VOLuntarilyConservative

Brooke Heike, a former basketball player for Central Michigan University, was kicked off of the basketball team for CMU and stripped of her scholarship. Why? It wasn't for her on-court performance. It wasn't for failing to live up to the academic expectations of a student athlete. According to accounts, it was for being a heterosexual.

This story isn't getting much press. Can you imagine the press coverage if the shoe was on the other foot, if, say, Florida Head Coach Billy Donovan told one of his players that he was off the team and was having his scholarship revoked because he was gay?

I hope CMU has a deep endowment, because I bet it's about to take a bit of a financial hit.

Labels: Colleges, Homosexuality, Lawsuit

I hate to bash on one of Angela's alma maters, but this seems to be typical behavior at the elite Northern liberal universities.

"George Washington University College Democrats Vandalize Pro-Life Display"

Stay classy, D.C.

Labels: Abortion, Colleges

It seems that the University of Illinois doesn't see the need to allow constitutionally protected speech by its students. Nor does it seem that the school's administration can tell the difference between a joke and a threat. Unfortunately, such scenes at public universities across the country routinely show that our best and brightest are not running our institutions of higher learning.

Lucky for those of us who enjoy freedom and celebrate its inclusion in the United States Constitution, there are groups like the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a group I have long supported. They have come to the aid of the student targeted by the politically correct University of Illinois administration. One thing that I have learned in my dealings with FIRE over the years - FIRE rarely loses.

Read about the incident from FIRE's perspective.

Labels: Colleges, FIRE, First Amendment