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Opinion

Flirting with Facism, Dancing with Apartheid

The University of Arizona, where I teach, is probably little different than most universities; there’s little support for the GOP nominee here.

October 23, 2016

Students

Education Secretary John King Says College Students Need More Prep for Civic Life

Colleges must be “bold and creative” when it comes to educating students for participation in civic life, U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr., said Wednesday.

October 19, 2016

Women

Crude Trump Train Keeps on Rolling

Just when you thought that this political season could not get anymore bizarre, it sure did.

October 12, 2016

Students

Trump’s Lewd Remarks Concern Campuses Fighting Sex Assault

NEW LONDON, Conn. ― At Connecticut College, as at a growing number of campuses nationwide, students are encouraged to speak up if they hear remarks celebrating or condoning sexual aggression against women. In one training scenario, male students ask a peer if he really means it when he boasts of such conduct. So when news […]

October 12, 2016

Asian American Pacific Islander

Guillermo: Asian American Info Available, But Fox News Plays Dumb

Political polls usually include assessments of African Americans and Latinos. But when it comes to Asian Americans? Nothing. And not because we don’t have an opinion.

October 9, 2016

Students

Trump-inspired Mural Causes Controversy at University of Minnesota

ST. PAUL, Minn. ― A Donald Trump-inspired mural on the University of Minnesota campus has created a controversy. The university’s College Republicans group painted “Build The Wall” on a campus bridge last week. Student groups paint signs and messages on the Washington Avenue pedestrian bridge every fall. But WCCO-TV reports the mural was soon defaced, […]

October 4, 2016

Students

Guillermo: Close Tax Loopholes to Finance Free College Tuition Plan

The revelation of Donald Trump’s loss of nearly a billion dollars in 1995, according to his tax records obtained by the New York Times, may bolster the visibility of the free-college tuition issue on the campaign trail. Trump’s declared losses of $916 million on his 1995 return would have allowed him not to pay any […]

October 3, 2016

Students

Scholars Unsure Potential Young Latino Voters Engaged

Even though young Latino voters have much at stake in the 2016 presidential election — from immigration reform to free college — it remains unclear as to whether they will turn out to the polls in large numbers this November.

September 26, 2016

Campus Climate

Hofstra Pushes Front-line Learning with Presidential Debate

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. ― Monday night’s verbal smackdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton is a hot ticket on the campus of Hofstra University. About 7,500 students, or more than two-thirds of the student body, entered the lottery for only a few hundred tickets to witness the cycle’s first presidential debate, being held Monday night in […]

September 25, 2016

African-American

Is the Sordid Birther Chapter Really Closed?

A few days ago, Donald Trump finally admitted what the rational and sane among us always had known ― that President Obama was born in the United States.

September 19, 2016

STEM

Scholars: Science Advisor Should be Trump, Clinton Priority

The next president of the United States should name a science advisor right away in order to make sure that sound science is reflected throughout the next administration’s policies, several scholars stressed.

September 14, 2016

Students

Donald Trump Seeks 5-week Delay in Trump University Trial

SAN DIEGO ― Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump wants a five-week delay in a trial over whether the now-defunct Trump University defrauded customers because his lead attorney has a scheduling conflict. Trump attorney Daniel Petrocelli asked a federal judge in San Diego to move the trial from Nov. 28 to Jan. 2. Both dates fall […]

September 13, 2016