Threats: A former University of Hawaii employee has been federally charged for allegedly posting videos on Instagram, threatening to kill two university employees. The employee made her initial appearance at Honolulu federal court Monday after she allegedly "knowingly and willingly transmitted in interstate commerce a communication " via Instagram posts threatening to kill an employee and another employee and her family. The employee worked at the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Information Technology Services Department since 2011 and resigned Sept. 19, according to the university. https://news.yahoo.com/former-university-hawaii-employee-charged-213500775.html E3EAB2D0-0D3C-4CE3-8A47-E84F6F911C7E Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:08:49 -0500 Free Speech: A federal judge in Fresno sided with a group of politically conservative students at Clovis Community College, issuing a preliminary injunction that bars the college and its leaders from enforcing some provisions of a policy regulating posters and flyers on the campus. The students and their organization, Young Americans for Freedom, filed a lawsuit against the college’s president, Lori Bennett, and other campus officials, alleging the college leaders violated their First Amendment rights to freedom of expression when they banned their flyers from college bulletin boards in late 2021. https://www.fresnobee.com/article267457577.html 5DF8FF5E-4606-4B0A-8975-2AF4934E2483 Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:57:00 -0500 Racial Issues: UC San Diego administrators have publicly apologized to students for the "disrespectful and racist remarks" that a lecturer recently made during an undergraduate class in chemistry. The incident occurred last week and involved a veteran lecturer who was bothered by noise that appeared to come from a hallway outside his classroom. The video clip was posted on Instagram, where it generated lots of angry comments. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2022-10-17/ucsd-lecturer-remarks-apology 6FC02D10-E407-46FC-ABE9-7C79C99DCDC3 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:06:32 -0500 Shooting: At least four people were hurt early Sunday morning after a shooting on the Atlanta University Center campus, police said. Around 12:30 a.m., officers in the area responded to a Clark Atlanta University homecoming gathering where they believe two people opened fire. Police said people were listening to music played by a DJ near the Robert W. Woodruff Library. The school said two of the victims were Clark Atlanta students, the third was an AUC student and the fourth was not a student. https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/clark-atlanta-university-homecoming-shooting/85-476d8be5-1b84-4d51-a5de-c48bce1139a5 4354708E-98A8-48F3-8D4F-12A31A6FF636 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:06:03 -0500 Sexual Assault: Following two highly publicized reports of sexual assault on campus in recent months, hundreds of Stanford students on Friday marched to the main quad to protest what they say is the university’s lackluster efforts to prevent future rapes. Last Friday a woman was raped after a man grabbed her from her Stanford University office and dragged her into a basement. The brazen attack came just two months to the day after another woman was abducted in broad daylight from a parking lot near a Stanford dorm and forced into a bathroom, where she was raped. The widespread fear and anger among women on campus was palpable Friday as students articulated their demands to the administration, urging them to take action and demonstrate its --honest commitment to fundamental change of rape culture” at the university. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/14/hundreds-of-stanford-students-march-to-demand-administrators-expel-rapists-from-campus/ FF697909-0BAF-4F26-B777-AA86F076F11F Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:52:18 -0500 Walk Out: More than 50 librarians at the University of Washington didn’t show up for work Thursday, taking a stand against what say are low wages and tactics by the university to stall contract negotiations. Librarians, professional staff and press workers from all three UW campuses picketed outside the main campus in Seattle on Thursday, holding signs that said "Top 10 in research bottom 10 in pay" and "We deserve a contract." https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/why-university-of-washington-librarians-went-on-strike-for-the-day/ 2237413C-DB40-4371-B3BD-FB19AAD51742 Thu, 13 Oct 2022 10:23:14 -0500 Greek Life: The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity has been permanently removed from the University of Miami after allegations of misogyny and spiking drinks. A leaked video of an off-campus party on Oct.1st shows male students chanting about raping women, and what they'd do to their corpses. "It's sick and it's crazy that they are chanting it together," says UM student Patrick McCaslin. McCaslin is the student editor at the school newspaper, the Miami Hurricane, who first reported the story. https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/university-of-miami-fraternity-chapter-closed-after-allegations-into-drugged-drinks-disturbing-chants/ 639624DF-7E2A-4F00-B9AC-508C27309E3F Mon, 10 Oct 2022 09:01:24 -0500 Homicide: A man is in custody after he allegedly shot and killed a University of Arizona professor at the main Tucson campus Wednesday afternoon. In a news conference, University of Arizona Police Chief Paula Balafas said the suspect, 46-year-old man, was arrested by Arizona Department of Public Safety officers at 5:10 p.m. after a traffic stop near Gila Bend. Limited details are available about the shooting, but police said it happened in an office. The relationship, if any, between the professor and the shooter was not disclosed. https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-arizona-professor-shot-killed-campus-former-student-police 4D6218D1-DCDA-47A2-A070-264A5DCD7D1D Thu, 6 Oct 2022 10:03:28 -0500 Athletics: The head coach of the University of Texas Permian Basin women's soccer team has been put on paid administrative leave pending an ongoing investigation, according to UTPB Director of Athletics Todd Dooley. This comes after a group of players sent an email to a number of university, Lonestar Conference and NCAA members with concerns about the coach's behavior on and off the field. Last month, the coach was arrested for driving while intoxicated with an alcohol concentration of 0.15 or more, according to an arrest affidavit. At that time, the school was aware of the incident, but the coach remained at the helm of the program. https://www.newswest9.com/article/news/local/utpb-womens-soccer-head-coach-put-on-paid-administrative-leave-following-allegations-from-team/513-12a5d8d3-15bd-41da-b596-0148bca30f2a 38D38375-49BF-4240-B296-67C3599A2999 Wed, 5 Oct 2022 14:16:53 -0500 Homicide: A Purdue University student will be charged with murder after he allegedly killed his roommate in a residence hall on the Indiana campus, according to the school's police chief. The chief and the Tippecanoe County Coroner Office identified the slain student as Varun Manish Chheda, a 20-year-old senior from Indianapolis who was studying data science. Chheda died of "multiple sharp force traumatic injuries" and the manner of death was a homicide, according to preliminary autopsy results. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/purdue-university-student-custody-roommate-was-killed-residence-hall-o-rcna50789 BF79EB5B-6F83-4A55-8FA0-4C8BF5C92877 Wed, 5 Oct 2022 13:47:49 -0500 Vandalism: The Dean of Students office at Illinois State University and the campus Pride organization are condemning bigoted vandalism of Greek houses by members of a campus fraternity. Members of the fraternity Kappa Sigma vandalized three other houses over the weekend (Tri Sigma, Alpha Sigma, and Acacia House), according to the dean's office. Fraternity members spray painted derogatory slurs directed at LGBTQ+ people on the buildings. https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2022-10-04/isu-condemns-frat-hazing-that-turns-into-bigoted-vandalism F19F4DA8-03DE-4411-B775-8562E33F01BF Tue, 4 Oct 2022 08:52:46 -0500 Campus Bomb Hoax: A Texas man has been arrested and charged with allegedly staging a hoax explosion at Northeastern University in Boston in September 2022 and providing law enforcement with materially false and misleading information about the incident. According to the charging documents, the man, who was at the time employed as the New Technology Manager and Director of the Immersive Media Lab (Lab) at Northeastern University, placed a 911 call at approximately 7 p.m. on Sept. 13, 2022, to report that he was injured by “sharp” objects expelled from a plastic case he opened inside the Lab that evening. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/former-northeastern-university-employee-arrested-staging-hoax-explosion F10F78C9-723F-49C6-88E6-3C1CDA7F91B7 Tue, 4 Oct 2022 09:12:50 -0500 Stadium Security: An Austin man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly used false press credentials to access the Texas Longhorns game and then reportedly assaulted two University of Texas band members. On Sept. 17, police reported that a man, 55, bypassed event staff by presenting two expired press box credentials. After he entered the stadium, police said the suspect then assaulted two band members by grabbing or touching their buttocks. At the time, police reported that Torres was wearing a UT Housing and Dining shirt, and he was later identified as an employee there. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/university-of-texas/ut-staff-member-assault-trespassing-arrest/269-82bd44df-ee5f-4d99-aaca-01906c467b47 30BCAF5B-A0CF-4534-B4BB-1FDE178AF40B Mon, 3 Oct 2022 14:53:38 -0500 Free Speech: The University of Idaho is prohibiting staff from promoting or providing abortion services while performing their jobs, warning they could be fired or face misdemeanor or felony convictions if they do, according to an email reportedly sent to staff on Sept. 23. The university claimed the new guidance aims to make sure it operates within the confines of state laws, according to the memo obtained by the Idaho Press. https://abcnews.go.com/US/idaho-university-prohibits-staff-promoting-discussing-abortion-due/story?id=90574351 6510F129-8A9B-4E07-8EA2-55FCADEAFF6D Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:12:06 -0500 Religious Issues: University of North Carolina Charlotte Chancellor Sharon Gaber apologized Friday after a video showed a campus police officer handcuffing a follower of the Sikh faith for having a knife in the university’s student union. "Further investigation showed the item was a kirpan, an article of faith in Sikhism," Gaber said in a message to the campus community posted on the university’s website, UNCC.edu. Initiated Sikhs must have such articles of faith with them at all times, according to the Sikh Coalition, an organization that defends the civil rights of members of the religion. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article266293056.html 62D53B72-A436-481F-97CB-1887637E60E5 Sat, 24 Sep 2022 09:40:19 -0500 Free Speech Settlement: The Alliance Defending Freedom is calling it a victory for free speech on public university campuses. The University of North Texas will pay out $165,000 to math professor Nathaniel Hiers after it fired him for writing a joke about ‘microaggressions’ on a chalkboard. ADF attorney’s filed a lawsuit after they say the university admitted to firing Hiers after he wrote, "Please don’t leave garbage lying around," with an arrow pointing to the flyers warning about microaggressions. Lawyers say the head of the math department fired Hiers a week after he wrote the note, in part, because he did not express "honest regret" about his actions. https://www.ktsa.com/university-of-north-texas-to-pay-165000-settlement-to-professor-who-joked-about-microaggressions/ B309D74A-8FEE-4A47-A486-E501D1E87D33 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:48:03 -0500 Stalking: A Penn State professor is facing charges for allegedly stalking another faculty member in a University Park building throughout the summer. An assistant research professor in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences was accused on Thursday of following the woman in the Willard Building on multiple occasions and using a cell phone to attempt to take photos up her skirt. The woman told a Penn State police investigator that the alleged stalking had caused her fear and anxiety for which she planned to seek treatment. https://www.statecollege.com/penn-state-professor-charged-with-stalking/ 9CCE1654-E9B5-486F-9A1F-EC7DCA8B2138 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:35:33 -0500 Threat: A student at the University of Utah was arrested Wednesday after she allegedly threatened to detonate a nuclear reactor on campus if the football team lost to San Diego State last weekend. The 21-year-old woman posted the threats on an anonymous social media app called Yik Yak before Saturday's game, Salt Lake City radio station KSL reported. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/pac12/2022/09/22/utah-student-arrested-alleged-nuclear-threat-if-football-team-lost/8082020001/ 3D48DC04-37B6-44C8-ABAE-F0C27298F06C Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:15:30 -0500 Threat: A Minneapolis man faces felony charges due to a bomb threat he allegedly made after harassing women at the University of Minnesota's Coffman Memorial Union Wednesday evening. The Hennepin County Attorney's Office says the 36-year-old man is charged with one count of making threats of violence. The criminal complaint states Umar was reported to be "filming students" inside the union and "repeatedly attempting to enter a room, and refusing to leave." https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/university-of-minnesotas-coffman-union-evacuated-nearby-streets-closed/ 9BB01B77-E149-4894-9E02-EE2630E092AB Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:25:31 -0500 Hazing Settlement: Virginia Commonwealth University has agreed to pay $995,000 to the family of Adam Oakes, a student who died last year from alcohol poisoning at a fraternity party and whose death drew renewed scrutiny of hazing in Greek organizations across the country. The university said in a statement on Friday that, in addition to the payment, it had agreed to make changes to its fraternities and sororities, including requiring that the alcohol served at their events be provided by a licensed third-party vendor; offering more hazing prevention training; and dedicating Feb. 27 — the day Mr. Oakes, a 19-year-old freshman, was found dead in 2021 — as a day of remembrance for Mr. Oakes, and for hazing prevention. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/us/vcu-adam-oakes-hazing-settlement.html 0EBCF05E-CDE9-4B40-950C-7EBEF42B3D08 Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:56:17 -0500 Religious Freedom: Yeshiva University abruptly announced on Friday that it had placed all undergraduate club activities on hold, the latest maneuver in the legal battle by the Modern Orthodox Jewish institution to keep from recognizing an L.G.B.T.Q. student group. The move came two days after the U.S. Supreme Court had ordered the university to recognize the student group. In a 5 to 4 vote, the justices said the university would first have to make its arguments in New York State courts before returning to the Supreme Court. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/nyregion/yeshiva-university-lgbt-student-clubs.html E66929AB-2932-46CF-B9AA-1E55108BD4BF Fri, 16 Sep 2022 10:09:18 -0500 Campus Safety: A Northeastern University staff member was injured Tuesday when a package he was opening detonated on the Boston campus, officials said. "The staff member sustained minor injuries and is being treated," Shannon Nargi, a spokesperson for Northeastern University, told CNN in an email. The package was delivered to Holmes Hall, Nargi said. The staffer, a 45-year-old man, suffered hand injuries, Boston Police Superintendent Felipe Colon said during a news conference Tuesday night. Investigators haven’t said how the package arrived at the campus and stressed the investigation is ongoing. https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/13/us/northeastern-university-boston-package-detonation/index.html 30E4D51B-A7DD-4E62-A442-6596F77CC386 Wed, 14 Sep 2022 14:25:17 -0500 Racial Issues: Around 11 p.m. on September 7 someone placed a noose on the head of the Homer statue on the grounds of the University of Virginia. A UVA Grounds Security Officer discovered the noose the next morning around 4 a.m. Officials say security footage shows a person "climbing up the statue, placing a noose around the neck, and leaving the area on foot." The incident is being investigated as a hate crime. https://wset.com/news/local/person-places-noose-on-the-neck-of-homer-statue-at-uva-university-of-virginia-hate-crime 60528DF1-02FD-43C3-8130-2B6689C678D8 Mon, 12 Sep 2022 14:05:40 -0500 Campus Alert System: A false active shooter warning sent out to the entire Amherst College campus last Friday, startling students and staff alike on the day new students moved in, was the result of a mistake by the software company behind the school’s alert system, the college announced Thursday. The reports of a gunman on campus arrived around midday. Just before noon, Amherst College President Michael Elliott said school administrators realized some students had received notifications over the school’s threat warning system, which can alert the campus to a dangerous situation by text, email and other methods. https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/09/amherst-college-says-false-active-shooter-alert-occurred-while-company-did-software-maintenance-on-system.html 647FC606-A3F3-4930-B1E7-38F811F9466C Fri, 2 Sep 2022 10:47:44 -0500 Campus Threat: A former Lehigh University student has threatened current students, leading to charges and increased security on the Bethlehem campus, authorities say. The threat was reported about 7:30 p.m. Sunday to university police, a warning posted on university media says. Bethlehem police have charged the student with terroristic threats and harassment — both misdemeanors -- records show. https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2022/08/ex-student-threat-leads-to-charges-increased-security-at-lehigh-university-police-say.html 1EF41E6A-6B50-4852-82AC-4DF5823325EE Thu, 1 Sep 2022 10:00:54 -0500 Indecent Exposure: A man is facing charges after being accused of exposing himself to a Florida International University student and preventing her from leaving a classroom. "It makes me feel like women here are unsafe," says FIU student Leslie Lopez. "There needs to be more security here." The man, who is listed by police as being homeless, then fled in an unknown direction. https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/man-exposes-self-to-fiu-student-inside-classroom/ 8BD3F07C-5922-45CF-9099-21F8D17964B0 Thu, 1 Sep 2022 09:50:06 -0500 Hammock Accident: A freak accident occurred on the first day of classes at Lewis & Clark College in Portland when a 19-year-old boy was killed and two others were injured when a hammock attached to a brick masonry column collapsed. The freak accident occurred on Monday night around 8:15pm in a central location on campus. Six students had been lounging on three different hammocks attached to the columns when one of the columns collapsed falling onto the students. