The College Fix

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• Rove discusses importance of Pennsylvania in 2012 elections

  Katrina Wehr - Daily Collegian •March 1, 2011

  To hear Karl Rove tell it, the presidential candidate who wins in Pennsylvania tends to win the presidency.

• UT System chancellor writes to Gov. Perry about gun law

  Victoria Pagan - Daily Texan •March 1, 2011

  UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa sent a letter to Gov. Rick Perry encouraging him to prevent the Texas Legislature from allowing guns on college campuses.

• Conservatives petition for ROTC’s return at Stanford

  Dana Edwards - Stanford Daily •March 1, 2011

  A group of campus conservatives started a petition in support of ROTC’s return to Stanford. The petition has 812 signatures so far.

• Approximately 18 percent of Harvard seniors apply for TFA

  Patrick Galvin - Harvard Crimson •March 1, 2011

  The program continues to be popular among both Harvard students and undergraduates across the U.S. as Congress debates a bill that could put TFA’s funding in jeopardy.

• Harvard students protesting AmeriCorps cuts are protesting the wrong cuts

  Wyatt Troia - SFPA Member •March 1, 2011

  The truth is that if we do not address entitlements there will soon be no money left to fund anyone’s pet projects.

• A Wisconsin student's perspective on the protests

  Adam Schwartzman - Dartmouth College •February 28, 2011

  While I largely disagree with the protestors who have taken to the Wisconsin state capital, I can certainly appreciate the strain on financially strapped students who are supported by the school much more than I can lunatic teachers who make annual incomes approaching six digits.