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The boys in blue were on the lookout for terrorists in Muslim student associations at Yale, Columbia, Penn, and other area universities: According to an internal memo obtained by AP reporters—one of the NYPD’s “Weekly MSA Reports”—NYPD Cyber-Intelligence officers conducted a “daily routine” inspection of various MSA blogs and forums and recorded which students were advertising educational conferences, among other terrorism-related activities.
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As a freshman, turns out, not so good. As an upperclassman, however, he was pretty much a baller. Check out this year-by-year analysis of Lin's performance on court during his journey from obscure Harvard freshman to NBA superstar with the New York Knicks.
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Her campus is famous for making the pepper-spraying of innocent Occupy protestors into a kind of spectator sport. In the aftermath of the incident, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi faced down a no-confidence vote last week. She emerged with no tears (and no burning of the eyes)... More
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Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal arguing that it's perfectly acceptable for professors to teach classes on Occupy Wall Street--as long as they remain honest about the historical troubles associated with left-wing social movements.
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Internet memes that satirize aspects of higher education and university life have been growing in popularity, prompting news articles about them.
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The other Republican candidates--Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Newt Gingrich--have also been invited.