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11161051/Portland-college-freshman-dies-two-injured-masonry-column-holding-hammocks-collapses.html BF5F9C35-0F2C-4F38-829F-F103E21CF905 Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:36:12 -0500 Sexual Assault: A Cleary University golfer has been charged with sexual assault in connection with a February incident on the college's campus. The 20 year-old, from Commerce Township, was charged July 26 with two counts of third degree criminal sexual conduct — force or coercion. The reported assault took place in a dorm room on campus on Feb. 7, sheriff's office Det. Jason Davis testified at a hearing that led to charges. https://www.livingstondaily.com/story/news/2022/08/26/cleary-university-golfer-charged-sexual-assault/65420059007/ 0AE36743-22A1-4DE0-B8D7-86B233704046 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:35:35 -0500 Campus Threat: A University of Utah student was arrested Friday and accused of making a bomb threat directed at the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building. The 19-year-old was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of making a terroristic threat and having a fake ID. The student used the Yik Yak app to make a bomb threat "in a public forum or chat room," according to a police booking affidavit. https://www.ksl.com/article/50464684/university-of-utah-student-arrested-in-campus-bomb-threat- 1344C64D-D491-4C20-B788-A957BD94982D Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:29:47 -0500 Campus Threats: On Tuesday and early this morning, Howard University received bomb threats, leading students to evacuate and prompting an investigation. Howard, along with other historically Black colleges and universities around the country, has been subjected to targeted threats since the beginning of the year. These latest two incidents bring the university’s total number of bomb threats this year to eight, and three just this month. https://dcist.com/story/22/08/26/howard-university-bomb-threats-investigation/ 6E812304-BE3B-462F-B278-FC68EFD8A1B1 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:12:42 -0500 Homicide: A charge of first-degree murder has been filed against a 23-year-old Memphis, Tennessee, man held in the shooting death of Central Methodist University football player Torrance Evans. Another student reportedly admitted to shooting Evans two times on the evening of August 25 at a home on Linn Street, about a block from the university campus in Fayette. He then left the scene but later returned and turned himself in to Fayette police officer John Schell. https://www.fayettenewspapers.com/stories/first-degree-murder-charge-filed-in-shooting-death-of-cmu-football-player,18917 7C4B3F3F-4C44-4B2D-ACFB-E5C52B9C8D45 Fri, 26 Aug 2022 11:10:32 -0500 Campus Police: A University of Akron Police Lieutenant faces discipline for his actions during an arrest on July 13 that have since been deemed excessive. University police were called to a location near campus where there was a complaint about a domestic disturbance. After an initial investigation, the responding officers started to leave the scene when their reports say they were flagged down by the same woman with whom they had just spoken. https://fox8.com/news/university-of-akron-police-lt-disciplined-after-actions-in-arrest-deemed-excessive/ 10D9C004-FBC4-42AA-9649-D673079D3D64 Fri, 19 Aug 2022 11:34:00 -0500 Athletic Climate: First it was women’s basketball. Then it was softball. The latest, women’s tennis. For the third time in less than two years, the head coach of a women’s sport at Texas Tech has left the school under the cloud of an investigation and allegations of mistreatment of athletes. “It’s a disturbing pattern,’’ said Jonathan Katz, a sports psychologist who has worked with professional and college athletes and has served as a sports psychology consultant for the University of Texas men’s and women’s tennis teams. “That’s clear. I don’t think somebody could ignore that.’’ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2022/08/18/texas-tech-todd-petty-womens-tennis-investigation/10341828002/ C8AFB731-F9F2-49F0-BB66-02B9DF73BCE7 Thu, 18 Aug 2022 08:56:00 -0500 Free Speech Lawsuit: A college professor is suing the University of Oregon (UO) for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights after the university’s Division of Equity and Inclusion Twitter account blocked him. Portland State University Professor Bruce Giley alleges Tova Stabin, communications manager for UO’s Division of Equity and Inclusion, blocked Giley because “she and her employer disagree with the viewpoint that ‘all men are created equal.’” Giley had quote-tweeted the phrase alongside a tweet from UO’s Division of Equity and Inclusion, which stated, “You can interrupt racism,” and asked users to respond to the following prompt: “It sounded like you just said _____. Is that really what you meant?” https://ktvl.com/news/local/professor-sues-university-after-twitter-account-blocks-him-says-it-violated-his-1a-rights-portland-state-oregon-equity-inclusion-bruce-giley-freedom-speech-first-amendment 8BE81021-1D05-45A0-9026-AE1878C57A83 Tue, 16 Aug 2022 08:41:47 -0500 Arson: A student from the University of Houston has been arrested for arson after intentionally starting a fire, prompting evacuations from university lofts Monday night, Captain Bret Collier with the UH Police Department said. A spokesperson from the university told KPRC 2′s Brittany Jeffers there was a fire reported at the University Lofts. According to Collier, the fire was quickly extinguished by the building’s fire suppression system. As a result of the incident, the lofts can’t be occupied by students at this time, authorities said. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2022/08/16/fire-incident-prompts-evacuation-at-university-of-houston-lofts-officials-say/ 80BBDD2D-B807-480A-80F3-2C729455A672 Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:44:33 -0500 Threat: A man from Las Cruces was charged for threatening to burn New Mexico State University, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of New Mexico. According to the complaint, on July 27, the man allegedly made multiple calls to the Office of Institutional Equality at NMSU and repeatedly threatened to burn the school in Las Cruces. Under federal law, it is illegal to willfully make any threat by telephone to destroy any building by means of fire or an explosive. https://cbs4local.com/news/local/54-year-old-las-cruces-man-charged-for-threatening-to-burn-new-mexico-state-university-august-15-2022 76BF2881-E654-4C01-AD62-6C76D6256611 Mon, 15 Aug 2022 08:57:52 -0500 Free Speech: A federal civil rights lawsuit filed this week alleges that Clovis Community College leaders violated the First Amendment rights of a conservative student club and its members last fall by ordering the removal of posted flyers that had previously been approved. The Young Americans for Freedom chapter at the Clovis college, and three of its student leaders, filed the lawsuit Thursday with the U.S. District Court in Fresno over what its attorneys describe as the unconstitutional removal of flyers promoting Freedom Week in November 2021. https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article264454176.html D4EB8E6A-0463-4D7D-BC24-169F84F46B93 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:40:47 -0500 Greek Life: In a mutiny against strict party rules imposed last year following allegations of frat house sexual assaults, six USC fraternities formally disaffiliated from the university Friday — prompting warnings of “serious ramifications” from campus administrators. USC officials had given fraternities a Friday deadline to convey their decision, as students prepare to return to campus next week. Monique S. Allard, interim vice president for student affairs, told The Times on Friday that officials are still actively engaged in conversations to persuade other fraternity leaders to stay affiliated and benefit from the vast health and safety resources offered by campus professionals. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-08-12/usc-frats-weigh-disaffiliation-prompting-harsh-usc-warnings 548084DE-5E05-4091-B79F-8F60EE92E8EF Fri, 12 Aug 2022 10:31:42 -0500 Free Speech: Earlier this year, the Claremont McKenna Dean of the Faculty’s Office informed members of the government department that Chris Nadon, a tenured professor of government, needed to be removed from teaching a required introductory course as a result of student complaints about his speech, according to reports from within the department. Some of Nadon’s students describe his teaching style as “Socratic,” meaning that he engages students in back-and-forth dialogues. Nadon is also known for his use of provocative and sometimes controversial examples. https://www.claremontindependent.com/post/claremont-mckenna-attempted-to-punish-a-professor-for-his-speech B6EE1097-7D49-46D4-95C5-F1ABF1CFC6B8 Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:32:33 -0500 Animals in Research: An estimated 21,000 fish died at the UC Davis Center for Aquatic Biology and Aquaculture in what the university described as a “catastrophic failure.” The loss appears to be a result of chlorine exposure, to which fish are uniquely sensitive, according to a Thursday news release from UC Davis. UC Davis has initiated an independent external review to determine where their systems failed and potential risks at similar facilities. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article264413956.html 22E86F41-CA12-4F5D-A1C4-1C7913C7EAFB Thu, 11 Aug 2022 10:42:51 -0500 Infectious Disease: Ahead of the new school year, colleges across the country are repurposing the tools they developed during the pandemic to address the monkeypox outbreak, which the White House recently declared a public health emergency. It's a different virus, with different risks, and colleges are having to adapt, says Dr. Lindsey Mortenson of the American College Health Association (ACHA). "Many colleges and universities are thinking about 'how do we turn the page institutionally?" Mortenson says. " 'How do we take all of these public health informed practices and apply them in a different context?' " https://www.npr.org/2022/08/06/1115664984/college-monkeypox F9CC4698-F99A-43BE-810B-1315938D9AE7 Sat, 6 Aug 2022 08:42:47 -0500 Construction Protests: Police arrested seven protestors during the melee that occurred over a UC Berkeley housing project at People's Park in Berkeley Wednesday, according to university officials. In a statement released by the university Thursday after the confrontation between police in riot gear and activists, Cal officials noted that the seven arrests were for charges of trespassing, resisting arrest and battery on a peace officer. It also noted that two officers were injured. The confrontation, which began in the early morning hours, began when police officers and work crews descended upon the park to clear out debris, homeless and housing advocates. https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/uc-berkeley-7-arrests-2-officers-injured-during-confrontation-over-peoples-park-construction/ 903D2AAC-A280-4FA4-95CF-240BCF461067 Thu, 4 Aug 2022 08:17:57 -0500 Murder: A University of West Georgia professor was fired after being arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime for killing a student on Saturday morning, Carrollton Police Department officials confirmed to CBS46 News. Police said on July 30, just before 12:30 a.m., officers responded to Tanner Medical Center after a teen they identified as 18-year-old Anna Jones showed up with a gunshot wound. According to police, the incident happened off Adamson Square in the courthouse parking deck. https://www.cbs46.com/2022/07/30/carrollton-man-charged-with-murder-after-shooting-killing-teen/ 03ECFB41-2809-440A-A01F-000BBCF24416 Mon, 1 Aug 2022 11:00:52 -0500 Robbery: Multiple rooms in one dorm at Rutgers University were burglarized this week. Students tell News 12 the Livingston Campus was targeted Tuesday. Incoming freshmen were staying there as a part of orientation. Each student was given a key card to get inside the building and keys to access rooms. “Rooms were vacant and unsecured, items of value were removed,” the university said in a statement. "I think because there are so many new faces that people are just holding the door for people,” said Momar Ndieye, of West New York. “So it's like you don't know who is who." https://newjersey.news12.com/multiple-rooms-at-rutgers-university-dorm-robbed 74CACECA-DD0A-4FF5-92C4-A930AB5AF6CF Mon, 1 Aug 2022 11:26:41 -0500 The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency has released a statement following more than a dozen bomb threats that were called in to various colleges across the state on Wednesday. ALEA’s statement reads: “The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is aware of the most recent bomb threats made against universities and colleges around the country, which includes schools located in Alabama. ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) and the Alabama Fusion Center (AFC), in-conjunction with local and federal partners, are currently monitoring the situation to ensure the safety of all students, faculty and staff. All collegiate schools that received threats within Alabama on Wednesday, July 27, have been cleared and classes have been deemed safe to resume. No further details are available at this time.” https://www.newschannel10.com/2022/07/27/least-11-alabama-college-campuses-targeted-with-bomb-threats-wednesday/ CEC27881-E3AE-4DA7-8DA8-1651613600A8 Wed, 27 Jul 2022 12:09:34 -0500 Arson: A University of Maryland, Baltimore County police officer was arrested Tuesday on allegations that he set several on-campus fires in recent months while on duty, authorities said. The officer was taken into custody on campus on an arrest warrant charging him with a list of offenses, including three felony counts of second-degree arson, the Office of the State Fire Marshal said. https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/university-maryland-baltimore-county-police-water-christopher-arson-arrest/ C98A61AF-BBA5-4B1D-B8AA-041989C3023C Tue, 19 Jul 2022 14:03:26 -0500 Housing: About 440 UNC Charlotte students still need university-run housing ahead of the start of the new semester that begins next month, university officials said Thursday. “It’s an unexpected number” that still require such housing this time of year, said Christy Jackson, the university’s senior director of communications. She said more students who applied for housing decided to stick with it than the university had anticipated. The university has about 6,000 beds and about 8,000 housing applicants, she said. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/article263464823.html 2CFEBE74-2EC7-417F-B691-CC7EC89B612D Fri, 15 Jul 2022 11:14:28 -0500 Threat: Law enforcement officials have arrested an 18-year-old man after he allegedly threatened to go on a shooting rampage at Salisbury University in Eastern Maryland, authorities said. Notifications were made to Salisbury University and the Wicomico Sheriff's Office after the threats surfaced, according to authorities. https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/news/man-arrested-in-threat-of-mass-violence-against-salisbury-university/ 85DF38E2-DBF2-41DE-B2B3-D3301A6DC96C Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:07:39 -0500 Burglary: Two men are in Franklin County jail after being arrested in connection with a burglary from an Ohio State University residence hall last week. The university issued a safety alert Tuesday after the burglary, which happened at the Neil Building Hall Complex on the 1500 block of Neil Avenue. According to the alert, the suspects followed a resident into the building, then allegedly entered an unlocked residence hall suite and began taking items. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/ohio-state-university/two-arrested-after-ohio-state-university-dorm-burglary/ 90D778C0-EE38-4B15-A88B-5952F647AE14 Sat, 16 Jul 2022 14:06:02 -0500 Extortion: Two unnamed Penn State student-athletes told police they were extorted in the fall by a woman who convinced them — and other athletes across the country — to send sexually explicit images and threatened to publish them online, according to search warrants made public Friday. More than two dozen videos and photos were sent to the woman. That included videos of group sex and videos recorded in the Penn State football locker room depicting athletes in various stages of undress, university police wrote in the warrants. https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/education/penn-state/article262549167.html 157F2801-712C-40C2-B814-9F43C4ABB231 Fri, 15 Jul 2022 09:52:17 -0500 Free Speech: When Professor Stuart Reges challenged the University of Washington’s position on land acknowledgements, administrators punished him, undermining his academic freedom. Today, backed by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, Reges sued the university to vindicate his First Amendment right to express his opinion — even if it differs from the party line. https://www.thefire.org/lawsuit-professor-sues-university-of-washington-after-admins-punish-him-for-inappropriate-opinion/ 140FA5BA-7937-4146-A270-22A34BD70C3A Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:16:56 -0500 Sexual Assault: Changes are coming to Western University’s orientation week and its system of upper-year student volunteers who help newcomers get settled following high-profile controversies last year. About 10,000 students walked out of classes last fall to protest following allegations of sexual assault and the alleged druggings of young women at one of the school’s residences, Medway-Sydenham. That was part of the fallout that prompted school officials to start overhauling their so-called OWeek – including adding two more weeks of paid training for so-called sophs, the upper-year students who help run events and greet first-year students upon their arrival to campus. https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/sexually-charged-nicknames-out-soph-training-increased-as-western-university-overhauls-oweek EA6459D9-494E-4D65-A765-D71147E0E947 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:54:36 -0500 Abuse allegations: The longtime Director of Cross-country and Track at Jacksonville University has stepped down after 20 years at the head of the programs. His departure comes days after several of his former players alleged he verbally abused them. "Over the past few days, there has been some very concerning information shared online regarding the personal experiences of some of our student-athletes while at Jacksonville University," JU Athletic Director, Alex Ricker-Gilbert, said. "The posts and comments have been difficult to read, and they have deeply impacted me and our Dolphin family." https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/former-athlete-parents-react-to-resignation-of-longtime-ju-coach/77-accbd11f-1e50-4139-86ab-7d5c2d5a6d74 3BB2B0AC-90BE-413D-93EE-C299A01D0BA4 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:47:14 -0500 Lewdness: A man suspected of lewdness and placing “pornographic” images on vehicles parked at Utah State University was arrested Sunday, according to authorities. The man was booked into the Cache County Jail on suspicion of third-degree possession of a firearm by a restricted person as well as misdemeanor counts of lewdness and distribution of an intimate image. USU police released a statement on June 29 asking the public for help in identifying a man who was suspected of attaching “pornographic material” to vehicles with tape and exposing himself on campus. https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/crimes_court/authorities-man-suspected-of-lewdness-on-college-campus-arrested-after-police-say-131-pornographic-images/article_36036e80-d9d6-53d0-b580-e1806310ee1b.html F99B4055-F5CC-4298-AD51-D2CEE290960D Mon, 4 Jul 2022 14:17:37 -0500 Free Speech: A federal court ruled Thursday that three Christian law students are likely to prevail in their case against the University of Idaho and are therefore free to speak in a manner consistent with their religious beliefs while their lawsuit proceeds. