Today's Clips (10/26/18)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Some people even waited in the rain.

Wall Center construction recognized one of best projects in the southeast.

Attorney Janet Ward Black went to the executive director at her law firm five years ago and said they needed to give away “10 percent.”

IN OTHER NEWS

Can football be made safer? The Ancient Eight are at the forefront of efforts to keep football from going the way of boxing.

Liberal-arts majors often fare better in avoiding underemployment than those who pursue more vocationally geared majors, such as degrees in parks, recreation, leisure and fitness studies and homeland security.

Results from ACT and SAT for the Class of 2018 suggest a major challenge for educators.

UNC President Margaret Spellings will leave the job, after only three years leading the university system, according to three sources, including one with direct knowledge of the situation.

Test scores used to be the only way into college. Now, many universities are doing away with the requirement.

Writer Michael Sokolove explains how college basketball programs manipulate young athletes for the benefit — and profit — of adults. His new book is The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino.

At one university, the number of students who have returned to campus has jumped by 60 percent.

Many American institutions are re-examining their ties to Saudi Arabia after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed earlier this month. Despite its long-running links to the Saudi royal family, Harvard has opted to wait out the tide of criticism.

TRADES

The University of Central Florida is asking employees to report -- rather than comply with -- extortion attempts many are receiving through their email accounts. The email messages claim to have images of the employee watching pornography and say that the employee has a "wild imagination." The employees are told to pay $900 or risk being exposed. The university posted a redacted copy of the email to Twitter.

New study explores the causes of mental health problems in college students, finding that many are not taking advantage of campus services.

A scholar hired by the group that sued Harvard, claiming it discriminates against Asian-American applicants, testified at the trial on Thursday. The university’s economist disputes his findings.

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