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SLIPPERY ROCK (KDKA) – Three African nationals from Cameroon are facing charges in an organized, intra-national internet fraud scheme uncovered in western Pennsylvania. According to police, large amounts of money were wired through Western Union and MoneyGram at various locations in Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties. Authorities say among the allegedly crimes, the men were selling boxer puppies online out of a student housing complex in Slippery Rock. Police say the total is at least $20,000, but it is expected to grow. “We have at least 10 victims, and we’re expecting a lot more,” said Pennsylvania State Police Trooper James...

When a professor at Slippery Rock chose to parody The Vagina Monologues with handbills for the fictitious play that incorporated the name of the male organ, fliers for the event were torn down by female members of the faculty, incensed at the use of academic freedom to satirize their favorite play, a professor from the Pennsylvania school told disbelieving state assemblymen. Professor Alan Levy also said students have complained to him that the education teachers said if there were a teacher strike and any of the students crossed picket lines, the teachers would see to it that they never got...

Several professors from across the nation came together at the first conference on academic freedom, held in our nation’s capital last week. Not all the professors on the panel discussing “Faculty Issues” supported the Academic Bill of Rights, David Horowitz’ legislation to promote academic freedom. Yet, they all agree on one thing, it is time for a change on college campuses. “If you’re a multi-university,” started the moderator, Steve Balch, President of the National Association of Scholars, “than you should have many personalities.” He then elaborated that the biggest problem facing universities is, “the inability of the timid to stand...