From The College Fix: West Virginia University’s student government has approved funding for a leftist student group whose leader was recorded physically attacking members of a conservative group three weeks ago. The Left Alliance had also told…
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The SAT has become Political
The Wall Street Journal (beware of the paywall) had a piece blasting the politicization of the annual college entrance exams called the SAT.
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CSPAN Presidents Survey: Lincoln, Washington are Top Two for Historians
A survey of historians of American presidents ranked the following as the top five presidents: Abraham Lincoln George Washington Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt, or “FDR” Dwight D. Eisenhower, or “Ike” Obama made the…
After Yale Bowed to Pressure to Rename Calhoun College, Clemson Students Target Tillman Hall
From The College Fix: Seeing Yale finally alter the name of its Calhoun College, students at Clemson University are reinvigorating the debate over its Tillman Hall, named after founding trustee — and slave-owning white supremacist —…
Colorado State University Suspended ‘Diversity Grant’ after Pro-Life Students Sued
From The College Fix: Colorado State University refused to fund a pro-life student group’s event with its “diversity grant” – intended to “raise the awareness of differing perspectives” – allegedly because the intended pro-life speaker…
Penn Frat Beer Pong Team ‘Viet Pong’ Offends Students
Everything is offensive, even a beer pong team name from a Penn fraternity: A member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and his date have miffed Asian students at the University of Pennsylvania after it was…
Maryland Politicians Consider a Bill on ‘Affirmative Consent’
From The College Fix: “Affirmative consent” is a fuzzy concept even for adults, which is why one of them taught 10th graders in California that they must say “yes” every 10 minutes during sex or it becomes…
University of Cincinnati to hold a Workshop on ‘White Fragility’
Sounds like the college ‘snowflake’ generation needs a workshop on their ‘white fragility’ at the University of Cincinnati.
White Pins Worn by Students to Remind Selves of White Privilege
Elizabethtown College students began to wear white pins to remember white privilege, per The College Fix: The campaign was launched over the weekend by the Elizabethtown College Democrats, who say it aims to make students at the small…
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Gettysburg Anti-Capitalist Student Group Builds ‘Trump Wall’
From Campus Reform: The Gettysburg College Anti-Capitalist Collective (GACC) assembled a “Trump wall” made of paper boxes in the school’s library labeled, “THIS IS THE WALL THAT TRUMP IS BUILDING.” Seven individual signs plastered on…