DeVos Appoints Loaning Know-It-All To Head Federal Student Loans

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Rob Shimshock Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation Education Secretary Betsy DeVos appointed a student loan CEO Tuesday to head the Federal Student Aid division of the Department of Education. DeVos appointed A. Wayne Johnson, a former Visa and Deloitte executive, as chief operating officer of Federal Student…

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North Korea Frees Jailed US College Student

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea has released an imprisoned American university student, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed Tuesday. Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was arrested last January while visiting North Korea as a tourist. He was detained for stealing a propaganda poster from a hotel and…

Alabama Judge Considers Overturning Law Banning Teacher-Student Sex
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Alabama Judge Considers Overturning Law Banning Teacher-Student Sex

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock An Alabama is considering overturning a law banning sex between teachers and students who are 16- to 19-years-old. The judge is hearing a case on whether the law, which mandates school employees who have sex with a student younger than 19 become a registered sex offender and serve up…

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University Professor Gets in Facebook Argument w/ Students; Tries to Get Them Fired

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: by Micah J. Fleck A history professor at a major university has gone after the jobs and campus leadership positions of students she disagreed with during as Facebook argument. The professor who pulled this stunt is reportedly being considered for a dean’s position at her employer, Texas State University. One…

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Student Who Busted Anti-Trump Prof With Secret Recording Won’t Be Punished

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Rob Shimshock A college student who recorded his professor calling President Donald Trump’s election an “act of terrorism” will not be suspended or have to send a letter of apology to the professor and school. Orange County College (OCC) student Caleb O’Neil received a temporary suspension for recording anti-Trump professor…

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Trump Admin Rescinds Federal Protections of Transgender Bathroom

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield The New York Times is reporting that the Trump administration has lifted the federal protections which allowed transgender students to use the bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity. The rescinding of federal protections, according to the NYT, goes against the advice of President Trump’s Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, in lieu…

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After 3 Years, Student Athlete Accepts Plea Deal In Rape Case

By Amber Loveshe On the night of April 27, 2013, in Johns Creek, Georgia, the words, “No, stop,” were said to have been mumbled by an intoxicated female, confirming the assumptions made by witnesses that the sexual altercation occurring at the neighborhood playground was bereft of consent. The three girls gasped as they pieced together…

Sorority Girl Predictably Expelled For Wearing Black Face

by Amber Randall School officials from a Texas christian university expelled several students involved with a blackface video that circulated throughout social media Monday. The video features a white female student from Abilene Christian University with black makeup covering her face, reports the New York Daily News. “I’m a strong black woman,” the girl says…

Student Accused of Sexual Harassment for Getting Teacher’s Name Wrong

by Blake Neff A student at the University of Tennessee flunked a quiz and was accused of sexual harassment after he guessed the wrong name for an instructor in his class. Strangely enough, the Obama administration likely bears some of the blame. The trouble for Keaton Wahlbon began last week when he took a quiz on…