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Three college leaders lose jobs over cover-up of rape-slaying School officials told family there was no foul play By Jeff Karoub ASSOCIATED PRESS July 17, 2007 YPSILANTI, Mich. – Three Eastern Michigan University administrators, including the president, have been forced out, months after top school officials were accused of covering up the rape and slaying of a student by publicly ruling out foul play. President John Fallon was fired, and Vice President of Student Affairs Jim Vick and Public Safety Director Cindy Hall lost their jobs at the 23,500-student public university, the chairman of the school's governing board said yesterday....

The war in Iraq was a regular hot topic in English class when I was in school. But why -- when it had no relevance to writing analyses’, breaking down prose, or fine-tuning style? When I heard about an unapologetic independent film production that uncovered illegitimate classroom agendas at public universities, I knew my school (Indiana University) was part of a larger problem. “I’ve been learning in geography class that gender is socially constructed,” said a student from the University of Tennessee in the revealing documentary. “Indoctrinate U” exposes the liberally biased agenda of professors and administrators whose practices are...

Tempers flare at ROTC Rally Groups nearly come to blows outside Student Union By: Wes Rahn, Collegian Staff Issue date: 3/9/07 Section: News Approximately 30 students shouted anti-war sentiments at speakers at the Student Union yesterday to protest a student rally, held by the Republican Club. Media Credit: Cristian Gomez/Collegian Approximately 30 students shouted anti-war sentiments at speakers at the Student Union yesterday to protest a student rally, held by the Republican Club. An organized, on-campus rally in support of ROTC erupted in conflict yesterday as members of the audience shouted their anti-military sentiments at the three featured speakers. The...

The University of California system is trying to force Christian schools to use the same textbooks that lower-scoring public-school students use. An association of Christian schools is fighting back

This piece admirably discusses the fact that women now outnumber men in obtaining bachelor degrees (although men have a major upperhand in mathematics and hard-sciences). So when asked whether universities should consider "affirmative action" for male applicants, a university spokesman said: "Women have worked so hard to get to this point...I think universities will have hard time supplanting well-qualified women to give a place to less-qualified, less-motivated male applicants."What??? When it comes to male affirmative action, a Liberal suddenly equates "Affirmative Action" with QUOTAS!!! This is why it is a waste of time talking to DU-types. When the circumstances change...

On Monday, April 22, nine members of TFP Student Action traveled to the College Park campus of the University of Maryland to collect surveys and pass out flyers in defense of traditional marriage. In 4 hours, Student Action collected more than 150 surveys, asking the opinion of students on homosexual “marriage,” and passed out nearly 2,000 “Stop Same-Sex Marriage” flyers. These flyers refute the scientific arguments used by the homosexual movement to push their agenda. Radical Moral Relativism Perhaps the most striking and pervasive aspect of those on campus in favor of same-sex “marriage” was their radical moral relativism. According...