Yik Yak is an anonymous social media application and feminists claim people are using it for harassment. Government to the rescue.
From the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Women’s Groups Urge Colleges and Government to Rein In Yik Yak
Seventy-two women’s and civil-rights groups on Wednesday announced a campaign to enlist the federal government in...
Progressives are intent on making sure no one has fun on campus anymore.
Alex Morey reports at the FIRE blog.
Party Poopers: University Administrators Chill Speech by Investigating Campus Gatherings
Earlier this month, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) administrators temporarily suspended a campus fraternity and sorority for hosting a “Kanye Western”-themed party before...
Do leftists ever appreciate that without our founding fathers, they wouldn’t have the right to criticize them?
The College Fix reports.
Students supporting Thomas Jefferson statue accused of white privilege, ‘defending slave owners’
An energetic group of conservative students at the University of Missouri converged around a statue of Thomas Jefferson on Tuesday to...
A female law professor at Miami University who’s opposed to campus carry made a rather problematic statement about women and guns.
Awr Hawkins reported at Breitbart.
Law Professor on Campus Carry: Women Can’t Use Guns Effectively
During October 20 testimony on the campus carry legislation currently under consideration by Florida lawmakers, Miami University law...
The student government at the University of Southern California is on the verge of enacting a host of far left policies.
Peter Fricke reports at Campus Reform.
Southern Cal student government considering racial quotas
The University of Southern California student government will soon vote on a resolution calling for a number of eye-popping diversity...
Talk about academic priorities. An all day affair on left-wing issues?
The College Fix reports.
Professors cancel classes for daylong, campuswide teach-in on racism, climate change
Many Bowdoin College professors recently canceled classes to help host a campuswide teach-in focused on the intersection between climate change, racism and social justice.
Students at the private liberal arts...
When I read this article by author Suzanne Venker at FOX News, I began to see why the school dropped her. You probably will too.
Williams College’s ‘Uncomfortable Learning’ speaker series dropped me. Why?
For the past two months, I’ve been preparing a speech for my upcoming visit to Williams College in Massachusetts....
It wouldn’t be surprising to see more of this in the future.
Ashe Schow reports at the Washington Examiner.
Brown University student sues his accuser for defamation
In a rarity for campus sexual assault accusations, a Brown University student who says he was falsely accused is suing his accuser as well as his...
In an op-ed for the Democrat and Chronicle, Barbara LeSavoy, a women and gender studies professor at the College at Brockport urges Obama to ban guns.
Obama’s legacy on guns should be to ban them
I urge President Obama to ban firearm possession in America....
Mississippi’s state flag is made up in part by the image of the Confederate flag so some people want it taken down.
WGNO News reports.
Push to remove state flag from Ole Miss campus
Change often comes slowly at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, where tradition is revered.
But student leaders could challenge the...
In a new video from Prager University, Alex Epstein of the Center for Industrial Progress examines the issue of solar and wind energy.
These sources are more expensive than you might think.
Here’s more information:
Is “green” energy, particularly wind and solar energy, the solution to our climate and energy problems? Or should...
An ex-employee at the University of Iowa has won a large settlement from the school over charges of bullying.
Omaha.com reported.
University of Iowa pays $150,000 in deal with ex-study abroad director
The University of Iowa has paid $150,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by its former study abroad director, who claimed her job...
This man makes a good point about due process and the presumption of innocence.
The College Fix reports.
Father speaks out after college-athlete son cleared of rape: ‘How many young men have to have their lives destroyed?’
A young man falsely accused of rape during college was recently cleared by the courts. A father...
A dispute over patents has turned into a cash windfall for the Wisconsin school.
USA Today reports.
Jury orders Apple to pay university $234 million in patent suit
A federal jury decided that Apple infringed on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s technology patents and should pay the school $234 million in damages.
The Wisconsin Alumni Research...
We covered this story when it happened. A professor stole the sign right out of the pro-life girl’s hands.
Eric Owens has an update at the Daily Caller.
Public University PAYS UP After Professor Claimed ‘Moral Right’ To Censor, Batter Teen Abortion Foe
The University of California, Santa Barbara has agreed to settle a...
It looks like the ACLU is still up their old tricks.
Peter Fricke reports at Campus Reform.
ACLU sues Mo. schools for denying tuition benefits to illegal immigrants
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing three public colleges in Missouri for denying in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, claiming that the law the schools are...
Fiscal sanity is apparently not a priority here.
The College Fix reports.
U. of Delaware College of Arts & Science pledges $1 million for … diversity
The University of Delaware’s College of Arts and Science has “introduced [a] new $1 million budget […] to fund programs to increase diversity,” says Dean George H. Watson.
“It’s...
It’s amazing to see this subject getting accurate treatment from the Associated Press.
Via US News and World Report.
Democratic Proposals on Education Aren’t Free
When does “free” cost a lot of money?
It’s when presidential contenders Hillary Rodham Clinton and Bernie Sanders pitch plans for free college tuition, playing down the cost to taxpayers...
There’s a lot of this going around lately.
Peter Fricke of Campus Reform reports.
Valdosta tells students to not dress in ‘ghetto,’ ‘hillbilly’ Halloween costumes
Valdosta State University has come up with a new category of costume for students to avoid this Halloween, warning against dressing up in “ghetto” and “hillbilly” guises.
Alongside the familiar...
It’s almost like the narrative of rape culture is more important than the facts.
Greg Piper reports at the College Fix.
Senator: It doesn’t matter if 1-in-5 campus rape statistic is wildly inaccurate
Give Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., credit for candor: He doesn’t think statistical integrity is important when it comes to devising policy...
The problem is that the school can’t do this legally.
FOX News Denver reports.
CU students’ group asks university for prayer room
A group of students at CU Boulder is petitioning the university for a prayer room.
“Over the last few years we’ve seen a growth of the university’s international student population and a good...
Just a reminder – Fordham is a Jesuit run university and therefore technically a Catholic school.
Thomas D. Williams of Breitbart reports.
Jesuit University Journal: End ‘Bourgeois’ Institution of Marriage
A law professor at Jesuit-run Fordham University in New York is appealing for an end to the institution of marriage in America, which he...
