In a recent column at mindingthecampus.com, author and commentator John Leo noted that although former Harvard president Larry Summers was given the boot by leftist profs for telling “unwelcome truths,” Duke University president Richard Brodhead would apparently not suffer the same fate after the Duke “non-rape” case.
Recent Articles
Armed & Famished
“STUDENT ARRESTED FOR CUTTING FOOD WITH KNIFE”
was the headline of a recent story on Orlando Florida’s News Channel 6.
Not-so-Silent Epidemic
Two years ago, the national report, The Silent Epidemic (pdf), heralded America’s growing – but largely unrecognized – high school dropout crisis.
Nichol Plated
Williamsburg, VA – Gene R. Nichol, president of the College of William and Mary, submitted a resignation letter yesterday after receiving notice that his contract would not be renewed by the college’s Board of Visitors.
God & Country Triumph
Never underestimate the power of some good, old-fashioned grassroots outrage!
California Here I Go
Noted author, attorney and activist Phyllis Schlaffly has some characteristically sage advice for Golden State parents upset with the manner in which homosexuality will be handled in California public schools thanks to a law recently signed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Shakespearian Dystopias
Shakespeare’s commentary on science and society was so profound that the famous author Aldous Huxley copied themes wholesale from the Tempest in order to construct the American dystopian classic A Brave World.
No Relation to Rhett
If all academic writing became infused with the “excitement” of Butler’s work, many outside the field would probably fail to recognize the change.
Separate But Equal in Colorado
Last week the Catholic League criticized a bill introduced by Colorado Rep. Gwyn Green that would make it easier to sue private institutions in cases involving child sexual abuse. Our criticism centered on one objection: public institutions were given a pass.
New Deal Role Models
Who compared President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal to both Stalinist communism and Adolph Hitler’s Nazi program in the same sentence? Why, none other than FDR himself.
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No Legos for Boys, says Kindergarten Teacher
All in the name of gender equality. Huh?!
Obama’s College Scorecard Puzzle
Wondering which colleges and universities offer degrees that give a bang-for-their-buck? That’s the idea behind the Obama administration’s college scorecard program, released by the Department of Education earlier in the school year. It was supposed…
UC-Irvine Implements Race Task Force Recommendations
Some of the recommendations won’t really fix purported racism and inclusion issues, I would venture to say. Restoring a resident assistant to a residence hall helps inclusion, how?
Occidental College Students want “Physicians of Color”
This isn’t a joke, it’s a part of their 14-part set of demands they submitted to the college administration.
Tolerance: Now UC It, Now You Don’t
America’s universities used to care about critical thinking. Now they’re just critical — toward conservative thinking. Last week, we talked about Carol Swain, the African-American professor under fire for suggesting that radical Islam was a…
Amherst President Won’t Bow Down to Protesters
Good for the Amherst president. These protester’s demands are getting out of hand.
UC Merced Students Ignore Stabbing Attacker’s Radical Islam Rhetoric
I guess this a part of ignoring crucial information that’s commonplace on college campuses?
Protests at Occidental College Seek to Force President to Resign
Why are the protesters clamoring for the college president’s resignation? Campus Reform has more: Oxy United for a Black Liberation denounced Veitch’s presidency saying, “he is incapable of dealing with any issues concerning the wellbeing…
Trapped by Modern Language
Every year we hit the road to find out what English Departments are up to at the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention and always come back depressed. A look at some of the panels we…
Mizzou Alumni Group to Promote Unity
The ‘Truth Matters MU’ group may be facing opposition from activists on the Mizzou campus: A newly-formed alumni group is working to change the conversation over racial issues at the University of Missouri from one…