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Tennessee Lawmakers Revoke Funding for ‘Sex Week’ for One Year

Common sense prevails in Tennessee’s legislature? Legislation that will strip state funds from the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s (UTK) diversity office is on its way to the governor’s desk after both the House and Senate voted in favor of the bill last week. The recently passed bill explicitly prevents the school from ever using funds “to […]

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Health Care in Academia vs. the Real World
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Health Care in Academia vs. the Real World

Four Harvard University students won the annual Econometrics World Championship (also known as the Econometric Game) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The annual event is organized by the University of Amsterdam and the VSAE (Association of Actuarial, Econometrics and Operational Research Students), involving up to thirty universities from across the world. The competition had 120 students […]

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Civil Rights Movement is Nothing Like Today’s Activists, Clemson Professor Writes

Dr. David Woodard made some great points about today’s activist students: A political science professor at Clemson university drew a stark contrast Monday between recent student protests and Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Civil Rights Movement. In an open letter published by The Tiger, Dr. David Woodard contends that whereas Martin Luther King, Jr.’s message was […]

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Scripps’ College ‘Unofficial Survival Guide’ Talks Safe Spaces, White Privilege, Gender Issues

From the Campus Reform: Last summer, two Scripps College students spent approximately 500 hours creating a 217-page “ Unofficial Scripps Survival Guide” intended to help new students acclimate to the college, with lengthy discussions of topics ranging from food and money management to gender identity, race, and privilege. The authors state that the term “Preferred […]

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Harvard Poll: Millennials Not Too Enthusiastic about Socialism After All

Some intriguing results: More than half of millennials recently surveyed by the Harvard Institute of Politics reject both capitalism and socialism, according to the poll’s results. Perhaps surprisingly, socialism is even less popular than capitalism, with 59 percent rejecting the ideology embraced by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the favorite among millennials. Just 51 percent […]

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Jesus Dartboard Art Display Removed by Rutgers after Outcry

From the College Fix: Rutgers University recently removed from its library an art piece showcasing a small statue of Jesus affixed to a dartboard — that included darts impaling his hands, feet, and his side. The Jesus dartboard was part of a larger exhibit of thought-provoking pieces hung around the campus library. Its removal came after a […]

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Some Students Protest Arrest of Campus Vandal

From the Campus Reform: The recent arrest of an alleged college vandal has caused an uproar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW), where students are calling his arrest an act of white supremacy and racism. Student Denzel McDonald, who goes by the pen name “King Shabazz,” was arrested last week on 11 counts of vandalism, […]

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Defunding the Marxist Madrassas
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Defunding the Marxist Madrassas

Noam Chomsky, a Marxist professor who says he has been at MIT for 65 years, maintains that we need a new economic system. He has endorsed something called “the next system,” which is supposed to replace free enterprise capitalism. My counter-proposal is for a “next system” to replace Chomsky and other Marxists in academia. My […]

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