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That’s the title of a recent post at CampusReform.org: Duke University has formed a committee to advise another committee that is working to implement recommendations issued by still another committee for addressing “bias…
The Chronicle reports that: As the University of Chicago takes a stand against “safe spaces” on campus, the Sanford School of Public Policy is embracing the concept…. During the past…
The Duke Chronicle published this week an interesting open letter to university President Richard Brodhead. Dear President Brodhead, With this letter, we—a group of Duke University’s student leaders—come together in…
• The “Fracking Crew” ads have hit the road, as it were. Environmental groups led by the Natural Resources Defense Council are running variations of the ads that aired in…
Jane Shaw of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy writes here about a disturbing trend on college campuses in which students aren’t interested in discussing and debating ideas with…
Readers of the Charlotte Observer learned this week why current North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has more in common with the Tar Heel State’s last Republican chief executive than left-of-center…
The tried-and-true 1960s-style women-are-victims mentality is alive and well at Duke University, as evidenced by this editorial in the Duke Chronicle. There’s only one rhetorical difference today. Victimhood is now…
The ramifications of the outrageous Duke lacrosse case continue to mount. The latest is a ruling from a federal judge that allows 38 unindicted players, and the three falsely accused…
Readers of The Atlantic might remember a recent Caitlin Flanagan article, ?The Hazards of Duke,? that examined an infamous PowerPoint presentation from a female student assessing multiple male sexual partners.…
That quote comes from former Washington Post Managing Editor Phil Bennett, now a Duke professor, on why he believes public broadcasting is indispensible and should be preserved in the federal…
It’s still 1969 at Duke University. From the Duke Chronicle: (emphasis is mine) More than 60 students gathered to discuss gender inequity during Duke Student Government’s first Campus Gender Summit,…
The anarchists met in Carrboro over the weekend. A pre-convention piece in the Duke Chronicle concluded with this message from Lydia Theia, a coordinator of the book fair. The day…