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April, 2016  (Page 7)

Progressive Student Fears His Peers Have Gone Off The Deep End

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 5:00pm

This student essay at the College Fix by a progressive is rather enlightening.

I’m a progressive student who’s scared my peers have gone off the deep end in killing free speech

OPINION: Social justice warrior opposes efforts by peers to shut down free speech

As a high school senior living in St. Paul, I was excited...

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College Rejections Crush Parents

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 3:30pm

Parents become their child’s personal cheerleader, strategist and financial backer.

New York Post reports.

It’s the time of year when college rejections crush … parents

While doing research for a college-admissions book, I once spoke with a parent whose son had been rejected by a top college he had been pinning his hopes on...

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College Student Claims He Filmed Ghostly Activity in Haunted Dorm Room

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 2:00pm

This student believes his dorm room is haunted and that he filmed proof.

Yahoo News reports.

College student films ‘ghost’ inside his dorm room

A US college student claims his campus dorm room is haunted after filming a series of paranormal events centered around his...

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Bill Ayers Is Back With Book Published By Columbia University

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 12:30pm

“I don’t regret setting bombs. I feel we didn’t do enough.”

Accuracy In Academia reports.

Bill Ayers Writes New Chapter on Hypocrisy

Three and a half decades after avoiding punishment for bombing the Pentagon, Bill Ayers is still “guilty as sin, free as a bird,” to use his own phraseology of 35 years ago.

“For...

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Black Lives Matter Member Sued for Crazy Severance Deal With University of Toronto

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 11:00am

A former employee of the University of Toronto is now being sued by the school over a severance deal that gave her almost $300,000 for overtime pay.

The Toronto Sun reported.

Black Lives Matter member sued for severance deal

An outspoken member of Black Lives Matter Toronto is being sued after leaving her job...

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University of Oklahoma Course Says White Girls Can’t Sing Rihanna

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 9:30am

The course’s professor said that “if it (your opinion) hurts others you should question those views – specifically the Bible.”

The College Fix reports.

U. of Oklahoma course: A white girl singing Rihanna is a ‘microaggression’

A student enrolled in a University of Oklahoma’s human relations theory class sent Fox News’s Todd Starnes some...

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University of Missouri Forced to Close Dorms Due to Lack of Students

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Posted by    Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 8:00am

The fallout from the Mizzou campus protests of last fall continues.

The Washington Examiner reports.

Mizzou closes two dorms due to lack of students

Following a drop in students applying for housing, the University of Missouri will not be placing students in two dorms for the fall 2016 semester.

Mizzou will be closing the Respect...

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Dartmouth Believes Everything Southern Now Is Racist

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 6:30pm

But then at Dartmouth, one student complained, and all hell broke loose.

Dartblog reports.

I Guess Anything Southern is Racist

Someday we’ll look back on this and it will all seem funny, but for now the College is once again the subject of national mockery after KDE sorority decided to change the theme of...

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University Wants Cultural Sensitivity Training After ‘Trump 2016’ Written on Free Speech Wall

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 5:00pm

This happened at Ohio University. Do the people there know that most Americans find this stuff hilarious?

Reason reports.

Ohio University Wants to Impose Cultural Sensitivity Training After Students Wrote ‘Trump 2016’ on Free Speech Wall

Ohio University students enjoy broad free speech rights—but after exercising those rights in a “Trump 2016” kind of...

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University of Kent Lecturer Not Afraid To ‘Make Them Feel Uncomfortable’

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 3:30pm

Increasingly, college students have been prevented from engaging in an open and controversial discussion.

Red Alert Politics reports.

‘Make them feel uncomfortable’: Professor calls for free speech, amid growing campus censorship

The newest salvo for free speech on campus revives a tradition dating back to John Stuart Mill.

Joanna Williams, a senior lecturer of higher...

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Prager University – Are 1 in 5 Women Raped at College?

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 2:00pm

Spoiler alert: The answer is no. Caroline Kitchens of the American Enterprise Institute explains where the inflated claims of college rape come from and their implications.

Watch below.

Here’s more information.

Is it true that 1 in 5 women are raped on America’s college campuses? If so, what does that say about our universities...

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Boston College Janitor Will Have Fifth Child Graduate

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 12:30pm

Next month, his youngest child will collect her nursing degree from Boston College.

The Boston Globe reports.

