The arrogance of these students is stunning. They’re outraged that anyone would dare honor the police anywhere near their school.
Campus Reform reports:
Students outraged that college wouldn’t cancel off-campus Back the Blue rally
Students tried to pressure the administration at Mount Holyoke College to ban a pro-Trump, Back the Blue demonstration across the...
This is a lawsuit just waiting to happen. Can you even imagine being the parents of these students?
The Boston Globe reports:
Northeastern dismisses 11 first-year students for partying. They won’t get their $36,500 tuition back
Northeastern University has dismissed 11 first-year students after they were caught violating social distancing rules, the school announced...
People wonder why the workplace is becoming so ridiculously ‘woke.’ It’s because higher ed is churning out class after class of graduates who share this warped view of free speech.
The alleged incident involving the school’s lacrosse team is flimsy as well.
Campus Reform reports:
Amherst College students demands college revise speech policy to...
Mail-in ballots, the scam that fails everywhere it’s tested. See also, Massachusetts fourth Congressional District.
This has been in discussion for over a year, but they appear to be seizing upon current events to make the change.
WHDH News reports:
Curry College plans to replace colonel mascot with logo
Curry College officials have announced a change to the school’s colonel mascot to better reflect its mission of diversity...
Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III became the first person in his famous political to lose a race in Massachusetts.
Incumbent Democratic Sen. Ed Markey defeated Kennedy in the Senate primary on Tuesday night.
The Coronavirus pandemic is having a catastrophic effect on some schools.
WBUR reports:
UMass Amherst Puts 850 Workers On Indefinite Furloughs
Citing the “incredible financial cost” associated with not fully reopening its campus this fall, UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy has calculated nearly $169 million in budget losses and is now placing 850 workers,...
Campus life sounds like so much fun this year, doesn’t it?
WHDH News in Boston reports:
Boston University says it will suspend students who attend or host large parties
Boston University announced Wednesday that it plans to suspend any student who fails to “take COVID-19 seriously” by attending or hosting a large party amid...
You have to wonder how the school would have reacted if the question was about protests instead of parties.
The College Fix reports:
Northeastern U. threatens students who said ‘yes’ to poll asking if they would...
Who is forcing these people to go back to Boston University if they don’t want to? There are thousands of other schools which are not reopening at all, and will do online only. They would be happy to have more people join them.
United States Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) has taken a significant lead over primary challenger Rep. Joseph Kennedy III (D-MA) in a closely watched race.
At the beginning of this, many people thought Kennedy would walk away with the nomination, but Markey has fought hard to retain his position. The primary takes place...
The Coronavirus pandemic has not stopped many schools from creating new diversity positions.
BU Today reports:
BU Creates Senior Diversity Post, Taps Longtime Trustee
Andrea Taylor’s parents came to Boston University because they were not allowed to attend graduate school in segregated West Virginia. Later Taylor attended BU herself, and in a 1968 protest...
A pro-bail reform group in Massachusetts posted bail for a twice-convicted rapist who has now been charged with yet another rape. The group called “Massachusetts Bail Fund” has as its slogan, “Free Them All.”
Last year, Kemberlee wrote about a Massachusetts judge, Shelley Joseph, who was indicted for helping an illegal alien evade ICE. A federal judge has rejected Joseph’s defense team’s motion to dismiss based on Joseph’s judicial immunity, bringing Joseph one step closer to a federal trial.
The Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit has vacated the death penalty against Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, ordering a new penalty phase trial. The Court also reversed the underlying convictions on several relatively-minor gun possession counts.
This is happening in Amherst, MA, a town that owes much of its economy to the many colleges in the area.
Mass Live reports:
College parties take on a new cast in COVID-19 era: Amherst residents concerned about students without masks, too close together
Residents have been calling police after seeing college students outdoors...
This is just the beginning. New England is a hub of higher education. If this happens in Massachusetts, you better believe it’ll happen in other parts of the country.
