Today's Clips (11/27/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

An offensive lineman from Davidson College is getting looks from NFL greats like JJ Watt and Drew Brees, but not because of his football abilities.

Contemporary Thanksgiving celebrations can be traced back to one magazine editor, Sarah Josepha Hale.

Women's lacrosse officials called the changes among the most notable the NCAA has made to enhance the safety of the game in recent years.

'Squid Game: The Challenge' Player Spencer Hawkins '23 Talks About Breaking Down In Cookie Competition: "I Felt Physically Sick"

It was a miserable day in Athens, but Dave Fagg was protected from the elements in the visiting coaches box at Sanford Stadium.

Davidson College, Georgetown University and the University of Florida head these lists from the WSJ/College Pulse ranking
IN OTHER NEWS

The lawsuit, filed by the director of a cancer center, comes amid debate over how companies handle employees’ public remarks about the Israel-Hamas war.

The two free years of college are a boon to disadvantaged students.

To receive a modest speaker’s fee, academics and writers must sign a pledge that they will not participate in anti-Israel boycotts. The author Nathan Thrall said no thank you.

This year, taxpayers paid the nonprofit at least $90 million for A.P. tests that many students failed.

Children of past students are favoured in admissions - now state legislators are calling for this to end.

Colleges and universities are devoting new attention to career services as consumer demand gets louder for a tangible return on investment for a college degree.

TRADES

Four university presidents discussed the growing challenge of deciding when and whether to weigh in on controversial domestic or international affairs. College presidents have long had to balance the rights of students, faculty and staff to speak freely, protest peacefully and debate civilly while also ensuring their campuses are safe spaces open to free exchange of ideas and political and religious perspectives.

A combative pro-Palestinian protest on November 9 went viral. Administrators’ reactions inflamed both sides.

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