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Congressmen Support Cutting Off Federal Funding to ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Universities
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Congressmen Support Cutting Off Federal Funding to ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Universities

From The Daily Caller: Republican Texas Reps. Louie Gohmert and Brian Babin told The Daily Caller Monday they would support legislation to cut off federal funds from universities and colleges which have a stated policy of protecting illegal immigrants. In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s election, campuses around the country have announced they will not […]

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After Flag Ban, Hampshire College Sends Email that Indicates Free Speech Restrictions like Talking to the Media

From Campus Reform: On the eve of Veteran’s Day, Hampshire students upset over Donald Trump’s election burned an American flag that had been lowered to half-staff on a campus flagpole, prompting a national controversy that was only inflamed by the school’s response. While Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash initially expressed disappointment with the students, he […]

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Art Exhibit that Included a Photo of Ku Klux Klan Offends College Students

College students were upset at representations of history, such as the Ku Klux Klan, in an art exhibit at Salem State University: Salem State University has shuttered a controversial art exhibit after offending students. The university invited artists to create works inspired by the 2016 presidential election, Inside Higher Ed reports. The works in the […]

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The Moral Sickness of the Left

Donald J. Trump is labeled by CNN as a liar on a regular basis, while the dead communist tyrant Fidel Castro is lauded as a revolutionary hero. American reporters are in Havana, Cuba to film people crying on their way to honor a dictator who had recommended that the Soviets launch a nuclear attack on […]

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Graduate Student at UCSB a Target of the Left after Posting Objection to Sanctuary Campus Rhetoric

It may seem like a lot of he-said-she-said accusations from both sides, but it still should be investigated whether the graduate student’s friend was hit by an anti-Trump mob, his pro-Trump hat was stolen and his American flagpole bent out of shape. In response, he posted a Facebook status blasting California-Santa Barbara’s illegal immigrant services […]

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College Professor Association Endorses Idea of ‘Sanctuary Campus’
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College Professor Association Endorses Idea of ‘Sanctuary Campus’

Has the AAUP verified the number of hate crimes since Trump’s election, or have they forgotten that several have been exposed as hoaxes? From Campus Reform: The American Association of University Professors has endorsed the “sanctuary campus” movement seeking to provide illegal immigrant students protection from immigration officials. AAUP’s national council approved a resolution Tuesday […]

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University of New Hampshire to Investigate Whether Women’s Studies Dept Violated Political Neutrality

From Campus Reform: According to The Union Leader, school officials announced they would not seek to punish the two students, nor the professors who called for their expulsion, although several of the professors have since changed their names and photos on their Facebook profiles. UNH President Mark Huddleston did, however, say that the UNH legal […]

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Academic Gets The Right Wrong
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Academic Gets The Right Wrong

In the Chronicle Review, a Stanford historian interviews George Nash, distinguished chronicler of the political right, with the pretty tacit intent of bashing Trump supporters. “It might be preposterous in this, the year of Trump, to even think about conservatism as an intellectual movement,” Jennifer Burns writes. “Trump’s unexpected rise seems to lay bare a […]

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Meet Betsy DeVos, the New Education Secretary
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Meet Betsy DeVos, the New Education Secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has selected billionaire philanthropist Betsy DeVos, a relatively unknown figure on the national scene, to head the U.S. Department of Education. Calling her a “brilliant and passionate education advocate,” Trump said in a press release that “under her leadership we will reform the U.S. education system and break the bureaucracy that is […]

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George Washington University Student Claimed the Election isn’t Over
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George Washington University Student Claimed the Election isn’t Over

Students assembled in front of a college building at the Foggy Bottom campus of George Washington University and chanted “Si se puede” (means ‘yes you can’ in Spanish) and alternated speakers: Speaker at anti-Trump rally at @GWtweets had barely finished saying that “the election isn’t over; stop acting like it is” #tcot pic.twitter.com/UAkQA44glU — Accuracy […]

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Really? Professors Canceled Classes after Election Day due to Emotional Stress
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Really? Professors Canceled Classes after Election Day due to Emotional Stress

This news comes from Campus Reform: Professors across the nation are cancelling classes Wednesday to help students deal with their emotional distress as they come to grips with the “shocking” election of Donald Trump. At the University of Connecticut, for example, one professor emailed her students to inform them that since “the election process has […]

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