Liz Furlow – SFPA Member – The College Fix

Tenn. bill could get guns on campus

Liz Furlow - SFPA Member — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:58:23 +0000

A new bill before the Tennessee state legislature would permit licensed college and state university employees to carry concealed guns onto college campuses. The bill, proposed by State Sen. Stacey Campfield, has received flack from gun-rights opponents who say concealed carry will create a more dangerous university setting, rather than crime-free campuses. Campfield points to the Virginia…

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Students for Mitt Romney gaining a following

Liz Furlow - SFPA Member — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:45:58 +0000

With less than a year until the Iowa Caucuses, the battle’s already brewing between college political groups on the right. Students for Mitt Romney, founded by Vanderbilt junior Garrett Sweitzer, is off to a hot start. Since CPAC, the group has spread to 33 schools. “In the 2008 primaries in Iowa and New Hampshire, student votes constituted about nine percent of the electorate. I look at those…

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Interview with a U.S. student abroad in Jerusalem on Egpyt

Liz Furlow - SFPA Member — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:10:55 +0000

Sloane Speakman is a junior at Vanderbilt University, who spent most of January in Cairo. She has transferred, for the semester, to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where she started classes this week. The SFPA interviewed her about her experiences in Egypt during the protests earlier this month. Sloane Speakman: Very. I don’t believe I have met a single Israeli who has not expressed…

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Study shows few college students improve critical thinking

Liz Furlow - SFPA Member — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 15:18:46 +0000

A new study provides disturbing answers to questions about how much students actually learn in college—for many, not much—and has inflamed a debate about the value of an American higher education. The research of more than 2,300 undergraduates found 45 percent by a New York University research team of students show no significant improvement in the key measures of critical thinking…

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Former Vanderbilt BYX fraternity brothers allege unfair treatment based on sexual orientation

Liz Furlow - SFPA Member — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 18:44:44 +0000

Two former members of Vanderbilt’s Beta Upsilon Chi chapter say they were asked to leave the fraternity in recent months due to violations of the organization’s policy pertaining to sexual orientation. The fraternity’s Code of Conduct states that Beta Upsilon Chi does not condone homosexuality. Beta Upsilon Chi is a registered religious/spiritual student organization and a Christian fraternity…

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