Today's Clips (11/3/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

Sarah Todd Hammer experienced a headache in ballet class when she was 8 years old — it turned out to be a neurological disorder from which she still has not recovered.

This Saturday, North Carolinians who are dedicated to fighting climate change and air pollution will be honored at the annual CleanAIRE Affair fundraiser. CleanAIRE NC, a nonprofit environmental group, will present the 2023 Blue Sky Awards to recognize their honorees' commitment. Yancey Fouché, director of sustainability at Davidson College, is among this year's honorees. ...

Davidson College Professor Dr. Susan Roberts discusses new House Speaker Mike Johnson and America’s future involvement in sending Israel financial support.

IN OTHER NEWS

To understand the constitutional rules of culture war, you have to understand that the goals of American law are to render Americans both free and safe, but not necessarily comfortable.

After years of hand-wringing about their future, liberal arts departments now face the chopping block. At risk: French, German, American studies and women’s studies.

The university said it would take a day to allow the campus to reflect and to calm tensions after an arrest in the case.

Not only are harassment and intimidation not protected by the First Amendment, but they fly in the face of the purpose of a university.

Major law firms tell deans to protect students and resist anti-Semitism.

MIT and Duke report losses for fiscal year while Yale, Harvard and Stanford have modest gains.

To improve college access, a new direct admissions program will send automatic acceptances to 200,000 high school seniors.

TRADES

About 30 Columbia University students walked out of a lecture by Hillary Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, the dean of the School of International and Public Affairs, on Tuesday to join a protest of the university’s administration, The New York Times reported.

It’s one of the rare places where people who might have little in common are asked to learn together, and from each other.

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