College Insurrection Tag

ICE Arrests Foreign Students in Fake University Sting Operation

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 30, 2019 12 Comments

The Department of Homeland Security set up a fake university in Michigan called the University of Farmington, which drew in students with the promise of a "pay to stay" student visa scam.

Hunt Scheduled at Binghamton University to Cull Deer Herd

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 30, 2019 6 Comments

"This is the second year officials have allowed bowhunters to thin the herd."...

Delusions of Oppression Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 30, 2019 0 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

George Washington U. Hosts ‘Transgiving’ Event for Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 29, 2019 5 Comments

"Students for Indigenous and Native American Rights have graciously offered to speak about the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous genders throughout the world"...

Sons of Confederate Veterans to Take Possession of ‘Silent Sam’ Statue from UNC Chapel Hill

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 29, 2019 3 Comments

"The statue stood on the Chapel Hill campus for more than a century before it was torn down by protestors"...

UConn Student Newspaper Launches New Column for Underrepresented and Marginalized Groups

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 29, 2019 3 Comments

"The column is open to 'students of color, women, persons with disabilities and the LGBTQIA+ community,' according to the Campus."...

Holy Cross Student Protesters Try to Shout Down Speech by Heather Mac Donald

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 29, 2019 20 Comments

Manhattan Institute scholar Heather Mac Donald gave a speech at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts recently, but the event was marred by students who tried to shout her down.

Virginia Commonwealth U. is Testing New System To Track Students on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 28, 2019 2 Comments

"a new computer tracking system that will allow university officials to monitor a student's presence on campus"...

Evergreen State Hosts White-Blaming ‘Equity Symposium’ as Enrollment Continues to Slide

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 28, 2019 13 Comments

“Evergreen’s enrollment is tanking”...

College Democrats in Texas Trying to Bring More Voting Booths to Campus With Lawsuit

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 28, 2019 3 Comments

"in the hopes a judge will hit the pause button on a law they claim suppresses the youth vote"...

Court: Expelled Johnson & Wales male student gets trial on claim of unfair disciplinary process

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 27, 2019 12 Comments

In January 2018, I wrote about the Kafkaesque campus sexual assault tribunal at Johnson & Wales alleged in lawsuit. The case involved all-too-common really troubling procedural twists: