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Letter to the editor defends decision to reject student gov nominee because he is straight white male

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on May 24, 2013

A Northwestern University student penned a letter to the school newspaper last Sunday in defense of the Student Senate’s decision to block a nominee for student government because he is a “heterosexual white male.”

Prominent Professor: Teaching creationism is like Holocaust denial

By Macaela Bennett, on May 23, 2013

Teaching creationism is like denying the Holocaust, a prominent evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago (UC) told a local Indiana newspaper earlier this week.

[VIDEO] Prof to students: ‘Your parents should have slapped you around’

By Spencer Schredder, on May 23, 2013

A professor of music at a public school in New York City responded to online criticism with a humorous video in which he told students their parents should have “slapped them around” when they were children.

Bill pending in Oregon would ask students at public universities to reveal sexuality

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on May 22, 2013

A group of legislators in Oregon are pushing a bill that would force state universities and colleges for the first time to collect information on students’ sexuality.

SURVEY: Zero conservatives selected to deliver 2013 commencement speeches at Ivy Leagues

By Oliver Darcy, on May 21, 2013

The list of keynote commencement speakers at Ivy League institutions for 2013 does not include a single conservative, a recent study authored by the conservative Young America’s Foundation (YAF) found.

Public university instructs students on how to build genital models out of Play-doh

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on May 20, 2013

Staff at a public school in Florida apparently led a sex workshop last month in which students were instructed on how to sculpt replica genitals out of Play-doh.

Pelosi to graduates: Cuts in education spending would increase federal deficit

By Oliver Darcy, on May 20, 2013

House minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) told graduates at the University of California – Davis law school on Friday that any cuts in spending to education would actually lead to an increase in the federal deficit.

OPINION: University administrators should reject calls for fossil fuel divestment

By Gabriella Hoffman, on May 19, 2013

Many institutions of higher learning are taking a wrong turn in embracing calls for divestment from the fossil fuel industry.

Northwestern student govt nominee's confirmation blocked because he is a ‘heterosexual white male’

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on May 17, 2013

A student’s bid to become associate vice president of diversity and inclusion at Northwestern University was derailed last Wednesday over accusations that his status as a white heterosexual male would make it impossible for him to perform the position’s duties.

Faculty union fights plan to arm police at University of Rhode Island

By Timothy Dionisopoulos, on May 16, 2013

The faculty union at the University of Rhode Island (URI) is opposing several resolutions which would allow campus police to carry firearms.

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