Bryan Farrell, Voices of Central Pennsylvania. October 2, 2008. Military culture is taking hold of universities, which defense researchers are using to develop weapons like puke rays and acoustic bazookas.
Ryan Powers, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. February 13, 2008. Gene Nichol, the President of William and Mary, resigned yesterday in protest of a politically-motivated decision not to renew his contract.
Michael Gould-Wartofsky, The Nation and TomDispatch.com. January 11, 2008. Free speech zones. Taser guns. Hidden cameras. Blackwater and other private security contractors... College campuses join the Homeland Security state.
Larisa Mann, WireTap. December 8, 2007. A bill in the works could cut off federal funding for financial aid if universities don't stop their students from filesharing.
Kristina Rizga, AlterNet: PEEK. September 28, 2007. Kristina Rizga: Here's a closer look at some key provisions of the bill, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy and Rep. George Miller (D-CA).
Amy Traub, AlterNet: PEEK. June 8, 2007. Amy Traub: In another dysfunctional column David Brooks gets economics, philosophy and plain old reality wrong.
Barbara Ehrenreich, Barbaraehrenreich.com. May 2, 2007. Is a college degree really a sign of competence? Or is it chiefly a signal to employers that you've mastered the ability to obey and conform?