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys represent Peter Perlot, Mark Miller, and Ryan Alexander, members of the Christian Legal Society chapter at the university. ADF attorneys asked the court to order university officials to rescind unlawful no-contact orders that they issued against the students because of the religious content and viewpoint of their speech. The court’s preliminary injunction order requires the university to rescind the no-contact orders and refrain from enforcing the policy that allowed university officials to impose the orders based on the students’ speech while the case, Perlot v. Green, continues. https://adflegal.org/press-release/court-idaho-law-students-free-share-their-religious-views-campus C15145C3-557F-42BD-93CC-8EBAD3B72C4D Fri, 1 Jul 2022 10:27:25 -0500 Vandalism: An investigation into several instances of racist vandalism and graffiti on a Massachusetts college campus during the last semester has led to the termination of an employee, the school said. The vandalism at Curry College that included swastikas and antisemitic graffiti, and messages threatening to Black students appeared to be the work of one person, school President Kenneth Quigley said in a message to the campus community on Wednesday. https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/06/30/curry-college-antisemitism-vandalism-graffiti-employee-termination D61B3220-21B3-4D54-A24C-A44C017FD5EA Fri, 1 Jul 2022 12:34:36 -0500 Trespass/Burglary: A man with a criminal history of theft-related charges spanning decades is back in jail, and many of the crimes happened on local college campuses. According to police paperwork, the crime happened around 1 p.m. on Thursday in the University’s administration building. The complaint states that a university employee reported the man going to his desk and trying to remove items from his wallet. In 2020, Duquesne University police charged the man with trespassing. He had pleaded guilty to several theft-related charges stemming from previous incidents at the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC and Carnegie Mellon University as well https://news.yahoo.com/man-74-charged-criminal-trespass-175255501.html 13B030A5-6213-4C08-82E7-6677C67547E3 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:59:50 -0500 Vandalism: A 2021 Penn State graduate from Hillsborough, New Jersey, was charged with third-degree felony counts of institutional vandalism, criminal mischief, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property in connection with the damage to the limestone sculpture in the early morning hours of May 8, when she also allegedly spray painted messages on Old Main and the Hintz Family Alumni Center. https://www.statecollege.com/penn-state-alumna-charged-with-vandalizing-nittany-lion-shrine-during-commencement-weekend/ 47BF18FB-8B0E-49A2-953A-CC43DA7C8458 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:57:18 -0500 Hazing: Forty-six arrest warrants have been issued for members of a fraternity at the University of New Hampshire in an ongoing investigation into allegation of hazing. Police said 10 members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon have been arrested as of Friday. An investigation was launched, and police said they found probable cause that the crime of student hazing had occurred. While authorities will not provide any details about what the nature of the alleged hazing was, News 9 has learned that the incident involved new members of the fraternity. https://www.wmur.com/article/unh-fraternity-hazing-charges-61022/40254898# 99774BEE-A827-4E43-AFB7-3A4346E422E0 Fri, 10 Jun 2022 13:52:09 -0500 Greek Life: Alumni of Theta Delta Chi Fraternity filed a lawsuit against Stanford University accusing administrators of "arbitrarily punishing the organization" after one of the fraternity’s members died from a drug overdose. Stanford University imposed a six-year suspension on fraternity TDX in response to the death of freshman Eitan Michael Weiner. https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/frat-sues-stanford-university-after-student-dies/ CCF68632-B958-41DC-9ED3-F1EE23C97B5C Thu, 2 Jun 2022 11:01:32 -0500 Hazing: Two Norwich University students have pleaded not guilty to charges related to a hazing investigation involving the women’s rugby team at the private military college. Northfield Officer Karie Tucker said in an affidavit that she went to the school on March 20 for a report of someone being held at knifepoint. Tucker said she spoke to the woman two days later and that person reported that she had been "branded" using pliers and a lighter by other members of the rugby team. The victim said she was too intoxicated to say no and would not have agreed to be branded had she been sober, the newspaper had reported. https://apnews.com/article/sports-education-rugby-vermont-reckless-endangerment-43cd14db91dd4c114055b9d51ebfa953 1258BAF9-BAB7-40DA-BA00-B72DC1DBD7D2 Fri, 13 May 2022 10:39:45 -0500 Robbery: Three people were charged after an armed robbery in April inside a Coastal Carolina University dorm room, according to police. Police were called April 10 to Ingle Hall for reports of the armed robbery, according to a police report. Police checked surveillance footage and saw two men knock on the door of Ingle Hall. The two were let in the building by a University Housing staff member, according to the report. One of the suspects entered a dorm room and pointed a handgun at the resident. https://www.wbtw.com/news/grand-strand/horry-county/3-charged-in-armed-robbery-at-coastal-carolina-university-dorm-room/ 339F5D03-27A1-4A23-A689-2C8DD0AC392C Fri, 13 May 2022 10:34:04 -0500 Campus Police: Two Riverside Community College police officers were injured Wednesday, May 11, as they arrested a man suspected of driving under the influence on the Riverside City College campus. They tried to arrest the man in Parking Lot K after an employee reported a crash there, said Chris Clarke, a Riverside Community College District spokesman. One officer suffered a leg injury and the other had bruises and knee pain, Clarke said. They were taken to Riverside Community Hospital, where they were treated and released. https://www.pe.com/2022/05/12/2-riverside-community-college-police-officers-injured-during-arrest/ E01148BA-15B1-4BF5-986A-582C3C5818BA Thu, 12 May 2022 10:32:21 -0500 Campus Threats: Everett Community College and Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon were locked down for threats Monday morning. A 7:33 a.m. tweet from Everett Community College said the main campus was in lockdown and that students should lock doors, seek shelter and avoid being seen or heard. Everett police said in a tweet the campus was locked down after a threat was emailed to the college. A second tweet from the police department said the campus was locked down out of an abundance of caution, and officers at the scene confirmed that there was no active threat. https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/skagit-valley-everett-colleges-locked-down-by-threats/AKA4MSBTDNFCNEG66SMWHOWYLE/?msclkid=f9072574d09c11ecab1a25e4a1fe56fe 5E5DFD08-E6E4-4ED1-AB79-0177783A07DB Mon, 9 May 2022 14:35:08 -0500 Drugs: The Ohio State University and Columbus Public Health are warning students of fake Adderall pills that are causing an increase in overdoses and hospitalizations. The university’s Office of Student Life issued an urgent drug and alcohol safety message Thursday, warning students of the pills which appear to contain fentanyl. The warning came the day after three students reportedly overdosed near campus. According to our news partners at 10TV in Columbus, one of the students died Thursday. The university has not said what caused the overdoses. https://www.whio.com/news/local/ohio-state-student-dies-reported-overdose-university-issues-warning-fake-adderall-pills/5WTK5CVETZAZXCY43F6AJKMYZQ/ 2ACB9FDF-B482-4A44-8761-23206AC9CF39 Fri, 6 May 2022 10:30:17 -0500 Greek Life: After almost three months, an Upstate college has concluded its investigation into what the school's president called "the racist, misogynistic, and hateful behaviors exhibited by individuals" before a sporting event at the college. The findings have led to the expulsion of several students, and permanently removing a fraternity from campus. The incident happened on Feb. 11 at Presbyterian College, in Clinton, as the women's lacrosse team was set to take on the visiting team from Howard University. School officials said a group of students yelled "hateful, inappropriate and racist" comments outside the stadium toward the Howard players. https://www.wyff4.com/article/college-fraternity-removed-students-suspended-south-carolina/39918436# 5774DC24-1D5B-49CA-A2E3-FC84C457B8EB Thu, 5 May 2022 10:22:13 -0500 Free Speech: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a measure proponents say secures freedom of speech on Georgia’s university and technical college system campuses. House Bill 1, the Forming Open and Robust University Minds Act, ostensibly aims to protect free speech rights anywhere on a college campus, not just in designated "Free Speech Zones." Critics, however, said the measure was unnecessarily vague and could protect extremists who descend onto a college campus. https://www.thecentersquare.com/georgia/georgias-kemp-signs-campus-free-speech-bill-into-law/article_5b64ff96-cb1d-11ec-a321-77c8489c0f88.html 09785E5C-783C-4472-8D51-63EEC8137EB9 Tue, 3 May 2022 10:49:18 -0500 Sexual Abuse: A former sergeant with the University of Chicago Police Department faces sexual abuse and official misconduct charges after a fellow officer accused him of showing her a picture of his penis and groping her last year. The incident took place at a university parking garage. Shortly after 11 p.m. on Jan. 14, 2021, the man drove a marked squad car into the parking garage and saw the female officer, who had completed her shift and was off-duty, Assistant State’s Attorney Heather Weber said in court Tuesday. https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/5/3/23055414/uchicago-police-alfred-olson-sexual-abuse-official-misconduct-cop-univeristy-u-of-c F91FEF07-79E3-4AA0-A84E-46BC1160FF49 Tue, 3 May 2022 08:40:49 -0500 Sexual Assault: 21-year-old man is facing charges of sexually assaulting and choking a fellow student at Norwich University in 2019, according to Northfield police. The accused man was 18 at the time of the alleged offenses, according to Helfant. Northfield police received a report on April 5 that a man had sexually assaulted a woman in dorms while they were students at the military academy, police said in a press release this week. The woman told police that over a two-month period, from September to November 2019, the man sexually assaulted her and also choked her three or four times, police said in the release. https://vtdigger.org/2022/05/03/man-charged-with-sexually-assaulting-woman-at-norwich-university-while-both-were-students/ 63A72440-50CE-4E0C-A12B-8E9A63C5CD46 Tue, 3 May 2022 08:37:20 -0500 A University of California, Berkeley student has been charged with threatening to shoot university staff members in an incident last week that led to an hourslong campus-wide lockdown, court documents obtained Wednesday showed. The student was charged Monday with two counts of felony criminal threats after he allegedly sent an email to several university staff members saying that two of them would be shot if he didn’t get the help he needed, according to charging documents from the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. https://apnews.com/article/education-california-berkeley-university-of-79c1093a573ea232368f1d86bf2ab0ee 660AAFDE-97FA-4168-A43D-34B34056CB13 Wed, 27 Apr 2022 15:24:25 -0500 Water Cooler Tampering: Eyewitness News has learned a police report has been filed with the Lindsborg Police Department regarding an incident involving allegations of water cooler tampering during a baseball game at Bethany College. On Monday, Kansas Wesleyan Athletic Director Steve Wilson told the Associated Press a foreign substance was discovered in the cooler his team was using during a doubleheader against Bethany on Sunday. The allegations are that someone may have mixed paint thinner in a water cooler during Sunday’s game. https://www.kwch.com/2022/04/26/bethany-college-looking-into-alleged-water-cooler-tampering/ E84A8890-7EE9-4B55-A707-63723651DD86 Mon, 25 Apr 2022 11:24:48 -0500 Vandalism: Queens University of Charlotte officials found antisemitic drawings over the last few days in residence halls on its campus, the school said on Monday. One swastika was found drawn on a common space whiteboard. Two others were written in chalk on the doors of student homes, university spokesperson Keith Pierce said. The university has added officers and enlisted the help of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police for perimeter and building security checks for the next several days as the investigation into the drawings continues, Pierce said. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article260741572.html 1888EE93-4170-442E-B39E-7750792D019F Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:32:24 -0500 Free Speech Ruling: Amid national battles about speech on college campuses, a federal appeals court Thursday ruled that a University of Central Florida policy targeting "discriminatory harassment" likely violates the First Amendment. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a district judge’s rejection of a preliminary injunction against the discriminatory-harassment policy and ordered the lower court to also consider the constitutionality of another UCF policy. The 38-page opinion backed arguments by the group Speech First, which has represented students at universities in various parts of the country. Judge Kevin Newsom wrote that the UCF policy "objectively chills speech because its operation would cause a reasonable student to fear expressing potentially unpopular beliefs." https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-ucf-loses-free-speech-case-20220422-oqgg7jadufgwznieeb656nuxcu-story.html 1E24AC70-212D-440A-BCE0-019EBB3F60E5 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 10:50:52 -0500 Hazing: Three Norwich University students are facing criminal charges and others are being ticketed for hazing after an investigation into allegations of branding and waterboarding involving the women’s rugby team at the private military college, Northfield police said Friday. One 22-year-old female student is charged with simple assault and another is charged with reckless endangerment in the March 20 incident. Another student, 21, is charged with both simple assault and reckless endangerment, according to the police department. https://apnews.com/article/sports-education-vermont-reckless-endangerment-358cf4698c42ec715cd5cfd90331c235 87640EE8-E3BE-4956-B862-91A140DD7E2B Fri, 22 Apr 2022 09:23:30 -0500 Sexual Assault: A contract employee who works at the Texas Athletics Nutritional Center has been accused of sexually assaulting a student worker, according to a court document released Thursday. A search warrant filed April 21 said an assault happened at the center, which is located at the North Endzone of the UT football stadium. The warrant was for a DNA sample from the suspect. According to the warrant, the sexual assault happened on March 31. The victim, a UT student, accused an employee of the assault. KXAN is not naming the employee, because that person has not been formally charged. https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/ut-contract-worker-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-student/ 9F261916-291A-44BA-B2B6-9BCF2B737824 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 10:22:33 -0500 Online Fraud: Ozarks Technical Community College announced Friday that it was robbed of $900,000 through an online fraud. OTC Chancellor Hal Higdon said the incident was discovered last week and immediately reported to the Springfield Police Department, which notified federal authorities. Higdon said the suspect, or suspects apparently impersonated one of its vendors online and successfully "directed payments from the college into a fraudulent account." https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/education/2022/04/15/otc-springfield-login-ozarks-technical-community-college-robbed-online-fraud/7320285001/ 2C91122C-5A18-43DF-8718-ECA43A31872C Fri, 15 Apr 2022 16:19:30 -0500 UV Eye Damage: When SUNY Geneseo history professor Kathy Mapes returned to campus at the start of the spring semester on Jan. 27, she noticed something strange mounted to the back wall in her Welles Hall classroom. She thought it looked like a space heater. "It seemed hot and it looked very blue to me," Mapes recalled, "almost like blue lights flickering, and I thought that was odd. Why would they put a space heater on the wall?" She didn't think much more about it and got ready to teach class. But that night, Mapes woke up at 1 a.m. with a burning pain in her eyes. One of them did some online research and came to the conclusion that their eye problems were caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation -- UVC light -- used to target airborne pathogens. https://www.wxxinews.org/local-news/2022-04-14/geneseo-faculty-say-uv-c-light-to-target-covid-damaged-their-eyes DC9F1112-E4FB-4D71-A361-8E561CEF2574 Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:47:33 -0500 Free Speech Settlement: A Shawnee State University professor has settled for $400,000 in a lawsuit against his employer, arguing it was within his First Amendment rights to refuse using the preferred pronouns of a student who identifies as female. Nicholas Meriwether, a Shawnee philosophy professor, was issued a written rebuke after a 2018 Title IX investigation into the situation, prompting the lawsuit, which was originally dismissed in February 2020, when a lower district court found there were no "broader societal concerns,"but revived by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/university-settles-with-professor-in-free-speech-case-over-pronoun-use CD20A936-364A-4313-9F61-500641A437D2 Sun, 17 Apr 2022 16:00:38 -0500 Hazing Law: Gov. Glenn Youngkin has signed into law two identical bills that require college students to undergo hazing prevention laws, a year after the death of Virginia Commonwealth University freshman. Named for Adam Oakes, "Adam's Law" passed unanimously in the Senate and received 98 of 100 votes in the House. Oakes died of alcohol poisoning in 2021 following a fraternity initiation, and Oakes' family championed the bills. Under the law, colleges will be required to provide student organizations with in-person education on hazing, alcohol intoxication and their school's policies. Chapter advisors will be required to undergo training, too. https://fredericksburg.com/news/state-and-regional/adams-law-requiring-hazing-prevention-training-in-college-is-signed-into-law/article_d1fc9588-003c-50bf-b6e5-5fe83d00d1d8.html 51B5B0B1-1D8C-4AFE-B39C-1A916F0F4131 Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:48:57 -0500 Prank Lawsuit: USC is suing two YouTubers for allegedly causing "terror and disruption" after barging into classrooms to film prank videos for their channels. Two men, who are not USC students, staged three "classroom takeover incidents" in the university’s Mark Taper Hall of Humanities, court documents say. A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Friday issued a temporary restraining order banning the pair from the University Park campus and other school buildings. In the most recent incident, on March 29, the men interrupted a lecture on the Holocaust while pretending to be "a member of the Russian Mafia" and Hugo Boss, a known manufacturer of Nazi uniforms during World War II, according to court documents. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-04-11/usc-sues-youtubers-over-disruptive-prank-videos BC2CFE03-AB90-4558-AE18-860E1DE60C27 Mon, 11 Apr 2022 09:41:01 -0500 Social Media Challenge: A University of Georgia football player has been charged with simple battery after reportedly taking part in a dangerous viral TikTok challenge. Officials say the player, who has played for the Bulldogs since 2020, was charged on two counts of misdemeanor simple battery and three counts of reckless conduct. In the University of Georgia police report, three UGA students say they were walking on a sidewalk near McWhorter Hall when two of them were shot in the ribs and sternum by what they thought was a BB gun. