college

Cops Take 1,000 Rounds of Ammo, 7 Guns From UCSB Student's Apartment

Adam Weinstein · 05/29/14 03:06PM

At the same time as 20,000 students gathered for a vigil honoring the victims of last week's mass shooting, cops seized 7 guns and about 1,000 rounds of ammunition from a 21-year-old Santa Barbara student who nearly shot a neighbor through the wall of his apartment.

Adam Weinstein · 05/20/14 01:35PM

Shorter Bret Stephens: You college brats are all lefty molly-coddled pissants. Now, please hire me to do more commencement speeches! Wah wah wahhh, Bret. Wah wah wahhhh.

In Defense of Protesting Commencement Speakers

Adam Weinstein · 05/19/14 02:09PM

Free speech on campuses is dead! Didn't you hear? Leftist fascists are forcing universities to cancel commencement speakers that they find objectionable. Others are getting protested. It's awful! Where is the freedom? Actually, the freedom is in the protesting.

Hamilton Nolan · 05/08/14 08:16AM

A private jet company is offering an itinerary to fly your child around to tour colleges for only $43,500, more than the cost of a year's college tuition.

Student Sues Over Professor's Obsession With Her Bondage-Porn Past

Adam Weinstein · 05/06/14 04:09PM

A former Portland State University undergraduate has filed a $1 million lawsuit against her faculty mentor for sexual harassment over the professor's alleged obsession with the student's experiences as a BDSM model and sexual-abuse survivor.

If You're Going to Do a Graduation Backflip, Please Stick the Landing

Jay Hathaway · 04/29/14 09:50AM

Four years of university completed, tens of thousands of dollars spent, and now you're ready to accept your diploma and head off to reckon with an economy where the unemployment rate for new college graduates just went down to 11%. What can you do on stage that would be a perfect metaphor for your life situation?

J.K. Trotter · 04/25/14 02:35PM

Professor David Petraeus will return to CUNY this fall to re-teach a course called “Are We on the Threshold of the (North) American Decade?” Enrollment starts on Monday.

College Towns Are Pits of Income Inequality

Hamilton Nolan · 04/23/14 03:50PM

Interesting little tidbit for all good liberals to chew over: a list of the U.S. cities with the very worst income inequality includes an inordinate number of university towns.