Biden cancels $7.7 billion in student loans for 160,000 borrowers in latest debt forgiveness
President Biden announced Wednesday that his administration is canceling $7.7 billion in student loans for 160,000 borrowers. Source link
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Closing arguments set in trial of University of Arizona grad student accused of killing a professor
Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday in the trial of a former University of Arizona graduate student accused of killing a professor on campus two years ago. Source link
Student fatally shot, suspect detained at Georgia's Kennesaw State University
Officials at Kennesaw State University in Georgia say a student was killed in a weekend shooting that led to a brief lockdown on campus. Source link
University of California Professor Tells Student to Kill Herself – HotAir
No word yet on when Seeta Chaganti will be disciplined, but I doubt it. After all, UC Davis still employs a professor who called for the murder of Zionist journalists. Besides telling me to put a gun in my mouth, she also tried to grab my phone. Why would she be so angry at us […]
Jerry Seinfeld hit with student walkout at Duke graduation over Israel support
A few dozen pro-Palestinian students staged a graduation walkout Sunday at Duke University in protest of commencement speaker Jerry Seinfeld, a Jewish comedian and supporter of Israel. Immediately after Mr. Seinfeld was introduced, students in graduation robes began booing and walking off the lawn at Wallace Wade Stadium, some chanting “free Palestine” and carrying a […]
Student sues school district over suspension for saying ‘illegal aliens,’ switches to homeschooling
A North Carolina student suspended for using the term “illegal aliens” in class has sued the school district, saying he was bullied and ostracized after being falsely “branded as a racist.” Christian McGhee, 16, received a three-day out-of-school suspension last month for asking during a vocabulary lesson whether the word “aliens” meant “space aliens, or […]
Student protesters in masks could face felony charges under anti-KKK law, Ohio AG warns
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s top lawyer has advised the state’s public universities that a law written to deter Ku Klux Klan demonstrations could be used to impose felony charges on students who wear face coverings while protesting the war in Gaza. In a letter sent Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian campus protests around the country, […]
A Historian’s Take on Student Protests Leaves Out a Few Things – HotAir
I spent the morning tweeting about this. Historian Rick Perlstein has written an instant history of the campus protests which puts the whole thing down to moral panic. It’s a well written piece in the sense that he manages to present the facts in such a way that his conclusions feel almost inescapable. At least […]
Don Bacon files resolution to censure Ilhan Omar over Jewish student comment
A Republican House member filed a resolution to censure Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar Tuesday after she said some U.S. Jewish college students were “pro-genocide.” “It’s unacceptable to say, calling Jewish Americans that are Americans, calling them pro-genocide. It’s just unacceptable. So I want to take a bold stand,” Rep. Don Bacon, Nebraska Republican, told reporters, […]
16-Year-Old Student Who Was Suspended for Saying ‘Illegal Alien’ Hits Back Against School District
A North Carolina teenager who was suspended from class for three days last month for using the term “illegal aliens” is suing his school district for violating his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. Christian McGhee, 16, is a sophomore at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina. The Liberty Justice Center, a non-profit litigation […]