Today's Clips (9/11/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
Colleges should not have to choose between risking their existence or risking the health of students and the community writ large. Congress must put partisan politics aside and pass another coronavirus relief package with aid for colleges and universities. 
CORONAVIRUS

An unexpected upswing in positive tests at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign showed how even the most comprehensive approaches to limiting the virus’s spread can break down.

Students are using apps to shame their schools into better coronavirus plans.

As universities gear up for a fall semester in the time of the coronavirus, one health issue has been left mostly on the back burner: sex.

As the college football season gets underway in some places—but not others—student athletes are being tested much more than their fellow undergraduates.

University of Missouri students have tweeted about the lack of working sinks on campus, the low quality of quarantine meals and the lack of testing.

North Carolina’s COVID-19 policy limits outdoor gatherings to 50 people, preventing players’ parents from attending Saturday’s Tar Heels game vs. Syracuse.

Northeastern students react to university's decision to suspend 11 Huskies | Boston.com

The question for colleges and universities is: Will they come back when the pandemic is over?

IN OTHER NEWS

Facebook is launching Campus, a subsection of the Facebook app that’ll allow college students to find and connect with each other. Students have to register with a .edu email address before creating a profile.

TRADES

A mountain of troubling data about rising mental health problems has health advocates and providers worried about the need for additional support for struggling students and the ability of colleges to provide it.

Colleges are using virtual events and blending modes of learning and reaching out to students one-on-one to build community in the age of COVID-19.

He received a letter of reprimand for a comment on Facebook.

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