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Georgia Tech fraternity under investigation for alleged racial harassment
Students at Georgia Tech during the Aug. 20 silent protest. (Photo courtesy of Chelsi Cocking) The Phi Delta Theta fraternity at The Georgia Institute of Technology is under investigation after...
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University of Michigan to inform parents of student alcohol violations
Photo: Michigan Daily The 2019 freshman class at The University of Michigan will be part of a new pilot program focused on alcohol violations. After receiving two or more alcohol violations — or one...
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As public and campus scrutiny of school sexual assault incidents continues to grow, some universities are looking outside their own doors for experts able to hear and decide the cases. These...
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Tennessee, Oregon lead the free community college charge
This time two years ago, then-high school student Ben Galvez didn’t know if he would be able to go to college. Then in May 2014, the state of Tennessee passed the Tennessee Promise bill, a...
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U. of Illinois creates first Mandarin college football broadcast
David He and Bruce Lu lead a Mandarin broadcast of a University of Illinois football game. (Courtesy of Bruce Lu) The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has launched what is reportedly the...
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Bernie Sanders talks free public college, 'political revolution' at Boston rally
(Courtesy of Sarah Silbiger) It seems like Boston-area college students are “feeling the Bern.” At a packed Boston rally on Saturday, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke boldly about...
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Study: Univ. of California schools do the most for low-income students
The New York Times’ Upshot blog this month placed University of California schools at the top of its ranking for colleges that do the most for low-income students. Of the top seven schools on the list,...
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If you want a gun, you should have a gun, says Arizona student group
A new student group at Arizona State University wants the right to carry guns and other weapons on campus. Students for Self-Defense at ASU has created a petition to get rid of the ban on weapons on...
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Northeastern to offer parents, older siblings 25% off grad school tuition
Photo courtesy: David Fox Northeastern University on Saturday unveiled a new discounted tuition policy in which the parents or older siblings of undergraduates can receive 25% off tuition if they...
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George Mason students fulfill lit requirement by slaying vampires
There’s only a few ways to get extra credit in professor Eric Anderson’s upcoming English course at George Mason University, simply titled “Vampires.” One of them? To slay a vampire. “You got extra...
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Voices: High school over-testing fails college students
istock When President Obama announced his Testing Action Plan for high schoolers last week — which aims to reduce the amount of time students spend taking standardized tests — the move was met with...
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Racist incidents raise questions about SAE culture
Charletteria Mathis, second from left, Albeta Wellington, far right, and her son Mark Wallace, 5, protest outside the family home of a former University of Oklahoma SAE member Parker Rice on March 11,...
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Brandeis group #FordHall2015 on 12th day of sit-in
Photo: Josh Reynolds, AP Monday marks the 12th day of a sit-in by student protesters at Brandeis University, and the group, Concerned Students of #FordHall2015, says it won’t move until all demands are...
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The DoD wants YOU!
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter at Harvard on Dec. 1, 2015. (Photo: J.D. Capelouto) U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter talked internships, science and the need to make the defense...
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Many Boston-area students unaware campus police have semiautomatic rifles
Photo credit: David Fox Northeastern University’s recently announced plan to equip its officers with semiautomatic rifles has not gone over well. On the list of people opposed to the move: Campus group...
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