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/university-of-georgia-football-player-arrested-orbeez-challenge-tiktok 82849574-A0B7-45C0-8FEE-05C1A1EC894F Fri, 8 Apr 2022 09:43:21 -0500 Hazing: Bowling Green State University has expelled a sorority for what a spokesperson called severe hazing. BGSU officials announced Thursday that the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, a historically Black sorority, has been expelled for severe hazing that includes six Code of Student Conduct violations. An investigation by the school’s Office of the Dean of Students found that sorority members hit potential members repeatedly in the face, made potential members harm themselves until they were seriously bruised, required them to consume alcohol, among other offenses. https://www.13abc.com/2022/03/31/bgsu-sorority-expelled-severe-hazing/ 56179C04-EC7F-434F-9231-FB8663C46A22 Fri, 1 Apr 2022 16:23:15 -0500 Campus Threat: NOVA Community College has tweeted that all of its campuses are closed today due to a bomb threat. The college’s Alexandria campus was the first to announce earlier that it had closed for the day and evacuated the area. All in-person classes and services are canceled. Remote classes will continue as scheduled. https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/nova-community-college-alexandria-campus-closes-due-to-bomb-threat/ A5AB73D3-E72C-4403-B52C-2DD9D8C57A78 Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:47:27 -0500 Sexual Assault: A U.S. Army soldier in Louisiana is under arrest after being accused of raping an LSU student in her dorm room earlier this month. The LSU Police Department said they received a report of a rape on campus in the early morning hours on Mar. 13, reported by WAFB. According to arrest records, a female student told investigators that she met the soldier at an off-campus party and exchanged social media information with him. https://www.kcrg.com/2022/03/26/army-soldier-accused-raping-college-student-dorm-room/ B8DC4EB7-314E-450C-B992-C0734300C6FE Fri, 25 Mar 2022 10:21:49 -0500 Privacy/Security: Shortly before midnight on a Sunday in mid-February, Medaille College security guards used their card keys to enter the rooms of several students without warning. Students said the intrusions startled and scared them. Some were asleep. Others weren't fully dressed or were in the shower. The guards, employees of Vista Security Group of Amherst under contract by the college, wore hoodies rather than uniforms; they weren't wearing masks as required by Covid protocols in place at the time; and they appeared to be on a random hunt for alcohol or marijuana, students said. https://buffalonews.com/business/local/late-night-dorm-raids-at-medaille-college-spur-protest/article_378686d2-ac76-11ec-843a-1fbf878d461e.html FE049699-4EE9-4CFC-B160-C116C70AF0D1 Fri, 25 Mar 2022 09:23:44 -0500 Racial Issues: Ohio University continues to investigate four potentially racially motivated incidents in student residence halls over the past week. The university is "deeply concerned" about the "detrimental impact" that the four incidents, three of which occurred last weekend and the fourth on Wednesday, may have on communities of color, according to a news release Thursday from the Ohio University Police Department. In the first incident, police said a Black doll was taped to the door of a student’s dorm room. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/athens/ohio-university-police-investigate-four-possibly-racially-motivated-incidents/ 1E012174-7D87-47BB-9366-E948D6FB6612 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 10:55:08 -0500 Greek Life: West Virginia University has suspended one fraternity and reprimanded three others after wrapping up investigations into a hazing reports and recent fights. Effective immediately, Delta Chi will serve a three-year suspension related to a February hazing incident. WVU will no longer recognize Delta Chi and the international chapter no longer recognizes it. Phi Sigma Phi received a disciplinary reprimand and was placed on probation by its national headquarters. Phi Kappa Psi and Sigma Nu also received disciplinary reprimands. https://wvmetronews.com/2022/03/22/wvu-sanctions-4-fraternities/ D5C22752-C149-4BF4-9308-345FD4FEA8FF Wed, 23 Mar 2022 08:48:44 -0500 Fatal Vehicle Crash: Six students and their coach were killed, along with two other people, when a van carrying members of a New Mexico university’s golf teams collided with a pickup Tuesday night in West Texas, officials said. Two other students were critically injured in the crash involving members of the University of the Southwest’s golf teams, the school said. The university-owned Ford passenger van was transporting the teams from a golf tournament in West Texas, Blanco said at the scene, according to video from NBC affiliate KWES of Midland. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/multiple-dead-crash-involving-new-mexico-university-golf-teams-pickup-rcna20218 91FE207E-6F73-4E1D-9DC7-CBA6A5B21BC0 Wed, 16 Mar 2022 09:24:37 -0500 Free Speech: San Diego State University is being both excoriated and supported for its decision last week to reassign a teacher who made racial slurs during lectures to illustrate a point about language. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a Philadelphia-based civil rights group, told SDSU in an email Tuesday that the action it took against a philosophy professor violated his First Amendment rights to free speech. The professor had projected an informational slide in two courses that listed 10 to 12 slurs that have been used against Black, Hispanic, Latino, Asian and White people. He said that he had to use the specific words to explain why they are racist and should not be used. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2022-03-09/san-diego-state-university-teacher-racial-epithets F8232F67-A5B0-4344-863F-01906443D7A1 Wed, 9 Mar 2022 10:04:47 -0600 Vandalism/Race Issues: A man was arrested months after a mural on the Washington University campus that honors prominent figures from Black history was vandalized with racist graffiti. On Dec. 18, Washington University officers were notified the mural had been defaced. The mural, located at the South 40 Underpass, depicts famous African Americans, including John Lewis and Chadwick Boseman. The school said someone painted over the faces and added the symbol and name of a white supremacist group. https://www.kmov.com/2022/03/08/arrest-made-after-black-history-mural-washington-university-campus-vandalized-with-racist-graffiti/ 5BA18515-8AEC-4B41-ACB2-C7415C495BE8 Tue, 8 Mar 2022 13:58:10 -0600 Robbery: An alert Harvard University police officer nabbed a burglary suspect early Thursday who’s allegedly responsible for multiple recent thefts on campus, including two cases where the victims were robbed as they slept unsuspecting in their dorm rooms, according to authorities. The Harvard University Police Department said in a statement that the suspect, whose name they withheld, was apprehended around 1 a.m. Thursday in the area of Harvard Yard. Late last month, campus police had warned students about two of the recent burglaries that occurred in dorm rooms as the defenseless occupants slept. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/03/03/metro/harvard-university-issues-warning-about-two-burglaries-dorm-rooms-while-students-slept/ 2581633C-CFB7-4521-85A7-BD5FA5E87CD4 Thu, 3 Mar 2022 13:40:12 -0600 Greek Life: After at least six incidents of misconduct since fall of 2017 -- including two this academic year -- the University of Iowa has suspended its campus chapter of the popular Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity for at least four academic years. The Iowa PIKE chapter was among three UI fraternities found to have been involved in hosting impermissible and illegal tailgates in the fall. UI administrators in February also found PIKE responsible for holding an unregistered, and thus impermissible, party with alcohol at its house in September -- a party the university learned about from a student who needed medical attention after attending. https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/university-of-iowa-pike-fraternity-suspended-for-four-years/ 3BCF82F2-D5EC-4EA5-8C6B-366523821263 Thu, 3 Mar 2022 13:12:59 -0600 Stabbing: Chester County police have arrested a Philadelphia woman and charged her with stabbing three Lincoln University students ― one fatally ― during a dorm room brawl last week. The deadly violence erupted inside the Thurgood Marshall Living Learning Center at around 9:30 p.m. During the fight, one person wielding a knife attacked three students, resulting in the death Jawine Evans, 21, of Philadelphia, who was stabbed in the neck and pronounced dead at the scene. https://www.inquirer.com/news/lincoln-university-stabbing-jawine-evans-nydira-smith-20220224.html 633E84B7-20D8-400A-A8B4-019C337B0C10 Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:52:35 -0600 Explosion: Brigham Young University police say that an individual in a residence hall, who they refer to as "Rocket Man," conducted an experiment on Sunday afternoon which caused extensive damage and caused 22 students to temporarily relocate from their living space. According to the Brigham Young University Police Department, "Rocket Man" was conducting "experiments" in the kitchen, which involved making "homemade rocket fuel," causing an explosion. The explosion caused the fire sprinkler system to go off, and 22 students near the room were relocated due to damage caused by the sprinkler system. https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-police-in-utah-say-dorm-residents-experiment-caused-fireball-forced-22-students-to-relocate 7FA7AA2E-C32E-4B6B-82D9-6AE109461D4C Wed, 23 Feb 2022 10:43:03 -0600 Campus Threat: Iowa State University officials on Wednesday said two students have been arrested in connection with social media posts that warned people to avoid campus buildings. ISU said university police received a report Monday of a post on YikYak that contained a warning to "not come to Carver tomorrow at 4:30 p.m." ISU said a second anonymous post was made hours later with a warning to avoid Parks Library. University officials said there is no known connection between the two students and the posts were made separately. https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-state-university-students-charged-with-threat-of-terrorism-over-social-media-posts/39189152# 7714CE9A-3E8D-4DFE-90A7-E80B53A6AFD1 Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:40:46 -0600 Kidnapping/Robbery: Two people were kidnapped at gunpoint early Sunday morning on the campus of Wofford College and forced to go to an ATM to get cash. Spartanburg Police said the two victims, a Wofford student and the student’s friend, were in a car on campus just after midnight when two people approached them, pulled out a gun, and told them to get in the back of the car. The case is being investigated by the Wofford College Campus Safety and the Spartanburg Police Department. https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/2-kidnapped-from-wofford-college-campus-robbed-at-gunpoint/ C3504C5A-C433-42DB-B9DC-D64F1E3CD45D Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:59:19 -0600 Sexual Assault: A Florence man is accused of a dorm room sex assault on the UNA campus. The man, 19, is charged with half a dozen crimes, including sexual abuse, domestic violence strangulation, unlawful imprisonment, furnishing alcohol to minors, interference with a domestic violence 911 call, and being a minor in possession of alcohol. All of them involve a woman he knew inside her room at Mattielou Hall on the UNA campus. https://www.waaytv.com/news/florence-man-charged-with-sex-assault-in-una-dorm-room/article_3a139ec6-942a-11ec-90c7-0f6cee991124.html B536F8C4-F9FE-494D-8B64-E7EB84E5CA62 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:49:43 -0600 Voyeurism: A student at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan (UBCO) campus has admitted he filmed a fellow student in a campus bathroom, pleading guilty to a criminal charge the victim believes was almost never laid because of the RCMP's initial response to the case. CBC News first reported on the case last year, detailing the victim's experience with the RCMP. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/ubco-voyeurism-rcmp-investigation-student-guilty-1.6348666 31B4AC67-B9EB-4E1D-AE80-0A99E7F53248 Wed, 16 Feb 2022 10:20:44 -0600 Campus Police: A Purdue University police officer received death threats and is on leave until further notice, the university said, after he was caught on video using his elbow to pin a Black student to the ground by the neck as the student yelled "You’re choking me." The student, 24-year-old Adonis Tuggle, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the officer also punched him and pressed his face into the snowy ground during the Feb. 4 arrest on the school’s campus in West Lafayette, Indiana. https://apnews.com/article/death-of-george-floyd-george-floyd-indiana-lafayette-race-and-ethnicity-e2a09459b0a6b80dbedacdfa3663a815 E66CC9B8-112F-4687-8D76-51849E67762F Fri, 11 Feb 2022 09:47:02 -0600 Cultural Issues: Asian students at the University of Toronto are calling for their administrators to take action after staff distributed "hell money" in traditional Lunar New Year envelopes last week. The bank notes, also known as joss paper or incense paper, were given to students at a graduate student residence in place of cash normally given as gifts during the season. The notes are meant to be used in specific ceremonies around someone’s death, but when sent to the living, they can imply ill will and are highly offensive. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/university-toronto-fire-giving-hell-money-asian-students-rcna15965 79C2086E-5BCA-4464-BA0C-E5C7B872B983 Fri, 11 Feb 2022 11:07:42 -0600 Hate Crime Hoax: A college student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is facing criminal charges after a hate crime hoax targeted two white students before it unraveled, according to reports. The student, a 19-year-old black female, claimed the now debunked hate crime occurred in her dorm last month. Further exacerbating the charade was that two white students were initially accused of the crime. However, after extensive investigative resources were deployed, investigators concluded it was the accuser who purported the false allegations, the Post Millennial reported. https://www.lawofficer.com/black-student-kaliyeha-clark-mabins-charged-hate-crime-hoax-targeted-white-students/ 11E9829C-F3C5-40AE-892D-AD07E3E9349F Tue, 8 Feb 2022 11:32:17 -0600 Hazing: On Feb. 7, West Virginia University’s Delta Chi fraternity was suspended after a hazing incident in violation of the Student Conduct Code was reported. The interim suspension prevents Delta Chi from "all recruitment activities, as well as participating, organizing or attending social functions, among other restrictions." During the investigation and review process, Delta Chi will remain suspended. https://www.wvnstv.com/news/west-virginia-news/hazing-allegations-lead-to-wvu-suspending-fraternity/ 873924E7-3846-4E36-AFEB-B8B8D07775FB Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:12:47 -0600 Racial Issues: The Virginia Military Institute says it will change its student-run honor court to make it more fair to cadets as part of a response to a state-ordered investigation into racism and sexism at the school. Data obtained by the newspaper showed Black students at VMI were expelled by the honor court at a disproportionately high rate for the three academic years between the fall of 2017 and the spring of 2020. Though Black cadets made up about 6% of the student body, they represented about 43% of those expelled for honor code violations. https://www.myplainview.com/news/article/VMI-to-change-honor-system-said-to-expel-Blacks-16834544.php 586A2811-3860-4AA4-A64F-4EAB51A18971 Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:18:01 -0600 Free Speech: As the Board of Regents this week debuts new free speech training to students, faculty and staff across its public universities, a Des Moines-area attorney is saying they have "a lot of work to do," given how University of Iowa faculty members reacted to a student expressing his views on "homosexual conduct." Ostergren told The Gazette on Wednesday that his client -- UI graduate student Jacob Johnson -- brought a formal complaint before the university in November, accusing three faculty members of violating his due process, free speech and academic freedom rights as outlined in UI policy. https://www.thegazette.com/higher-education/attorney-accuses-university-of-iowa-faculty-of-violating-ethics-policy-by-restraining-free-speech/ E5DEC401-3739-4DF4-8D3E-22971798528F Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:30:07 -0600 Campus Threat: An Eckerd College student who was arrested on campus Thursday was accused of threatening to shoot up the school, authorities said. Campus security located the student in his dorm room and held him there until police officers arrived. Police said he ingested pills and had to be hospitalized. Once he was medically cleared, he was Baker Acted and booked into the Pinellas County Jail, the report said. https://www.wfla.com/news/pinellas-county/eckerd-college-student-arrested-accused-of-threatening-to-shoot-up-school/ EA5D364E-59FA-4031-80AF-51DEB0A28FDB Fri, 4 Feb 2022 15:59:00 -0600 Greek Life: The University of Utah has suspended all fraternity and sorority activities after a second student came forward to report a sexual assault at a Greek Row house -- and more have posted anonymously online about their experiences. The second student submitted a report to the school this week, which stated that they were assaulted in December. No social activities will be permitted for the next two weeks. And the leaders of each fraternity and sorority will now be required to meet with university leaders to discuss the reported assaults, "the culture in their organizations" and how they will improve safety and accountability moving forward. https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2022/02/01/university-utah-suspends/ D236CDE6-8DC1-4C1A-A2DE-476D57A678D2 Wed, 2 Feb 2022 15:45:00 -0600 Campus Threat: A former UCLA lecturer is in custody for allegedly making threats toward the university after emails with a link to an 800-page manifesto containing "very alarming" accounts of violence led investigators to Boulder, Colorado, according to authorities. UCLA moved classes on Tuesday as word of the threats emerged and will return to in-person classes Wednesday, according to a memo sent to students. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/us/ucla-classes-online-remote-classes-email/index.html 61218DDA-2405-4023-B51E-C92DE66DC176 Wed, 2 Feb 2022 13:49:23 -0600 Shooting Death: Two campus officers were shot and killed Tuesday during an active shooter situation at Bridgewater College in Virginia, according to college spokesperson Logan Bogert. "I can confirm that a campus police officer and a campus safety officer died from gunshot wounds today," Bogert told CNN's Josh Campbell. The incident began when campus police officers responded to a call of a suspicious man on the grounds near Memorial Hall at about 1:20 p.m., according to Geller. When Jefferson and Painter arrived, they had a brief interaction with the suspect, who then shot them both and ran away. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/01/us/bridgewater-college-active-shooter-reports/index.html 7FAC4B83-386E-42A6-AA96-07F7EDD6E0A7 Wed, 2 Feb 2022 13:40:14 -0600 Vandalism: Curry College officials held meetings with concerned students Tuesday as police investigated a rash of hate speech and antisemitic graffiti discovered on the Milton campus in recent days, the college said. Milton Police Deputy Chief James O’Neil confirmed that the department is probing five separate cases of vandalism on the campus, the latest example of hate speech against Jews found at local colleges across Massachusetts. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/02/01/metro/police-investigating-swastika-graffiti-curry-college/ E93E7818-F1C2-4F44-9B2B-E8121CD701C1 Tue, 1 Feb 2022 14:24:28 -0600 Campus Threats: New bomb threats targeted multiple historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) on Tuesday, with Howard University, Edward Waters University and Morgan State University saying they received threats of violence. Bomb threats were made against at least six HBCUs on Monday, forcing officials to order lockdowns and cancel classes. By early afternoon, many of them issued all-clear notices. