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Apr 26 2024
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Florida college students join national wave of pro-Palestinian rallies
Students at some of Florida’s public universities have joined the wave of pro-Palestinian demonstrations sweeping the nation this week, but their protests so far have been smaller, quieter and without the forceful police presence seen at many other campuses. At the University of Florida, a protest that turned a portion of the Plaza of the Americas into a small, grassy “liberation zone” ended
Tampa Bay TimesApr 28 2024
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Look for ‘real world’ value when picking college degree, experts say
Experts responded to report finding college grads working in jobs that do not require degree Half of recent college graduates are working in jobs that do not require their degree, a report found. But several higher education experts told The College Fix there are ways for current college students to avoid being part of this number. The Burning Glass Institute and the Strada Education
The College FixApr 28 2024
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Pro-Palestinian protest encampments spring up at the University of Vermont, Middlebury College
BURLINGTON — Pro-Palestinian protestors pitched encampments at the University of Vermont and Middlebury College on Sunday, joining a surge of student activism at institutions of higher learning across the country. By Sunday afternoon, roughly a dozen tents had sprung up on the University of Vermont’s Andrew Harris Commons in Burlington. Earlier that day, Middlebury students set up close to 40
VT DiggerApr 28 2024
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College baseball: Former SR Raider Kepley on MLB draft radar for 2025
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty University center fielder Kane Kepley has put together a terrific sophomore season in Conference USA that hasn’t gone unnoticed. Kepley was one of the players featured in a recent Baseball America profile of college players whose stock is rapidly rising. Kepley, described as a “5-foot-8 firecracker” by Baseball America was the center fielder and lead-off man for the
Salisbury PostJun 30 2023
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Why the Supreme Court affirmative action rulings make a case for abolishing the Electoral College
On Thursday, June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court disavowed decades of precedent when it struck down the use of affirmative action in college admissions in two companion cases: Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. The UNC case was a 6-3 ruling, with all six of the High Court's GOP-appointed justices declaring that
AlterNetMay 07 2024
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Utah bound: Archers lacrosse club grab former Park City star in 2024 PLL college draft
SALT LAKE CITY — Before the opening of the 2024 Premier Lacrosse League college draft Tuesday afternoon, Utah Archers head coach Chris Bates said it was "probably only a matter of time" before the newly located club began adding homegrown talent to its roster. The former Princeton and Drexel coach was referring primarily to the University of Utah, the state's lone NCAA Division I men's
KSLApr 28 2024
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Report finds comprehensive approach may improve suicide prevention on college campuses
SALT LAKE CITY — Suicide is a leading cause of death in America, with nearly 50,000 people in the U.S. dying by suicide in 2022, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With added pressures from social media influencing the younger generations to hold themselves to unrealistic standards or expectations, organizations across the nation are taking action to help
KSLApr 28 2024
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Boston's Jewish community calls pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses antisemitism
BOSTON - As student protests continue in Boston, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and demanding that their schools divest from companies that are enabling the Israel-Hamas more, Jewish students said the protests are about antisemitism and that many of them are being harassed on campus. In response to the pro-Palestinian protests on campuses, more than 1,000 people gathered outside Temple
CBS News (Online)Apr 21 2024
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Biden denounces antisemitism on college campuses amid Columbia protests
President Biden condemned antisemitism on college campuses in a statement on Sunday, three days after more than 100 people protesting the Gaza war on Columbia University’s campus were arrested. Biden’s statement, which came as part of a lengthy Passover greeting he issued from the White House, didn’t name Columbia directly but said there had been “harassment and calls for violence against Jews
Washington PostMay 07 2018
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Connecticut votes to make Electoral College votes obsolete
Connecticut voted over the weekend to join the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, which in theory would pool its Electoral College votes for the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote.
Washington Examiner