Today's Clips (6/18/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

A sharp midrange jumper can counteract the pro defenders' tendency to force league newbies into the middle.

Jacquelyn Kasulis '98 has been named the permanent chief of the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, supervising cases involving national security, cybercrime, public integrity and racketeering against members of Long Island gangs, including MS-13.

Eric Rosenbach, a former chief of staff to the defense secretary and who is now at Harvard, cautioned that when it came to offensive operations “we don’t do them that often.” He added, “I can count on one hand, literally, the number of offensive operations that we did at the Department of Defense.”

IN OTHER NEWS

The student, Kyle Kashuv, a recent graduate of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, had repeatedly used racial slurs in a written chat with classmates when he was 16.

The data underscores what testing experts have long emphasized: Income, race and privilege can influence a process that is supposed to be a level playing field.

The pitch to high-school students and their parents is simple: Take that tough class at an online or alternative school, while remaining enrolled full-time elsewhere, and boost your grade-point average. Such schools are finding a lucrative niche.

Ivy Leaguers tend to sail into high-paying jobs. But there are ways to stand out without an elite college on your résumé.

The College of William & Mary says the masters of a wizardry school need to make a $70,000 debt disappear.

The college has rescinded an admissions offer to Kyle Kashuv, a Parkland survivor and conservative activist.

TRADES

Professor says his course proposal on conservative political thought was rejected because it doesn't advance diversity as it's widely understood. He thinks that's wrong.

Previously relegated to the political fringes, calls for broad student debt cancellation are now being taken seriously -- a sign of how new energy is being devoted to challenges for current student borrowers.

Florida State University’s athletics department will be exempt from public-records laws, but its president, John Thrasher, said it would continue its policies in handling requests.

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