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Student-Athlete Health & Safety:
- Oct 03 | ESPN | 3.8K Retweets: “A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting death of Utah football player Aaron Lowe, Salt Lake City police announced Sunday. Buk M. Buk has been charged with aggravated murder, attempted murder, and felony discharge of a firearm.”
- Sep 29 | Twitter | Illinois State Track and Field | 49 Retweets: “Last night, our community honored the life of Austin Rauch by raising awareness for mental health and suicide prevention. Through a photo, our student-athletes want to make it clear that anyone can reach out to them as a resource if they are struggling ❤️.”
Officiating:
- Oct 03 | USA Today - Trojanswire | 700 Engagements: “George Kliavkoff is one month into his first football season as Pac-12 commissioner. Saturday, he witnessed the kind of game which shows not only how bad Pac-12 football officiating is, but the kind of game that often ruins the conference’s College Football Playoff chances. USC fans, not just Duck fans, can relate to this.”
Animal Testing:
- Oct 05 | PETA | 429 Engagements: “As reported today in The Arizona Republic, the Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC) and its monkey-breeding facility in Mesa, Arizona, have violated health and veterinary regulations, operated without state oversight, failed to prevent the introduction and spread of deadly diseases among monkeys, and been repeatedly cited for multiple violations of animal welfare laws—all of this while breeding monkeys next to a toxic waste site... These records show that officials at both the University of Washington (UW)—which runs the WaNPRC and the satellite facility in Mesa—and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which funds them, were aware of the issues but failed to take any meaningful actions to correct them.”
- Sep 29 | Twitter | PETA | 195 Retweets: “Dorothy was tormented by experimenters at @UW until she was killed. Now, she’s haunting the halls on the first day of classes to introduce new students to the cruelty that takes place at the WaNPRC.”
Rioting:
- Oct 05 | Wave 3 News | 231 Engagements: “Kentucky football is heading into the LSU game 5-0 after a big win over Florida, and big wins mean big celebrations. State Street is the traditional spot for couch burnings and rowdy celebrations, which were plentiful after UK’s win over the Gators Saturday. University of Kentucky Police were in riot gear to keep tabs on the crowd, which is something officers are gearing up for again this weekend.”
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COVID-19:
- Oct 01 | Twitter | Sean Hannity | 1.4K Retweets: “FAUCI FAILS AGAIN: Fauci predicted that college football games would be super-spreader events, but so far students have been able to cheer for their teams without COVID-19 surging. @ClayTravis will discuss college football and Fauci’s failures TONIGHT on “Hannity.”
- Oct 05 | Twitter | Samuel Braslow | 1.1K Retweets: “UCLA anesthesiologist Dr. Chris Rake, a COVID-19 vaccine mandate opponent, was escorted out of the UCLA medical plaza yesterday and placed on unpaid administrative leave for refusing to get vaccinated or request an exemption. “I’m willing to go lose everything…even my life.”
Cost of Attendance:
- Oct 04 | Deadline | 33.3K Engagements: “Howard University and Netflix have announced a $5.4 million endowed scholarship to honor actor, director, writer and producer, alumnus Chadwick A. Boseman. The Chadwick A. Boseman Memorial Scholarship will provide incoming students in the College of Fine Arts with a four-year scholarship to cover the full cost of university tuition.”
- Oct 05 | Twitter | Elizabeth Warren | 1.9K Retweets: “Student debt isn’t only a problem for people with college degrees. About 40% of borrowers weren’t able to graduate, so they have to pay off loans on salaries they can get with a high school diploma. With one signature, President Biden can #CancelStudentDebt & lift that burden.”
Litigation:
- Oct 02 | Fox News | 24.3K Engagements: “An accounting professor at UCLA said he filed a lawsuit against the school after it put him on leave and allegedly threatened to fire him for not grading Black student’s more leniently than their peers.”
- Oct 04 | The Guardian | 5.4K Retweets: “The estate of Henrietta Lacks sued a pharmaceutical company on Monday, accusing it of selling cells that doctors at Johns Hopkins hospital took in 1951 without her knowledge or consent.”
Discrimination:
- Oct 02 | Twitter | Paul Gosar | 494 Retweets: “A week later and @asu has failed to expel the racist students who attacked the 2 students studying. All ASU did here is equivocate and blame the victims for a “disagreement.” Segregation is illegal. It is time to reduce ASU federal and state funding to end segregation.”
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University of Mississippi: ▲Athletics
- Oct 02 | The Tennessean | 11.7K Engagements: “Jim Weatherly, a former star quarterback at the University of Mississippi who moved to Nashville and authored megahits such as "Midnight Train to Georgia" in a prolific career as a singer-songwriter, died at his home Wednesday”
Pepperdine: ▲Free Speech
- Oct 02 | Fox News | 5.3K Engagements: “Liberal students at Pepperdine University in California were seen vandalizing a pro-life display with pro-abortion messages and removing crosses from the campus display.”
- Oct 01 | Twitter | Paris Dennard | 20 Retweets: “It’s called the Freedom Wall on campus. Instead of those tolerant, open, accepting and woke liberals just allowing the Pepperdine College Republicans to freely display their views they vandalize it. As a @PeppAlum I’m proud to support young conservative voices on campus! 🇺🇸”
University of Georgia: ▲Athletics
Texas Christian University: ▲Athletics
- Sep 30 | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 1.1K Engagements: “SMU knocked off TCU 42-34 in Fort Worth last weekend and celebrated by attempting to “plant its flag” on midfield of Amon G. Carter Stadium. Now it’s hung a billboard in the middle of Fort Worth commemorating its victory, saying “Pony Up Fort Worth” with three local players on it."
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Johns Hopkins: ▲Research ▲Discrimination
- Oct 06 | Twitter | ABC News | 2.6K Retweets: “JUST IN: More Americans have died from COVID-19 this year than from the virus in all of 2020, according to newly updated data from Johns Hopkins University. https://t.co/5Z4jQuICP3”
- Sep 30 | Washington Post | 368 Engagements: “Though it may be too late for Daniels to be prompt, it is not too late to be effective. Daniels is now gathering comments on a set of draft recommendations that will lay the foundation for the university’s next “road map” on diversity and inclusion. At a minimum, the road map should explicitly address antisemitism, providing definitions, standards, and policies.”
Harvard: ▲COVID-19
- Sep 29 | Twitter | Bryson Gray | 614 Retweets: “Can someone explain why Harvard, which is over 95% vaccinated is having a covid outbreak? I thought vaccines worked?”
- Oct 01 | Twitter | Michael Tracey | 267 Retweets: “Harvard Business School, which shut down in-person classes this week, announces a resumption for next week: but threatens further shutdowns unless students "demonstrate the leadership" to "engage in safe behaviors" and "co-create a new normal" for their social activity 🤮 🤮 🤮 https://t.co/uIEKM4XxTq”
Louisiana State University: ▲COVID-19
- Oct 05 | Twitter | Ben Smith | 928 Retweets: “LSU: Kicks me out of a building for temporarily removing my mask so I could eat. Also LSU: Let’s the Governor go maskless at a football game, breaking his own statewide mask mandate. It’s time for the double standards to end. https://t.co/oQv0dmTAJQ”
University of Alabama: ▲Athletics
- Oct 01 | Roll Tide Wire | 9.6K Engagements: “A big matchup is making its way to Tuscaloosa, and the No. 12 Ole Miss Rebels are looking to shock Tide faithful and the college football world on Saturday when they make the 160+ mile trek from Oxford to Tuscaloosa to take on the No. 1 Alabama Crimson Tide.”
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