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/31/1077000576/hbcu-howard-bomb-threat-lockdown 52C77FE9-8ABA-48B2-967F-B4D5D6644C0E Tue, 1 Feb 2022 11:13:55 -0600 Unsafe Campus Buildings: As of Friday, Jan. 28, FSU has closed off both the Williams and Sandels buildings for "environmental review," following reports of black mold in both buildings and radon in Sandels. This decision comes after four professors in the College of Health and Human Sciences published a 129-page report regarding information they had gathered about the situation in the Sandels building, as first reported by Florida Politics. The report details years worth of complaints regarding poor air quality and a cluster of cancer cases in people who worked in the Sandels building. Reports of "black particles" coming from vents go as far back as 2001. https://www.fsunews.com/story/news/2022/01/30/fsu-closes-buildings-due-mold-radon-and-cancerous-agents/9257374002/ A9710F64-61AD-4367-8E3C-62769B5F7A49 Tue, 1 Feb 2022 11:37:52 -0600 Sexual Assault: A man has been charged with rape and accused of assaulting an Indiana University student while she was intoxicated and vomiting in a campus bathroom. According to a probable cause affidavit, the woman had been drinking alcohol with friends in a room at the Teter-Thompson residence hall on December 2, 2021. She told IU police she became intoxicated and decided to lie down on the floor when another student tried to touch her inappropriately. https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/iu-student-accused-of-raping-intoxicated-woman-in-dorm-bathroom/ 6D34D26F-5025-4CA5-AC30-1C084445618E Thu, 27 Jan 2022 11:02:54 -0600 Hazing: A Clemson University fraternity was suspended for four years after violating the university's code of conduct, a conduct report released earlier this month revealed. A Clemson University investigation into the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity revealed hazing incidents that occurred on Feb. 4, 2021. The incidents involved acts of personal servitude by new members and included "line-ups, berating, morally degrading behavior," according to the report made available through the South Carolina Tucker Hipps Transparency Act. https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2022/01/18/clemson-university-pi-kappa-phi-fraternity-suspended-4-years-hazing-investigation/6570543001/ 07B20517-31B9-44D2-A12E-3642095EBA32 Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:43:26 -0600 Roof Collapse: An intense situation unfolded Sunday, Jan. 16 at Brevard College. Emergency crews responded to a partial roof collapse at one of the dorms -- Jones Hall -- just after 3 p.m. At full capacity, Jones Hall has 80 residents; 50 were in the building when the collapse happened. Late Sunday night, Brevard College tweeted that heavy snowfall caused by the winter storm caused the partial roof collapse. But what actually failed within the structure is being investigated, and crews are assessing the building. https://wlos.com/news/local/brevard-college-roof-collapse-jones-hall-residence-no-injuries-reported 603278E0-4461-49CB-BAF1-01F96128FF1E Sun, 16 Jan 2022 15:03:26 -0600 Burglary: Several on-campus housing apartments at Prairie View A&M University were burglarized and ransacked over winter break, impacting dozens of students. At least 15 apartments at University Village, the on-campus housing, were broken into. Doors were broken open, rooms were ransacked, and shoes and clothes were stolen. https://abc13.com/prairie-view-am-university-on-campus-housing-burglary-college-winter-break-pvamu/11435248/ DD74CBF5-A079-4E08-8EA7-5876C0FFCD69 Fri, 7 Jan 2022 09:00:01 -0600 Campus Threat: D.C. police are investigating a bomb threat that was made to Howard University late Tuesday afternoon. Similar threats were phoned in to other historically Black colleges and universities around the country. All were later found to be hoaxes. Howard said the school was notified by the Metropolitan Police Department that someone had phoned in claiming a pair of bombs had been placed inside the school’s administration building on 6th Street in Northwest. https://wtop.com/dc/2022/01/police-investigate-after-bomb-threats-made-to-howard-u-other-hbcus-too/ 6B490BA2-B521-4C23-B828-284AC39E78D4 Wed, 5 Jan 2022 10:38:01 -0600 Hazing: The University of Kansas has suspended two fraternities for five years following an investigation that accused the clubs of fostering a culture of hazing. KU Vice Provost for Student Affairs Tammara Durham on Tuesday informed Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Delta Theta in a letter that they will be removed from KU’s campus until the spring of 2027, the Kansas City Star reported. The letter said investigations by national fraternity leadership and reviewed by a university panel found the fraternities engaged in a pattern of hazing that, combined, included sleep deprivation, assaults, forced workouts, destruction of pledges' property and retaliation for reporting the behavior to university officials. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas/articles/2022-01-05/university-of-kansas-suspends-2-fraternities-until-2027 A80CC4A5-7EB5-4A2A-AA10-2E750A5FC791 Wed, 5 Jan 2022 10:30:11 -0600 Vaccine Mandate: Hundreds of unvaccinated employees who work at public colleges and universities in Nevada were being fired Friday, a day after the state Board of Regents voted to keep a staff vaccine mandate in effect. The Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents on Thursday deadlocked 6-6 on a measure to repeal the staff vaccine mandate and then rejected a measure to push the effective termination date back two weeks. Higher education officials said on Friday that 379 employees were being terminated, 188 attribution employees ended their contracts and 18 more voluntarily resigned. Employees who are fired can seek reinstatement if they show proof of vaccination in January, regents said. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/nevada-fires-unvaccinated-higher-ed-employees-after-mandate-left-in-place/ ADDC367C-FDA4-48E8-A220-E7E489291B18 Sat, 1 Jan 2022 13:59:14 -0600 Police Surveillance: Katie Wilson went to Provo police six years ago to report that a man had sexually assaulted her. She was a student at Brigham Young University, but she didn’t talk to the school’s police force because it had happened off campus. So when she recently learned that her case appeared in newly released emails from a BYU police lieutenant to other school officials, she gasped. Suddenly, Wilson said, her conversations with an associate dean made more sense. The emails don’t show what information the police lieutenant may have shared after he used a restricted database to access Wilson’s case file in Provo. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/12/16/newly-released-records/ FEFDA7FE-DDCE-486E-B429-3ADF014D225C Thu, 16 Dec 2021 10:43:34 -0600 Racial Issues/Speech: The termination of a Fordham University professor reportedly stemmed from his repeated confusion over the names of two students who allegedly said they felt he was mixing up their names because they were Black.Former English department adjunct professor was terminated Oct. 25 and placed under investigation following a string of communications with his students attempting to explain the mistake, according to the university’s campus paper The Fordham Observer. https://local12.com/news/nation-world/university-professor-fired-after-mixing-up-names-of-two-black-students-fordham-confusing-wrong-name-christopher-trogan-observer-equality-justice-inclusion-racial-termination-lose-lost-job 5F3F1303-2D02-4B57-B113-12227625EDFC Tue, 14 Dec 2021 10:56:31 -0600 Sexual Assault: Two men with ties to the University of Florida and who have been recent subjects of separate sexual assault investigations were arrested after Gainesville Police Department officers determined there was probable cause to recommend charges. A 19-year-old Santa Fe College student and past social events chair of the UF fencing club was arrested Tuesday after admitting to police that he sexually assaulted an acquaintance over the summer. Another student was arrested in early July after police say he sexually assaulted a fellow UF student this spring. https://www.wuft.org/news/2021/12/13/two-gainesville-college-students-face-sexual-assault-allegations/ 657DF263-093D-4958-89EF-F215EA39D72A Mon, 13 Dec 2021 09:54:53 -0600 Campus Threat: Police have charged a 19-year-old student for allegedly planning an attack on the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Daytona Beach Police Department (DBPD) arrested the student on Thursday and charged him with written threats to injure or kill, terrorism and attempted first-degree homicide after he allegedly planned to "shoot up" the Embry-Riddle campus the day before the school's winter break, according to a Thursday news release. https://people.com/crime/student-planning-shooting-florida-embry-riddle-university-charged/ DC81AF4E-1AFC-4C5A-88FE-963445790B40 Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:35:21 -0600 Campus Threat: A William & Mary student has been charged after he made a social media post about bombing the campus. The university said William & Mary Police were informed about a bomb threat made on social media on Dec. 8 and sent out an alert to campus just after 11 a.m. In addition to campus police, Virginia State Police and Newport News Police responded to the incident. https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/william-mary-student-from-colonial-heights-charged-after-social-media-post-about-campus-bombing/ D1C58516-04C5-45B6-84A5-4F13882687E5 Thu, 9 Dec 2021 11:36:40 -0600 Cyberstalking/Hazing: Seven members of Ole Miss' Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, suspended from campus in November, were arrested Friday on cyberstalking charges, according to Lafayette County Detention Center officials. They are accused of sending harrassing emails and text messages to a former fraternity member who reported to the university hazing at the fraternity house in the fall, according the detention center officials. are accused of sending harrassing emails and text messages to a former fraternity member who reported to the university hazing at the fraternity house in the fall, according the detention center officials. https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2021/12/06/ole-miss-pi-kappa-alpha-fraternity-members-arrested-cyberstalking-charges/8860587002/ 95B4E9B2-89EE-4F58-B13A-E8A2BF8F035C Mon, 6 Dec 2021 11:46:26 -0600 Attempted Sexual Assault: High Point police arrested a suspect accused of burglary and attempted sexual assault on Sunday, according to the High Point Police Department. Around 6:15 a.m., officers with the HPPD responded to the High Point University campus when they were told about a burglary and attempted sexual assault. According to the warrants, the suspect broke into a dormitory and tried to "sexually attack" two women. He is accused of striking and shoving them. He is also accused of breaking into Smith Library and Wrenn Hall. https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/piedmont-triad/police-searching-for-suspect-accused-of-burglary-sexual-assault-on-high-point-university-campus/ 5ED94D64-8E1B-443A-BBD2-947445731F1C Sun, 5 Dec 2021 15:07:12 -0600 Campus Threat/Student Death: A Florida Institute of Technology student who was reportedly wielding a knife at students on campus was fatally shot by officers Friday night, authorities said. Police officers and school security responded shortly before 11 p.m. to reports of a man on the Melbourne campus "armed with a knife and assaulting students," the Melbourne Police Department said. Officers confronted the man in a campus building "armed with an edged weapon," the department said. https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-tech-student-fatally-shot-armed-confrontation-officers/story?id=81557219 8D36F9FD-F091-4E2A-9271-47F9F425CA24 Sat, 4 Dec 2021 13:03:32 -0600 Hazing: Eight people have been arrested on various criminal charges after they were allegedly involved in a hazing incident at a fraternity at Georgia College and State University, officials said. One college student was hospitalized for alcohol-related sickness after an alleged incident of hazing on Nov. 10 at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house in Milledgeville, according to The Union-Recorder. It said eight people were arrested and charged with supplying alcohol to minors, and one was charged with hazing. Both crimes are misdemeanors. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2021-12-02/eight-arrested-in-georgia-college-fraternity-hazing-incident 2B133841-0712-4017-86FE-1EEFADCCBD47 Thu, 2 Dec 2021 13:01:59 -0600 Student Death/Fraternity Suspension: Michigan State University (MSU) and the Pi Alpha Phi national organization have suspended the university’s fraternity chapter after alcohol consumption was suspected to have played a part in the death of 21-year-old Vietnamese American junior Phat Nguyen. Nguyen was one of four new recruits of MSU’s Pi Alpha Phi fraternity, according to a Nov. 19 Facebook post by the fraternity. https://news.yahoo.com/michigan-state-university-suspends-fraternity-232452743.html 69765BAA-56BB-4E64-8BB7-A7F0BA83E445 Wed, 1 Dec 2021 12:59:32 -0600 Campus Housing Conditions: The University of Georgia student came to campus this semester with everything she was told she’d need for her first semester of college, including an air purifier. The student, who lives in Hill Hall, and many others say they’re often sick inside their dorms. They believe the illnesses -- intense coughing, severe sore throat, congestion -- are a result of substandard housing conditions from rooms that are improperly ventilated or old. https://www.ajc.com/education/campus-housing-causing-health-concerns-georgia-students-parents-say/BY3TSU5NCFEEDJGA4NUTKM3AKM/ 8B80530E-6CDF-4361-BEE3-39C871BEB820 Wed, 1 Dec 2021 09:56:33 -0600 Student Death: The family of a UNLV student who died after a fraternity boxing match is demanding answers. The I-Team has learned that Nathan Valencia collapsed after the fight ended on November 19th. He passed away four days later. His family told the I-Team he suffered brain injuries which he could not recover from. "I was like this, this thing, it’s like an underground fight club," Joe Castro said. He told the I-Team that he is a longtime friend of Valencia’s. Castro said Valencia did not have boxing experience but wanted to participate in the charity event as a member of his fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon. https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/i-team-unlv-students-family-calls-fraternity-boxing-match-school-sanctioned-amateur-fight-that-cost-him-his-life/ F6FE04AB-0F6E-4F35-8494-204888BD157C Fri, 26 Nov 2021 08:36:03 -0600 Racial Issues: Fitchburg State University in Massachusetts hosted several "processing" spaces segregated by race in response to the Kyle Rittenhouse trial verdict, which found Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges. The Fitchburg State University Center for Diversity & Inclusiveness announced the "processing" spaces in an email to campus community members, which also erroneously stated that Jacob Blake was killed. The four "processing" spaces include a "Students of Color Processing Space," "White Student Ally Processing Space," "Faculty and Staff of Color Processing Space" and a "White Faculty and Staff Ally Processing Space." https://www.foxnews.com/us/massachusetts-university-hosts-segregated-processing-spaces-for-responding-to-rittenhouse-verdict DC539839-D973-49BB-BC45-EC3733509319 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:13:51 -0600 Sexual Assault: A maintenance supervisor at a North Carolina community college was arrested in connection with an on-campus sexual assault and stalking of a high school student enrolled in an early college program, school officials said Tuesday. The student reported being assaulted at Mitchell Community College in downtown Statesville, according to a news release by the Iredell-Statesville Schools. The accused has been a grounds maintenance supervisor at the community college for 10 years, officials said. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article255877606.html 335362F4-2F92-47BA-977B-F6403E0474D5 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:23:56 -0600 The second-year Washington coach was suspended by the university on Monday following an incident last Saturday in which he was seen shoving and hitting redshirt freshman linebacker Ruperake Fuavai on the side of his helmet. According to a report Saturday by The Seattle Times, the coach is alleged to have also shoved a player in 2019, his sixth season as a Washington assistant and the year before he took over the head coaching role. The Times reports the incident took place in the locker room during halftime of the Huskies' game at Arizona on Oct. 12, 2019 -- a game in which Washington trailed 17-13 at the half but eventually won 51-27. https://www.sportingnews.com/us/ncaa-football/news/jimmy-lake-suspended-shoved-washington-player-2019/sasfcvz3pbyo16dur0q7l8b36 9BE2331E-948C-4A9E-A280-DC70F1FA0E56 Sat, 13 Nov 2021 15:12:13 -0600 Bomb Threats: A teenage gamer in Virginia is said to be involved in the recent spate of bomb threats at colleges and universities in the tri-state area, law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation told NBC News. It was not immediately clear which specific threats the 14-year-old was involved in, but there have been scares in recent weeks at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut; Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; and Columbia University and NYU in New York City. Each incident has led to building evacuations and campus alerts sent to students, faculty and staff, and each was later deemed safe. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-gamer-virginia-said-involved-college-bomb-threats-multiple-states-rcna5501 F0C56D7D-7B3A-4FD9-9DCB-1979FC59F7E7 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:50:19 -0600 Hazing: Four months after suspending its baseball program, UC Davis announced Friday that the team’s head coach was resigning after an investigation revealed young players had for years been subjected to hazing rituals that included binge drinking, strippers and jokes about gay sex. In July, UC Davis announced it had suspended the team pending an unspecified investigation into "credible allegations of misconduct primarily related to hazing," according to an online letter to the UC Davis community by Chancellor Gary May. At the time, he released no details. https://nordot.app/832057470902435840?c=644607769890374753 9904E035-B5BD-4810-81D8-CC997A80C932 Fri, 12 Nov 2021 13:43:11 -0600 Terroristic Threats: On Thursday, Nov. 11, a freshman University of Nebraska-Lincoln student was arrested by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln police department after making death threats against Chancellor Ronnie Green on the social media platform Yik Yak. According to an affidavit for the arrest warrant obtained by UNLPD, officer Agustin Champion testified that the department responded on Sept. 6 to a voicemail from a Yik Yak supervisor left on Aug. 31 that a post had been made which read "Just planted a 2nd B0mb in the chancellors office!!! #HesMyChancellor" http://www.dailynebraskan.com/news/unl-student-arrested-following-multiple-threats-to-chancellor-green-on-yik-yak/article_13a62afa-4354-11ec-89be-476543955f9e.html FCAC5F9F-E22F-410B-9D32-9993A1C5DC7D Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:39:54 -0600 Fraternity Suspension: Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity was suspended from The University of Mississippi on Wednesday until 2025 in connection with a hazing incident involving a bottle of cleaning solution that landed a pledge in the hospital. The decision follows an investigation that uncovered acts of hazing in an Oct. 11, 2020, incident at the fraternity house. Pi Kappa Alpha International Fraternity and Ole Miss arrived at the decision together following a joint inquiry, according to the emailed statement from Lisa Stone, director of communications for Ole Miss. https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2021/11/10/ole-miss-fraternity-suspended-hazing-incident-involving-bleach/6378719001/ BE08881D-D202-4090-AFDB-2070F12E67D9 Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:49:14 -0600 Speech/Racial Issues: The Seattle men’s basketball coach has been placed on administrative leave and the school is reportedly investigating incidents in which he allegedly used racial slurs. According to Stadium Basketball Insider Jeff Goodman, the coach used the "N-word" during the summer and Thursday. Goodman reports the latest incident occurred after a Black player used the word during a scrimmage and was called into question by an official. The coach then repeated the word, Goodman writes, by asking the player "Did you say the N-word?" https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/seattle-university/seattle-u-mens-basketball-coach-jim-hayford-placed-on-administrative-leave-as-school-reportedly-investigates-use-of-racial-slurs/ BF05EB1A-0C5A-4553-AADF-305CADF48D7C Sat, 6 Nov 2021 09:14:51 -0600 Hostage Situation: A 37-year-old armed man was taken into custody Thursday morning on the University of Oregon campus after he allegedly held two students hostage in Hamilton Hall and set off a fire alarm in the UO Knight Law Center. The man was taken into custody without incident after the hostages were able to text his location in the dorm to police. He was armed with a loaded 9 mm pistol and had extra ammunition, UO Police Chief Matt Carmichael said. https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2021/11/04/heavy-police-presence-responds-uo-law-school-university-oregon-knight-law-center-eugene/6283749001/ 8B6EEA7D-68A6-4E24-BC18-E3C45E0B47F3 Thu, 4 Nov 2021 09:24:03 -0600 Drugging/Sexual Assault: USC acknowledged Friday a "troubling delay" in warning the campus community about allegations of drugging and sexual assault by a fraternity last month as a rare faculty protest added to mounting criticism about the university’s handling of the crisis. In a message to the campus community Friday night, USC President Carol Folt said that a university confidential reporting program received five to seven disclosures of possible drugging and possible sexual assault at a fraternity in late September. The information, however, was not shared with the campus community until Oct. 20, when the Department of Public Safety posted an alert that the university had received a report of sexual assault and reports of drugs being placed into drinks at the Sigma Nu fraternity house, "leading to possible drug-facilitated sexual assaults." