http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/campus/ en-us Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:20:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407689/posts Earlier this month, The Center for Public Integrity (CPI) released a sobering, detailed series of reports--compiled over nine months of research--on the problem of campus rape. The report, Sexual Assault on Campus: A Frustrating Search for Justice, included detailed accounts of individual experiences on campuses around the country, as well as statistics and analysis aggregating broader trends. All three parts of the study, culled from interviews with 48 experts on the disciplinary process, 33 women who reported being raped on campus, surveys of over 150 crisis centers, and 10 years of claims filed against universities, are well worth a serious... RH Reality Check http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2407689/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:20:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406096/posts There are high crime rates surrounding college campuses in Georgia. Just this morning, a college student was stabbed inside the school safety zone surrounding Georgia Tech during a successful robbery. In spite of the usual advice to submit and "give the armed criminal what he wants," the robber stabbed the student after he handed over his money. Two Georgia Tech students were robbed at gunpoint over the weekend. A female Georgia State University student was carjacked on Sunday. The AJC reports that she "suffered a severe head injury" in the attack. This was one of three attacks on college students... Atlanta Gun Rights examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406096/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:34:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402706/posts Colorado is at the center of a national debate concerning gun control, revolving around moves to ban guns at two of the state’s universities. The most recent move comes as a proposal by Colorado State University’s public safety and president’s cabinet to ban students from carrying guns on campus. Their recommendation flies in the face of the students’ will, with the governing body voting 21-3 last week in support of keeping CSU a conceal-and-carry campus. As the debate in Fort Collins continues, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus is currently appealing a lower Colorado court decision that dismissed a suit... Denver Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402706/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:53:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391414/posts Ann Arbor, Michigan POLL: Should guns be allowed on campus? AnnArbor.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391414/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:00:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385719/posts Whatever Happened to Sanctions? Malcolm A. Kline, November 13, 2009 It’s interesting that the same worthies on campus who clamor to disinvest from Israel have yet to endorse sanctions on Iran. It should be noted that, as Claire Lopez points out in a report for the Center for Security Policy, the Iranian government employs a Washington lobby whose primary purpose is to get sanctions lifted on the renegade regime.... AIA FL Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2385719/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:00:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329975/posts Being powerful, Margaret Thatcher once said, is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t. On college campuses, that rule applies to “sex columnists” who tell us they’re bold and cutting-edge for writing about their sex lives in the student newspaper. These columns are overwhelmingly written by uncreative girls who have modeled their personalities and lifestyles after Carrie Bradshaw from “Sex And The City”—right down to the slang, the clothes and, apparently, writing a ludicrous sex column. “Vibrators, cross-dressing, oral sex, multiple orgasms, masturbation, bondage — no topic is too hot to handle,” USA... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329975/posts#comment Wed, 2 Sep 2009 01:58:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321933/posts Sen. Randy Richardville on Thursday (August 20th) introduced bipartisan legislation that would help make college campuses safer by allowing CCW permit holders to carry a weapon on college campuses. “Crimes occur on college campuses just like any other place,” said Richardville, a Monroe Republican. “Students, faculty and visitors, who have permits and have undergone the proper training and background checks, should have the right to carry a concealed weapon for their protection while on campus.” Senate Bill 747, sponsored by Richardville, would remove college campuses from the no-carry zones for concealed weapons. This would allow individuals with CCW permits to... wlkm http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2321933/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:43:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288623/posts Gun-rights advocates have won victories in several states in recent months allowing gun owners to carry concealed weapons in public parks, taverns and their work places. So it came as a surprise to Tennessee state Rep. Stacey Campfield that he couldn't persuade his colleagues to pass a law allowing students at public colleges to carry concealed firearms on campus. The bill died this spring in the Republican-controlled legislature -- one of 34 straight defeats nationwide for people who believe a gun wouldn't be out of place in a college student's knapsack. aucous debates over the parameters of the Second Amendment... