September 16, 2011

Collegiate Press Roundup

Glenn Ricketts

Student press hawks discuss the remembrance of 9/11, classroom bores, deniers of evolution and the need for a smoke-free campus.

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September 15, 2011

More on UW "Diversity" Protests

Glenn Ricketts

Minding the Campus today features CEO president Roger Clegg's eyewitness account of the recent "diversity" protests by students at the University of Wisconsin, along with this commentary by KC J......

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September 15, 2011

Competency and Western Civilization

William H. Young

William Young examines the decline of the competency that is vital to a skilled workforce.

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September 15, 2011

Science, Faith, and Academic Freedom: Erskine College Swats a Gadfly

Peter Wood

A professor's dismissal raises questions about whether religious colleges can protect both academic freedom and a creedal mission.

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September 15, 2011

Amicus Brief in Support of Rehearing Michigan Civil Rights Case

After receiving this amicus brief from NAS and civil rights organizations, the 6th circuit court of appeals has agreed to rehear a case that will determine whether the state of Michigan will ban rac......

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September 14, 2011

How UW Students React to News They Don't Like

George Leef

The Center for Equal Opportunity released a study on discrimination in admissions at the University of Wisconsin. During its press conference, however, a mob of students rushed in and shouted the ev......

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September 14, 2011

Books That Make Us Human: My Top Ten List

Jonathan Bean

Professor Brad Birzer, a man of unbounded energy, asked several of us to contribute a "top ten" list of books that make us human. 

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September 14, 2011

Where Were You?

Peter Wood

Peter Wood reflects on the reverberations of 9/11 in his life, the university, and the culture at large.

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September 14, 2011

Ask a Scholar: Did the New Deal End the Great Depression?

Steven Horwitz

Is sustained deficit spending successful in bringing a country out of a depression?

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September 13, 2011

Harvard Crimson Staff Skeptical of Dining Hall Workers'"Sustainability" Demands

Ashley Thorne

The Harvard Crimson recently published an editorial raising an eyebrow at demands by the University's unionized dining hall workers when they asked for longer hours and more “sus......

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