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-10-29/usc-admits-troubling-delay-warning-fraternity-drugging-sex-assault-charges ACA20678-82BE-4D13-8BF3-15FA205C42CE Mon, 1 Nov 2021 08:46:09 -0500 Fraternity Suspension: In the wake of a sexual assault investigation, the largest fraternity at Boston University has been suspended after breaking a moratorium on all activities that was imposed by the Dean of Students, the university said. "Effective immediately and until further notice, your organization, the Mu Psi Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, is suspended from official recognition by Boston University," John Battaglino, assistant dean of students and director of student activities wrote in a letter written to the fraternity. https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/29/us/boston-university-sexual-assault-investigation/index.html 7D7BBAE4-80C2-4961-B0E6-D9EB695A98AA Mon, 1 Nov 2021 09:48:47 -0500 Peeping Allegation: An Appalachian State University employee was taken into custody on Friday, Oct. 22, after an investigation into a mobile phone being reported in a bathroom vent at Eggers Residence Hall. Upon seizing the mobile phone, the App State Police Department obtained an arrest warrant for an App State Facilities Operations employee for alleged secret peeping, which is a criminal offense under North Carolina General Statutes. https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/asu_news/app-state-employee-arrested-after-phone-reported-in-residence-hall-bathroom-vent/article_e31e4748-8c74-592a-aa50-67738dd1cfb1.html 7E0C8AE1-C6DA-457D-8373-4814F54A0FBF Wed, 27 Oct 2021 10:07:45 -0500 Mental Health: Pediatricians are sounding the alarm on children’s mental health declaring it a national emergency. Mental health is also plaguing college students including death by suicide. Students on San Diego State’s campus say despite being able to return to campus there’s still added anxiety. Colleges around the country are also struggling to address mental health that includes student suicides. The CDC reports nationwide suicide is the second leading cause of death among the college-age population. https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/health/concerns-over-suicide-among-college-students-nationwide-san-diego-county/509-2382c781-cb4e-4a67-9380-c9733e25cd36 1EB2228F-6392-4A92-A6EC-81A3AAF63230 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:05:07 -0500 Body Shaming: Six women athletes who left the University of Oregon track and field program in recent seasons say they felt devalued as individuals and at risk for eating disorders because of the program’s data-driven approach to their weight and body fat percentages. Five of the women departed with remaining eligibility. One said she began binge-eating while at Oregon. Another says she struggles with body dysmorphia and has nightmares about competing at Hayward Field, Oregon’s iconic track stadium, while UO coaches stare at her and say: "You’re never going to be good enough." https://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/2021/10/women-athletes-allege-body-shaming-within-oregon-ducks-track-and-field-program.html 15F77104-5783-4FA5-B3A5-A0B3B3CE66DA Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:33:04 -0500 Housing Conditions: Mold. Rats. Cockroaches. Mushrooms growing under the sink. For undergraduate students attending Howard University, a historically Black college in Washington, these and other conditions have prompted students to protest, staging a sit-in and sleeping at the university’s main student center for the past two weeks. Since 12 October they have protested what they describe as deplorable housing conditions, including mold on expired air filters, rat and cockroach infestations, and mushrooms blooming on dorm room ceilings and under sinks, despite on-campus housing costing upwards of $12,000 a year. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/25/howard-university-students-protest-housing-conditions BC4838E3-E763-4385-905C-E19DB1920597 Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:25:08 -0500 Student Death/Fraternity Suspension: The University of Kentucky has "suspended all activities" for the FarmHouse Fraternity while the death of freshman member Thomas "Lofton" Hazelwood is being investigated. Hazelwood, an 18-year-old agricultural economics student from Henderson, was found unresponsive when UK Police responded about 6:22 p.m. Monday to the fraternity house at 456 Rose Lane on the Lexington campus. Hazelwood was taken to UK HealthCare's Albert B. Chandler Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a few minutes after 7 p.m. from "presumed alcohol toxicity," the Fayette County Coroner's Office said. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/education/2021/10/20/university-kentucky-farmhouse-fraternity-suspended-after-thomas-lofton-hazelwood-death/8535601002/ 4DDD9EA8-F723-48B6-A49A-D75D343711C1 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 09:25:10 -0500 Flight School Death: The University of North Dakota’s aerospace school has canceled all flight activities after a student pilot from Chicago died in an airplane crash. The University of North Dakota plane went down about 8:30 p.m. Monday in a field near the Traill County community of Buxton, in northeastern North Dakota, according to the Highway Patrol. The Grand Forks-based school identified the victim as 19-year-old John Hauser, a student majoring in commercial aviation from Chicago. UND’s aviation school is one of the largest such programs in the country, with more than 1,800 students and 500 faculty members. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-north-dakota-s-aerospace-school-halts-flights-after-student-n1281875 A61350D7-3E1E-4416-B092-D19A9AFD9818 Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:28:11 -0500 Stadium Behavior: Tennessee will be fined $250,000 and is required to investigate to identify those who threw debris on the field at Neyland Stadium during Ole Miss’ 31-26 win over the Volunteers on Saturday night. The SEC made the announcement Monday. The financial fine will be deducted from the university’s share of SEC revenue distribution. All individuals identified as having been involved in disrupting the game will be banned for attending Tennessee athletics events for the academic and athletic year. https://www.al.com/sec/2021/10/sec-fines-tennessee-250000-for-fans-throwing-trash-guilty-parties-to-be-banned-for-athletic-year.html DAE9ECE3-D11C-4FF8-ACB5-832353684957 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:41:40 -0500 Vaccine Mandate: Nick Rolovich came to Washington State as a fun-loving coach, known nationally for his off-the-wall antics and an ability to win. After less than two years and only 11 games, Rolovich has been fired, and will be known nationally as one of the highest-profile terminations for refusing to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Washington State athletic director Pat Chun said WSU had "initiated the separation process with Rolovich and four of his assistant coaches for not complying with the state mandate that all state employees be fully vaccinated by Monday. https://www.seattletimes.com/sports/wsu-cougar-football/report-wsu-football-coach-nick-rolovich-fired-after-refusing-to-take-covid-19-vaccine/ E81CA946-583F-49F8-BCD8-74697E63FB76 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:18:03 -0500 Shooting: One person was killed and seven others were wounded Sunday morning in a shooting at Grambling State University, the second fatal shooting on the university's campus within the last week, officials said. According to university officials, the shooting occurred at 1:15 a.m. in the quad area of the campus. The person who died Sunday wasn’t enrolled at the school, according to The Associated Press. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/10/17/grambling-state-university-shooting-classes-events/8503875002/ 417803A7-BFD2-40F2-B701-1429B51B567A Sun, 17 Oct 2021 10:15:38 -0500 Speech: A University of Montana Computer Science faculty member who had posted disparaging remarks about women, LGBTQ+ people and Muslims on his blog is on leave pending an investigation, UM said Tuesday. Monday, the Montana Kaimin reported that the professor had posted derogatory comments on his blog, "Upward Thought," and also that the tenured faculty member had started deleting posts after the newspaper began asking questions. https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2021/10/12/university-montana-faculty-member-put-leave-over-alleged-misogynistic-homophobic-blog/8422761002/ D6762DE6-D841-4486-99A5-4EB4D8922099 Tue, 12 Oct 2021 10:34:58 -0500 Sexual Abuse: A commission at Gonzaga University, a Jesuit institution in Washington State, recently released a 46-page report on how the institution should move forward in response to the Roman Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis. The report outlines a series of recommendations the university -- which has been squarely implicated in the crisis -- should take in response, including developing new academic initiatives, establishing a memorial, reviewing policies related to sexual assault on campus and increasing outreach to and support for tribal communities and Native students in recognition of the fact that "in Gonzaga’s regional context, the history of Catholic sexual abuse has disproportionately harmed Native communities." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/10/06/gonzaga-report-proposes-steps-respond-clergy-sex-abuse DEEFE621-6546-494C-A095-5956A3728E04 Wed, 6 Oct 2021 16:08:59 -0500 Burglary: West Virginia University issued a campus warning after a burglary on Oct. 8. After an investigation, University Police arrested a WVU Facilities employee. What is known so far is that at approximately 9:30 p.m. a call from the Boreman South residence hall on the Downtown Campus was received. The following investigation determined that an individual "entered multiple unoccupied rooms without permission and stole various articles of clothing." https://www.wboy.com/news/crime/suspect-arrested-after-wvu-campus-burglary/ 0589471E-03D9-47E3-9430-93FFF370A040 Sat, 9 Oct 2021 15:45:06 -0500 Mental Health: UNC-Chapel Hill officials canceled classes Tuesday after police investigated multiple reports of suicide since the start of classes this fall. Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz announced the cancellations in a statement Sunday night, saying that on World Mental Health Day, the school was taking a moment to reflect on the seriousness of mental health issues. https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article254910752.html 72A8598E-74A9-4170-96D6-4B2DC5FF76B4 Mon, 11 Oct 2021 15:07:45 -0500 Cancel Culture: A professor of music at the University of Michigan is no longer teaching his undergraduate composition class following controversy over his decision to show a movie featuring a white actor in blackface. The composition course was to focus on the works of William Shakespeare and on September 10 the professor showed a film version of the classic play Othello. The eponymous main character is described as a "Moor" and has frequently been depicted as a Black man. https://www.newsweek.com/college-music-professor-steps-down-students-blackface-othello-1637274 6EA16568-95B1-4712-824A-68E2AAB26DF2 Sat, 9 Oct 2021 15:09:13 -0500 Sexual Assault/Harassment: Ashley woke up naked in a shower of the communal bathroom in her dorm at the University of San Francisco. She had no idea how she got there. It was March 2018, her freshman year. Disoriented and groggy, she made her way back to her room to lie down and piece together the night before. There was the nightclub where she met two men, one a current and one a former USF men’s soccer player. She had been drinking but remembers going back with them to "the soccer house," where a group of players lived and regularly threw parties. From there things become hazy. Her last memory before she blacked out is of sitting on a couch with the two men who brought her there. "I just had snippets of that night, and I was doing stuff with both of them," Ashley tells Sports Illustrated, her voice cracking as she starts to cry. "I woke up and was like, what the heck was that about? And then, um, I knew something happened." https://www.si.com/college/2021/09/30/usf-mens-soccer-sexual-assault-and-harassment-reckoning-daily-cover F69B03C6-E7A4-4E6E-ABFD-FBED13CC6864 Fri, 1 Oct 2021 14:14:56 -0500 Harassment: A former student-athlete has recently come forward with allegations of homophobia and harassment against the director of the University of North Texas track and field program. The subsequent investigation from the Equal Opportunity Office in 2020 found that the incident was "unsubstantiated" as harassment, although the report did not dispute that the incident occurred. Tatum Catalani-Henderson, a university alumna, was a sprinter on the team during the 2019-2020 year, having previously played on the university women’s basketball team the year before. According to Catalani-Henderson, in the fall of 2019, on one of the first days of practice, Catalani-Henderson was eating lunch with a teammate, the director and an assistant coach in Champs Dining Hall. https://www.ntdaily.com/director-of-unt-track-and-field-accused-of-homophobia-inappropriate-comments-by-students-and-staff/ BB417095-B96E-4230-B447-5E53AC0DCFDE Fri, 1 Oct 2021 12:44:58 -0500 Abuse Allegations: Tears swelled in Dana Joubert’s eyes when she saw her daughter, Mikayla Hayes, at a 2017 basketball invitational during Thanksgiving. It was the first time Joubert had seen her daughter since she started playing basketball at UF. She anticipated minor changes typical in many college freshmen: a little weight gain, a new hairstyle and an updated fashion sense. Instead, Hayes’ face was dotted with acne. She had put on an amount of weight that looked unusual on her skinnier frame. She was almost unrecognizable. Every time Hayes returned to their Minnesota home, Joubert noticed she appeared less and less like herself. Around Christmas, she told her mother that her head coach hated her and the other freshmen players. https://www.alligator.org/article/2021/09/former-florida-womens-basketball-players-detail-abuse-under-coach-newbauer 93E4F1B5-363D-45BA-BFDA-9CED6D302FB1 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:23:07 -0500 Drugging: Two thousand students surrounded the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house, spilling into Lincoln Street. The crowd stood still, holding a moment of silence in solidarity with the individuals drugged at the house Thursday. The protest, held outside the on-campus houses of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and AEPi Sunday night, followed two University Police crime notices. The first reported multiple druggings at the AEPi house, and the second, sent just a day later, reported a drugging at the SAE house. The Saturday notice identified both addresses as on-campus fraternity houses, though the Friday notice did not. Neither notice identified the fraternities by name. https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/09/27/lateststories/no-more-excuses-2000-students-protest-greek-life-after-series-of-druggings-at-fraternity-houses/ DCF9F4C4-111C-4EDB-B6C5-73F04195CF99 Mon, 27 Sep 2021 10:14:17 -0500 Hazing Death: Eight people were arrested and three others indicted on Friday after an investigation into the death of Adam Oakes, a student at Virginia Commonwealth University who died in February from alcohol poisoning at a fraternity party, the authorities said. All eight who were arrested face charges of unlawful hazing of a student, the Richmond, Va., police said in a statement. Three of them face an additional charge of buying and giving alcohol to a minor. All eight are V.C.U. students, and seven of them were enrolled in the fall 2021 semester, according to a statement from the university. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/us/adam-oakes-death-hazing.html FB801CA4-7E18-4E65-B1FF-B17DBD1331B6 Sat, 25 Sep 2021 10:41:28 -0500 Harassment: The USC Title IX office found "sufficient evidence" a longtime Song Girls coach body shamed, harassed and retaliated against several former spirit squad members from 2016 until her resignation in 2020, creating an environment within the program investigators deemed "hostile and unhealthy." In a letter from USC’s Office of Equity, Equal Opportunity and Title IX dated Wednesday and obtained by The Times, USC vice president and Title IX coordinator Catherine Spear concluded the coach was responsible for violating university policies regarding harassment and retaliation in her capacity as coach of the Song Girls. https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2021-09-24/title-ix-probe-usc-song-girls-coach-lori-nelson-harassment-retaliation-body-shaming 9BDE4CC2-DA02-4ECC-9D93-426CD594B6B7 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 11:26:08 -0500 Shooting: A shooting on the campus of North Carolina Central University in Durham killed two people Saturday night, and locked down a stadium full of fans. The Durham Police Department said two men were shot in the surface parking lot next to the Latham Parking Deck on East Lawson Street. The men were taken to the hospital, where they died. In a statement Sunday afternoon, NCCU officials said the incident "involved individuals who are not part of the university’s community." https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article254361873.html 7361F691-7F82-4F2A-BCB9-AB9E04182F7B Sun, 19 Sep 2021 11:39:24 -0500 Masks & Health Accommodations: Edgewood College denied an online teaching request from a professor on the autism spectrum who struggles with wearing a mask, saying that granting such an accommodation would be an "undue burden" on the school. The small Catholic college offered tenured English professor Susan Rustick, 68, an alternative -- teach without a mask behind a plexiglass barrier -- but Rustick’s doctor disapproved of the idea, citing safety concerns. And so, on the day before classes began last month, emails show the college relieved Rustick of her teaching assignments and halted her pay the next day. https://madison.com/news/local/education/university/edgewood-college-denies-online-teaching-request-for-professor-on-autism-spectrum/article_7b3708b6-f784-5e12-a563-5421e7e14450.html F6ED1D00-3C6C-413E-9FD1-680F87E88A62 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 10:26:34 -0500 Assault: The University of Western Ontario is reeling after a first-year student died of his injuries following an early-morning assault and police opened a separate investigation into social-media reports of young women being drugged and subject to sexual violence at a university residence. Gabriel Neil, 18, died in hospital on Sunday after an assault early Saturday near campus in London, Ont. A 21-year-old male has been charged with manslaughter. In an e-mail Monday, a London Police spokesperson said that assault was not believed to be connected to the allegations of sexual violence at a campus residence this weekend. