Today's Clips (5/1/24)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS

A key issue at these college protests against the war in Gaza is the demand for schools to divest from Israel. Monday, we heard a perspective arguing how universities can do that more readily. Now, Geoff Bennett has a different take from Chris Marsicano. He studies higher education finance and is an assistant professor of education studies at Davidson College.

Students' demands that their universities divest their endowments from companies that do business with Israel are easier said than done, says Chris Marsicano, an assistant professor of educational studies and public policy at Davidson College in Davidson, N.C.

It’s a central demand in the pro-Palestine student protests on college campuses. But how easy is it to divest?

In 1985, Columbia students protested for the school to divest from South Africa. The recent outcry over Israel's war in Gaza has many similarities.

Protesters calling for financial transparency from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill want the school to cut ties with Israel.

Students at Western Michigan University continued their protests in support of ending the war in Gaza on Monday.They are demanding two things: a ceasefire resol

The National Trust's annual list includes Eatonville, the all-Black Florida town memorialized by Zora Neale Hurston, Alaska's Sitka Tlingit Clan houses, and the home of country singer Cindy Walker.

Women-owned business openings in the Charlotte metro increased 19% in 2023 compared to 2022, per new Yelp data.

IN OTHER NEWS

Applicants have more anxiety than ever. Elite schools have more power than ever. Something had to give.

Miguel A. Cardona told lawmakers that his department was continuing to investigate complaints of antisemitism at dozens of colleges since Oct. 7.

Columbia’s president expressed regret about calling in the police to clear a previous protest. On Tuesday, she said she had “no choice” after protesters occupied a building on campus.

University of California, Los Angeles officials had tolerated an encampment for several days but warned Tuesday night that protesters face consequences if they stay.

As on today’s college campuses, the left increasingly resorts to fomenting disorder to get its way.

Northwestern appeases its protesters. Florida enforces its rules. Columbia is a mess.

The pace of long-predicted college closings has sped up dramatically this spring, threatening to throw more and more students off the path to a degree.

Staked on uneven ground and surrounded by the stately architecture of capitalism and power, the tents confront countries and individuals for their failures.

The tents are a violation of university policy, which prohibits temporary structures from being put up unless approved by administrators.

TRADES

Cal Poly Humboldt was the first to switch to online classes and lock its doors in response to a building occupation. The occupation is over, but the campus remains closed. Under cover of darkness early Tuesday morning, about 100 law enforcement officers swarmed the campus of California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, to secure two buildings occupied by student protesters.

A new workaround could help the most vulnerable families complete the federal-aid form. But as the calendar turns to May, some experts worry “the damage may have already been done.”

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