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October, 2013  (Page 6)

Tufts Prof and Treasury Official Used University Email for Government Business

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Posted by    Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 5:00pm

This isn’t the first time a member of the Obama administration has been caught doing this but you’d think a college professor would know better.

CJ Ciaramella of the Washington Free Beacon reports.

Watchdog: Former Treasury Official Used University Email for Official Business

Another senior Obama administration official used a private email address to...

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Dartmouth Student – Can the government shutdown teach us to live with less?

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Posted by    Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 3:30pm

Dartmouth College student William Alston asks some intriguing questions about the real consequences related to the federal government “shutdown”.

Despite being relatively secluded from the real world here, I’ve noticed that both the media and various government figures have been eager to produce exceedingly grim prognoses for...

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Girls’ Bathroom in Colorado High School at Center of Transgender Controversy

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Posted by    Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 2:00pm

A transgendered student at Florence High School in Colorado was recently accused of harassing girls in the female designated bathroom.

Alec Torres of National Review covered the story on Tuesday, see his initial report here.

Yesterday, Torres provided an update with more information.

Updating the Story on the Transgender Student in Colorado

I wrote yesterday...

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Michigan ban on race-based college application preferences tackled by SCOTUS

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Posted by    Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 12:30pm

Earlier this year, we noted that the Supreme Court was poised to look at a Michigan measure banning racial preferences in college admissions after implementation of the voter-approved rules were rejected by an appeals court.

Now, it looks like the conservative...

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Sex Scandal Unfolds at Ohio University Following Publication of Viral Photos

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Posted by    Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 11:00am

The picture below shows two students from Ohio University about to engage in a sex act. Other more explicit photos were shared on social media and went viral.

What makes the story even more controversial is that the woman in the picture claims this was an act of rape.

Nina Golgowski of the...

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Washington State Student: Obama Charade Exposes Over-reaching Government

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Posted by    Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 9:30am

Across the nation, many student op-eds take the progressive position that the government shutdown is entirely the fault of the Republican Party.

However, Washington State University-Pullman student Ashley Lynn Fisher, share an entirely different view on Obama’s role in “shutdown theater”.

A slim down, not a shutdown.

As p...

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Oxford Student Stands up to Anti-Semitic Member of Parliament

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Posted by    Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 8:00am

We could use a few more students like Jonathan Hunter in American academia. Maybe then, we wouldn’t be dealing with the hateful BDS movement.

EXCLUSIVE: “Why I confronted George Galloway” by Jonathan Hunter

I was one among dozens in February who packed the auditorium of Christ Church College to hear that circus act...

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Florida law lets community college students decide if they’re ready for college level work

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 6:30pm

In the rush to get high school graduates paying tuition, America’s education system is geared toward herding them into colleges.

Remedial courses were an option for those who arrived unprepared for college level work.  Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed has the details on a new law that lets students skip these...

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Market Forces Will Eventually Drop the Cost of College

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 5:00pm

Politicians can keep throwing money at higher education but as Professor Glenn Reynolds often says, something that can’t go on forever won’t.

That’s the gist of a top article at Real Clear Politics by Barton Hinkle.

Why College Costs Will Soon Plunge

“My goal,” says the candidate, “is a healthier America. That is why...

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Student Reviews Hollywood’s Surpising New Film about Porn Problem

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 3:30pm

Samantha Watkins, a student at Point Loma Nazarene University, takes a look at a surprising new release from Hollywood about porn.

The surprise stems from the fact it explores the dangers of porn addiction.

Both Hollywood and mainstream colleges have proven reputations as secular-progressive and left-leaning. Yet once in a while,...

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Nebraska HS Principal Skips Pledge of Allegiance to Remind Kids of Government Shutdown

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 2:00pm

This principal apparently thought he was making some sort of educational point. I’m beginning to think we need to bring back the dunce cap but not for the students.

Alec Torres of National Review has the story.

Neb. Principal Stops Pledge of Allegiance to Remind Kids of Gov’t Shutdown

Last week, Principal Pat Jones, worried...

