Columbia University seeks to change 1920′s era whites-only fellowship bequest

Note they aren’t simply giving up the money and haven’t in almost 100 years.

Columbia University is seeking to change the terms of a fellowship that can only be awarded to white students from Iowa.

The Lydia C. Roberts Graduate Fellowship stipulates that money be given only to “a person of the...

Principal Jamille Miller-Brown suspends teen for posting her mug shot after police refuse to arrest him

Long story short – student discovers old mugshot of school principal Jamille Miller-Brown and, of course, posts it to the Internet. Principle Jamille Miller-Brown is not amused and wants the student arrested; however, the police refuse. So she suspends the student. And now the whole world gets to see principal Jamille Miller-Brown’s mugshot...

Video: ‘Touch His Freakin’ Heart,’ Student Rants at Teacher in Viral Video

Certain to attract attention but I suspect there’s a bit more to it than one gone viral video. Face it, the kid isn’t exactly a model of intellectualism. Listen to the whole thing.

ABC News’ Stephanie Mendez and Lawrence Dechant report:

A Texas high school student’s rant against his teacher has gone...

What about guns? 11 Boston Public School staffers found with rap sheets

Given that this is probably the case throughout the nation – public school systems having no idea at all how many people with rap sheets they employ – how is it government would presume to know anything and everything about a private citizen before they are permitted to purchase a firearm?

They...

Photo: Ancient quarry used to build Jerusalem found

Okay, this is cool.

A huge quarry, along with tools and a key, used by workers some 2,000 years ago, have been discovered during an excavation in Jerusalem prior to the paving of a highway, the Israel Antiquities Authorities (IAA) announced.

The first-century quarry, which fits into the Second Temple Period (538...

Video: Graphic High School Beatdown With Chairs Leads to 5 Arrests

h/t The Blaze – link below.

“It was like the devil was in there.”

That’s how the dad of a 16-year-old Philadelphia high school student who was brutally beaten, including with chairs, described what happened Tuesday to his son. And now, five of the attackers involved have been arrested and charged.

Chicago museums are prohibited from lawfully displaying firearms of historic value

Well, yeah, lift it, as Ald. Burke suggests. But, wow, that there is such a law in the first place and that it will likely remain in effect is simply pathetic.

CHICAGO — Ald. Edward Burke (14th) introduced an ordinance at Wednesday’s City Council meeting that would allow city museums to display...

Incredible: Why was Ariel Castro Allowed to drive a school bus?

I’m all for liberty and privacy, but reading this history, one has to wonder what kind of system allowed for Ariel Castro to be anywhere near a public education school bus, let alone driving one, given his long record of violence?

According to court documents, Ariel Castro’s former wife accused him of...

15,000-year-old fossil words reveal Ice Age language

Hmm:

Would Ice Age man understand us? It may depend on the words we choose. Digging through languages in Eurasia for “fossil” words that have escaped erosion over time, researchers say they have identified an ancestral language that existed as far as 15,000 years ago.

This ancient language, described in Proceedings of the...

Bill Bennett: Only 150 of 3500 Colleges Worth the Investment

Bennett also points out that half of those who start college don’t finish and it’s no longer an insurance policy that you’ll get a better job if you do graduate. Video interview at link below.

Bennett assessed the “return on investment” for the 3500 colleges and universities in the country. He found...

Ariel Castro Hid Dark Side, “loved playing with children, had checkered past” fired as bus driver after several incidents

Quite a guy, huh?

Castro, who relatives and a neighbor said loved playing with children, had a checkered past as a bus driver with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, according to his personnel record obtained by ABC News.He was suspended for 60 days without pay in February 2004 after he inadvertently...

Auburn Teacher Aide, Math Tutor Gerald Heisler arrested for sexting 14 year-old, child porn

While a good relationship between a teacher and their students is an ideal thing to achieve, Gerald K. Heisler apparently misunderstood the “good relationships” part, taking his behavior with one student beyond legal limits. (more…)