“Why does environmentalism tend to be so pious and self-serious?”—From Princeton catalogue description of course entitled “The Environment Can Be Funny”
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Even or Especially?
“The Undead are everywhere: on movie and television screens, in books, even in the academy.” –Princeton catalogue
Education Summit Blasts Republicans
At a National Journal and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-sponsored event in a D.C. Grand Hyatt Hotel conference room, New Jersey Democratic Senator Robert Menendez used the event to slam the Republicans.
Common Core Defenders
Their tales of success may leave parents grateful that they don’t have children who are students in those districts.
Uncommon Catholic Core
The Obama Administration’s Common Core education initiative may be problematic for private Catholic schools as well as the public ones the program is designed for.
Fidel, we hardly knew ye’
Humberto Fontova’s book, The Longest Romance: The Mainstream Media and Fidel Castro, goes a long way towards filling in the gaps in media coverage of that island dictatorship.
Activist Training @ Harvard
When a course is entitled “History of the U. S. for Policymakers, Activists, and Citizens,” you can bet that the target audience is the second group of constituents.
Remembering Communism’s Victims
Accuracy in Academia remembers the victims of communism who did not survive it in the November issue of AIA’s monthly Campus Report newsletter.
Where’s the Real Diversity?
The latest issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education includes a special supplement on “Diversity in Academe” that is only missing one thing.
Young Americans Lose Health Care
“What happened to, ‘if you like your plan, you can keep it’?” Alyssa Farah, YAL Director of Communications asked.
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Marquette University Won’t Comment on ‘Black Male Appreciation Lunch’ Event
Marquette University, a Catholic academic institution, recently held a lunch event entitled, “Black Male Appreciation Lunch” to discuss issues facing black Latino males in the Milwaukee area.
Progressives Go Pagan
Religious liberty actually has had a long and noble history in the United States, at least until recently.
Biden Blasts Campus Left
Yes, it’s gotten really bipartisan.
Halloween at Kent State: Who will notice?
How can you tell it’s Halloween at Kent State? There’s more candy around.
Student Protesters or Vandals and Thugs?
How do you tell student demonstrators from burglars? The burglars want something valuable.
Student Demonstrators Channel Hitler Youth
Apparently they forgot their brown shirts.
Knight Institute Silent on First Amendment after Protests Shut Down Speaker
The Knight Institute, an alleged pro-First Amendment group, is not speaking out during efforts to apparently silence Columbia University’s College Republicans. Knight Institute is located at Columbia University.
Academe’s War on Halloween
What’s more juvenile, college students going trick or treating or college administrators waging war on Halloween?
Ayn Rand @ Clemson
The institute, that is.
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Flag Burning 101
Maybe it’s better when schools and students don’t observe Columbus Day.