that not one but two new libertarian student groups have been approved for take off at the beginning of next semester.

Writer Nabila Khouri has the story.

Next semester, three new student-run organizations...

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UNC Student — “A mother in the home is a necessary ingredient for economic achievement.”

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 8:00am

New unemployment numbers are out, with contradictory results that do little to allay concerns about the impending fiscal cliff.

University of North Carolina student James Braid takes a look at the America’s current economic environment, focusing on the traditional family structure as being the best pathway to financial security.

The rewards for high...

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UC Berkeley honored for diversity activism, sexual scholarship, and inclusion

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, December 7, 2012 at 7:00pm

Recently, we have covered university diversity activism, campus sex toy programs, and tolerance-crushing inclusion policies.

The College Fix presents a weekly roundup of the stories featuring inanity and crassness on American college campuses. The famously progressive and elitist UC Berkeley, which takes activism and tastelessness to whole new levels, merits special honors...

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Swarthmore’s student environmental activists generate little energy

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, December 7, 2012 at 5:35pm

Campus environmental activists are protesting their institutions’ portfolios in their fight against the “evils of Big Oil”.

Minding the Campus contributor Judah Bellin takes an in-depth look at realities of these protest activities at one university, and comes to the conclusion there is more hype than heat.

It may be moral preening, but...

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Cornell researcher — Casual teen hookups increase risk of depression three-fold

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, December 7, 2012 at 4:00pm

So much for celebrating the hookup culture

The casual teen hookup culture is celebrated at Harvard, Yale and elsewhere on campuses with students still in their teens.

Yet a recent study by a Cornell University researcher finds that casual hookups...

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