The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) is seeking current students, alumni, faculty, trustees and others who wish to contribute insights, praise, complaints, and/or factual information about any of the 224 Catholic institutions to its first Guide to U.S. Catholic Colleges and Universities.
Features
The Other College Newspaper
Some universities gift their best and brightest with copies of The New York Times but is the old Gray Lady any more reliable than the college newspaper?
Union-Made Miseducation
Are teachers’ unions necessary or are they inhibiting school improvement?
Community Service Protest
For once students who yell, curse and scream will be rewarded rather than be punished.
Liberal Bias Yes and No
One news producer admits liberal bias.
Prince of Georgetown
A national uproar over an Arab company buying some port operations forced
cancellation of the deal but when a controversial Saudi Prince spends $40
million to promote himself and his views through two major universities and takes out a
two-page ad in the Washington Post highlighting his efforts, hardly anyone in
the media bats an eyelid.
Column Correction
A Squeaky Chalk article titled “Coulter 1 – U. Conn. 0” dated December 16, 2005 mistakenly did not provide proper attribution of all the material quoted from Human Events. The corrected article appears below. We regret the error.
Penn State Trustee Compares Reagan to Hitler
A Penn State trustee draws fire for comparing Reagan and Hitler and attacking YAF group; yet another example of university problems in Pennsylvania.
UNC Out of Bounds with Cartoon Flap
Muslims at UNC decry printing of “insensitive” cartoons.
Church vs. State in Colorado
Legislation intending to change the rules regarding sexual abuse lawsuits in Colorado was directly targeting Catholic and only Catholic schools, and the Colorado Education Association likes it that way.