A Squeaky Chalk article titled “Coulter 1 – U. Conn. 0” dated December 16, 2005 mistakenly did not provide proper attribution of all the material quoted from Human Events. The corrected article appears below. We regret the error.
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Animal House Advanced Placement
The seven-year plan of the frat boys in the film classic Animal House has become the reality for two-thirds of American college students.
Saving Kids or Doping Them
Do mental health screenings for children lead to finding problems before they start, or creating problems by drugging kids for life?
War College Dove
IAEA’s call for a nuclear-free Middle East might sound good, but it is a trap.
Another Academic Disaster
While many academics blame the Bush administration for Hurricane Katrina, at least one is blaming Ronald Reagan.
Educational McCarthyism
There’s a new McCarthy in town.
Yale University: Taliban Yes; US Military No
While Yale is busy keeping the ROTC out of their hallowed halls, they choose to admit a former member of the Taliban.
High School Students Call for End to Indoctrination
Students aren’t just sitting back and taking it when teachers try to indoctrinate them these days: some bring tape recorders to school.
RAs Have Rights
In Wisconsin, one university system is considering a new policy that would grant more right to RAs, while another school’s funding of organizations is examined.
Censoring Teachers
The Rutherford Institute plans to appeal on behalf of a teacher whose religious-themed posters were removed from his classroom walls while he was out sick.
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Scott Walker tells Wisconsin Professors to work harder to get Funding
He proposed a $300 million cut in the University of Wisconsin budget over the next two years, and suggested that professors teach more classes and work harder.
Progressive Calls for Immigration Control
Yes you read that right, and an academic one, no less, much to the consternation of the circles he travels in. “I’m a philosophy professor specializing in ethics and political philosophy, and like many of…
Colleges Get Billions in Federal Aid regardless of Graduation Rates
Not an earth-shattering revelation, but frustrating. How is there no accountability?!
Bobby Jindal: School Choice Week is Freedom Week
That pretty much sums up why school choice has become increasingly popular, but check out Gov. Jindal’s op-ed HERE.
Al Jazeera Makes an Appearance at the MLA
Haidar Eid, an associate professor at al-Aqsa University in the Gaza Strip, who also has a blog with Al Jazeera, pre-recorded his remarks to the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Vancouver, Canada. Eid apologized…
VCU ditches SAT scores for Applicants
Virginia Commonwealth University, located in Richmond, Virginia, will ditch using SAT scores for applicants with a GPA at 3.3 or higher. Apparently, they’re not the first to do so, as 800 other colleges have done…
MLA Out of Touch with Reality
At the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Vancouver, Canada, the degree to which many professors are divorced from reality was brought into sharp focus. Few panels at the conference that draws thousands of English…
Scientists Balk at Global Warming and 2014 was the “Hottest Year” claim
Great write-up and analysis by Climate Depot’s Marc Morano. It also seems arrogant to think only humans caused a slight uptick in global temperatures, instead of accounting for wildfires, volcanoes and other natural causes.
New York Times Columnist Screams Racial Profiling after Son is Detained by Yale Police
A burglary suspect fled the scene of a crime, and the Yale police ended up pulling aside the son of Charles Blow, a columnist for the New York Times. Blow tweeted his outrage, but his…
Obama drops his Tax on College Savings Plans
It’s been only one WEEK after his State of the Union address and he’s already backtracked his proposed tax on college savings, which was tax the 529 college savings plan. Talk about a quick about-face.
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
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