Really? Yes, things that young people will do to get out of trouble (which only leads to more trouble). This case, it’s yet another Trump supporter hate crime hoax: Yasmin Seweid, 18, joined a growing…
Topic: New York
Corporate Media Slammed by Donald Trump
Left-wing media critics I have debated over the years have repeatedly bashed the slanted “corporate media.” But now that a Republican presidential candidate has taken up this charge, with concrete proof, they are shying away…
Justice, feminism and girls who grow up too quickly: a Q&A with Yasmin Vafa
The pedestrians were walking; taxi drivers honking; kids running; metros moving; baristas brewing; businessmen chatting. And it didn’t take long for the city to appear as if it had fully woken up. The sun was…
Two Small New York Colleges Won’t Let Basketball Teams Play Duke to Protest House Bill 2
Marist and the University of Albany are not going to let their men’s basketball teams play Duke University in a tournament hosted by Duke, in protest of the House Bill 2 that stirred controversy this year.
NYU Rejects Divestment from Fossil Fuels
NYU says “no thanks” to the fossil fuel divestment backers.
Congressman Propose Colleges use 25% of Endowment Funds to Aid Students
It sounds like a good idea, considering that students can barely afford college now: U.S. Representative Tom Reed says he’s open to modifying a controversial proposal to channel spending from large college and university endowments…
SUNY Cancels Debate which involved AIM’s Cliff Kincaid
The Accuracy in Media’s Center for Investigative Journalism director, Cliff Kincaid, saw that due to his conservative views, a university canceled their debate that he was going to participate in. So much for diversity of opinions…
Politically Correct College Tour
You cannot walk through a tour of most colleges without getting lectured about the need for “diversity” and the prevalence of women’s and even queer studies. My youngest son and I took a tour of…
Toy Lightsaber Mistaken for Gun on College Campus
True story, from the Farmingdale State College on Long Island, New York: A warning from the Long Island-based Farmingdale State College to “shelter in place” on Wednesday turned out OK in the end – a rifle…
University of Buffalo Students: We’re Exhausted from Spring Break
So partying and relaxing on the beach are exhausting?! Students at the University of Buffalo (UB) feel spring break trips are causing them to be more depressed and stressed than before they left thanks to…