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The Black Sheep of UCLA’s Theater Department is (guess, conservative or liberal?)

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Posted by    Monday, October 29, 2012 at 2:00pm

Perky Polish Immigrant Promotes American Exceptionalism, Romney

“I am the black sheep of the theater department,” said University of Southern California Los Angeles student Ida Victoria Nowakowska, a pretty and plucky independent conservative drama major.

She recently attended the “Wake Up America” rally in Los Angeles, in order to promote her website designed to support American values and...

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Large crowd at Harvard for Orgasm seminar

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, October 29, 2012 at 12:00pm

Readers of Harvard Crimson happy too

Have you ever imagined what the leaders of tomorrow are doing behind the ivy covered walls of Harvard Yard?

Well, wonder no more.

At the time of this writing, this is the second most read story at the Harvard Crimson.

Michelle Denise E. Ferreol reports.

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A Red Student in a Blue Mass College World

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Posted by College Insurrection    Monday, October 29, 2012 at 10:00am

Many college say the strive for “diversity“, but sometimes forget that they should also include differences in political view in their programs.

As an example, Boston Inno writer Lauren Landry offers a taste of what it is like to be a Republican student at one of...

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Vassar student — I’m voting for Romney-Ryan

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Guest Post by Luka Ladan    Monday, October 29, 2012 at 8:00am

I’m a sophomore at Vassar College.

For those of you who have either never heard of Vassar or don’t know much about the school, it is identified by several distinctive features.

First and foremost, I have to start off by saying that Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York, a small city on the scenic...

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Lawsuit filed over Humboldt State President’s endorsement of tax hike

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 6:00pm

Proposition 30 is California’s “tax the rich” ballot initiative which is supported by liberals in academia.

Last May, during a commencement speech, the President of Humboldt State University in California, violated the law by urging support for the measure.

The Daily Caller broke the story after obtaining an exclusive video of the event....

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UCLA Prof. finds UCLA still practicing race-based Admissions

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 4:00pm

This November, Oklahomans will vote State Question 759, which will ban affirmative action practices in that state.

However, if California is any indication, its passage may not prevent implementation of race-based admissions at universities. In 1996, Calif...

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Dartmouth — Background checks for staff but not faculty

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 2:00pm

New faculty hires at Dartmouth are apparently exempt from background checks. Everyone else? Not so much.

Joseph Asch of Dartblog reports.

Background Checks: Profs Get a Bye?

My love for the members of the faculty is immeasurable, my respect for them immense, but nonetheless, I can’t see why the College’s policy on background checks...

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Five College Grads Walk Into a Bar

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 12:00pm

You may have heard this one before. I’ve heard different versions of it but I like this one from Steve at the Harvard Conservatives blog.

College Reunion

Five guys graduate college and agree to meet at the University Pub a year after graduation. The date comes...

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Former law school administrator admits falsifying student employment data

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 10:00am

Former career services assistant director fabricates employment data.

Law school graduates are facing a horrendous job market.

So, the lawsuit involving Thomas Jefferson Law School’s alleged manipulation of employment statistics for its graduates, is vital in protecting future law scholars.  A piece from Law School Transparency has details.

In a sworn statement, Karen Grant, a former career services assistant director at...

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Columbia Univ. Democrats demand free abortions … and get them

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Posted by College Insurrection    Sunday, October 28, 2012 at 8:00am

Eventually they’ll realize there’s no such thing as a “free abortion”

Democrats sure are obsessed with free abortions.

Columbia used to cover them but recently changed their health plan. When the Columbia Democrats noticed the change, they demanded the plan be changed back.

Olga Khvan of USA Today College reports.

Controversy surrounding Columbia’s abortion coverage policy

A recent string of changes in Columbia University’s health policy...

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Obama’s Mystery Plan to Cut College Costs

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 5:40pm

With student loan debt exceeding $1 trillion this year, a key issue for college voters is a plan that addresses the cost of higher education.

Francesca Chambers, Editor of Red Alert Politics, attempts to unveil President Obama’s mystic plans to address this important fiscal matter.

As part of the second-term agenda he released last...

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Are campus diversity programs anti-“anti-racism”?

