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President Obama advised colleges and universities to make their tuition rates more affordable during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. If universities don't comply, they will lose federal funding, he warned.
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The Editorial Board of The Michigan Review, a student publication at the University of Michigan, criticized U-M President Mary Sue Coleman for her lavish travel expenses.
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Pepperdine University officials have declined to grant official club recognition to the campus group Reach OUT. Dean of Students Mark Davis said the university's religious affiliation with the Church of Chist was a deciding factor. "Pepperdine seeks to be faithful to this teaching because we believe it is God’s will,” Davis said, “and therefore we cannot endorse another view or take a neutral position on sexual morality. Although Reach OUT stated in its application that it has no position on sexual activity, we do not believe it is possible for a LGBT student organization to maintain a neutral position." ...Read More
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Anton Dirnberger, chair of the College Republicans at U-M, expressed excitement that the president was coming to campus, but expected to disagree with much of the speech.
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Casey Given, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, thinks UC's campus smoking bans have gone too far.
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Jewish groups sent a letter to University of California President Mark Yudof protesting the university's support for a campus group called Oliver Tree Initiative, which features anti-Israeli speakers.