From the College Fix: Should Stanford University require the study of Western Civilization to earn a diploma? Last week a student petition asking Stanford University students to put to a vote that question passed the…
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Bike App Helps College Students Get Their Bikes Back
Innovation, folks: An app launched in Boston last summer is promising to help students and administrators fight the real and paperwork scourge of campus bike theft. SAFE Bikes (Safety Awareness For Everyone) currently has 300…
Yale Basketball Player Forced Out of School Based on Questionable Standards
From the College Fix: The Yale Daily News has confirmed what everyone suspected: Basketball team captain Jack Montague mysteriously left Yale last month because the school found him responsible for sexual assault, despite him not…
Professor who Compared Scott Walker to Hitler now Works at Temple University
She compared Scott Walker, a union-busting governor, to Adolf Hitler. That isn’t a fair comparison, at all. Now Temple University is her professional home. Photo by OldOnliner Photo by OldOnliner
Oregon’s Minimum Wage Hike means College Students Will Suffer
The University of Oregon faces a conundrum: Fire their student workers or reduce their hours? Photo by Wolfram Burner Photo by Wolfram Burner
Only 13% of Student Body at Cal-Merced is White
From the College Fix: UC Merced’s student ethnic demographics show Hispanics make up the lion’s share of the student body at 3,022 students – or 48.5 percent. Asians and Pacific Islanders come in second at…
Fired Mizzou Professor Melissa Click Blames ‘Conservative Voices’ for Her Dismissal
Oh, because the conservatives at Mizzou outnumber liberals and the conservatives run the world *sarcasm font*: Melissa Click, who was fired by the Board of Curators late last month and initially justified her action as trying…
Student Paper at Cal-Berkeley Threatens to Close if Student Fees Aren’t Added to Support Them
The University of California-Berkeley’s student paper, The Daily Californian, begged students to vote for a student fee to support their operation. Photo by hyperion327
New Mexico College Students Protest Ban on Stun Guns
The university banned stun guns on their campus, so students are protesting to have the option to have stun guns for safety reasons. Photo by campcophotos
Less than 20 Students Push Seattle Pacific University to Adopt Microaggression Reporting System
Well, another one bites the dust and bows to social justice activists: Seattle Pacific University’s administration folded to many of the demands of the SPU Justice Coalition – apparently composed of fewer than 20 students…