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 2:00pm

Identifies Two Key Flaws in Speech

It seems nearly every American institution of higher learning has a “diversity program” with the requisite “diversity coordinators”.

Justin Joo, copy editor for University of Tennessee’s The Daily Beacon, reports that such programs were soundly critiqued by a noted author who is an expert on race relations:

Even though UT and other universities...

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Obama Desperately Campaigning on College Campuses

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 12:00pm

Here at College Insurrection, we have reported extensively on the massive erosion of support for Obama on American college campuses. In a recent turn of events little noticed by the media, Obama has been packing his schedule with college visits.

Jim Geraghty of National Review reports.

Obama Counting on College Students, Leno to...

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U. Oklahoma not bragging about race-based admissions

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 10:15am

State Question 759 gives Oklahoma voters the opportunity to ban affirmative action programs in the state.

Looking to refute evidence that such policies exist, the University of Oklahoma claimed that there were no race-pace preferences in admissions. However, Robby Soave of The Daily Caller, reports the university has been implementing affirmative action...

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Conservatives at Whitman College Seek Political Diversity

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Posted by College Insurrection    Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 8:44am

Whitman College in Washington State is big on diversity, except when it comes to politics. In order to change things, one brave student named Alexandra Calloway-Nation created a campus club for conservatives.

Sarah Cornett of The Whitman Pioneer recently wrote a piece about the college’s conservative club and the challenges they face.

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Mistrial In Iowa Law “Political Discrimination” Case

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, October 26, 2012 at 6:00pm

We have been following the case of a rejected Iowa College of Law applicant who is a conservative and her lawsuit against the the institution  for “political discrimination”, which asks for economic damages and a teaching position.

Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed has an update:

A federal judge on Wednesday declared a...

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Political correctness a threat to free speech on campus

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, October 26, 2012 at 3:53pm

Greg Lukianoff. the President of FIRE, has written an opinion piece for the New York Times in which he discusses “speech codes” on college campuses. The codes are meant to enforce civility but they often fly in the face of free expression as promised by the constitution.

Feigning Free Speech on Campus

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Football players told to stay away from those 140 shady characters

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, October 26, 2012 at 2:19pm

Washington State joins Florida State in keeping players safe from Twitter

Social media is ubiquitous on American campuses.

So, it will be interesting to see how effective a Twitter ban impacting the Washington State University football will be.

Washington State football coach Mike Leach has banned his Cougars from tweeting. And not only that, he’s soliciting enforcement help from fans and media.

“Twitter’s now banned...

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Eastwood’s Empty Chair impressed Northwestern film expert

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, October 26, 2012 at 12:20pm

Of course, no site has covered Clint Eastwood’s empty chair more extensively than Legal Insurrection.

However, one film teacher at Northwestern has now weighed in on the subject to defend Eastwood from his critics.

Megan Wood of the Northwestern Chronicle has the story.

Eastwood’s Artistry: More Than An Empty Chair

Don’t worry- Clint Eastwood saved...

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Texas Schools Punish Students Refusing Microchips

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, October 26, 2012 at 10:09am

A “Big Brother” alert via The College Fix.

A school district in Texas came under fire earlier this year when it announced that it would require students to wear microchip-embedded ID cards at all times. Now, students who refuse to be monitored say they are feeling the repercussions.

Since October 1, students at...

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The Youth Vote is Turning to Romney

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Posted by College Insurrection    Friday, October 26, 2012 at 8:00am

Apparently, college age voters aren’t fond of being jobless and moving back in with their parents. Who could blame them? Obama may have dazzled young voters four years ago but reality has a way of putting things in perspective.

Ian Tuttle of the College Fix reports.

Youth vote loses hope in Obama, turns...

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Texans Challenge Aid to Non-Citizen College Students

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Posted by College Insurrection    Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 6:00pm

2500 Illegal Immigrants Received $9.5 million in Texas Grants

Economic conditions have lead more and more students to seek college aid packages.

In light of escalating tuition and budget challenges for Americans, citizen activists in Texas are now pushing to revoke laws addressing favorable tuition rates and aid eligibility for illegal immigrants and foreign scholars.

Brittney Martin of Reporting Texas and the ...

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