Go figure: “Green” school buildings in North Carolina fall far short of their promises to protect the environment through lower energy costs and increased efficiency. That’s the conclusion of a new report prepared for the…
Monthly Archives For February 2016
Conservative Group Fights Back and Wins
A pair of incidents remind us that we are still living in a democracy and peaceful pushback can work, even on a college campus. Both stories involve Young Americans For Freedom (known as YAF). Two…
Dear Millennials: We Can’t Afford ‘Free’ College Tuition
It’s a great take from the Independent Institute. There is no such thing as a free lunch, as the old saying goes, so there’s no such thing as ‘free college tuition.’ Bernie Sanders would probably…
Study finds Millennials could Take Up to 27,500 Selfies in Their Lifetime
Oh my…that’s…quite a lot of selfies. Narcissism, much?
FIRE Rates Worst Colleges for Free Speech
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) continues to fight for free speech on college campuses and this list is quite telling. Photo by sjgibbs80
President of University of Texas Still Upset over Open Carry Law
The open carry law, which went into effect this year, also allows campus carry on all public universities. The University of Texas-Austin president says he’ll comply, but one would think he’ll be looking for loopholes.
Wisconsin Chancellor Livid over Skincare Mask, Mistook it for Blackface
Seriously?! Skin exfoliation masks are not blackface. But, she has since walked back her remarks. University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Chancellor Beverly Kopper apparently has never seen a skin exfoliation mask. Proof: After she saw Snapchat images…
Conservative, Libertarian Law Students at Georgetown Unhappy with Professor’s Criticism of Scalia
Professor Gary Peller was critical of the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was a Georgetown undergraduate, and now some law students are intimidated by his anti-Scalia bias. How will they freely participate in…
Yelp Fires Millennial after Letter to CEO went Viral
The Millennial worker complained about working for a minimum wage at Yelp while having to deal with high housing prices in San Francisco, California and the letter went viral (i.e. it hit the Internet and…
Some Lament Brain Drain of Illegal Immigrant Students in Georgia
Huh? Quite an interesting argument from illegal immigration advocates: The Georgia Board of Regents’ rules which prohibit undocumented student enrollment at public institutions “with competitive admissions,” as well as in-state tuition for same, are causing…