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Program reviewing and honoring the past 25 years of the Collegiate Network, the group of college conservative writers who began challenging the liberal orthodoxy on campuses all over the country back in the seventies - John Podhoretz and Todd Lindberg from the University of Chicago on now - interesting history, running for about another hour on C-Span......

The Washington Timeswww.washingtontimes.com Conservative network celebrates 25 yearsBy Jennifer HarperTHE WASHINGTON TIMESPublished November 28, 2004 Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Dinesh D'Souza, Rich Lowry -- the alumni list of the Collegiate Network reads like a who's who of spirited conservative thought.     Established 25 years ago, the Delaware-based CN was founded to counter the politicization of American campuses and to support conservative student journalists intent on making their voices heard.     The organization has fostered 85 independent publications at such liberal strongholds as Harvard, Yale and the University of California at Berkeley -- furnishing operational grants, journalistic training, editorial resources, internships...

THREE WEEKS after the election, liberals are still scratching their heads, wondering where all these George W. Bush supporters came from. The nation surely couldn’t be this conservative, they gasp. I’ve got bad news for liberals: There are incubators of conservatism not only in the heartland and in the Bible Belt, but in elite blue-state universities, the very institutions Lefties have dominated since they signed up for Ph.Ds to dodge the draft in the 1960s. I am delighted to report that on college campuses on both coasts (and of course in “flyover country”), there are student-run independent newspapers that are...

Polly Wants an Outrage The Collegiate Network's fifth annual Polly Awards are out. Even in war, wacky campus liberals don't disappoint. by Stephen F. Hayes "SEX CAN BE dangerous, especially when it involves toys. Wearing a three-foot, five-pound 'double dong' around his neck, Todd Wonders, a representative from Dvdadultempire.com, advised students to start small when it comes to anal penetration." So began an article last fall on the front page of the Pitt News, a student newspaper at the University of Pittsburgh. The story went on to describe, in graphic detail and with the all-important accompanying photos, an event put...