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Dartmouth Student Examines the Plight of the Short

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 12:30pm

The fact that students are now challenging and/or mocking aspects of “diversity ” should be a big glue to college administrators sensitivity programs have “jumped the shark”.

For instance, Dartmouth Student Andrew Shanahan humorously reviews the plight of the short on campus:

Dartmouth has a problem — too many tall people. There are...

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Liberal Profs Want Obama to Seize ‘Unilateral’ Control of Government

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 11:00am

Anyone who’s surprised by this, please raise your hand. No one? Shocker.

Nathan Harden, Editor of The College Fix has the story.

Liberal Professors Call on Obama to Seize ‘Unilateral’ Control of Government

Three Wisconsin professors have come up with what they think is a brilliant fix for the budget crisis in Washington. They...

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College Conservative – America is Storming the #Barrycades

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 9:30am

President Obama’s first name has been transmuted into a biting Twitter meme, and University of St. Thomas student Vladimir Davidiuk highlights the failure of the administration’s tactics to bar Americans from their national monuments.

In an effort to maximize the pain and inconvenience of the #ObamaShutdown of the Federal Government, the Obama...

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Autistic Child Suspended from School for Cartoonish Drawing of a Bomb

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 8:00am

This unbelievably dumb school administration moment of the week is sponsored by Hillcrest Middle School of South Carolina.

The Blaze reports.

Special Needs Middle Schooler Suspended for Cartoon-Like Drawing of Bomb

Drawing a picture of a cartoon-like bomb on a piece of notebook paper and showing it to other kids was reportedly enough to...

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An American College Student in India

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 6:30pm

There are many students from the Indian subcontinent attending American universities.

Proving turnabout is fair play, American University student Alison Pease shares the story of her experiences as a student in India.

…Unlike AU, Manipal University is in a small town in Karnataka, a state in southern India. Manipal is your typical college...

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Syracuse U. Removes Rapper Known for Violent, Explicit Lyrics from Basketball Event

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 5:00pm

Violent and explicit lyrics don’t have much to do with teaching sportsmanship anyway, do they?

Jeremy Ryan of CNYCentral reports.

Syracuse University removes rapper known for violent, explicit lyrics from Orange Madness event

SYRACUSE — Rapper Ace Hood, known for his violent and explicit lyrics, will no longer be a part of SU basketball’s...

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Battle of the Education Statistics in Campaign on Colorado Tax Hike

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 3:30pm

Instead of two candidates, two sets of stats related to Colorado’s education performance are battling for votes this November related to a proposed tax hike.

Brad Jones of The Daily Caller offers the details:

Colorado’s schools are either funded near the bottom of the national rankings, or K-12 schools get an average bite...

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U. Maryland Sex Week to Feature ‘Eco-Friendly’ Sex Shop

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 2:00pm

Well as long as it’s eco-friendly, of course that changes everything.

Jeffrey Meyer of CNS News reports.

Eco-Friendly Sex Shop to be Featured at University of Maryland’s ‘Sex Week’

During the week of October 15, the University of Maryland is hosting what it calls “Sex Week: education, communication, exploration” on its College Park campus....

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Kentucky High Schools Sideline Post-Game Handshakes

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 12:30pm

In an era when “diversity” is venerated and “bullying” is the most heinous offense of the day, one has to wonder what is really happening in American schools.

Kentucky’s athletic sanctioning body has ordered high schools to sideline postgame handshakes because of numerous physical confrontations the past three years during these rituals.

Tuesday’s...

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Bill Ayers Shocked by interest in his connections to Obama

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 11:00am

So a notorious domestic terrorist was surprised to learn that people would be interested in his connections to the president? Really?

Charles Rollet of The College Fix reports.

Bill Ayers: Didn’t think Obama connection ‘would blow up like this’

Speaking from the well-heeled confines of the University of Chicago’s International House on Wednesday, Bill...

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Are Single Sex Schools the Wave of the Future?

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 9:30am

The American Enterprise Institute and the Independent Women’s Forum co-sponsored event, “Should Single-Sex Schooling be eliminated?” that discussed the value of single-sex classrooms.

Given the “War on Boys” in school, it’s a discussion with some merit.

Spencer Irvine...

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