Say one thing for Milo Yiannopoulos, say he knows how to make an entrance.

The firebrand Breitbartjournalist’s highly anticipated visit to the University of California at Santa Barbara on Thursday as part of the “Dangerous Faggot Tour” began with the pundit entering on a large wooden chair held aloft by a group of male students with bright red “Make America Great Again” hats on as the song “America, F*ck Yeah” played in the background.

Yiannopoulos gave a little fist pump at the song’s chorus, then the crowd erupted in chants of “USA, USA!”

In fact, Yiannopoulos – with a full-size Donald Trump cardboard cutout in tow – received a mostly warm welcome at the campus that earlier in the week saw protests between event organizers and student activists.

The speech took place without being shut down by rabid student protesters, unlike some of his other campus visits, most notably at DePaul University earlier this week where students stormed the stage.

At UCSB, many students in the room donned Trump shirts and signs. Besides a handful of shouting matches here and there during the speech, no protests inside the venue materialized.

Some 200 students packed the lecture hall to hear Yiannopoulos wax philosophic on topics related to “Feminism is Cancer,” the official title of his speech. No sacred cow was left unscathed as he mocked modern feminist icons Lena Dunham and Amy Schumer, and joked that if women worked longer hours maybe the wage gap would shrink.

He commented that feminists tote “red and purple and green hair,” and feminist studies departments want to turn students into “Lena Dunham-lookalikes.”

“I’m convinced Lena Dunham is a conspiracy. Is there anyone who actually likes Lena Dunham? So why is she on the cover of everything, like Amy f***** Schumer?” he said.

He also focused on rape statistics. For example, he said that in 2014, there were only 12 rapes on UCSB’s campus of roughly 20,000 students, which differs from the rape statistics showing one in four college women are raped across the country.

He went on to ask whether feminists would want “men to rape more so they’ve got more to complain about so they can hang onto their ridiculous fallacious statistics or whether they prefer to rediscover their commitment to truth, accuracy, and evidence-based thinking. I don’t know, perhaps a feminist would like to tell me.”

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University of Colorado at Boulder is nestled in a region nicknamed the “People’s Republic of Boulder” and known for staunchly supporting left-leaning policies and causes – yet a three-year Conservative Thought and Policy Program launched at the school has been so successful it’s been extended for at least another year, with leaders saying they hope to make it a permanent fixture on campus.

“We had always hoped to be able to extend the program indefinitely, and it has been such a success that it was an easy decision to keep it going,” advisory committee chairman Dr. Robert Pasnau said in an interview with The College Fix.

Classes the Visiting Scholars’ have taught have been popular with students, and guest lectures the scholars have hosted added rigorous debate within the campus community, so much so that even left-leaning professors have enjoyed hosting the program, those involved with it told The College Fix in interviews.

“We hope to expand the program going forward, by bringing in a larger roster of visiting scholars, reflecting a wider range of viewpoints from conservative to liberal,” said Pasnau, who is also a philosophy professor at the school.

The three-year pilot program began in 2013, and it continues to be supported by private funds. A Visiting Scholar is appointed to a one-year teaching post.

The program seeks to appoint “highly visible scholars who are deeply engaged in either the analytical scholarship or practice of conservative thinking and policymaking or both.”

Dr. Francis Beckwith, the fourth Visiting Scholar, is a professor of philosophy and church-state studies at Baylor University. He is scheduled to teach philosophy classes this fall on the topics of Thomas Aquinas and “Philosophy and Society,” the department stated.

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SANTA BARBARA – A cadre of University of California-Santa Barbara students took to the quad Thursday to protest the participation of U.S. Customs and Border Protection recruiters at a campus job fair, loudly chanting “f*ck your borders, f*ck your walls” among other slogans.

The 50 or so student protestors who lined the outside of the campus building hosting the career fair held aloft a large banner stating “Undocumented Unafraid,” and also chanted “Hey hey, ho ho – CBP has got to go.”

“We do have undocumented students here on campus who are at potential risk,” said UCSB graduate student Idalia Robles in an interview with The College Fix. “This is a very triggering event for people in those circumstances. There is no space on this campus for an organization that continues to threaten the safety of students.”

A video taken by a College Fix reporter shows students continuing to chant similar slogans – sometimes in English and other times in Spanish – as the demonstration continued into the afternoon.

Several students declined to be interviewed by The College Fix, but the group appeared to include a mix of members from several student organizations on campus. Robles said demonstrators had mostly converged to show solidarity with undocumented students.

“This event is a university endorsed event, right? And there is the presence of Customs and Border Patrol. We are in a Hispanic serving institution. One of the concerns that are very present in the Chicano-Latino-Mexicana community is that of immigration and the abuse of power at the hands of immigration officers,” she said. “[A]s someone committed to social justice, I know that this is something crucial.”

Students at the public university were notified Monday via email about career fair participants, along with a statement by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Earning a master’s degree from a for-profit online university may be a viable option, but many say it’s not necessarily worth the bang for your buck.

With the proliferation of people with online master’s degrees, employers and job recruiters have found that some online degrees are preferred among others.

“Traditional universities that offer online degrees are usually better than for-profit online universities,” said the vice president of a top recruiting firm in the Washington, D.C. area. “Going the traditional route is always best.”

The trick is that many traditional universities offer online degrees, but do not create a distinction on the diploma between an online degree and a traditional degree.

When asked if an online MBA from American University says “online,” Assistant Dean of Digital Initiatives and New Programs Jill Klein stated: “You get a master’s degree that says American University, and it’s the degree.”

Nowadays, many employers have raised the standards of employment, requiring employees to have advanced degrees.

“One of the things that I’ve seen since the recession, and it’s probably because there are a lot of job seekers, is that employers have added ‘master’s degree helpful’ or ‘master’s degree required,’” said the owner of a leading political staffing company in Washington, D.C.

He explained that through the eyes of employers, a candidate with a master’s degree is assumed to have better critical thinking and writing skills.

Unfortunately, many undergraduates skate through college without learning necessary skills to be successful in the workplace, the political staffer added.

For-profit online universities give job candidates a degree to get their foot in the door, many job recruiters say, but there isn’t any guarantee the degree is worth the investment.

“It enhances the pool of people who may not otherwise be looked at, but I don’t know if it puts them in the same tier as those from a traditional four year school,” said the vice president of the job-recruiting firm.

However, online degrees from for-profit universities may be valuable when complementing work experience on a résumé.

According to Joe Sinclair, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Talent Acquisitions Manager at Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, “many working professionals have proven their ability to manage time and collaborate effectively, so an online program in their field of study might suit them very well.”

For-profit online universities are oftentimes the only option to further one’s knowledge in academia, and job recruiters said it is a reasonable route.

“People should be very aware of the organizations they are picking, and whether it will help a résumé,” emphasized the vice president of the job-recruiting firm.

Last May, The New York Times reported on an incident in which a fraudulent Pakistani online university, Axact, made millions without any accreditations.

Through Internet connections, Axact targeted those who sought to earn an advanced degree, took their money, and rewarded them with a worthless diploma.

In order to confirm whether an online degree is worth the bang for the buck and not a scam, Sinclair suggested that people should contact alumni via social media or other mediums to confirm that the degree will be beneficial with “collaboration, professional attention, and time management.”

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