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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
So much for celebrating the hookup culture