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-western-university-reels-as-student-dies-from-assault-social-media/ 09148345-1F1B-4907-BADA-F46695666E3C Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:06:03 -0500 Threats: A student at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has been arrested and banned from campus after police say he made threats on social media targeting residence halls. The student is facing a felony charge of threats of a deadly weapon and disruption of school or public building and a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. https://www.berkshireeagle.com/crime/mcla-student-arrest-threats-lockdown/article_0f637514-1498-11ec-80fe-bbe9944916ab.html 818B56F7-9271-4D47-8D05-A6C6C2AB70A5 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 11:08:04 -0500 Assault: A Penn State professor is facing misdemeanor charges -- and has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation -- after allegedly assaulting a counterprotesting student during an Aug. 27 pro-vaccine rally. According to the criminal complaint, a 36-year-old assistant professor of English and African American studies is accused of trying to take the counterprotester’s sign, pulling him to the ground and then injuring him during the ensuing scuffle in front of Old Main. https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2021/09/10/penn-state-professor-assault-sign-investigation-protester-Old-Main-pennsylvania-W-Oliver-Baker/stories/202109100087 40420316-7462-416D-BFDE-C5902B0B8645 Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:43:07 -0500 Masking on Campus: The American College Health Association recommends vaccination requirements for all on-campus higher education students for the fall semester. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends face coverings, regardless of vaccine status, for indoor public spaces in areas where the rate of infection is high. But this is not how it has worked out on more than a few campuses. More than 1,000 colleges and universities have adopted vaccination requirements for at least some students and staff, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. In an indication of how political vaccination has become, the schools tend to be clustered in states that voted for President Biden in the last election. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/07/us/professor-unmasked-students-delta.html CE2E8359-F21A-4C68-9F44-E41E8C373D22 Wed, 8 Sep 2021 10:25:06 -0500 Penalizing Unvaccinated: After months of coaxing students with thousands of dollars in prizes -- everything from gift cards to sports tickets to free parking -- colleges are starting to punish the unvaccinated. The institutions started the summer by waving the prospect of scholarships, laptops, game consoles and more in front to students who got a Covid-19 shot. Now, as millions move back to campus, hundreds of schools are mandating vaccines and penalizing students who resist without a medical or religious reason. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/07/get-vaccinated-or-else-colleges-roll-out-new-punishments-for-holdouts-510161 68C9E0D6-4FE7-4BEE-9AFB-BD802BA0A466 Tue, 7 Sep 2021 09:57:55 -0500 Racial Issues/Threats: Stanford is prohibiting a student from "entering Stanford’s campus or facilities," Stanford president Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced in a Monday email. The announcement comes a day after the University denounced the student for his racist and violent social media posts and said it is working to take action to ensure the safety of the community. Monday’s email cited Vinci’s racist posts from the weekend -- including ones containing violent imagery directed toward a Black student and faculty member -- and subsequent misogynistic and otherwise offensive posts as reason for the ban. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/stanford-uproar-student-chaze-vinci-racist-violent-social-media-posts/ 8D0003EF-7355-4C92-B30B-1ECDDE8D78FD Wed, 1 Sep 2021 10:10:16 -0500 Fines for Unvaccinated: In an email sent Monday to about 600 students who have not provided proof of COVID-19 vaccination to the school, Quinnipiac University threatened hefty fines and loss of privileges for anyone who is not fully immunized by Sept. 14. According to the email, fines will start at $100 a week and increase from there, maxing out at $2,275 over the course of the fall semester. Additionally, unvaccinated students must undergo weekly testing or face an additional $100 weekly fine. They will also lose access to the Quinnipiac network and to campus Wi-Fi. https://www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-quinnipiac-vaccine-fine-penalties-20210817-vwholskaqzg43lhnthmzkyzlky-story.html D9B32DDB-275E-486B-B5E3-0AC98F7634DA Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:35:33 -0500 Construction Delays: Clark Atlanta University’s president has issued an apology for not being able to provide housing for several hundred students. Nearly 500 students showed up to move into their dormitories this weekend, only to find that there was no room available. President George T. French, Jr. said that renovations to about 20% of the university’s dorms are behind schedule, leaving 464 students without housing. French said the university will put students up in nearby hotels until the work on the dorms is finished. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/nearly-500-students-without-dorms-clark-atlanta-university-due-construction-delays/TQBBASB2BBAMZJHKSTQNOQF7QU/ F1EA0029-A4A3-4F7F-B77F-B909C922954E Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:17:51 -0500 Campus Building/Health Hazard: While all colleges remain focused on trying to stop the spread of COVID and the Delta Variant, East Carolina University has another deadly health concern. Faculty members want to know if a campus building that dates back to 1970 is contributing to the cancer deaths of their colleagues. "Faculty in this building are very concerned about the severe illnesses that have happened here," History Professor Dr. Karin Zipf told WRAL Investigates. She serves as president of ECU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors and has worked in the Brewster building for 20 years. Since 2011, she’s lost five fellow educators, including four just since 2018, who all had offices in the A-Wing of the building. They all died from pancreatic cancer, a rare and aggressive disease. https://www.witn.com/2021/08/14/ecu-investigates-building-connected-5-professor-deaths/ 8C7086F6-98BF-4769-B6F4-427822733DCA Fri, 13 Aug 2021 10:21:16 -0500 Fees for Being Unvaccinated: A West Virginia college will charge unvaccinated students a "Covid fee" when they return to campus, while administrators at an Alabama school said students who have not been vaccinated will have to foot the bill for weekly testing. West Virginia Wesleyan College announced the nonrefundable $750 fee in a Covid-19 update on its website. The private liberal arts college, with roughly 1,400 undergraduate and graduate students, does not have a vaccine mandate, but encourages students and staff to get the shots prior to the start of the fall semester. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/unvaccinated-students-pay-750-covid-fee-west-virginia-college-500-n1276593 6A650692-FD6F-470B-9C9D-B858ADDD4DC9 Wed, 11 Aug 2021 13:51:06 -0500 Arson: A college professor suspected in a series of arson fires in remote forested areas of Northern California near the massive Dixie Fire has been charged in connection with one of the blazes in Lassen County and was ordered ordered Wednesday at the Sacramento County Main Jail. The professor, 47, is believed to have worked at a number of colleges in California, including Santa Clara University and Sonoma State University, where he was listed as a lecturer in criminal justice studies specializing in criminal justice, cults and deviant behavior. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article253403045.html 99B920C8-B304-4EE5-8F07-31701A1FCFDB Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:15:15 -0500 Gambling: Federal prosecutors say a massive international gambling ring based around Chicago reached into the campus of Illinois State University, where a key player in the ring allegedly "ran a significant bookmaking operation." Assistant U.S. Attorney Terry Kinney insisted in a court memo Monday that the defendant deserves to spend time behind bars, pointing in part to his alleged venture at Illinois State. The prosecutor also wrote that the defendant brought a "deep-pockets" gambler and a police officer into the gambling ring. https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/8/9/22617145/gambling-ring-campus-illinois-state-university-casey-urlacher-matthew-namoff-vincent-delguidice C537C26D-72B4-4925-BD62-52413C7FDF3D Mon, 9 Aug 2021 15:09:25 -0500 Religious Groups Lawsuit Ruling: In a unanimous decision, the federal court for the 8th Circuit held that administrators at the University of Iowa are violating the First Amendment by removing Christian, Muslim, and Sikh student organizations for choosing student leaders who share the group’s mission and values. The court’s ruling of InterVarsity v. University of Iowa follows a series of recent decisions that uphold the First Amendment’s free exercise clause and specifically rejects skewed applications of anti-discrimination policies based on a leader’s viewpoints. https://www.kentuckytoday.com/stories/explainer-federal-court-strikes-down-discrimination-against-religious-student-groups-on-college,33423 029B390E-0EE4-4164-8C52-252B71203006 Wed, 4 Aug 2021 10:22:50 -0500 Harassment Lawsuit: Last winter, students at California Lutheran University received a message from their president with disturbing news. "Two racist incidents involving social-media posts by Cal Lutheran students occurred in the last week," the email from Chris Kimball said. "Blackface and the N-word evoke white supremacy, anti-Blackness, and remind us that a violent, racist past is still with us today." Kimball didn’t offer much detail about the incidents in question. But a lawsuit filed last week by 24 members of the women’s softball team and three coaches alleges that it was well-known on campus that the message was about them. https://www.chronicle.com/article/they-were-accused-of-wearing-blackface-now-theyre-suing-their-college?cid=gen_sign_in DA509C61-BD3C-4C9B-AA9C-A1675DE8CB67 Tue, 3 Aug 2021 10:31:50 -0500 Hazing: A second Ohio University fraternity chapter was suspended this week for several code of conduct violations, including two related to hazing. Taylor Tackett, assistant dean of students and director of community standards and student responsibility, sent a notice to the Delta Pi chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity Tuesday morning that its organization had been suspended for four years, according to a university press release.The chapter will be eligible for reinstatement in 2025. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2021/07/27/ohio-university-suspends-second-fraternity-two-weeks-hazing/5388455001/ 7863B276-17A3-45E3-8107-F1123F20F2A8 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:12:21 -0500 An Ohio man whom authorities describe as an "incel" was arrested Wednesday and charged in federal court with attempting a hate crime by plotting to kill women in a mass shooting. The Justice Department alleged in a statement that the man, 21, of Hillsboro, Ohio, planned to shoot students at sororities at a university in Ohio. A grand jury indicted the man on charges of attempting to commit a hate crime and unlawful possession of a machine gun, officials said. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-incel-charged-hate-crime-plotting-sorority-mass-shooting-officials-n1274673 0BE04785-1730-4441-A4EA-F45167AA7D52 Wed, 21 Jul 2021 09:52:22 -0500 Hazing: A week after the state enacted an anti-hazing law in honor of an Ohio University student who died in 2018, the university suspended another fraternity for allegedly violating hazing rules. The Athens-based school sent the fraternity a notice Tuesday that it will be suspended for four years following an investigation by the school that revealed a pattern of student code of conduct violations. The suspension follows Gov. Mike DeWine’s signing of a bill into law last week that put in place tougher penalties for hazing at Ohio universities and colleges starting this fall. https://www.limaohio.com/news/468131/ohio-university-suspends-frat-after-anti-hazing-law-enacted ED469BDA-9E92-4F5D-9AA8-C183ECA9089F Thu, 15 Jul 2021 14:30:41 -0500 Hazing/Team Suspension: A Northern California state university suspended its entire varsity baseball team and put the team’s coaching staff on administrative leave Wednesday while it investigates unspecified allegations of misconduct. The University of California, Davis, Office of Compliance and Policy is investigating the allegations, "and the entire baseball program has been placed on suspension pending the outcome of this review," the university’s intercollegiate athletics department said in a statement. https://apnews.com/article/sports-baseball-davis-8f121af958bc8841a122dda4e3406373 EC53A6DF-C1C9-411D-A679-F373FA46783B Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:25:05 -0500 Threats/Harassment: Moments after the men charged into his apartment, Caperton Humphrey remembered the baseball bat in his bedroom. If they came at him -- and Humphrey believed he saw the imprint of a pistol in one man’s jogging pants -- he needed a plan to fight back. For months, four of these men had been his teammates on the Kansas Jayhawks football team. Now they and about a half-dozen others were in Humphrey’s living room, threatening him, his father Jamie, and even Caperton’s 15-year-old brother. Seconds later, Jamie Humphrey dialed 911, putting his phone on speaker before setting it on a countertop. https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/university-of-kansas/article252152528.html B6D0A928-6BE7-4FB1-9518-C240E0DE6EF3 Sun, 11 Jul 2021 10:21:42 -0500 Racism Lawsuit: Earlier this year, as Officer Russell Ellis neared the end of his late shift at the University of Washington’s campus police department, one of his superiors offered him an energy drink. The sergeant was laughing, Mr. Ellis said, noting that the beverage was flavored like watermelon. All five Black rank-and-file officers in the university police department filed multi-million-dollar damage claims this week, describing a culture of entrenched racism that has included racial slurs, vicious comments about Black people and open hostility directed at them and at members of the public. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/us/uw-police-racism.html?referringSource=articleShare B8E80B79-43FA-4A5A-AED7-95A80F542D9E Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:13:06 -0500 Campus Views Survey Law: Under the auspices of intellectual freedom, Florida’s universities and community colleges will be required to do an annual survey to ensure diverse views on campuses, including conservative opinions. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed HB 233 into law on Tuesday, implementing a survey that would be "objective, nonpartisan, and statistically valid," according to language in the law. https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2021/06/22/college-campuses-now-required-to-conduct-annual-surveys-to-measure-intellectual-diversity/ 77F2A9A1-4424-4871-A42B-3DFF121DB1FC Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:44:56 -0500 Arson/Hate Crime Hoax: Another race hoax bites the proverbial dust. In La Crosse, Wisconsin, last week a former student at Viterbo University pled not guilty to charges that she set a fire in a dorm and then tried to pass it off as a hate crime. A police report says the student, who is black, had texted a friend that the blaze, which started next to her dorm room, was possibly a hate crime. Yet security cameras in the building showed otherwise. https://www.tampafp.com/former-college-student-in-wisconsin-pleads-not-guilty-setting-fire-then-claiming-hate-crime/ 28565930-C820-414A-99EA-D7CE8A6DEAEC Tue, 22 Jun 2021 10:38:52 -0500 Campus Threat: A 29-year-old medical student from Glendale was arrested Wednesday evening on suspicion of threatening students, students' families and their campus, officials said. On April 21, the dean of Midwestern University told Glendale police that a medical student threatened to bomb the campus. About two months later, on June 9, police said hundreds of students received a mass email that named specific people the author of the email wanted to kill. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/glendale-breaking/2021/06/18/glendale-medical-student-threatened-students-campus/7748563002/ AD64F40E-5FEF-4AF4-A7F3-0B50B2A76694 Fri, 18 Jun 2021 10:53:36 -0500 COVID Vaccines: Vaccine requirements to attend public schools is not new, students must provide immunizations records to attend K-12 schools to show students have been vaccinated against measles, polio, and others. However, the COVID-19 vaccine will not be added to that list for public universities and colleges according to an Executive Order signed by Governor Doug Ducey on Tuesday. In his order, Ducey advised it was done, in part, in response to Arizona State University instituting a policy to all students on Monday advising that they be vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine prior to returning to class. The policy advised that those students who are not vaccinated would be subject to daily health checks, twice weekly testing, and mandated wearing of masks. https://gilaherald.com/ducey-signs-executive-order-prohibiting-universities-or-colleges-from-mandating-students-receive-the-covid-19-vaccine/ 390CF4E8-15D6-41FE-AC18-164726EA7D97 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:22:49 -0500 Racial Issues: Two Stanford University mental health services providers filed a complaint against the California university for creating a hostile environment for Jewish staffers, according to documents obtained by Jewish Insider on Tuesday. The complaint states that the DEI committee began holding weekly seminars beginning in January 2020. Despite requests to include antisemitism in the trainings, program facilitators -- themselves CAPS staffers -- declined to do so. https://jewishinsider.com/2021/06/stanford-university-antisemitism-diversity-equity-inclusion/ 31137ED0-DD79-4DBE-AC75-2A9CD5201FA2 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:45:36 -0500 Campus Police: When freshly vaccinated Portland State University students return to the South Park Blocks this fall, they will be greeted by campus police who no longer carry guns. PSU President Stephen Percy announced June 11 that campus patrols will be unarmed by Sept. 1. For at least seven years, a student group called Disarm PSU has pressured the university’s administration to remove guns from campus police. That demand intensified following the 2018 shooting of a Black man named Jason Washington by campus police called to break up a fight outside a sports bar called the Cheerful Tortoise. https://www.wweek.com/news/schools/2021/06/13/portland-state-university-campus-police-will-be-disarmed-by-fall-term/ 7CBDD5DE-4A69-425C-B4DD-A99301853500 Sun, 13 Jun 2021 10:17:20 -0500 Tenure Dispute: he pressure on trustees at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to grant tenure to investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones continued to mount Friday as a major funding partner joined the call to change her status and a sought-after chemistry professor decided not to join the faculty over the dispute. In addition, The Baltimore Sun published an editorial in which it drew a parallel between Hannah-Jones and the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, describing it in a headline as "the whitewashing of American history," a reference to The 1619 Project led by Hannah-Jones. Some believe conservative criticism of this project is at the heart of the decision by the UNC Board of Trustees to deny her tenure at the school of journalism and media. https://apnews.com/article/nikole-hannah-jones-racial-injustice-business-race-and-ethnicity-science-57bf0859ea0c0cec1c1abb036b5e4d3c 58955715-5F20-4C3B-A8C2-09BCFA2734C8 Fri, 4 Jun 2021 10:39:21 -0500 Hazing: Fifteen men were charged in connection with the alcohol-poisoning death of a Washington State University student, prosecutors said on Wednesday, after a yearlong police investigation into a fraternity pledging case from 2019. The men were members of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity when the student, a freshman named Samuel Martinez, died in 2019, according to Denis Tracy, the prosecutor for Whitman County. The men, now ages 20 to 23, were each charged with supplying liquor to minors, Mr. Tracy said in a statement. