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Willful Ignorance On Campus
By now you’ve probably seen the video of a student screaming at Nicholas Christakis — the master of Silliman College at Yale — over his refusal to apologize for an email written by his wife, Erika Christakis, which some found insensitive for its suggestion that students "look away" if someone wore a Halloween costume that offended them.
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Campus Sex…With a Syllabus
“Where did I learn about sexual consent?” Jonathan Kalin was standing before an auditorium of Trinity College freshmen, pressing play on a clip from the movie “Superbad.” The 2007 film, you may recall, tells the story of two schlubby high school friends on a quest to lose their virginity before college. In this particular scene, the main characters, played by Jonah Hill and Michael Cera, are standing in the middle of a soccer scrimmage dissecting whether or not Mr. Hill’s romantic interest wants to hook up with him.
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Audio: The LBJ Tapes: 50th Anniversary of Robert Weaver Swearing-in
Wendell Pritchett of the Law School talked about this book on Robert Weaver, the first Housing and Urban Development Department secretary and the first African-American cabinet secretary.
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What’s So Appealing About Obama’s Executive Actions on Guns
Susan Sorenson of the School of Social Policy and Practice shares her commentary on President Obama’s executive actions on guns.
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New K-8 Scholarship Program Established for Children of Slain, Disabled Phila. Police
Vice President Maureen Rush of Public Safety is highlighted for the announcement of the Philadelphia Police Foundation’s Children of Police Scholarship Fund.
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Lawyers for U-Va. Dean: Jackie Lied to Rolling Stone About Gang Rape, ‘Invented’ Story
Lawyers representing a University of Virginia associate dean in a defamation suit against Rolling Stone magazine say a sensational account of a fraternity gang rape at the school was based on a series of lies told by the story’s main subject, according to new court documents. The Alexandria-based law firm representing U-Va. administrator Nicole Eramo has filed motions seeking communications between Rolling Stone and “Jackie,” a U-Va.
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Chill on Funding Still Limits Gun-violence Research
In January 2013, President Obama issued a memorandum directing federal agencies to conduct or sponsor research into the causes of gun violence and ways to prevent it. Three years later, the flow of federal dollars to such research is still relatively small. A 2013 call for proposals from the National Institutes of Health, for example, for projects "with a particular focus on firearm violence" resulted in nine grants, so far, totaling nearly $3.7 million, and only two of those studies deal directly with guns.
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The Under-the-radar Profit-maximizing Scheduling Practice That Can Put Workers in a ‘Downward Spiral’
Marshall Fisher of the Wharton School comments on workforce productivity.
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Confronting the Past
Those driving or even flying here this week for the American Historical Association’s annual meeting might have glimpsed Stone Mountain out their car or airplane window. The massive, Mount Rushmore-style tribute to Confederate leaders Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson is hard to miss and -- for many -- hard to stomach. But what can and should be done about the thousands upon thousands of Confederate memorials and other symbols throughout the American South, many of which are on college and university campuses?
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Few Ways to Improve Your Odds for Record-breaking $700 Million Powerball Jackpot
Olivia Mitchell of the Wharton School provides advice on what to do with the money from lottery winnings.