This is a clear assault not only on free speech but on the second amendment.

Be afraid.  Be outraged.  Apparently wanting to carry a weapon is not only politically incorrect, but enough to get you suspended from College.  And you can’t come back unless you undergo a Psych eval.

At least at this college anyway (H/T ST:

After the Virginia Tech tragedy, even talking about concealed carry is grounds for suspension

Sipping soda from a straw and leaning on his elbows at Perkins, Troy Scheffler seems harmless enough. The 31-year-old Hamline University grad student resembles a post-Pulp Fiction John Travolta—slightly overstuffed, with graying sideburns and a small, tense smile. It’s easy to imagine him hitting on a girl at a dance club.

But Scheffler is packing heat. A gun-toting concealed carry permit holder, he rarely leaves home without his sidearm.

On April 16, colleges were rocked by the news coming out of Virginia Tech. Initial reports were sketchy and confused, but by the end of the day a clear picture emerged: An angry and deranged Seung-Hui Cho had killed 32 students and faculty before turning his gun on himself in the largest mass shooting in American history.

In the aftermath, officials at Hamline University sought to comfort their 4,000 students. David Stern, the vice president for academic and student affairs, sent a campus-wide email offering extra counseling sessions for those who needed help coping.

Scheffler had a different opinion of how the university should react. Using the email handle “Tough Guy Scheffler,” Troy fired off his response: Counseling wouldn’t make students feel safer, he argued. They needed protection. And the best way to provide it would be for the university to lift its recently implemented prohibition against concealed weapons.

“Ironically, according to a few VA Tech forums, there are plenty of students complaining that this wouldn’t have happened if the school wouldn’t have banned their permits a few months ago,” Scheffler wrote. “I just don’t understand why leftists don’t understand that criminals don’t care about laws; that is why they’re criminals. Maybe this school will reconsider its repression of law-abiding citizens’ rights.”

Never let it be said that Oregonians cannot see a good idea and improve on it.  Such is the case of Sex-presso, which I blogged on in February.

Coffee shop owners fight rules with bikini-clad baristas

Adam Marshall and Steven Rotan knew they would have a challenge when they opened their drive–through Coffee Nation in January.

The state was requiring them to install a median that would block left-turn access to their shop.

But the brothers had a plan. Employees would wear bikinis.

“It’s really worked,” said Marshall, 28. “Our profits are going up every day.”

Ignore the one liners.

“Bikini Days” - which include a man-made beach and lounge chairs out front - is just one of many atttemmpts to lure customers.

“We wanted to do something fun and different,” said Rotan, 33. “It’s creative and something new for people to look at.”

The bikini tops follow a trend that’s become popular at drive-through espresso stands in Seattle.

“I love it,” said Carmel Rotan, 22, who wore a pink and brown bikini top with brown shorts as she served coffee, smoothies and other drinks. “It makes for a fun atmosphere. The customers really like it.”

And they are making it pay bigtime:

It will continue through summer as part of the business’s promotional package for the suncare company Hawaiian Tropic.

This summer, Florida-based Hawaiian Tropic is paying Marshall and Rotan to promote the company. A Hawaiian Tropic banner, coffee sleeves bearing the company’s name and free sample products all are on the way.

And there you have it.  Endorsements for coffee.

It’s a whole new ballgame.