Today's Clips (4/12/22)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

After spending three and a half years in prison, Sohna's sentence was suspended, nearly 12 years early.

CORONAVIRUS

A handful of U.S. colleges and universities are reverting to the past pandemic protocol because of rising cases on campuses.

Philadelphia is reinstating an indoor mask mandate as the Omicron BA.2 variant has led to an increase of Covid-19 cases across the Northeast.

IN OTHER NEWS

Former vice president Mike Pence is set to speak at the University of Virginia.

A Georgetown University degree program designed for incarcerated students has begun at the Patuxent Institution in Jessup, Md., officials announced.

Judging historical figures outside the context of their times distorts reality. Meredith College erred in removing Joyner’s name. | Opinion

So far, ultra-competitive schools have also posted record low acceptance rates — many in the single digits — for the second year in a row, driven by test-optional policies and students applying to more schools on average, higher-ed experts said.

When Jerry Sandusky's crimes came to light in 2011, the world thought it was the first time Joe Paterno and Penn State had faced a serial sexual predator in their midst. But that was not the case. This is the story of the predator who had come before.

The American right has lost the plot on free speech.

Creighton University reversed its approval of a student group's on-campus event following changes that including a different title and additional speakers.

A judge also granted a restraining order to the pair accused of terrorizing students who ‘provoked extreme fear and anxiety’

TRADES
A majority of Kenyon College community advisers, also known as residential advisers, have launched an indefinite strike over unfair labor practices.

Princeton says it won’t remove a reference to a professor’s controversial comment about a Black student group from a university-sponsored webpage. Some say this is retaliation, but others say the pro–free speech professor is now advocating censorship.

While administrators tout the benefits of in-person instruction, some students want to preserve the flexibility of the pandemic era.

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