Father’s labor of love puts 5 kids through Boston College

It was past midnight, and all was quiet inside Robsham Theater, a sprawling performance space at Boston College.

Fred Vautour sponged down sinks, scrubbed toilets, and polished mirrors....

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Student Journalists Threatened for Invading ‘Safe Space’ at Anti-Rape March

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 11:00am

Have you noticed that people who believe in safe spaces never seem to want journalists around?

The College Fix reports.

Brandeis threatens student journalists for invading ‘safe space’ at public anti-rape march

Drops threat after hint of litigation

Brandeis University took nearly a month to clear student journalists of wrongdoing for reporting on the university’s Take...

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Kentucky’s Lt. Governor Wants You Not To Study History

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 9:30am

“(College is) not a right, it’s a privilege.”

Red Alert Politics reports.

Kentucky Lt. Gov.: Don’t study history (Here’s why)

Kentucky’s Lt. Governor Jenean Hampton (R) has some advice for millennials: go to college to study a field that will land you a job.

“I would not be studying history,” the Lt. Governor said in...

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Trump Hat Placed on MLK Statue Causes Uproar at University of South Florida

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Posted by    Tuesday, April 12, 2016 at 8:00am

Here’s the latest chapter in campus Trump panic.

FOX 13 reports.

‘Make America Great Again’ hat on MLK statue at USF draws controversy

A photo of a “Make America Great Again” hat placed on a statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on the University of South Florida campus is drawing some controversy on...

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Louisiana Tech Women’s Basketball Now Embroiled In Scandal

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Posted by    Monday, April 11, 2016 at 6:30pm

One report indicated the 25-year-old son of legendary women’s coach Pat Summitt had impregnated one of them.

New York Post reports.

‘No, my college coach didn’t impregnate me’

When Tyler Summitt stepped down as Louisiana Tech women’s basketball coach amid an “improper relationship,” he embroiled the whole team...

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Students Protest Inauguration of New President at Rider University

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Posted by    Monday, April 11, 2016 at 5:00pm

The new president has made some tough decisions to solve the school’s financial problems so naturally, he’s evil.

NJ.com reports.

Rider University president’s inauguration draws student protest

A small group of student protesters interrupted the inauguration ceremony of Rider University’s new president with chants of “Students before profits.”

Gregory Dell’Omo took office Aug. 1, but...

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The Top 15 Cities For College Graduates

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Posted by    Monday, April 11, 2016 at 3:30pm

By sheer job growth, New York and San Francisco are at the top of the list, but when you factor in affordability, they fall short.

CBS News reports.

15 best cities for college grads

It’s that time of year when college seniors are focusing on what’s...

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University of North Carolina President Concerned About ‘Bathroom Bill’

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Posted by    Monday, April 11, 2016 at 2:00pm

The so-called ‘Bathroom Bill’ requires people to use bathrooms which correspond to their gender. Shocking stuff, huh?

The Washington Post reports.

University of North Carolina president raises concerns over ‘bathroom bill’

The president of the University of North Carolina told chancellors at the system’s 17 campuses that they must implement the state’s new “bathroom...

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A College’s Location Matters

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Posted by    Monday, April 11, 2016 at 12:30pm

What has long been said about real estate is also true for colleges: Location matters.

The Washington Post reports.

Looking for success after college? Choosing a city school can increase your odds.

The iconic image of the American college town as a bucolic New England village is rapidly undergoing a makeover as students are...

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Minimum Wage Protesters at Duke Reject School President’s Proposal

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Posted by    Monday, April 11, 2016 at 11:00am

The protesters wanted $15, the school president proposed $12 and they rejected it.

FOX News reported.

Duke protesters reject university president’s proposed minimum wage hike

Duke University students participating in a sit-in have rejected a proposed initiative by the university to raise the minimum wage for its workers and hire an outside expert to...

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UCLA Historian Russell Jacoby Offers Insights Into Campus Diversity

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Posted by    Monday, April 11, 2016 at 9:30am

He notes an interesting trend documented in a study last year.

Accuracy In Academia reports.

UCLA Prof Unravels Diversity Sham

In the latest issue of The Chronicle Review, UCLA historian Russell Jacoby offers some insights into the campus diversity craze that are actually refreshing.

Jacoby asks, “Should all quarters of society demographically reflect all...

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