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2288623/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 04:15:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285241/posts A participant of a summer camp on Tech's campus has been confirmed by Schiffert Health Center to have a case of H1N1 influenza, according to an e-mail to on-campus students from Housing and Dining Services. The H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, recently hit pandemic status in early June, indicating widespread global activity, as defined by the World Health Organization. According to the Center for Disease Control website, the pandemic status only reflects the spread of the virus to over 70 countries and not its severity. Housing's e-mail, sent by Associate Director for Occupancy Management Kenneth Belcher, clarified... The Collegiate Times, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285241/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 03:05:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276609/posts A BRISBANE woman was jailed for eight months in the United Arab Emirates for claiming she was raped by three men after her drink was spiked in a hotel bar. The woman, identified only as Amanda, said she ordered one drink from the bar in the United Arab Emirates hotel she was staying, but then remembered nothing until waking up the next afternoon. Amanda...was arrested after reporting her rape to police and later sentenced to 11 months' jail for having illicit sexual relations and one month for consumption of alcohol. Amanda said she had extensively researched the customs of the... Queensland Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2276609/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:09:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265403/posts WASHINGTON — The First Amendment guarantees Americans the right to free speech. The Second Amendment guarantees the right to possess firearms. ----------------------------cut------------------------- Many gun-rights advocates are arguing that college campuses, which are supposed to be open to diversity of thought, provocative dialogue, politics and protest, are hardly bastions of free speech when it comes to discussing firearms. "The fact is, the topic is so explosive," said Robert Shibley, spokesman for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which tracks discriminatory practices against students involved in conservative issues on campus. They've been dealing with "more and more" complaints about efforts... fox news.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265403/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:39:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250135/posts BATON ROUGE -- Students 21 and older, faculty and other employees with concealed weapons permits should be able to tote firearms on their college campuses, a House committee decided Tuesday. Members of the Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice voted 9-6 for House Bill 27 by Rep. Ernest Wooton, R-Belle Chasse, its chairman, sending the measure to the House floor where it died last year. The bill cleared the same committee last year, 11-3. Wooton said Tuesday he feels "comfortable" he now has the votes to pass it. Gov. Bobby Jindal said at a news conference Monday that he... Times Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250135/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 17:55:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249475/posts The House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice voted 9-6 today for a bill that would allow those with concealed handgun permits to carry their weapons on campus. House Bill 27 by Rep. Ernest Wooton, R-Belle Chasse, was approved over the objection of college students and officials who said the measure would make their campuses less safe. Officials at Tulane and Loyola universities have said they are opposed to the bill, which would allow the concealed guns on campus if the individual has passed a background check and is qualified to carry a concealed weapon. The bill would allow... Times Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2249475/posts#comment Tue, 12 May 2009 20:01:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247499/posts There have been two markedly different tales of violence and bloodshed from two different college towns that ended two different ways, reflecting the vast differences in culture and the gaping chasm that exists between the political correctness of the gun-free zone mentality and the common sense of being prepared. Story #1 comes from Middletown, CT, where 21-year-old Johanna Justin-Jinich will not see another birthday because a man identified by police as Stephen Morgan shot her dead on May 6 at an off-campus bookstore café. Morgan was caught by a surveillance camera with a gun in his hand. Alarming about this... Seattle Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247499/posts#comment Sat, 9 May 2009 12:46:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240606/posts God & Country on Campus by: Malcolm A. Kline, April 29, 2009 PC CatholicismApparently, Providence College (PC) is trying to move beyond Catholic in Name Only status to a more impromptu version of Catholicism. When school officials demurred over a planned talk at the school by former U. S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., one of the reasons that they gave for their reluctance was “additional concerns about Trancredo’s views contradicting with those of the Catholic Church.” Catholic Tancredo racked up a 100 percent rating from the National Right to Life Committee as an elected representative but was asked to speak... Campus Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240606/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:47:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236703/posts Last week, an unruly mob of radical protestors at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill chased former U.S. congressman and anti-illegal immigration spokesman Tom Tancredo from his speaking engagement. Police were forced to use pepper spray at one point while protestors tried to push their way into an already packed room. Tancredo stopped speaking when protestors outside the building broke a window in the lecture hall (video) . Last night, it initially appeared that a similar mob might do the same to another former congressman, Virgil Goode, a Virginian who is an outspoken opponent of affirmative action and shares views... The American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236703/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:55:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234207/posts 'THE HOLSTER IS A STATEMENT,' says