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Someone destroyed our pro-Israel display in five hours. It will not silence us.

OPINION: In contrast, pro-Palestinian students are able to have displays for weeks without interference EVANSTON, Ill. — One or more people attacked the Northwestern University College Republicans’...

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Two universities let students cancel Biden UN ambassador for Israel support

Handful of students at University of Vermont and Xavier University now in charge Two universities recently let students issue a heckler’s veto and stop planned graduation speeches by President Joe...

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Harrison Butker is obviously right

OPINION: It is good for women to be married, have kids “I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you,” Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker told Benedictine...

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Israel-hating radicals suddenly concerned about free speech rights

How often have we heard from supposedly intelligent people here in the U.S. that “hate speech is not free speech”? Of course, such is not the case given our First Amendment. But in other parts of the...

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The College Fix’s higher education cartoon of the week #Butker #Feminism

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NPR, AP imply ‘extremism’ link to teen’s racial slur yelled at U. Utah...

OPINION: Both publications imply stupid teen’s racial slur linked to past racism problems in area There will be no charges for the Idaho teenager who shouted a racial slur and then a vulgar comment...

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White House: Americans ‘literally being crushed’ by student loans

OPINION: Data show otherwise Americans are “literally being crushed,” by student loans, according to Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. President Joe Biden’s spokeswoman made the comment Wednesday...

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Sorry, New York Times, but current campus protesters ARE idiots

Proof: Just listen to them The New York Times has a long history of elitism and thinking average, middle Americans are just a bunch of lunkheads, and last week’s piece by Elizabeth Spiers certainly...

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Institutional neutrality will probably fail at Harvard

OPINION: University leaders have previously claimed national events affected core activities Harvard University’s new “institutional neutrality” policy will probably fail, based on the school’s own...

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Syracuse breaks ‘institutional neutrality’ pledge after 3 days

OPINION: Abstaining from ‘current controversies’ doesn’t include celebrating LGBT agenda, apparently Syracuse University’s pledge to remain neutral “except under the most extraordinary circumstances,”...

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Term ‘gynecologist’ offensive, according to scholars

OPINION: Don’t say ‘breastfeeding, but ‘human milk feeding’ Midwives should avoid saying “gynecologist” in order to be more “inclusive,” according to a recent academic paper. Not because it sounds like...

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Anatomy of a clown and his clownish movement

Some people just don’t know when to throw in the keffiyeh. It wasn’t enough that Princeton pro-Hamas activist David Chmielewski and his protesting comrades made complete fools of themselves by...

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Overlooked: Fewer rural young men are going to college

OPINION: Programs to help disadvantaged white male students are lacking When it comes to providing higher education opportunities to students, rural young men are being overlooked. Since 2010, male...

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Harvard returns Danish mummies, won’t do same for Catholic saint relic

Must be nice to have Harvard return ancestral items Harvard University is continuing its quest to return items, except one belonging to Catholics. The Peabody Museum recently sent 500-year-old Danish...

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‘Disinformation’ expert law professor digs in deeper on Hunter Biden laptop

‘It remains unknown whether Russia was involved with the scheme’ Remember University of Michigan law professor Barb McQuade? She’s a regular “legal analyst” on MSNBC and was but one of many who...

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Should cellphones be allowed in K-12 classrooms?

I retired from teaching eight years ago just when teen cellphone use was really starting to become an issue. When I taught the endings of Spanish -AR verbs I routinely put on a CD of a lyric-less funky...

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The College Fix’s 20 most outrageous campus stories of spring 2024 semester

OPINION: Zany professors. Absurd cancel culture incidents. Students running amok. News on higher education these past six months has been dominated by coverage of the virulent anti-Israel protests that...

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Congress shouldn’t worry about how many female welders there are

Taxpayers subsidize physically demanding trade jobs for ‘single pregnant women’ The federal government should not prioritize boosting the number of female welders as part of its economic policy. The...

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Dolly Parton free book program not woke enough, scholar says

Speech-language pathologist says she is hesitant to universally recommend reading aloud to kids A program that provides free books to kids from birth until the age of five promotes “heteronormativity,”...

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This school year shows Gen Z doesn’t need a college degree to succeed

OPINION: College degree isn’t only way to success The social status and perceived necessity of a college degree suffered further setbacks this school year. The stories do not undermine that for some...

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