The saga continues.
Jon Shirek and Michael King report for :
Flag protests continue at Valdosta State University
ATLANTA (WXIA) — Tense times continue at Valdosta State University after an internet video became viral showing protesters trampling on the US flag, and a military veteran taking the flag away from the protestors and scuffling...
Potential security risks caused the cancellation of a discussion on the French Satirical paper.
Aine McMahon reports for The Irish Times:
Queen’s University conference on Charlie Hebdo ‘cancelled’
A conference about the satirical French publication Charlie Hebdo that was set to take place at Queen’s University Belfast has allegedly been cancelled because of a...
Hopefully they’ll start with the fact that ‘climate denial’ itself is a misnomer. I’ve never seen an instance where anyone denies the existence of weather…
Dana Nuccitelli reports for The Guardian:
The course coordinator is John Cook, University of Queensland Global Change Institute climate communication...
10 physicians have called for Columbia University’s medical school to fire Dr. Oz.
ABC News reports:
A California university is working to raise awareness on the importance of sleep.
Tyler Kingkade write for the Huffington Post:
College Students Aren’t Getting Enough Sleep. These Universities Are Trying To Change That
The University of California-Los Angeles recently hosted a series of events on campus to raise awareness about the importance of sleep,...
So this happened…
Mike Carlson reports for KCRG-TV9:
University of Iowa student hands out “pot brownies” on 4-20
IOWA CITY — A University of Iowa student is spending much of Monday handing out “pot brownies” on the Pentacrest in Iowa City.
Michael Corrie, a member of Young Americans for Liberty, said the demonstr...
According to police, J.C. Jackson turned himself in.
News 4 Jax reports:
University of Florida football player arrested after armed robbery
Gainesville police arrested a University of Florida football player Saturday in connection with an armed home invasion robbery. Investigators say J.C. Jackson turned himself in to authorities.
Investigators say it happened just before 4...
A military veteran reportedly removed an American flag from desecration and was subsequently questioned by police.
Jennifer Banks reports for Fox 5 News:
Valdosta State University releases statement on American flag dispute
VALDOSTA, Ga. – After many posts on social media and e-mails, FOX 5 News is looking into a viral video posted on...
You might remember Reed University student Jeremiah True who was reportedly kicked out of class for espousing his views on rape.
At our parent site Legal Insurrection, we dug a little deeper and found there was more to the story:
True was not banned from the class for what he said, but...
And the movement grows…
Susan Svrluga reports for the Washington Post:
Students at Catholic University vote to allow guns on campus
Catholic University student leaders want students to be able to carry guns on campus.
“A resolution in support of student carry” easily passed the school’s student government, the Student Associ...
Three buildings at Seattle University were evacuated Friday.
Jack Broom reported for The Seattle Times:
Threatening note prompts partial evacuation of Seattle University
Update at 11:44 a.m.: The three buildings at Seattle University have been reopened after several threatening notes were found.
The campus is resuming “normal operations,” according to the university.
“Officers conducted a floor-by-floor...
A new study suggests richer schools continue to amass wealth.
Nick Anderson writes for The Washington Post:
Rich colleges and universities are getting a lot richer, study finds
The 10 richest universities in America hold nearly a third of the total wealth, in cash and investments, amassed by about 500 public and private institutions....
And are promptly arrested…
Jessica Chasmar writes for The Washington Times:
Protesters arrested after disrupting ‘American Sniper’ showing at Eastern Michigan University
Four students were arrested at Eastern Michigan University on Friday after disrupting a screening of “American Sniper.”
Roughly 35 students walked onto the stage at the Student Center Auditorium to protest the 8...
What could possibly go wrong?
Brian Albert reports for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Anti-Semitism 101 at University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine plans to host an event on Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls this year on Thursday. The purpose of this event is not to commemorate the...
Are police body cameras the wave of the campus police future?
Andy Polhamus reports for the South Jersey Times:
Rowan University becomes first N.J. college to use police body cameras
Rowan University announced on Tuesday that its police department had been issued body cameras, making it the first New Jersey college to use the...
Several weeks after Senator Cruz kicked off his presidential campaign at the iconic university, Jeb Bush is scheduled to speak.
Nick Gass writes at Politico:
Jeb Bush to speak at Liberty University
Jeb Bush will deliver the commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, on May 9, the school announced Wednesday.
He is the...
Just when you thought universities couldn’t be a bigger tax dollar suck…
Sonali Kohli writes for Quartz:
25% of part-time university faculty in the US need government aid
Half the teachers in US universities and colleges are part-time faculty. And 25% of those are receiving government aid because their paltry salary isn’t enough, according...
Ah yes, the ‘tolerance’ crowd is always so tolerant. Except when they aren’t.
Jessica Chasmar reports for the Washington Times:
Pro-life crosses mocked, thrown in garbage at Clarion University
Students at Clarion University of Pennsylvania destroyed a pro-life display on campus that featured dozens of white crosses commemorating lives lost to abortion.
The public...
Some things you simply can’t make up. Like this one:
The Daily Mail reports:
Flying fish! Amazing footage shows university rowing team in the crossfire as HUNDREDS of Asian carp leap at them from the water
A university rowing team found themselves caught up in the crossfire when hundreds of flying fish mounted...
Student protestors projected the words ‘Columbia Protects Rapists’ onto campus buildings.
Buzzfeed News reports:
“Columbia Protects Rapists” Projected Onto University’s Administration Building
Columbia University’s No Red Tape student group protested the school’s handling of alleged sexual assaults on campus Sunday night by projecting “Columbia Protects Rapists” on the main administr...
Red numbers mysteriously tagged across campus have officials baffled.
Joshua Lloyd reports for SCNow.com:
State Law Enforcement Division, FBI investigating vandalism at Francis Marion University
FLORENCE, S.C. – The state law enforcement division and the federal bureau of investigations have been called to investigate acts of vandalism on the Francis Marion University Campus.
Campus officials...
Harvard is hoping to elicit a bevy of respondents in their latest campus survey.
The Harvard Crimson reports:
University Prepares To Launch Sexual Conduct Climate Survey
As Harvard prepares to launch a sexual conduct climate survey on April 12, administrators are emphasizing the confidentiality of the poll and are executing an aggressive publicity push...