UConn sophomore Philip Axelrod, 20, of Meriden, who is organizing a weeklong campaign on the Storrs campus next week, in which he and about a dozen other UConn students will wear empty holsters to class to protest their inability to carry handguns on campus. (PATRICK RAYCRAFT / HARTFORD COURANT / April 16, 2009) Philip Axelrod and Sara Adler say they don't want to be defenseless targets. "There are people out there who are off-balance and who shoot up schools," Axelrod, 20, said. "I don't want to be caught up in a situation where I... Hartford Courant http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2234207/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:03:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230939/posts DENVER — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has launched an investigation into a rowdy student protest that prevented former Republican Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado, an outspoken opponent of illegal immigration, from delivering a speech Tuesday night on campus.University Chancellor Holden Thorp said the investigation by the school's Department of Public Safety could result in criminal charges. The Division of Student Affairs is also probing the incident, he said, and that students could face Honor Court proceedings as a result Washington Times Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2230939/posts#comment Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:51:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229471/posts Do you think it's a good idea to be armed during a mass shooting? Diane Sawyer and the producers of ABC's 20/20 aren't so sure. In fact, on Friday, April 10, 2009, Sawyer spent a full hour trying desperately to prove how dangerous guns are and how ordinary people can't possibly defend themselves with firearms. The show's snarky title: "If I Only Had A Gun." Slanted information filled the report, seemingly pulled from the press releases of the Brady Campaign, with not a single dissenting opinion. The most egregious slight of hand was a rigged experiment that struggled to show... Buckeye Firearms Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229471/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:29:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229287/posts Some Tarrant County College students wanted to wear empty gun holsters to school because they wanted the right to carry concealed handguns on campus - with a license. A Young Conservatives student group at Lone Star College's Tomball campus wanted to hand out a tongue-in-cheek "Top-Ten Gun Safety Tips." At both schools, administrators told the groups to stop or risk campus sanctions. O'Neil: "They're unusual in several respects. But most especially because they involve attempts to discuss in a perhaps insensitive, but basically humorous fashion the issue of guns on campus." That's Bob O'Neil, the director of the Thomas Jefferson... kut radio http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2229287/posts#comment Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:58:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221284/posts CNN) -- Students at Radford University in Virginia locked their doors and were being warned to stay inside Thursday after a man was shot and killed near campus. A man was shot in the chest and killed in a residential area a couple of blocks from the school's Radford, Virginia, campus at about 9:10 p.m., according to university spokesman Michael Hemphill. He said authorities believe the shooter then fled onto campus. In a series of phone calls, e-mails and text messages, students were being warned that the university was on lockdown. CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2221284/posts#comment Fri, 3 Apr 2009 04:24:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213618/posts by , Hudson NYDuring a recent visit to several university campuses in the U.S., I discovered that there is more sympathy for Hamas there than there is in Ramallah. Listening to some students and professors on these campuses, for a moment I thought I was sitting opposite a Hamas spokesman or a would-be-suicide bomber. I was told, for instance, that Israel has no right to exist, that Israel’s “apartheid system” is worse than the one that existed in South Africa and that Operation Cast Lead was launched only because Hamas was beginning to show signs that it was interested in... ISRAPUNDIT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2213618/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:38:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2211174/posts A group of Mormons visited Central Michigan University's campus Thursday afternoon as part of a mission calling. Part of their mission on campus is to explain rumors about the Mormon beliefs, said Elder Josh Price, 21 of Arizona. "We want to dispel misconceptions, like 'Mormons' have a million wives,'" he said. The group walked through campus around noon with a giant Book of Mormon replica, stopping briefly in the Pierce Hall plaza. They were fulfilling part of a mission that has taken them around the United States, and some of them around the world. The replica was made by missionaries... Central Michigan Life.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2211174/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:46:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2196328/posts Pat Casten, College Republicans Chairman, Lake Forest College, read a statistic that only 25% of his liberal college campus was "conservative". So he went to the college and requested "diversity" funding to represent this "minority" and was successful! Spread the word on this technique. CPAC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2196328/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:00:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2187118/posts Here is a surprisingly unbiased piece from Washington (com)Post on pro-Second Amendment student groups and their efforts to legalize the right carry concealed firearms in university campuses for self protection. Read on Transsylvania Phoenix http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2187118/posts#comment Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:25:42 GMT