Today's Clips (4/3/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

You’re more likely to win the Powerball jackpot than fill out the perfect bracket. So statisticians are using AI to improve these dismal odds as much as possible.

Mary Laura Philpott’s “I Miss You When I Blink” is a little Nora Ephron, a little Erma Bombeck — and a lot of fun.

IN OTHER NEWS

As U.S.C. has fought to attract low-income students, the campus has become a vivid microcosm of the economic disparities in Los Angeles.

A look back through the decades shows the successes and challenges of a divisive social policy.

University students offer helpful tips to incoming freshmen.

Thirteen parents accused in a college admissions scheme, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, are scheduled to appear for the first time in federal court in Boston on Wednesday, where a judge will set the conditions of their release.

“You should have control of your name, image and likeness,” Jordan Bohannon said

This is one college side hustle a recent Yale grad might be regretting.

Video showed two Border Patrol agents giving a classroom presentation, while people outside called them "Murder Patrol" and "an extension of the KKK."

Food pantries are appearing more frequently in a surprising type of location: colleges and universities. More than 700 educational institutions belong to a national nonprofit aiming to alleviate food insecurity among college students. From PBS station WTTW in Chicago, Brandis Friedman reports on how City Colleges and the Greater Chicago Food Depository are providing nutrition along with knowledge.

TRADES

To understand how the recent scam departed from conventional procedures for monitoring the role of athletics in admissions, it's worth examining the Ivy League conference, writes John R. Thelin.

Villanova University added new diversity and inclusion questions to its course survey. Some professors, conservative and liberal alike, worry they could be used against them.

Four topics of concern about advising and inequity in the wake of 'Operation Varsity Blues'

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