Today's Clips (7/17/23)
DAVIDSON IN THE NEWS
The Bananas' baseball show, honed years ago at a Gastonia ballpark, has a waiting list of 800,000 people hoping to score seats for a game either in Savannah or one of their tour stops, including a two-night stint in Kannapolis this week.

The Savannah Bananas, a social media sensation known for their antics, heads into a second game Saturday night in Durham.

In 2022, Carico '24 was the first Wildcat to be named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year. In 2023, Ryan Wilson '24 received the same honor.

I’ve seen a few shifts when bigots and racists felt freer to let their ugly fly. A phone call reminded me it’s happening again.

Stephen Curry, the Golden State Warriors’ star player, gets a documentary profile with a heart-wrenching twist in AppleTV+’s “Stephen Curry: Underrated.”

As we consider Cash’s career and the range of musical worlds it embraces, our challenge is to understand its breadth as well as its enduring themes of social justice and the human condition.

In the U.S. for the first time, the event provides community while raising awareness.

IN OTHER NEWS

One-time credits will wipe out loans, fixing mistakes made by loan servicers when collecting payments under income-driven repayment programs.

During the pandemic, the U.S. paused regular payments for student loans. But repayment was dwindling for at least a decade before that.

Jim Foster had been the team’s head coach for a season. His firing came days after the university fired Pat Fitzgerald, its longtime football coach.

A lawsuit filed on Thursday says Gov. Greg Abbott’s ban is compromising research and teaching at public universities.

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action, a documentary recalls the occupation of City College 50 years ago.

Stephanie Saul, a national education reporter, shares what she’s been hearing on college campuses, even in the summer months.

Kathleen McElroy was appointed head of a journalism program at the university. But then her work in D.E.I. seemed to come into question.

Edward Blum sent letters to 150 colleges telling them to avoid leveraging essays to select applicants by race.

Online dual enrollment courses could help low-income students and schools find a good fit.

I’m a man of the left, but I never cared for the unfairness of racial preferences.

Many college students who are struggling with hunger are facing the potential loss of food stamp benefits that were boosted in the pandemic

Experts say legacy preferences in college admissions benefit the wealthy and White more than the poor and applicants of color.

Changing coaches is easy. Changing cultures is the hard work college sports officials need to start taking seriously.

Numerous advocates have asked universities built on tribal lands to make amends.

The Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision is expected to yield more applicants for some HBCUs. But school leaders say they will need to be more selective in admissions to absorb the increase.

What outlawing affirmative action in business would mean in NC

The average American saved $5,011 last year. That means it would take them about 75 years to save up enough cash to send one child to a top-rated US university.

TRADES

The Supreme Court’s decision only explicitly addressed admissions. But legal experts say it could have much broader implications and that colleges would be wise to prepare accordingly. It’s been less than a month since the Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action in admissions was unconstitutional.

The University of California at Santa Cruz can’t meet many students’ basic needs.

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