Tag: Colleges and Universities

Larry Nassar, the former sports doctor who admitted to molesting some of the nation's top gymnasts for years, was sentenced Wednesday to 40 to 175 years in prison. Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told Nassar, "I just signed your death warrant." (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP)

Beltway Confidential

The bravest women this week were gymnasts in a Michigan courtroom

Nicole Russell · January 26, 2018 11:07 pm

The Trump administration is throwing its support behind a lawsuit against the University of California, Berkeley that accuses the school of a double standard for campus speakers that restricts conservative viewpoints. The U.S. Department of Justice said in a court filing on Thursday, that the allegations by the Berkeley College Republicans and Young America's Foundation would violate the First Amendment if proven true. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Department of Justice files in support of Berkeley College Republicans in free speech case

Tristan Justice · January 26, 2018 7:45 pm

A recent editorial in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's official student school newspaper says that calling someone "honey" implies an imbalance of power. (screenshot)

Red Alert Politics

College editorial board takes feminism to new heights condemning pet names ‘honey’ and ‘hon’

John Patrick · January 26, 2018 3:53 am

College is so expensive that students are willing to prostitute themselves to pay for it. (Facebook)

Red Alert Politics

Students joining ‘sugar baby’ program to pay school tuition

Brendan Pringle · January 25, 2018 7:57 pm

Controversial conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, editor-in-chief of the Daily Wire and former editor-at-large of Breitbart News, addresses the student group Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Utah's Social and Behavioral Sciences Lecture Hall, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, in Salt Lake City. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP, Pool)

Red Alert Politics

UConn offers counseling to students in wake of packed Ben Shapiro lecture

John Patrick · January 25, 2018 9:39 am

Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon announced she would resign Wednesday amid an ongoing scandal involving one of the school's medical doctors. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Michigan State president announces resignation in wake of Larry Nassar scandal

Associated Press · January 25, 2018 2:33 am

Video obtained by Red Alert Politics shows a woman hitting a small Trump piÃ±ata over and over again while students stand around and cheer. (Facebook)

Red Alert Politics

Students bash Trump piñata to protest one year in office

Lauren Cooley · January 24, 2018 11:08 pm

Adding Mexican universities to the NCAA will potentially funnel tax subsidies to Mexican sports programs. (Facebook)

Red Alert Politics

NCAA may allow colleges from Mexico to compete in US competitions

John Patrick · January 24, 2018 2:49 pm

A student is concerned that her professor's open disdain for Republicans and President Trump and his immigration policies will impact the way she grades political assignments. (AP Photo/Christian Torres, File)

Professor asks students if Trump’s immigration policies ‘align’ with America’s values

Lauren Cooley · January 24, 2018 2:47 pm

Anti-Jewish extremism is gaining a current foothold on college campuses across the U.S. (screenshot)

Lawmakers must seek ways to address acts of anti-Semitism on campus

Bruce Portnoy · January 24, 2018 1:47 am

Florida State University's speech code policies restrict where and when students can exercise their First Amendment rights and distribute advertisements for upcoming events. (via YAL)

Red Alert Politics

Code Red: Florida State University banishes speech to graveyard area

Washington Examiner · January 23, 2018 3:09 am

Afternoon Links: NASA Tinkering For The Win, Remembering Joe Rago, and how ‘Babe’ Turned #MeToo into a Racket

Jim Swift · January 22, 2018 9:45 pm