{"id":18606,"date":"2013-05-02T14:01:27","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T18:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=18606"},"modified":"2013-05-02T14:01:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-02T18:01:27","slug":"duke-raises-its-student-fees-but-not-because-of-educational-expenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=18606","title":{"rendered":"Duke Raises Its Student Fees&#8211;But Not Because Of Educational Expenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday a website called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/blog\/?ID=4730\">Campus Reform<\/a> posted an article stating that <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Duke University\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=36.0011111111,-78.9388888889&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=36.0011111111,-78.9388888889 (Duke%20University)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Duke University<\/a> has raised its student fees by\u00a00.3 this year. The increase was put in place to <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Cover version\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cover_version\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">cover<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Sex reassignment surgery\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sex_reassignment_surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">sexual reassignment surgery<\/a> for students. There is a limit of $50,000 on the coverage of the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Surgery\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The official plan is in-line with a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Students' union\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Students%27_union\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Student Government<\/a> Resolution passed last March that called upon the school to cover sex change operations. The school previously covered <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Mental health professional\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mental_health_professional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">mental health care<\/a>, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Hormone therapy\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hormone_therapy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">hormone therapy<\/a> and breast augmentation and reduction surgery to students who wished to change their gender.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>There are 37 universities in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667&amp;spn=10.0,10.0&amp;q=38.8833333333,-77.0166666667 (United%20States)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">America<\/a> that cover sex change operations, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transgenderlaw.org\/college\/index.htm#health\" target=\"_blank\">according to TransgenderLaw.org<\/a>. <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Emory University\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=33.7911111111,-84.3233333333&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=33.7911111111,-84.3233333333 (Emory%20University)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">Emory University<\/a> is the only other college in the Southeast, besides Duke, to offer sexual reassignment surgery to students.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What in the world is going on in our universities?<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/?px\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=35513e06-86ba-4e18-8811-9a796d406721\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday a website called Campus Reform posted an article stating that Duke University has raised its student fees by\u00a00.3 this year. The increase was put in place to cover sexual reassignment surgery for students. 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