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Because our student editors and writers are bravely bringing conservative ideas to their campuses, we’re highlighting their efforts here.Watch: Palestine Protestors Hide from the Thinker but Record Cops as 28 Students and Faculty Arrested via The Chicago Thinker“This month, 26 students and two faculty who were arrested for trespassing at the November 9 Rosenwald Hall sit-in will appear in court. The sit-in disrupted classes and admissions tours, while nearly 100 other protestors rallied outside. The protestors eagerly recorded police officers and Thinker Editor-in-Chief Declan Hurley but tried to prevent Thinker correspondents from recording reciprocally.” Stanford Ignores Students’ Rising Cost of Living via The Stanford Review “As an unincorporated municipality separate from Palo Alto, Stanford University controls nearly everything that occurs on its land, including public safety, utilities such as water, and all of the real estate... Stanford is a fiefdom in many respects, and the administration plays the role of an economic central planner... But planning an economy on a much larger scale for nearly 20,000 students is no easy task, and despite the University’s best efforts, it often makes huge mistakes.” Cornell law professor to host event on campus antisemitism via Cornell Review “On December 19, the Legal Insurrection Foundation (LIF) and the Cornell Free Speech Alliance will be hosting an online event, ‘Campus Antisemitism Crisis: Cornell, The Ivies, and Other U.S. Universities’ ... The virtual event comes in the wake of rising tensions on-campus due to the Israel-Hamas war.” Butler College Republicans Deserve Freedom of Speech via The Collegiate Commons “In October, The Collegiate Commons attended a series of protests held by the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Butler University. The College Republicans (CR) at Butler University were present at an opposing protest on Oct. 12, supporting the Jewish community in mourning those killed by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. Afterwards, CR released a statement condemning SJP’s protest. The members of SJP then reported CR to the University alleging discrimination, which the University is currently investigating. In actuality, CR simply pointed out the hard truth. In SJP leadership’s zeal to support the cause of Palestinian liberation and self-determination, they stepped too far and chose to justify the massacre of Israelis simply by virtue of their national origin.” ISI's Collegiate Network is featured in the recently released book: You’re Not Alone: The Conservative Woman’s Guide to College. Here is a brief description from the publisher: “Conservative students today face censoring from their peers, hostile liberal professors, and more. Karin Lips, President of the Network of enlightened Women and editor of She’s Conservative: Stories of Trials and Triumphs on America’s College Campuses, wrote You’re Not Alone: The Conservative Woman’s Guide to College to prepare young women for what they will face on college campuses. Sharing the stories of students and recent graduates involved in NeW, Lips identifies problems on campus and provides practical tips on how conservative young women can thrive in this environment.” |
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CATEGORY: LITERATURE (9 MIN)Post-wall pandemoniumThe largest country in the world means many different things to Americans today. Some still associate Russia with its Communist roots, others see it as a paper tiger bereft of strength, and many more consider it the boogeyman of the modern age. But few Americans know the depth of the chaos which ruled Russia after the Berlin Wall fell and the old Soviet order collapsed with it. For this week’s Intercollegiate Review archive, Timothy Crimmins shines some light on the Russian Federation in his review of the 2018 novel A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen. Gessen’s story stars a “Russian-born but American-raised” protagonist, Andrei Kaplan, who investigates what happened to his native relatives during the post-Cold War era. In doing so, Crimmins describes how Kaplan discovers the tension between corrupted capitalism and reactionary socialism which defined that Russian era. “The transformation of Russia into a stable, pro-Western, liberal democracy was a signature task of the Clinton administration,” Crimmins says. “That transformation never happened, for reasons both internal and external.” Crimmins notes the similarities between Gessen and his main character, as both were born in Russia but spent their formative years in America. And behind the political and economic commentary, Crimmins lauds Gessen’s emphasis on humanity—especially a moving depiction of Andrei’s grandmother and her battle with dementia. Read Crimmins’ full review right here. [Note: some of the excerpts from A Terrible Country contain strong language.] |
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Thought of the Day: “We know only too well that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, but when they are weak. It is then that tyrants are tempted.”
- Ronald Reagan |
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