Janitorial Studies Week at College Insurrection

MIKE LACHANCE MAY 9, 2015 8:30 AM

There’s no shame in being a janitor; it’s a hard job. If these students waste their college years on protests, they might find that out firsthand.

• Tufts Students Stage Hunger Strike Over Cuts to Janitorial Staff
• Tufts University Students on Hunger Strike Upset With University Response

If that happens, privilege will be the least of their worries.

• Campus Reform Asks Georgetown Students to End Urinal Privilege

It was an interesting week at the University of Mary Washington.

• U. Mary Washington Students Arrested for Refusing to Vacate Building After Divestment Protest
• University of Mary Washington Feminist Group Accuses College of Not Acting on Threats

This was also a big story.

• Prof Allegedly Denounced Christianity in Humanities Class
• College Stands by Prof Accused of Denouncing Christianity

Campus leftists were busy, as usual.

• Vanderbilt Prof: White Privilege to Blame for Baltimore Riots
• College students in Massachusetts Hold March for Undocumented Students
• University of Washington Event – Learn How to Become an Abortion Activist

Politics on campus.

• Bernie Sanders Proposes Free College Tuition Plan
• New Harvard Poll is Bad News for Democrats
• Republicans and Conservatives Are Making Change Happen in Higher Education

And now, a history lesson.

• Prager University – Coolidge: The Best President You Don’t Know

This week’s crime blotter.

• University of Toledo Put on Alert but Finds no Gunman
• Police Say University of South Carolina Student Put Window Cleaner in Roommates’ Food
• Bomb Threat at Clayton State University Causes Evacuation

Charlie Hebdo is still an issue.

• Queen’s University Reverses Decision, ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Conference Will Convene After All
• ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Controversy Hits University of Minnesota

The higher ed bubble grows.

• Howard University Asks Alumni to Pay Debt for Current Students
• Standard & Poor’s Gives Negative Credit Ratings to Five Louisiana Higher Ed Institutions
• More Bankruptcy Lawsuits Occurring from College Tuition

BDS at Bowdoin.

• Bowdoin College Israel Boycott Referendum Crushed
• Professor Jacobson Talks Bowdoin: Anti-Israel Boycotters Miss a Teachable Moment

What’s in a name?

• University of North Dakota Searching For a New Nickname
• University of Akron May Change Name to Ohio Polytechnic Institute

Water is wet.

• Report: Harvard Faculty Donate Money to Democrats by Wide Margin

Sure it is.

• “English is the language of the rich and powerful”

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