Today's Clips (10/9/20)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Surging coronavirus cases. A student’s death. Off-campus parties still happening. What can Appalachian State University do at this point in the semester?

U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy posted several tweets questioning Kamala Harris’ qualifications to be vice president and, potentially, president.

If grief is the price of love, I am unable to pay.

NC political experts weigh in on whether Senate-hopeful Cal Cunningham answered enough questions this week to put his extramarital affair behind him.

This is a lightly edited transcript of a written interview that Brookings Fellow and interim Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies Ryan Hass conducted with Dr. Shelley Rigger in early October 2020 about her observations from her most recent field research in Taiwan.

The drones cut cleaning time by up to 95 percent.

Jeff Highfill, who played his high school football in the highly organized system at Salem's Andrew Lewis High in the 1960s, found life different when he became the head coach

CORONAVIRUS

The pandemic has made it harder to meet people. Classes and clubs have moved online. Students often eat alone. But they’re making the most of it.

Financial pressures explain why many campuses have brought students back. But there is a textbook solution, two economists say: government intervention.

With college admissions significantly altered this year, pay attention to what your child wants and needs.

In lieu of a traditional spring break, the university will schedule five “wellness days” during the semester.

The Duke University Talent Identification Program has fallen victim to the COVID pandemic. Public documents show Duke University will be laying off 75 employees by the start of the new year.

IN OTHER NEWS

The suit alleges the school violated federal civil rights law by discriminating against Asian-American and white applicants in undergraduate admissions.

Siblings go through a transition when an older sibling leaves. Even if they didn't have the best relationship, there is an impact.

Princeton University is naming a residential college for finance executive and alumna Mellody Hobson, recognizing her donation for a project to be built at a site that once honored Woodrow Wilson.Hobson College, bearing the name of the Black co-chief executive officer of Ariel Investments, will be built at the site of First College, formerly known as Wilson College, Princeton said Thursday in a statement. It’s the university’s first residential college named for a Black woman.

TRADES

Academics at the Rose Garden event gave tacit approval to Trump’s offenses against human dignity.

The impact of fewer students and revenue losses might not be felt until next year.

Three North Carolina colleges sent students home only weeks after in-person instruction began. They're still footing the bill for testing, PPE and other COVID-19 prevention measures.

Female academics saw their own experiences in the vice presidential debate's gendered and racialized dynamics.

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