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List of Colleges that Accept Late Applications for 2022

May 24, 2022 Guest Contributor

As we are near the middle portion of 2022, many colleges have begun considering applications. At times, there might be some challenges that limit students’ abilities to apply on time, and colleges, with this in mind, often extend their deadlines to accept late applications. In this article, we’ll be going over four colleges you might … Read more

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Catholic University Denies Employee a Religious Exemption Then Fires Them for Refusing to Get The Jab™

August 1, 2021 Op-Ed

A Patriot from Nashua shared disturbing information with me today, and I feel compelled to try and help her and her family. “I was let go Friday 7/30 from Rivier University, a Catholic university in Nashua. They denied my religious exemption for the shot.”

Students Locked Out Of Online Classes For Failing to Get Tested for COVID Sets Precedent for More Abuses

November 23, 2020 Steve MacDonald

In late July, Wisconsin told all public employees to wear masks during Zoom meetings. Please compromise your health for us while at home as an example to others. Not to be outdone, Arizona University will lock students out of online classes if they have not been tested for COVID.

Infectious Disease Research

May 5, 2020
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The University of Minnesota has a Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP). It is releasing a report with new preliminary findings on the coronavirus. The research report is predicting the coronavirus could be around for a while. Longer than initial projections, potentially two years.

Syracuse University – Supporting Constitution Violates Schools Non-Discrimination Policy

February 19, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Young American’s for Freedom wants to be a recognized student organization (RSO) at Syracuse University. But the Office of Student Activities (OSA) denied their application because “requiring students to believe in the U.S. Constitution is “exclusionary to international students.”

Where Colleges Ignore Free Speech Violations and the Legal System Helps

January 28, 2019September 16, 2018 Steve MacDonald

I’ve had a few things to say about free speech. More than a few. Campus “speech” is one of the more common places to land. The inclusion and diversity movements (hypocritically) invest so much time and energy limiting speech to a very narrow set of approved words and ideas that the fruit is heavy and very low.

But University administrations, as it turns out, are no better. They’ve taken to using the courts to keep from having to protect their own student’s first amendment rights.