This morning I listened to the NPR story about the Supreme Court Case starting today concerning Hastings College and the Christian Legal Society: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] I have been a little disappointed how this case has been covered, focusing specifically on the organization’s beliefs versus the school policy, when I think [...]
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The Daily Beast just published an article on the The 50 Most Stressful Colleges They determined the list by starting with the US News and World Report rankings, and then compared it to these 5 criteria: Cost Competitiveness Acceptance Rate Engineering Crime on Campus The Top 10 schools were: 1. Stanford 2. Columbia 3. Massachusetts [...]
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A former colleague introduced me to the following show on a rainy afternoon: Now, as a former Hall Director, many of the stories I watched unfold were not surprising. Issues with students who had too much to drink, the occasional bust for carrying/smoking marijuana, and the common noise complaint. As I watched, I laughed, rolled [...]
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Ever since Erin Weed joined us on the podcast , I have had an increased awareness of news stories that involve violence on campuses. I wanted to point you to a series of stories titled Seeking Justice For Campus Rapes, that aired on NPR in collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity. Based on research from the [...]
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Earlier today there was a shooting at Ohio State University involving a custodial employee. A new Ohio State University custodial employee who received a bad job evaluation shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally shot himself, officials said Tuesday. You can read more about the incident on [...]
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A few of the classes that will be part of our summer academic schedule began to leak out the other day, and a few students expressed concern. Several of them are wanting to maximize their course load for the summer session, and the one course that fit our degree plan didn’t generate excitement. Flash forward [...]
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A student at Portland State University brought gun parts to class in late November as part of his class presentation. Campus Police says no report was filed or received regarding the incident. Then, on January 14th the professor of that class called out the student for being a “government informant and killer.” As the article [...]
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I was going to write a recap of March 4th Day of Action but Angus Johnston of the Student Activism blog has done a great job so I would suggest reading his post. I would also recommend reading the UC Regent Live(blog) to view some great photos. If there are additional links you would like [...]
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