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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed people of all races should be treated equally. This week, universities across the country celebrated Dr. King's legacy by routinely disparaging his views and defending explicit and institutional racism on college campuses in the form of affirmative action.
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A Syracuse University graduate student faced expulsion for something he said on Facebook.
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After suggesting that overpaying faculty is one cause of the explosion in tuition costs in the U.S., Vice President Biden has come under fire from college professors who say they aren't overpaid, and that his comments represent a "dangerous myth."
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Cuba, once a non-option for travel, is quickly gaining tourists as restrictions on visiting the country are eased. And now, The University of Michigan Alumni Center will embark on an alumni trip to Cuba later this year.
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Newsweek's cover story this week, "Why are Obama's Critics so Dumb?" has grabbed a lot of attention due to its crass, uncharitable, and misleading headline. Seemingly on cue, an Occupy D.C. crowd of more than 1,000 amassed outside the gates of the White House last night, and someone threw a smoke bomb at the building.
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Shouldn't Obama, who ran a campaign promising transparency in office, be willing to release so harmless a thing as his college transcripts? Job applicants are often asked to provide their college transcripts to potential employers. Last we checked, being leader of the free world was the most important job there is.