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October, 2014  (Page 4)

Texas Tech Student in Trouble for False Rape Claim

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Posted by    Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 11:00am

Rape is such a serious charge that there should be harsh penalties for lying about it.

Here’s a video report.

KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

KCBD News reported.

TTU student admits to making false statements about sexual...

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George Will to Speak at Miami University Despite Protests of 1,000 Students, Parents, and Faculty

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Posted by    Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 9:30am

Will the 1,000 show up to block Will from entering the campus? That would be something to watch.

Tyler Kingkade writes for Huffpo:

Nearly 1,000 Students, Faculty Demand Miami University Cancel George Will Speech

Miami University of Ohio has no plans to cancel a speech by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George Will, despite protests over...

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Outraged Liberals Derail Dinesh D’Souza Speech at UCSB

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Posted by    Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 8:00am

Liberals love free speech, as long it’s their free speech.

Jennifer Kabbany of the College Fix reported.

Dinesh D’Souza campus speech axed after ‘pressure from liberals’

A campus lecture by embattled conservative filmmaker and author Dinesh D’Souza slated for Tuesday night at the University of California – Santa Barbara was abruptly cancelled after the...

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SUNY Delhi to Offer Course on ‘Breakup Training’

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 6:30pm

More importantly, shouldn’t there be a class on how to get a date in the first place?

Maggie Lit reports for Campus Reform:

Public university offers ‘breakup training’

A SUNY school is teaching students how to properly end a relationship as part of an initiative begun this year in response to increased Title IX...

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Education Department Harassment Rules a Classic Case of Regulatory Overreach

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 5:00pm

Our friend Hans Bader has a new column at the Competitive Enterprise Institute which looks at new bullying rules from the Education Department.

Education Department Harassment Rules Metastasize through Administrative Fiat

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), where I used to work, today declared that schools can be liable for bullying...

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Physics Professor Says Big Bang Points to God’s Existence

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 3:30pm

Old news for any Catholics in the room.

Michelle Reed at The College Fix has the story:

Physics professor tells students scientific evidence points to a ‘designer’

A physics professor at the University of Oklahoma who often spends his time studying smashed subatomic particles at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN laboratory in Switzerland...

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Could 10% of Law Schools Close by 2019?

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 2:00pm

Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog reports some higher ed bubble news with roots in recent history.

Organ: Will 10% of Law Schools Close by 2019, Just as 10% of Dental Schools Closed 25 Years Ago?

Following up on my previous post, Will Top Tier Law Schools be the First to Close, Like Emory...

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Wake Forest University Student: Yik-Yak Promotes Bullying

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 12:30pm

Is this actually a problem, or are students just too sensitive nowadays? I honestly can’t tell anymore.

Tommy Super at Old Gold & Black has the story:

Yik Yak remains controversial on campus

About a year ago, Yik Yak, an anonymous social media smart phone application, exploded in the Wake Forest community, and students...

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Prager University – Who Are the Racists: Conservatives or Liberals?

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 11:00am

In this new video from Prager University, Derryck Green of Project 21 examines the issue of racism through a political lens. His argument is logical and he offers many real world examples to back it up.

Don’t miss this great video.

Here’s more information:

Course Description

To call someone a racist is a serious...

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Slate: Going to College Should Make You Rich. Period.

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 9:30am

According to the leftists at Slate, going to college should make you rich. Anything that happens after–no matter.

From the article:

Even When They Go to College, the Poor Sometimes Stay Poor

Over the weekend, the Washington Post’s Matt O’Brien published this killer graph that captures just how unequal the economic playing field is...

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Stony Brook University Violated Election Law Promoting Rally for Democrat

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Posted by    Wednesday, October 22, 2014 at 8:00am

Here’s a story you won’t see in the mainstream media. Especially in an election year when Republicans are expected to win.

Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform has the story.

Public university violated federal election laws in promoting rally for Dem congressman, Bill Clinton, says lawyer

A public university in New York violated federal election...

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College Conservative Op-Ed Asks “How Far is Too Far?” For Campaign Ads

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 6:30pm

Wendy Davis, here’s looking at you.

