Julie Barowski at Townhall takes a look at the youth vote in 2012, and finds that we’re not in 2008 anymore.
Students are far more libertarian than Democratic, and may not be excited by either party:
Enthusiastic young people paved the way for an Obama victory in 2008. From the viral “Crush on...
Welcome to Illinois… Or as Matt Drudge calls it, Chicagoland.
CBS News reports on a scam which was conducted by 44 students at College of DuPage in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn. Who needs student loan debt when you can just commit theft?
GLEN ELLYN, Ill. (CBS) — Forty-four students at the...
Not too surprising when you consider Detroit’s financial situation…
As reported by The College Fix:
It could be happening at Wayne State University:
Union representatives claim that a proposal offered last week by the administration would do away with the traditional tenure system at Detroit’s research university.
According to Inside Higher Ed, reps for the...
Before the selection of Paul Ryan, Ohio Senator Rob Portman was on Mitt Romney’s VP short list. Thankfully, he’s not bearing any grudge about not being picked.
In fact, he’s out there fighting the good fight, as reported in The Ohip State Lantern:
Ohio Senator Rob Portman visited an Ohio State College Republicans...
The problem is it could be so many places in higher education.
TaxProf has an excerpt from a review of Sex and God at Yale: Porn, Political Correctness, and a Good Education Gone Bad (St. Martin’s Press, Aug. 21, 2012), by Nathan Harden (B.A. 2009, Yale):
Harden’s provocative narrative highlights...
And who could blame them?
Obama made big promises to college age voters four years ago and has failed to deliver on an epic scale.
Empty words like Hope and Change don’t matter much when you can’t find a job.
Younger voters, angry with the lack of jobs and a stalled economy that’s cut...
Good thing the people of California keep electing tax and spend Democrats.
I’m sure the massive public employee union pensions and benefits have absolutely nothing to do with these tuition increases.
BERKELEY — UC Berkeley faces a cut of $50 million to its $2.2 billion budget if Gov. Jerry Brown’s ballot measure to...
Brendon Madigan at The Carolina Review recounts his run in with the (student) mainstream media:
I evidently struck a nerve with the liberals calling the shots at The Daily Tar Heel (DTH) with my letter to the editor entitled “Savage’s ‘filthy’ dialogue does not belong at UNC.”
I argued that the University should...
The FIRE has released a new video about the shut down of religious group affiliation rights at Vanderbilt.
The mechanism is an “all comers” policy, which is a typical liberal way of saying that religious groups do not have a right to be religous.
But it’s more than about religion or Christians. Given...
Would liberal professors admit they would discriminate against conservatives when it comes to hiring and advancement?
Yes, apparently, at least in private.
The Washington Times notes a new survey which will be published this September in a journal called Perspectives on Psychological Science:
It’s not every day that left-leaning academics admit that they would discriminate...
They’re called Hoyas For Liberty and here’s how they describe themselves…
Welcome to Hoyas for Liberty. The mission of Hoyas for Liberty is to promote an understanding of and respect for the philosophy of liberty on Georgetown’s campus and surrounding community. This entails educating both members and non- members on the meaning...
You can’t make this stuff up.
But Hampshire College has.
Via The Daily Hampshire Gazette (h/t reader Charles via Daily Caller):
Hampshire College has created an endowment for students not eligible for loans or federal grants because they are...
Faith based student groups have often been maligned on liberal college campuses.
Finally, there’s some good news on that subject at SUNY Buffalo.
For some time now, Vanderbilt University has been ground zero in the battle to decide whether belief-based student groups on college campuses will be allowed to make membership and leadership...
Samara Brown at U.Va. learns that the laws of physics do not apply to tuition:
Surprise, surprise. As this 2011-2012 academic year at the University of Virginia comes to a close, an annual ritual has come along with it. No, not commencement, but rather the annual hike in tuition has come again....
Barack Obama may have won the state of Colorado in 2008 but it’s by no means a reliable blue state. Recall that George W. Bush won the state in 2000 and 2004. Accord...
140 college students will be attending the RNC in Florida this month as part of a seminar offered by The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars to learn more about national politics. It certainly is an exciting year to attend the convention, that’s for sure.
YBOR CITY – A throng of...
What does it say when a University feels the need to have a “free speech zone.” Well, the obvious point is that speech is not free outside the zone.
As reported by FIRE, such a zone at the University of Cincinnati was overturned by a federal court in June:
In a ringing victory...
Are students eligible for a Pulitzer Prize?
If so, this exhaustive article by Ryan Fleming in The Brown Spectator deserves one.
Fleming takes a look as how Brown University’s kangaroo non-court system railroaded a student accused of rape, and how the situation was made worse because the accuser was the daughter of a...
The folks at Cornell Insider are excited. They even went ALL CAPS and BOLD with an ! point:
BREAKING! The Cornell College Republicans and College Democrats announced today that they will co-sponsor a debate this October between national political figures Rick Santorum and Howard Dean. The duo will take to the stage...
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan visited his old college campus in Ohio on August 15th. The students and faculty of Miami University in Ohio were happy to see him…
OXFORD, OHIO — Rep. Paul Ryan received a warm reception from his alma mater Wednesday, returning to Miami University in Ohio for...
Who would have predicted the results of this study?
The Daily Caller cites a new study which suggests liberal bias on America’s college campuses is not just a figment of conservative imagination.
Any student who’s ever tried to attend a campus speech by Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin or any other conservative figure already...
2011-2012 was an exciting year at The Vanderbilt Torch, as related in this April column by Valerie Hsu:
What an adventure.
Looking back over the past eight months at the Torch, it’s hard to believe how much has happened and filled these pages.
When this school year began back in August, Rick Perry had...
