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North Carolina community college lifts lockdown after police chase felon with body armor near campus
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The college initially alerted students of an "active shooter" situation near campus, but later said, "Our latest info is that this is not an active shooter situation at this time." The lockdown was lifted at noon. So...
At least 4 people were killed in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital campus shooting, police say
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At least four people were killed Wednesday in a shooting on a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said in a news conference Wednesday evening. The gunman is also dead, police said. Authorities believe the sho...
California high school student stabbed on campus
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A "trespasser" approached the campus of Stagg High School in Stockton and stabbed a student, the Stockton Unified School District said just after 12 p.m. A suspect was taken into custody and a motive for the attack h...
UVA student newspaper criticized for arguing against a campus visit from Mike Pence, ‘unjustifiable’ speech
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"We refuse to condone platforming Pence," they wrote, arguing that the former vice president's beliefs threaten "the well-being and safety of students." The editorial board said the university's "silence" was "deafen...
I know what self-censorship on campus looks like
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Issac Bailey is a longtime journalist based in South Carolina who writes for McClatchy and the Batten Professor of Public Policy at Davidson College. He's the author of "My Brother Moochie: Regaining Dignity in the F...
Liberal college student decries stifling of campus free speech in NY Times essay: ‘I sometimes feel afraid’
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In a Monday guest essay for The New York Times, University of Virginia senior Emma Camp wrote that her college experience had been defined by "strict ideological conformity," described negative experiences she, as we...
Alleged gunman arrested after student fatally shot near SUNY Potsdam campus, officials say
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A 21-year-old female student at SUNY Potsdam was shot and killed near the upstate New York campus Friday night, state police and university officials said. The victim, identified as Elizabeth Howell, was found on C...
West Virginia school district says students’ rights were violated during religious gathering on campus
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Some sudents' rights were violated during a revival assembly led by an evangelical preacher at a high school, a West Virginia school district investigating the gathering said in a statement. Students involved in the...
CAMPUS SURVEY: Is Biden doing enough for student loan debt?
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"Biden so far has done an okay job, but I'd like to see if he actually follows through with his promise from the 2020 election of helping students forgive their loan debt," one student told Fox News. WATCH below to s...
Bridgewater College says ‘individual in custody’ after reports of shooter on campus
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Bridgewater College in Bridgewater, Virginia, tweeted that "an individual is in police custody. Situation is still ongoing," after reports of a possible active shooter on campus. A shelter-in-place order is still i...
College students vocalize dangers of wokeism on campus; political views being ‘weaponized’
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According to a Heterodox Academy survey, 62% of college students say campus climate impacts student speech. Princeton University junior Abigail Anthony expressed how she’s surprised that number isn’t higher. "Clearly...
Pennsylvania university tells students to ‘shelter in place’ after arriving on campus due to coronavirus
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According to the university's website, students living on and off-campus are instructed to "shelter in place" for at least 5 days after arriving. "A University-wide shelter-in-place period will begin on Saturday, Jan...
Yale students must quarantine on campus amid COVID-19 surge, encouraged not to eat at local restaurants
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Students are also being instructed to avoid eating at local restaurants, even if outdoors, the Yale Daily News reported, citing an email from the school. Students are allowed to return to campus between Jan. 14 and F...
A professor hid a cash prize on campus. All students had to do was read the syllabus
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With every new college semester, students are faced with multiple syllabuses outlining the subjects in their classes. But do students read them thoroughly? One Tennessee professor put it to the test. Kenyon Wilson i...
Cornell University shuts down Ithaca campus after surge of nearly 500 Covid-19 cases detected
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Cornell University is shutting down its Ithaca, New York, campus and moving to "alert level red" after what the school described as a "rapid spread" of Covid-19 among students. There were 469 active student cases as...
Students who reported troubling Snapchat messages thwarted a potential mass shooting at a Florida campus, officials say
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Police in Florida arrested a student attending Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University for allegedly "plotting to shoot up the campus" on Thursday, which was the final day before winter break, officials said. John Hagi...