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Judge allows conservative prof’s ‘all men are created equal’ lawsuit to proceed

Corey Kendig - Grove City College — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 04:01:21 +0000

A judge has ruled a free speech lawsuit filed by a professor who was blocked on Twitter by a University of Oregon account after he tweeted “all men are created equal” may proceed. Portland State University Professor Bruce Gilley’s lawsuit was filed last summer, and in late January U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez denied the university’s motion to dismiss. But the ruling was billed as only a…

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Hillsdale, Grove City College students don’t qualify for Biden loan bailout — and don’t care

Corey Kendig - Grove City College — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 04:01:38 +0000

Campus representatives say students accept situation Jaclyn Nichols is a senior political science and economics major at Grove City College who does not qualify for President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Nor does she care. “In my case, Grove City was the best college for my money, which ended up solidifying my decision to come here,” she told The College Fix via email.

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Ilya Shapiro shares his top takeaways from Georgetown cancel culture experience

Corey Kendig - Grove City College — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 04:39:31 +0000

‘Even in the face of adversity, you do not lie down, but you stand up for your beliefs’ WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ilya Shapiro was the target of a campus cancel culture attack, and he’s lived to tell the tale, but it’s come at a price. In an interview with The College Fix on Wednesday at a Washington, D.C. coffee shop, the constitutional law scholar said the last four months of his life have been…

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Returning to a true Christian liberal arts education is goal of new Hildegard College

Corey Kendig - Grove City College — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 04:01:26 +0000

Hildegard’s focus — unlike other larger, Christian colleges — is not on extra amenities or pandering to the latest trends, president says Arguing that “many Christian universities have become overpriced, ineffective, and increasingly secular,” the founder of a new Christian college said he hopes to offer a higher education experience grounded in a traditional and Godly liberal arts education.

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Duke student government finally recognizes Students Supporting Israel after initial veto

Corey Kendig - Grove City College — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 04:00:28 +0000

‘One of the most important things that this process showed us — the strength of the pro-Israel community when it stands united’ The Duke University student government has agreed to officially recognize a Students Supporting Israel chapter on campus after a nearly four-month lobbying campaign that was supported by Senator Rand Paul and other like-minded groups. In November 2021…

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Profanity-laced protest: Students at UNCG demand YAF chapter be banned after posting Ben Shapiro quote

Corey Kendig - Grove City College — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 05:07:58 +0000

A large crowd of rowdy students at the University of North Carolina Greensboro on Friday demanded the conservative Young Americans for Freedom chapter at the school be shut down after it posted a quote by Ben Shapiro on its Instagram page. The post stated: “Men cannot become women. Women cannot become men. Men who believe they are women are not real women.” This is a quote by the firebrand…

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Penn State defends assignment asking students to ‘explain why the Taliban is not a terrorist organization’

Corey Kendig - Grove City College — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 05:00:25 +0000

A Pennsylvania State University spokesman is defending a recent homework assignment that made headlines for asking students to “explain why the Taliban is not a terrorist organization.” “Penn State does not align with such violent groups whose values are so disparate from ours,” said Bill Hessert, the director of strategic communications at Penn State. But the assignment has been misunderstood…

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Is the Viking next to go? WWU eyes ditching Viking mascot due to colonialism

Corey Kendig - Grove City College — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 05:10:47 +0000

‘Names idolizing conquest [are] out of line with the university’s contemporary values around honoring local Indigenous communities’ Western Washington University may scrap its Viking mascot and is currently conducting an investigation to help make a final decision on the issue. The effort was spawned in part from requests asking the public university to remove the names of four buildings on…

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MIT cancels speaker over politics, so alumnus cancels donation in name of free speech

Corey Kendig - Grove City College — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 05:01:05 +0000

Tom Hafer is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumnus who cares deeply for his alma mater, so much so that he’s withdrawing his financial support in order to help save it. Hafer graduated from the private institution more than 50 years ago, but said in a telephone interview with The College Fix he cannot support the school until it renews its commitment to free speech and academic freedom.

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Reconciliation bill includes free community college for illegal immigrants

Corey Kendig - Grove City College — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 04:10:28 +0000

Free community college is one of the perks being sought in a massive federal reconciliation bill under consideration before Congress, and the expenditure would allow illegal immigrants to attend community college for free as well. The $3.5 trillion proposal is being advanced by Democrats, and it would provide a tuition-free community college plan that would also cover students in the country…

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