Today's Clips (11/4/19)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Whether in mining, construction, fabrication and assembly, equipment installation and repair, or other industries, there is a shortage of skilled tradesmen/ technicians to do essential work. More than a few of my clients lament they can’t find enough good mechanics, electricians, welders, pipefitters, or general maintenance workers; if they do, it’s hard to keep them, because they are in such high demand.

Michael Gallis, associate professor of physics, has been working as part of a global team of 18 individuals on the Open Source Physics Project, which aims to provide high-quality, computer-based curricular resources to engage students in physics, computation and computer modeling.

Jon Axel Gudmundsson and Kellan Grady give Davidson two NBA prospects in its backcourt, and maybe its best team since Steph Curry.

IN OTHER NEWS

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and more than 20 universities license their own brands of beer. Those deals seem like no-brainers, but they come as the N.C.A.A. grapples with letting athletes strike their own.

Ms. Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, have continued to maintain their innocence as prosecutors’ counts against them have grown.

Education startup Kenzie Academy, one of the several new ventures that provide financing for students in exchange for a proportion of future earnings after they graduate, has raised $100 million in debt financing.

Families take their message to campuses, forging an alliance with national Greek groups.

After an awful car crash in high school, Aris Lobo-Perez arrived at Radford University filled with excitement. Three weeks later, the 18-year-old was found dead in a jail cell.

An enterprising Minnesota college student who drove to Iowa every weekend to buy hundreds of Krispy Kreme doughnuts that he then sold to his own customers in the Twin Cities area has been warned by the confectionary giant to stop.

If college kids’ political views are a clue to the nation’s future, America is headed over a left-wing cliff.

One student said the number of texts Alexander Urtula and Inyoung You sent to each other was hard to believe. Others said excessive texting can deepen the dysfunction of a relationship.

By 2025, the University of Chicago is projected to cost more than $100,000, becoming the first US university to have an advertised six-figure cost, according to projections from the Hechinger Report.

'It's Okay To Be White' flyers were placed throughout East Tennessee State University's campus on Saturday.

A van carrying Catawba College lacrosse players on their way to work concessions at the Carolina Panthers game in Charlotte flipped in a crash in Salisbury. There were no significant injuries, police say.

Officials have confirmed seven more cases of mumps at a South Carolina college, bringing the total number of cases to 18 since the state declared an outbreak in September.

American students ran at least 28 campaigns during the 2018–19 academic year to protest the Israeli government.

TRADES

Getting a job increasingly requires going through an interview on an AI platform. Some colleges are trying to prepare their students for these nonhuman interactions, but many institutions are just getting acclimated to this new technology.

National and state College Republican groups disavowed the campus chapter. As some Republican clubs double down on Trump-style nationalism, others are pushing back.

How an ugly campaign to force out an African American president exposed racial fault lines in a mostly white town.

Mainstream news accounts of complaints about inauthentic dining-hall food helped foster the image of crybaby students. But the articles didn’t tell the whole story.

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