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snip - Adam Kimelman, a third-year College student and chair of the College Republicans, said he supported the sentiment of the demands, but took issue with some aspects of the list. “I agree we should have more black students here, but we can’t put a quota on it, that’s literally unconstitutional,” he said. He also took issue with calling Thomas Jefferson a symbol of white supremacy, and claimed the University wouldn’t take some of the demands seriously. “We could definitely use an amendment to make these things more reasonable,” Kimelman said. One of the demands on the list specifically references...

The movement for academic freedom has been spurred on by students who have seen bias in the classroom or experienced political discrimination, stood up against it and become activists for their cause. A handful of these students were in Washington, D.C. to publicly share their stories at the recent Academic Freedom Conference held by Students for Academic Freedom on April 6-7. Student Mason Harrison, of University of California-Davis, encountered a political rant on the first day of a women’s studies class he’d enrolled in on a wager. “My professor began the class, not by introducing herself, but by chanting: ‘No...

This CONSERVATIVE ALERT is a special message for brook from RightMarch.com: ALERT: Are you a student, or do you know one? Are students like you or the person you know willing to give up your voice for a day, for those who have none? Since January 22, 1973 over 48,000,000 babies have had their voices silenced through surgical abortion in this nation. Children in their mothers womb have been dehumanized. Over 4,400 women being damaged by the loss of their child each day. On October 25, 2005 -- this coming week -- students from around the country will remain silent,...

As a U.S.-led military effort against Iraq appears imminent, student groups for and against war are using the Internet to mobilize rallies, spread viewpoints and link up with like-minded organizations. Supporting President Bush and the War Students For War (www.studentsforwar.com and www.studentsforwar.org) describes itself as an ad-hoc committee to "build support across America for military action against the murderous regime of Iraq's Saddam Hussein." The group's home page has an online petition that the group plans to send to the White House. The site also features a message board forum, including a slew of posts in reaction to Bush's March...