Murals and Mattresses Week at College Insurrection

MIKE LACHANCE MAY 23, 2015 8:00 AM

A shocking story from Marquette University made headlines this week.

• Marquette University Honors Cop Killer With Mural
• Public Outrage Causes Marquette University to Remove Mural of Cop Killer
• Marquette Fires Official Who Greenlit Cop-Killer Mural

The other story that dominated the news was the ‘Mattress Girl’ of Columbia.

• Mattress Girl Brings Mattress to Columbia University Graduation
• Posters Appear Around Columbia Calling Mattress Girl Emma Sulkowicz ‘Pretty Little Liar’
• Columbia ‘Mattress Girl’ saga continues as another allegation is toast

There was no shortage of leftism in other corners of academia this week.

• College Diversity Officer Could be Fired for Tweeting ‘Kill all White Men’
• Arizona State Students Say ‘Walk Only’ Zones Are Ableist
• Bill Nye Gets $35K to Talk to Rutgers Students About Global Warming

There was also a strange incident at Kennesaw State.

• Kennesaw State Student Accused of Harassment While Waiting for an Advisor
• Kennesaw State Adviser Who Accused Student of Harassment Placed on Leave

No surprises here.

• Bernie Sanders Introduces Free College Tuition Bill
• Bernie Sanders’ Free College Tuition Plan Won’t Work

Since we have an election coming up…

• Prager University – The Popular Vote vs. the Electoral College

Compare and contrast.

• Washington Post Says Conservatives Give Better Commencement Speeches Than Liberals
• Did Pres. G. W. Bush Give the Best Commencement Speech Ever?

I’m in the wrong business.

• Former Yale President Gets $8.5 Million Payout
• Smallest Ivy League School’s Current and Former Leaders Make Big Money

Watch out for those wacky professors.

• Prof’s Workshop Taught in High Schools Teaches Students to Support Hamas
• Northeastern Prof Worried That Tsarnaev Execution Will Be Expensive
• U. Texas at Austin Prof Says Americans are ‘Unable to Handle Gun Ownership’

Higher ed bubble update.

• Ohio State’s Largest College Has $10 Million Budget Gap
• Entire Class Drops Out of University of Southern California MFA Program
• Grim Job Prospects Await the Class of 2015

Who needs the Ivy League?

• Columbia Student Complains About Going to An Ivy League School
• Student Accepted to All Ivy League Schools Chooses University of Alabama

No one was surprised but them.

• Feminist Student Group Fails to Change Policy of the Catholic Church

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