Haley Waring writes for the College Conservative:

Negative Ads: How Far is Too Far?

The Internet and news circuits have been a buzz the last few days over a Texas gubernatorial campaign ad.. The ad, paid for by the Wendy Davis Campaign, highlights the fact that her opponent,...

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Harvard Has Tougher Rules for Ebola Than the United States

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 5:00pm

I wonder if any of the progressives who claim travel bans are racist will go after Harvard?

Neil Munro of the Daily Caller reports.

Even Harvard Sets Tougher Ebola Rules Than US

Harvard University is copying Senegal and many other African countries by instituting tough new exclusions to segregate its members from people who...

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Federal Law Prevents Parents From Asking Professors About Their Children’s Grades

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 3:30pm

Why does the federal government need to dictate this relationship? Beats me.

Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:

Federal law strips parents’ right to find out how their kid is faring in college

It’s shocking to think that parents can pay anywhere from $10,000 to $60,000 a year to send their...

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Federal Investigations of Sex Assaults on Campus Have Grown 50% Since May

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 2:00pm

Have sex assaults on campus increased 50% since May? Of course not.

Nick Anderson of the Washington Post reports.

Tally of federal probes of colleges on sexual violence grows 50 percent since May

The number of federal investigations into how colleges handle sexual violence reports has jumped 50 percent in the past six months,...

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22 Things Wrong With HuffPo’s ’22 Reasons to Go to Law School’

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 12:30pm

I’ll skip down to where Joe Patrice of Above the Law criticizes HuffPo’s listicle item by item.

Another Stupid Defense Of Law School From HuffPo

1. Know Your Rights: Or pay attention in your high school government class and you’ll know just as much as a law student about your rights. But th...

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Political Correctness and the College Board

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 11:00am

In a recent post at National Review, Jason Richwine examined recent trends at the College Board.

Why Has the College Board Gotten So PC?

Two familiar tropes about the SAT have haunted the Web over the past couple of weeks, and they may be more directly related than they seem.

The first is the...

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White, Male Cornell Hate Crime Victim Retaliates By Calling Out Campus Liberals

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 9:30am

The most recent column by Julius Kairey at the Cornell Daily Sun does not explicitly address the smear campaign against him last month, but it does call out campus leftists as intolerant bullies:

THROWDOWN THURSDAY: The Hypocrisy of Cornell’s Political Bullies

Political bullies on campus are defined by two characteristics. First, the fervent...

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Has The Federalist Society Caved to Rape Culture?

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Posted by    Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 8:00am

If you read Cathy Young at Minding the Campus it sure looks that way.

The Federalist Society Caves to “Rape Culture” Orthodoxy

I first joined the Federalist Society’s speakers’ bureau in 1999. Over the years, I spoke at the student chapters of numerous schools including UCLA, Stanford, the University...

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Student Accused of Hate Speech for Remarks in a Paper Will Sue School

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Posted by    Monday, October 20, 2014 at 6:30pm

A student at the University of New Mexico used phrases like “perverse attraction to the same sex” and “barren womb” when critiquing a lesbian film, and her teacher kicked her out of the class for hate speech. I can understand the reaction to “perverse”, but since when is “barren” hate speech?

Mike...

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British University Refuses to Commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day

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Posted by    Monday, October 20, 2014 at 5:00pm

Students at Goldsmiths University in London think commemorating Holocaust Day would be too colonialist.

Justin Jalil from the Times of Israel reported.

London university rejects Holocaust commemoration

Students at a London university last Wednesday struck down a measure to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.

The Goldsmiths University Student Union voted 60:1 against a measure to hold...

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Democrat at Clinton College Speech Claims He Has Ebola, Licks Conservative Student

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Posted by    Monday, October 20, 2014 at 3:30pm

So desperate, they’re resorting to pseudo bio-warfare.

Kaitlyn Schallhorn reports for Campus Reform:

‘Progressive Socialist’ claims he has Ebola, licks conservatives at Clinton speech

self-described progressive socialist in Michigan attacked a group of conservative students outside of a Hillary Clinton speaking engagement by attempting to lick them while yelling that he has Ebola.

Clinton spoke...

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