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Columbia University President Resigns, but School’s Troubles With Leftist Protesters Far From Over
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, in office for just over a year, announced Wednesday that she would resign her position amid continuing backlash over anti-Israel demonstrations on campus. Shafik had been a holdout who remained at the helm of a university after she and other school presidents appeared in a series of House hearings this…Jarrett Stepman -
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Endorses US Campus Protests as Part of ‘Resistance Front’
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei praised pro-Palestinian protesters across American college campuses for being “on the right side of history” in an open letter Wednesday to university students. In an X post, Khamenei said college protesters “have begun an honorable struggle” against the American government, which “openly supports Zionists.” He encouraged American students to “become familiar with the…Rebeka Zeljko -
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69% of Elites Want to Restrict Voting to College Graduates Only
New polling from Scott Rasmussen reveals that America’s elite 1%—those with high incomes, urban residences, and postgraduate degrees—are significantly out of step with the rest of the country on a range of issues. It’s a troubling trend for America, and it doesn’t bode well for our future considering the elite 1% occupy many of the…Rob Bluey -
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Let’s Put Suspension or Expulsion Back on Table for Violent College Students
Colleges are considering suspensions and expulsions for students who vandalized campuses and committed violence over the past month. These consequences are entirely appropriate—and overdue. School officials in North Carolina are even reallocating more funds to campus safety. What took so long? The answer may help prevent violent riots on campuses in the future. MIT officials recently announced they were…Jonathan Butcher -
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The Most Dangerous People in America: College Professors
American college campuses are permeated with corrupted professors who themselves corrupt students. Without a doubt, college professors are the most dangerous people in America. They’re not dangerous because they challenge the status quo or encourage their students to think critically. On the contrary, they are dangerous because they encourage impressionable young college students to adhere…Armstrong Williams -
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PolitiFact Shames Talk of ‘Outside Agitators’ in College Protests
You can tell when the PolitiFact website is going to negotiate around the facts. On May 7, its top headline on the homepage asked: “Are ‘outside agitators’ co-opting campus protests?” This isn’t quite the right question. The media have presented these events as “student” protests, so if half the participants aren’t college students, how would…Tim Graham -
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Columbia University Succumbs to the Mob, Cancels Graduation Ceremony
Columbia University caved to the mob and let the unruly anti-Israel radicals on campus win. Last week, Columbia President Minouche Shafik finally allowed the NYPD to clear the campus grounds of protesters after a group of them violently took over and occupied a building called Hamilton Hall. But that wasn’t the end of this mess….Jarrett Stepman -
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Blame University Administrators for the Uber Eats Campus Revolutionaries
The revolution will be catered. That’s what an anti-Israel student activist at Columbia University seemed to be saying in a video that went viral on social media Tuesday. Columbia Ph.D. candidate Johannah King-Slutzky, who is studying “theories of the imagination & poetry as interpreted through a Marxian lens”—yes, this is real—went on camera and demanded…Jarrett Stepman -
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Amid Pro-Palestine Protests, These Fraternity Brothers Prove Patriotism Endures at US Colleges
A scene Tuesday at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill proves that patriotism isn’t dead on all American college campuses. While an American flag was hoisted up the tall flagpole in the middle of the UNC campus, students chanted “USA, USA, USA” and later burst into a rendition of the national anthem. The…Virginia Allen -
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K-12 ‘Action Civics’ Trained Students Encamped on College Campuses. Here’s What Parents Need to Know.
Parents asking why their college student’s graduation is canceled this year need only remember when their child was in high school. K-12 schools have been training students to disrupt the systems around them for years through the teaching of “action civics,” which primes students to be activists even if it deprives them of understanding if,…Jonathan Butcher -
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Restore Order and Crush the Campus Jihadist Thugs
In his 1790 letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, President George Washington reached a stirring conclusion: “May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine…Josh Hammer -
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Pro-Palestinian Protests at Boston’s Emerson College Result in More Than 100 Arrests
The Boston Police Department arrested more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters Wednesday evening at Emerson College, the Daily Caller News Foundation confirmed. Students have been protesting since Sunday and created an encampment in an alleyway partially owned by the college despite being warned that they were in violation of city ordinances, according to CBS News Boston. Police made a…Kate Anderson -
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What’s Behind Antisemitic Protests on College Campuses
Pro-Palestine protests on the campuses of some of America’s most elite colleges have resulted in hundreds of arrests and led Columbia University in New York to move classes online for the remainder of the semester. The anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, Yale, and New York University aren’t just representative of an “antisemitic movement,” but a…Virginia Allen -
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Speaking at Columbia University, House Speaker Johnson Calls on School’s President to Resign
House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign Wednesday in a speech at the embattled Ivy League university. Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protests and encampments have taken over large swaths of the New York college’s campus and those of other campuses in the past week following Shafik’s House testimony on antisemitism. During that April 17…Jarrett Stepman -
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These 2 States Are Poised to Scrap Fractured Electoral College System—in Different Ways
The only two states that apportion Electoral College votes in presidential races by congressional district are poised to scrap what makes them unique. In these systems, presidential candidates get one electoral vote for each congressional district they win in the state. Unlike in other states, the Democratic, Republican, and other party candidates could end up…Fred Lucas -
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Largest Christian University in America Gets Fined $37 Million. Coincidence or Targeted Attack?
A dust storm of political madness is brewing in Phoenix as Grand Canyon University faces the continued threats of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona. Christians have watched as the Biden administration attacks biblical views left and right, with a particularly vehement disregard for the sanctity of life and marriage. As such, it can’t be too surprising…Sarah Holliday -
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Majority of Catholic Women’s Colleges Enroll Men Who Identify As Trans Women
A majority of the Catholic women’s colleges in the United States allow men who identify as transgender women to enroll, according to a new report—despite church teaching on gender and sex. The National Catholic Register reported on Friday that of the three dozen women’s colleges throughout the country, most are now admitting men. The publication…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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I Go to College in DC. Why Is It So Unsafe Here?
The words every parent dreads when a child goes off to college: “Mom, Dad. My school is on lockdown for an active shooter.” I’ve told my parents this twice now. Violence has become a regular occurrence in my three years at The Catholic University of America, acronymized as CUA. Last week, CUA issued a shelter-in-place…Noah Slayter -
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School Busing of a Different Sort: Nonprofit Takes Students to Off-Campus Bible Studies
Once a week, an estimated 30,000 students across the country are picked up by what’s called “a big, red LifeWise bus” and leave public school grounds for a Bible lesson at a local church or other religious institution. It might surprise some, but it’s entirely legal in the United States, says LifeWise Academy founder and…Noah Slayter -
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48 Colleges Still Mandate COVID-19 Shots
On Tuesday, reports surfaced that 48 colleges across the country continue to require prospective students to receive the COVID-19 shot for admission, almost a year after the pandemic was declared over by Congress. Lawmakers and policy experts are decrying the ongoing mandates as discriminatory, unnecessary, overly burdensome, and potentially dangerous. The list of colleges requiring the shot, which is…Dan Hart