Bribery. Extortion. Special interest corruption. Sham elections.

No, I’m not referring to Frank Underwood’s tricks of the trade on the hit show House of Cards. I’m referring to the features of one of the most contemptible and repugnant forces in higher education – a force with millions of expropriated dollars and gangs of political operatives, lobbyists, and societal menaces on its side.

I’m referring to student government.

Mark Hemingway, in an eye-opening article that will be printed in next week’s Weekly Standard, describes some especially egregious cases of student government association malfeasance. He says such associations are “directly responsible for accelerating the degradation of our broader political culture.”

Click here to read the article online.