Today's Clips (1/22/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Davidson’s Luke Frampton enjoyed the best game of his freshman season on Saturday, leading the Wildcats to victory against Richmond in an Atlantic 10 men’s basketball game at Belk Arena.

The brutal attack in Kenya is designed to show Washington and the world that the terrorist group is still a force to be reckoned with…

In 2017, women filled the streets of uptown carrying neon posters and wearing pink knit hats. Two years later, more women than ever before ran for and won positions in public office, and now they’re settling into their roles as representatives, senators, council members, and commissioners. After the so-called Year of the Woman, will the shift yield change?

Ross, the former UNC System and Davidson College president, said he'll serve on a new Bennett College Re-Engineering Committee.

In this episode, Dr. Shelley Rigger joins us to discuss the latest developments in cross-Strait relations, particularly since the November nine-in-one local elections in which the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) suffered a major defeat. She analyzes the economic implications behind the election results and the DPP’s struggle to maintain stable relations with mainland China. Dr. Rigger also explores how Beijing might take advantage of the opportunity to engage with Taiwan’s newly elected officials, and forecasts the road ahead for Taiwan.

IN OTHER NEWS

Putting relationship quality at the center of education.

Jobs that tap both technical and creative thinking will be likely to pay well—and resist automation.

Penn State is announcing plans for a national multidisciplinary research center on fraternities and sororities as part of an effort for change following the death of a fraternity pledge two years ago.

North Carolina's flagship public university is defending its use of race in admitting students and wants a lawsuit filed against it by a group representing past and potential applicants and parents to be dismissed.

Twenty-three private institutions have reduced tuition since 2016.

A smattering of schools use the time to give tips on résumés, interviewing — even handshakes.

More dyspeptic social laughs from the writer of “Bad Jews.”

TRADES

This article contains explicit and potentially offensive terms that are essential to reporting on this situation. The University of Oklahoma announced Monday that two students who were involved in a racist video that has roiled the campus are no longer students at the university.

University of Utah student told campus police officers multiple times she was worried about repeated, harassing text messages from ex-boyfriend. They did little to help her, and he murdered her, on campus. Experts say the tragedy points to the need for colleges to do more about domestic violence.

Students for Fair Admissions alleges that Chapel Hill gives “significant racial preferences” to underrepresented minority applicants. The university calls its approach “constitutionally sound.”

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