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NCAA Considers Easing Demands on Athletes’ Time
Leaders of the five most powerful athletics conferences, responding to players’ concerns that they spend too much time on their sports, are weighing ideas to limit the hours athletes are required to devote to their teams. One idea calls for a ban on practices and other mandatory athletics activities, not including competition, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Another proposal would create a three-week break at the end of the traditional playing season, allowing athletes to take time off.
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China Stock Swoon Could Boost US Real Estate
Sam Chandan of the Wharton School says, “The current volatility in China has underscored for Chinese investors the importance of diversifying their investments into the U.S. and elsewhere.”
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Paterno Gets His Halo Back On Mural
Pennsylvania State University's leadership isn't ready to honor Joe Paterno, but a State College artist has seen fit to give the late football coach back his halo. "I'm sorry for my fast actions with, you know, removing that halo," Michael Pilato said in a YouTube video showing former Penn State football player Bruce Clark painting the halo on Paterno, who is part of the 100- by 24-foot mural in downtown State College.
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Changing Skyline: Turning Richards Labs Into the Building Louis Kahn Wanted It to Be
University Architect David Hollenberg and Maja Bucan of the Perelman School of Medicine are quoted about the improvements to the Richards Medical Research Laboratory.
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Do Students With Guns Save Lives?
Days after two shooters killed 14 people and injured 22 others in San Bernardino, Calif., Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, stood in front of 10,000 students, faculty and staff and urged them to bring guns onto campus. In his back pocket, the president said onstage, he carried a small pistol. “Let’s teach them a lesson if they ever show up here,” Falwell said of recent acts of terrorism, before turning his attention to campus shootings.
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Including Teachers in Reform Efforts Is Key to Retention, Expert Says
Richard Ingersoll of the Graduate School of Education and the School of Arts & Sciences is quoted about the significance of including teachers in reform efforts.
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Muslim Students Take on Islamophobia: Next Protest Movement In the Making?
Boston College junior Isra Hussain never wears her favorite sweatshirt in public anymore. With her last name printed in big red letters on the back, she says, it felt less like a proud declaration of identity than an unwelcome, if not dangerous, advertisement of her Muslim faith. “I was wearing it one day in October, and I remember [Donald] Trump say something [negative] about Syrian refugees. And I thought, ‘I don’t really feel comfortable wearing this anymore,’ ” says Ms. Hussain, who grew up near Providence, R.I., the daughter of Pakistani immigrants.
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What Binds the U.S. and Chinese Economies? Moral Hazard
Minyuan Zhao of the Wharton School comments on the connection between the American and Chinese economies.
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As Disease Ebbs in West Africa, Philadelphia Halts Ebola Monitoring
Neil Fishman of the Perelman School of Medicine says, “We are preparing to stop asking the questions about West Africa, but we are debating how to maintain our preparedness.”
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Elevator Pitch for a Women’s College: Revamp Curriculum, Attract Students
Agnes Scott College is making a big bet on its future as a liberal-arts institution for women. It’s a wager that trustees have backed with a $20-million investment from the $260-million endowment, and that faculty members have enthusiastically supported by refocusing the curriculum. And this past August it brought the 127-year-old college its largest first-year class ever, raising total enrollment to 915 students. Administrators say it’s too early to be sure the bet will pay off, but there’s no hiding how happy everyone is with the initial results.