More Academic Insanity

Over the past few years, I’ve thought a good deal about going back to college to pursue a Masters Degree in one of several areas of study that interest me. I’ve already had two college careers—one that began when I was only seventeen years old that resulted in less than spectacular grades, and a second effort ending when I was thirty, that placed me finishing number two in my class.

My academic performance could allow admission into practically any university of my choosing, as long as I can come up with the tuition—sometimes amounting to upwards of $50,000 per year. In return for such a large outlay, institutions like Harvard, Yale, and Columbia offer access to the world’s preeminent lecturers and educators. Earning top grades in these programs, in theory, opens the door to career opportunities not available anywhere else.

The only problem is that these famous institutions of higher learning are populated primarily by faculties of self identified leftist liberals. Some are outright communists and socialists. Ideology aside, the political climate on these campuses is such that conservative students like me risk being harassed by “speech codes” and discriminated against in grading policy because of their political believes. The more outspoken you are, the worse the problem becomes.

Imagine the loss of value that would result from receiving lower or even failing grades from your professors after paying $100,000 for the classroom experience. To make this financial cost and time expenditure justifiable, would you not expect to receive fair grades in return for your efforts?

Thus my continued absence from the Ivy covered storied halls of academia today. If only there weren’t more professors like Dr. Mike Adams.

Having said all of that, there is a showdown taking place in the US Supreme Court in the coming weeks over access to college campuses by military recruiters. That’s right, a number of colleges, particularly their law schools, are outright refusing or limiting access to their graduating students by representatives of the branches of the US military. Many of these same campuses have also eliminated their ROTC programs in the past twenty years.

And what is their problem with the military?

DISCRIMINATION.

Not racial discrimination, but discrimination against gays and lesbians.

In 1996 the federal government retaliated by passing The Solomon Amendment which denied federal funding to colleges and universities that refuse to allow recruiters to visit or otherwise prevent the formation of ROTC programs on their campuses. Of course the colleges screamed bloody murder and have gone to court to overturn the law.

"In September 2003, FAIR, along with other law teachers and students, sued to block enforcement of the amendment but lost in federal district court in New Jersey.

Last year, however, the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit granted FAIR an injunction against enforcement of the Solomon Amendment, saying it "requires law schools to express a message that is incompatible with their educational objectives, and no compelling governmental interest has been shown to deny this freedom."

That is the judgment the Bush administration seeks to reverse at the Supreme Court.

"Effective recruitment is essential to sustain an all-volunteer military, particularly in a time of war," Acting Solicitor General Paul D. Clement told the court in a brief. "The Solomon Amendment reflects Congress's judgment that a crucial component of an effective military recruitment program is equal access to college and university campuses.""

Can you believe that crap like this actually happens? These communists and leftist that call themselves "professors" are so afraid of the US military that they don't even want to allow them on campus. They apparently hate the very government that defends their rights to be STUPID and allows them a forum in which spew their HATRED for our country. If they are doing such a good job of indoctrination, wouldn't it seem that they would allow the military to visit and let their students make up their own minds about a potential military career?

I say that we should load the whole bunch up on a boat and ship them to Cuba.