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The Liberty Counsel filed on behalf of Megan Chapman after a judge ordered her not to pray at graduation.
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2 University of Oklahoma Students Expelled for Racist Chants
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This is an apology, but it still doesn’t resolve the issue how this became an issue in the first place.Their statement reads as follows (via The College Fix): Fellow UCI Students, We would like to…
Notre Dame ObamaCare Case sent back to the Lower Courts
The Supreme Court sent the Notre Dame ObamaCare case back to the lower courts for reconsideration, ruling that Notre Dame can object on religious grounds to providing contraceptive care or having a third party take…
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When author M. Stanton “Stan” Evans died last week at age 80, Accuracy in Academia and the conservative movement lost an irreplaceable friend and mentor, as did many of us personally. Those of us who…
Novel Critique of Campus Sex Speech Codes
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George Washington U College Republicans give Young America’s Foundation Student Group the Shaft
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Tufts University’s Israeli Apartheid Week has Black and Palestinian Queer Workshop
As if Israeli Apartheid Week wasn’t a ridiculous notion, the week featured a workshop on the connection between black and Palestinian queer issues.