The College Fix

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• For conservatives, boycotting CPAC is a tactical error

  Mark Miller - SFPA Member •February 7, 2011

  Groups like GOProud are full of intelligent and productive members and CPAC is stronger for hosting them.

• Inside Academia: What made fraternities unique, and why they've fallen

  Andy Nash •February 7, 2011

  Frats have a reputation. Today, it's generally a poor one, and culturally, we identify their stately houses more with Animal House than high culture.

• Interview with a U.S. student abroad who was in Cairo during protests

  Judah Bellin - SFPA Member •February 7, 2011

  Eli Gentle, a grad student in Cairo for the first week of protests, describes the way police presence and different rumors affected the city.

• Tulane students studying in Egypt return safely

  Max Coll - Tulane Hullabaloo •February 7, 2011

  With no Internet access and a curfew approaching, Tulane junior Greg Weissman left his dormitory in Zamalek, Cairo, hoping to find an open café nearby.

• ROTC faces uphill battle to return to Harvard’s campus

  Tara W. Merrigan - Harvard Crimson •February 7, 2011

  It is unlikely that Harvard will be able to boast a full ROTC program in the next three to five years, according to the Chairman of Harvard Advocates for ROTC.

• Victory: Syracuse University drops allegations against student blogger

  FIRE •February 4, 2011

  Hopefully, the public relations nightmare stemming from this case will teach Syracuse University to stop threatening students with expulsion for expression that is supposedly protected by Syracuse's own binding promises of free speech.