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Fighting Campus Carry
Public universities in Texas are a few months into the experience of campus carry, a state law that allows students with licenses to bring guns to colleges. One fear of critics has been realized there: an accidental misfiring at Tarleton State University in September. Yet in Georgia, where I teach, all of our campuses thankfully remain gun-free. While Texas legislators passed and its governor happily signed a law allowing concealed weapons on campus, my governor, Nathan Deal, vetoed a bill that would have done the same here in the Peach State.
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For Women, Glass Ceilings, and Glass Walls, Too
One week after the election, many students on my campus, one of the nation’s largest women’s colleges, remain heartbroken that Hillary Clinton was not able to shatter, in her words, “the highest, hardest glass ceiling.” At Smith, every student leadership position from captain of the sports team to president of the student government is held by a woman, but my students know, even today, that this is a rare exception in a sexist world.
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Audio: Episode 12: Breaking Down a Changing America with Maria Hinojosa and Dan Hopkins
Dan Hopkins of the School of Arts & Sciences talks about immigration.
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Massachusetts College Students Join National Walkout for ‘Sanctuary Campuses’
In protest of President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration proposals, college students in Massachusetts joined a national walkout calling on their schools to protect undocumented immigrants on campus from potential federal deportation efforts. Organized under the hashtag #SanctuaryCampus, students at Harvard, Tufts, MIT, UMass Amherst, Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, and other local universities initiated petitions and rallies Wednesday seeking assurances that their fellow classmates, who are undocumented immigrants, would not be deported.
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Student Protesters Demand That Universities Become Sanctuaries for Undocumented Immigrants
Students at colleges across the country planned and held demonstrations to pressure their universities to protect undocumented students when Donald Trump becomes president. Enforcement of immigration laws was a cornerstone of Trump’s campaign, an issue many voters strongly endorsed but that has created considerable concern on many campuses for undocumented students who have been promised an education. At many schools, while some students celebrated Trump’s win, others were in tears, worried about the threat of deportation for themselves or their families.
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How Minority-serving Institutions Are Responding to Trump’s Win – and Making Their Pitch
Marybeth Gasman of the Graduate School of Education expressed her concerns about president-elect Donald Trump targeting the White House initiatives that were created to support minority-serving institutions.
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Penn Plans to Start Work Soon on Hospital Campus’ New Patient Pavilion
The plans for the University of Pennsylvania Health System’s New Patient Pavilion are highlighted.
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Harvard, Janitors Reach Late-night Deal and Avoid Strike
Negotiating well past the midnight deadline for a threatened strike, the union representing about 700 Harvard University janitors and the school reached a tentative agreement early Wednesday morning, giving workers a 12.5 percent raise, premium-free health care, and a commitment to creating more full-time jobs. By the end of the four-year contract, most of the janitors will make an average wage of $24.67 an hour.
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US Professor Lays Out Top Policy Priorities, Possibilities as Trump Enters White House
James McGann of the School of Arts & Sciences is interviewed about the results of the presidential election.
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5 Things People with Chronic Insomnia Want You to Know
Philip Gehrman of the Perelman School of Medicine comments on people who suffer from chronic insomnia.