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August, 2013  (Page 2)

Northwestern Prof: “Bomb Syria, Even if It Is Illegal”

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Posted by    Thursday, August 29, 2013 at 8:00am

Ian Hurd is an associate professor of political science at Northwestern University and he wrote an op-ed that was published in the New York Times yesterday.

Can you imagine someone from academia saying this when George W. Bush was president?

Bomb Syria, Even if It Is Illegal

EVANSTON, Ill. — THE latest atrocities in...

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Illinois professor blames racism and capitalism for Trayvon Martin’s death

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 6:30pm

One Illinois professor makes a compelling case….for eliminating Gender and Women’s Studies from the field of serious academic endeavors entirely.

Capitalism and white supremacy both played roles in the killing of Trayvon Martin, a public university professor said last Thursday.

Dr. Erica R. Meiners, a professor in the Gender and Women’s Studies Department at...

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Political Science Prof. says OFA asked her to recruit college students

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 5:00pm

Twitchy is reporting that Dr. Andrea Hatcher, Associate Professor of Political Science at Sewanee: The University of the South was asked by OFA to recruit college students.

OFA is Organizing For Action, the political action group formerly known as Organizing For Obama. OFA is a non-profit organization and has exclusive control of...

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Sexual misconduct by music professors leads to new teaching policies

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 3:30pm

We recently covered the University of Connecticut’s new ban on sex between faculty and students, which had its origin in a case involving a music professor.

Colleen Flaherty of Inside Higher Ed does an in-depth review of similar cases of music-program mayhem, such as a College of Charleston music professor who has...

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A sad tale of Affirmative Action at UC Berkeley

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 2:00pm

Heather Mac Donald of National Review recently profiled an article in the Los Angeles Times that should be required reading for every college administrator in America.

A Devastating Affirmative-Action Failure

The Los Angeles Times recently published a devastating case study in the malign effects of academic racial preferences. The University of California, Berkeley,...

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President Obama was right to advocate shortening law school from three years to two

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 12:30pm

President Obama, a lawyer who once lectured at the University of Chicago, recently urged law schools to reduce the length of study from three years to two:

President Obama urged law schools on Friday to consider cutting a year of classroom instruction, wading into a hotly debated issue inside the beleaguered legal...

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Women at Arizona State protest for “Topless Rights” in rally organized by UFO religion

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 11:00am

The headline of this post may sound like something out of The Onion but I assure you it’s real. Things are getting weird, folks.

Josiah Ryan of Campus Reform reports.

Nearly-nude women protest for ‘topless rights’ in UFO religion rally at Arizona State University

Around 20 protesters took off...

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Kentucky students tell Michelle Obama: Your food “tastes like vomit”

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 9:30am

Several years ago, my son asked me to start making his lunches when Michelle Obama’s “Healthy Foods” program was first implemented. He said, “the food isn’t tasty anymore.”

It looks like California kids aren’t the only one unhappy with what the government is dishing out.

Students in a rural Kentucky county — and...

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Harvard Study – Gun control doesn’t work

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Posted by    Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 8:00am

Here’s a piece of news that isn’t going to sit well with all the gun grabbing nannies who look to liberal colleges like Harvard for guidance.

The Bearing Arms blog reports.

Harvard: Gun control doesn’t work

You’re going to want to read all...

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Two African-American Fraternity Members on Equality in Brotherhood

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 6:30pm

Dartmouth fraternity brothers Noah Smith And Douglas Payne shed some light the Greek system, and their experiences run counter to many campus myths about fraternity life.

Amidst a slew of recent attacks and accusations made about the Greek system at Dartmouth, we thought it would be helpful to present some thoughts on...

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Some American college students still value liberty

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 5:00pm

It’s good to know that when it comes to freedom, some college students still get it.

Christopher White of The College Fix reports.

Students to NSA: ‘We’d Rather Die Than Lose Our Liberty’

The College Fix has identified college students from across the nation who agreed that if the U.S. government were to end...

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N.Y. attorney general sues ‘Trump University’ for false claims

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 3:30pm

Given the dire employment situation for many recent college graduates, New York’s Attorney General may want to rethink his new policy.

If overpriced credentials and lack of marketable skills are the basis...

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Market innovation is the best prescription for lowering college costs

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 2:00pm

Conn Carroll of the Washington Examiner has written an informative new piece in which he suggests that it is the free market, not government, which can ease the rising price of a college education.

Market innovation, not government regulations, are the key to keeping college costs down

“Over the last month,” President Obama...

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Biola Apologizes to Pro-Life Student it Silenced

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 12:30pm

Pro-life students face some real challenges on some campuses: Their organizations’ displays are destroyed, or their groups are

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Obama’s college tour is large on politics and little else

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 11:00am

Obama’s college tour is just another chapter in his never ending campaign and as Neil Munro of The Daily Caller points out, Obama’s rhetoric showcases his faith in politics and the power of government.

Obama flaunts political power on college tour

The president likes to clothe his progressive beliefs in a comfortable toga...

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Yale students give sexual misconduct report a failing grade

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 9:30am

We recently reported that Harvard’s students were completely unsatisfied with report on the school’s secret e-mail search scandal.

Earlier this year, Yale was

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Video – Tulane U. Assistant Law School dean screams obscenities at citizen journalist

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Posted by    Tuesday, August 27, 2013 at 8:00am

The citizen journalist is James O’Keefe of Project Veritas and the assistant law school dean is former US attorney Jim Letten.

Josiah Ryan of Campus Reform reports.

WATCH: Former US attorney throws book at James O’Keefe, calls him ‘snail,’ hobbit, ‘spud,’ ‘asshole’

Former U.S. attorney and assistant Tulane University Dean Jim Letten unleashed a...

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South Carolina university bans local newspaper for promoting drinking

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Posted by    Monday, August 26, 2013 at 6:30pm

File this story under “Nanny Comes to Campus”.

If students don’t read about alcohol, perhaps they won’t drink it.

That’s the thinking of administrators at Coastal Carolina University, who barred a local newspaper from on-campus distribution due to its alcohol-themed articles and advertisements.

The Weekly Surge — a free, alternative newspaper — promotes underage...

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Obama – make law school two years instead of three

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Posted by    Monday, August 26, 2013 at 5:00pm

The president is just overflowing with ideas for fixing the problems of higher education lately.

Jacob Gershman of the Wall Street Journal reports.

President Obama Backs Two-Year Law Degree

President Barack Obama on Friday said he supports the idea of shortening law school to two years, taking sides on one of the most divisive...

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Ron Paul’s favorite part of politics’ was working with college students

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Posted by    Monday, August 26, 2013 at 3:30pm

When touring the country as a presidential candidate, Ron Paul was greeted by thousands at the University of California – San Diego.

With campus receptions such as this, is is little wonder his favorite part of the process was working with college students.

Working with college and university students was a highlight of...

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Pop Culture philosophy rules at Georgetown

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Posted by    Monday, August 26, 2013 at 2:00pm

Georgetown still calls itself a Catholic University but it looks more like a Progressive think tank with each passing year.

Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academia reports.

Georgetown’s Philosophy: Secular Vacuum

Once upon a time, the FBI actively recruited agents from Catholic colleges like Georgetown. Now, they would be lucky to find a reliable...

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Florida Frat’s Facebook Failures

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Posted by    Monday, August 26, 2013 at 12:30pm

One Florida fraternity offers a clear object lesson on the dangers of social media.

Before its recent suspension, the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity at Florida International University in Miami was a degenerate den of illegal drug sales and scummy bros who posted a picture of at least one potentially underage girl and...

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