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Apr 24 2024
News
Livingstone College hosts honors convocation
SALISBURY — Livingstone College hosted its annual Samuel E. Duncan Honors Convocation last week in Bishop James Varick Auditorium, with the college’s Board of Trustee Wendee Bailey as the keynote speaker. Bailey challenged students to make the most of investment opportunities starting with their education. “I had one goal in undergrad,” Bailey said. “I wanted to be rich. I didn’t know how I
Salisbury PostApr 28 2024
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College baseball: Catawba back on top in the SAC
SALISBURY — Catawba’s surging baseball team edged Wingate on Friday to clinch the South Atlantic Conference championship and added a Saturday Senior Day sweep of the Bulldogs for good measure. It’s the 15th SAC regular-season championship for Catawba and the 13th for head coach Jim Gantt. Ranked 21st in Division II, Catawba (37-12, 24-6) finished four games ahead of second-place Coker. Dylan
Salisbury PostMay 07 2024
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College students rank Gaza war as least important issue in poll
Only 8% of college students say they’ve participated on either side of campus protests concerning the Israel-Hamas war, while a small portion view the war as an important issue, according to a poll by Generation Lab obtained by Axios.
Students ranked the conflict in the Middle East as the least important issue (13%) facing them out of nine options. Health care reform ranked the top
NewsNationMay 03 2024
Analysis
What’s Really Happening on College Campuses, According to Student Journalists
Over 50 schools. Nearly 2,000 arrests. One canceled graduation ceremony — so far.
We’re in the midst of the most widespread campus unrest since the 1960s, sparked by the war between Israel and Hamas. Over the last two weeks, campus protests have escalated, with pro-Palestinian tent encampments set up in public spaces, triggering counterprotests and, on more than 30 campuses, clashes
PoliticoApr 29 2024
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Evening Report — Protests continue to spread on college campuses
Hundreds of students have been arrested on college campuses across the country as pro-Palestinian protests continue to spread. Columbia University officials in New York gave protestors until 2 p.m. Monday to pack up and leave the on-campus encampment they have occupied for more than a week, or face possible suspension. Students continued their campus encampment and protest efforts, blowing
The HillMay 02 2024
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Biden breaks silence on college protests over Gaza conflict
Under mounting political pressure, U.S. President Joe Biden broke his silence on campus unrest over the war in Gaza on Thursday, saying Americans have the right to demonstrate but not to unleash violence.
"There is a right to protest, but not a right to cause chaos," Biden said in remarks at the White House.
With television images of campus unrest that have swept the country in
ReutersApr 25 2024
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108 protesters arrested overnight at Emerson College
The 108 protesters arrested overnight at Emerson College in Boston were set to be arraigned on a “series of charges,” including disturbing the peace and unlawful assembly, a Boston police spokesman told MassLive Thursday morning. Boston police began taking the pro-Palestinian protesters into custody around 1:45 a.m. Thursday at an encampment established by the student organization Students for
MassLive.comMay 02 2024
Opinion
For Peaceful Campus Protests, Colleges Need Free Speech Principles
One challenge of free speech advocacy is holding the line even when the speech in question is vile. Then you must make distinctions between acceptable forms of expression and those that violate the rights of others. That's why it's important to have clear, firm principles applied equally to all points of view. In the absence of clarity, you find yourself making things up as you go along—like
ReasonApr 28 2024
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Lawmakers sound off on college campus protests, arrests
Some campus protests are crossing the line, lawmakers say. Protesters have a right to voice their opinions about the situation on the ground in Gaza, but not so vociferously their protests cross the line into antisemitism or law breaking, according to a pair of Bay State politicians asked about recent crackdowns on college campuses seen nationally. Lawmakers from Beacon Hill and Capitol Hill
Boston HeraldMay 07 2024
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A Prospective Student Was Visiting a College Campus. She Was Killed by Gunfire as Innocent Bystander
Two suspects have been arrested following the fatal shooting in April of a prospective student at Delaware State University, who was shot in the head by what authorities say was a stray bullet, according to reports. On Monday, April 6, the Dover Police Department said during a press conference that they had arrested Destry Jones, 20, and Damien Hinson, 28, who are both charged with murder in
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