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/samuel-martinez-death-wsu.html?searchResultPosition=1 AB22FF03-63B7-48DA-8BB4-9F66D6A47DB2 Thu, 3 Jun 2021 10:25:21 -0500 It was the final day of classes at Stanford Law School, May 27, when the student said he was blindsided by a message from one of the deans informing him that his graduation was in jeopardy for potential misconduct. His offense: sending an email flier to fellow law students in January that he pretended was from the Federalist Society, a prominent conservative and libertarian group with a chapter at the law school. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/03/us/stanford-federalist-society-nicholas-wallace.html FEE1B025-C86A-449E-A515-959FDD17FFCD Thu, 3 Jun 2021 09:54:45 -0500 Athlete Safety: Ohio State has permanently banned an independent massage therapist -- and the State of Ohio Medical Board has permanently revoked her license -- after an investigation revealed that she engaged in "inappropriate and exploitative behavior" targeting members of the football team. The unnamed therapist will no longer be allowed on campus or at locations where students reside. The school also served her with a cease and desist order regarding any additional contact with students, coaches or staff. The report released by Ohio State states that the 41-year-old therapist, who lives roughly two hours from campus, used social media to offer massages to Buckeyes football players by saying that she owned a legitimate massage therapy business. The investigation found that she had intended to engage in sexual encounters with football players. https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/ohio-state-bans-massage-therapist-for-inappropriate-exploitative-behavior-with-football-team/ FE6AE46E-CF72-4852-B899-ED8249B58AF2 Thu, 13 May 2021 10:19:20 -0500 Arson: Officials from the University of Maine in Orono say a fire that damaged the Raymond H. Fogler Library on Wednesday night was a case of arson. A small fire between the first and second floors was reported just after 9 p.m. Wednesday and damaged about 50 books. The building was evacuated and no one was injured. On Thursday, university officials said the fire is being investigated as arson by the Office of the State Fire Marshal. A reward of $2,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone responsible is being offered by the UMaine Police Department and Division of Student Life. https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/06/arson-fire-damages-fogler-library-at-university-of-maine-in-orono/ 389C299D-F95C-4739-9671-0A591A962FAD Thu, 6 May 2021 10:32:59 -0500 Racial Issues: Dozens of students at the University of Texas at Austin who give campus tours to prospective Longhorns are refusing to work this week over a dispute about a plaque with "The Eyes of Texas" lyrics hanging in the Admissions Welcome Center. The dustup over the plaque is the latest example of UT-Austin officials standing by "The Eyes" over pleas that the university distance itself from the alma mater song because it originated at a minstrel show where students likely wore Blackface. It’s also the latest in a series of clashes over the song in a nearly yearlong controversy that has frequently pit administrators and alumni against students and divided members of the Longhorn community. https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/04/eyes-of-texas-ut-austin/ 57F24BFE-6613-4CD5-ACDA-76F410D63245 Tue, 4 May 2021 11:15:08 -0500 Speech/Racial Issues: The controversy over the use of a racial slur that has embroiled a public law school in New Jersey began with a student quoting from case law during a professor’s virtual office hours. The first-year student at Rutgers Law School in Newark, who is white, repeated a line from a 1993 legal opinion, including the epithet, when discussing a case. What followed has jolted the state institution, unleashing a polarizing debate over the constitutional right to free speech on campus and the power of a hateful word at a moment of intense national introspection over race, equity and systemic bias. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-nyt-new-jersey-law-school-racial-slur-20210503-bt2a5ute7nd5rbyzqnpvfp73ca-story.html 138BC94E-3451-4CE7-B851-D240B7D7AAD5 Mon, 3 May 2021 10:33:00 -0500 Free Speech: Linfield University on Tuesday fired an English professor and public advocate for students and faculty who had complained about alleged sexual abuse by board trustees. The professor also earlier this month accused university President Miles K. Davis of making anti-Semitic comments to fend off criticism of how the school handled those sexual abuse complaints. The professor first shared the allegations on a Twitter thread this month. https://www.oregonlive.com/education/2021/04/linfield-university-fires-professor-who-spoke-out-against-sexual-misconduct-raised-allegations-against-president.html 3FA5267F-356F-437D-B33E-4D4DAC94BD9F Sat, 1 May 2021 10:31:29 -0500 Burglary: A former University of Texas student is being accused of committing indecent acts in residence hall rooms he burglarized. The University of Texas Police Department filed charges against the student for burglary of a habitation and indecent assault after receiving an anonymous email reporting "possible burglaries with sexual deviant behavior at Jester Residence Hall." UTPD alleges the student entered three unoccupied dorm rooms and committed sexual acts with the victims’ property, then posted photos online. He also reportedly stole property. https://www.kxan.com/news/crime/police-ex-ut-student-broke-into-dorm-rooms-committed-sexual-acts-with-victims-property/ 4160500C-E7D2-4646-AADC-942F7BFF8DA6 Sat, 1 May 2021 10:33:50 -0500 Hate Crime: A 21-year-old UConn student was arrested Thursday and charged with a hate crime one month after a swastika was found spray-painted on the side of a chemistry building on campus during Passover and directly across the street from UConn Hillel. The student was charged with third-degree intimidation based on bias and third-degree criminal mischief, UConn police announced Thursday afternoon. An arrest warrant affidavit details how investigators traced the student back to the crime using campus security camera footage, wireless internet records and his use of his student access card to enter buildings the night of the incident. https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-uconn-anti-semitic-graffiti-arrest-20210429-4yfkfey5dfhr7noulbpywmytyy-story.html CA91284D-A399-4A8A-B9C2-E0B8B5D4F10C Sat, 1 May 2021 10:23:45 -0500 Campus Climate: A new survey reveals that college students do not feel comfortable openly disagreeing with professors on controversial topics or expressing an unpopular opinion on social media, raising questions on whether or not America’s colleges remain a place for the open expression of ideas and thoughtful debate. The study, conducted by Real Clear Politics, surveyed students at more than 500 colleges and universities across the country. The issues that students felt were most difficult to have an open and honest conversation about are some of the most debated issues nationally. https://fox28media.com/news/nation-world/60-of-college-students-do-not-feel-comfortable-disagreeing-with-professors-study-shows EC720A9C-A008-4EAF-8CDF-A05067011DE3 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 08:45:32 -0500 Abuse Allegations:Louisiana Tech University is reviewing its ties with a Ruston-based training center for the blind following multiple allegations of sexual abuse, racism and other misconduct at the center. "We are currently reviewing the terms of our relationship with the Louisiana Center for the Blind," said Louisiana Tech spokesperson Tonya Oaks Smith in a statement to Gambit. Founded in 1985, LCB was established to provide blind and visually impaired children and adults training in life skills ranging from reading braille to traveling with canes. https://www.nola.com/gambit/news/the_latest/article_76cb54b8-a2cb-11eb-9479-37221aa3ff52.html C45E04A6-1C4B-475D-A299-CD96D766BCD6 Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:14:07 -0500 Racial Issues: A lecturer at SUNY Buffalo State College is under review after comments she made about Black Lives Matter were recorded and posted on social media. This as many students across campus are demanding Buff State leaders address racially-charged incidents at the school, where there was a protest Tuesday. The protest highlighted how emotions are breaking out at Buff State. Students are demanding college leadership address recent racially-charged incidents. One of them involving a part-time instructor. https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/student-protesters-demand-that-racially-charged-incidents-are-addressed-at-buffalo-state/71-b99c682d-12dd-4dde-9ae7-28de146a8cce AFCDE7DD-7180-4179-9A78-AB3A605694FC Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:34:39 -0500 Free Speech Lawsuit: Former Virginia Tech women’s soccer player Kiersten Hening has filed a federal lawsuit against Hokies women’s soccer coach Chugger Adair, alleging that after she refused to join her teammates kneeling before games this season, the coach engaged in a "campaign of abuse and retaliation" that led her to leave the program. The suit seeks a ruling ordering Adair to "undergo First Amendment training," and to have Hening reinstated on the team, in addition to unspecified monetary awards for compensatory, punitive and nominal damages and costs associated with her case. https://richmond.com/sports/college/former-virginia-tech-soccer-player-sues-coach-claiming-she-was-forced-off-team-for-refusing/article_50b30056-bdb4-5418-9e27-abd18a761dc3.html 866A853F-7B82-4DA4-9111-92A0F22C84D7 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 09:39:13 -0500 Sexual Assault: A Utah State University football player was arrested Sunday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman.The 22-year-old player entered the bed of a woman while she slept, according to a probable cause statement, wearing only his underwear. The woman woke up, pushed him and told him to leave, at which point he put his clothes back on and left. Witnesses who spoke with the woman reported that the she told them the player touched her inappropriately and assaulted her, per the probable cause statement. The police document also stated the player had been seen entering multiple rooms in the university dormitory where the woman lived. https://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-state-sports/2021/04/18/utah-state-football/ 2C9276CF-11AC-4C89-BBA4-188F2D91FDC8 Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:10:57 -0500 Free Speech: San Diego State University students expressed outrage Tuesday over a professor’s use of a cultural stereotype about Blacks in an online class -- anger that was followed a short time later by campus officials defending the teacher’s right to make a point about racial ideology. The statement by SDSU officials was posted in response to a brief clip on Twitter of Professor Robert Jordan giving a pre-recorded, hour-long Introduction to Cinema class that was held on Monday. "In the :50 video, the professor gives an example of a racist view or ideology," the SDSU statement said. "Professor Jordan insists the clip in no way represents his personal views or opinions." https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2021-04-13/sdsu-professor-race BF227B9F-4007-4F91-BC09-B2E618E3562A Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:55:27 -0500 Hazing: A University of Mississippi student faces aggravated assault charges after police said he sprayed cleaner into the mouth of a fraternity pledge during a hazing ritual, causing serious internal injuries. Adam Peavy, a lawyer for the injured student, said the hazing took place at an Oct. 11 ceremony where pledges were supposed to receive fraternity pins at the Pi Kappa Alpha house in Oxford. https://www.gwcommonwealth.com/ole-miss-student-charged-frat-hazing-injured-pledge#sthash.ZqDm4S9E.dpbs 468131A1-6C3E-43C9-973C-DB47E6B56CFB Wed, 7 Apr 2021 10:06:08 -0500 Student Deaths: Two Western Nebraska Community College students have died at the Western Nebraska Community College Aviation Maintenance facility in Sidney as a result of a tragic accident. The names of the deceased students were not released pending notification of the students’ families. WNCC Public Relations and Marketing Director Allison Judy told the said the incident occurred early Thursday morning during instructional time at the Sidney campus main building. She said there’s about 15 students in the aviation program. https://starherald.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/two-students-killed-in-accident-at-wncc-aviation-maintenance-facility/article_48dfcf56-933b-11eb-8d27-e32e7da77ef8.html CA64AC80-114C-448A-B3E9-420653C6CBB7 Thu, 1 Apr 2021 11:06:35 -0500 Weapons: A former Lamar University employee with two loaded AK-47 rifles and five handguns in his truck was arrested on the campus Monday night on weapons and driving while intoxicated charges. Mark Edward Smith, 63, who is accused of driving while intoxicated, unlawfully carrying a firearm and resisting arrest, was arrested by Lamar University Police officers. Smith was an HVAC controls mechanic at the university from May 2016 until last week, a Lamar spokesperson told 12News on Tuesday. Smith was terminated due to "a personnel matter" on March 22, 2021, according to Lamar University's human resources department. https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/crime/former-lamar-university-employee-arrested-assault-weapons-handguns-arrested-on-campus-monday-night/502-d67299c4-a6f1-45be-b002-df51352e9ef2 17F1A8C7-1C02-4A6F-83E8-9F462C1B7AE6 Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:06:14 -0500 Tree Theft: Police who were stumped by the theft of a rare pine tree in November from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum said Friday that they have cracked the case. UW-Madison police said three 19-year-old university students stole the tree as part of a "pledge" activity for the former Chi Phi fraternity, which hasn’t been recognized as an official student organization since 2015. Police said they acted on a tip, and that the three admitted to purchasing a chainsaw, renting a U-Haul and stealing the 25-foot Algonquin Pillar Swiss Mountain pine. The stolen tree was about 30 yards (30 meters) from a street that runs through the arboretum, which is a popular spot for walkers, joggers, bicyclists and nature lovers. https://www.wspa.com/news/3-students-in-wisconsin-cited-after-rare-tree-stolen-during-pledging-police-say/ 290998DF-8267-4A14-85CB-45A4A92098E3 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 11:06:15 -0500 Free Speech: It was the first day of the spring semester at Shawnee State University, and a student in Nicholas Meriwether’s political philosophy class hung back to have a word with the professor. During the lecture, Meriwether had called the student "sir" when she raised her hand. That was incorrect, she told him. She identified as a woman, she said, and asked him to address her accordingly. The 2018 incident at the small public university in Ohio set off a months-long investigation by school officials, who concluded that Meriwether had created a "hostile environment" and issued a written warning saying he could be fired or suspended without pay for violating campus nondiscrimination policy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/03/27/transgender-pronouns-shawnee-state-professor/ 6CD02D4D-696B-485B-9558-20EB7B7BC050 Sat, 27 Mar 2021 10:16:23 -0500 Hazing: A troubled University of Iowa fraternity that’s been on some form of probation or sanction since 2017 again has had its disciplinary stint extended -- now through the end of 2022 -- after campus investigators this month determined it hazed new members and violated alcohol and property rules. Pi Kappa Alpha -- known as PIKE and as one of the campus’ largest fraternities, reporting 92 total members and nearly 20 new -- this semester committed a range of offenses involving social events with alcohol and without COVID-19 precautions; new member servitude; and lack of supervision, according to UI findings. https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/university-of-iowa-fraternity-disciplined-again-for-hazing-alcohol-violations-20210325 B3F9DCDC-CF0E-4340-8B35-301E5AF69DA7 Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:20:01 -0500 Free Speech: Dr. Bandy Lee, a psychiatrist who has been outspoken in calling former President Donald Trump a danger to the country, has sued Yale University after she was not reappointed. Her federal lawsuit claims breach of contract, lack of good faith and wrongful termination and states she was fired for her public statements about Trump and his "inner circle," including attorney Alan Dershowitz. https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Ex-Yale-psychiatrist-who-criticized-Trump-16047079.php 07BEDD74-EB90-446B-BA92-0983A64B695B Tue, 23 Mar 2021 10:52:03 -0500 Hazing: The University of Central Oklahoma has suspended its cheerleading team after investigating claims of hazing. UCO President Patti Neuhold-Ravikumar sent an email Saturday morning to the UCO community outlining the alleged incident and the university’s response. According to the email, UCO was notified of the alleged incident and began investigating. As a result, the university decided to suspend the cheer team immediately through the end of the school year. The team also may not participate in national competitions for two years. https://www.koco.com/article/uco-suspends-cheerleading-team-over-alleged-hazing/35892390# AC9B6D57-043F-4021-9DA0-C381CDB549F9 Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:22:32 -0500 Students Abroad: Nine students, including six Americans, who attend New York University in Shanghai were detained by Chinese police in two separate incidents on the same night last week, university personnel and U.S. officials told The Washington Post. Two of the U.S. students were apprehended at a bar, according to a student and university faculty. One of them, a young man, was kicked in the head by authorities and the other, a woman, sustained bruising as police in plainclothes attempted to apprehend her, the student said. It is unclear whether the students were arrested as part of China’s increasingly aggressive anti-drug enforcement policies or targeted for political reasons amid worsening relations with the United States. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/american-students-arrested-china/2021/03/16/1b284f6e-8690-11eb-8a67-f314e5fcf88d_story.html E076886A-A370-4559-92E7-C967D1C32D42 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 11:15:13 -0500 Sexual Assault: University student has been charged with raping a fellow student in her dorm room. James Patrick Withouse, 20, was charged Friday with second-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, second-degree sodomy and sexual abuse. According to a probable cause statement in the case, a woman recently came forward to report Withouse had raped her on Feb. 28. The woman allegedly told police she invited Withouse over to her dorm to watch a movie with her, but Withouse then forced himself on her and sexually assaulted her despite her telling him "no." https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2021/03/09/missouri-state-university-student-charged-rape-assaulting-fellow-student-dorm-room/6922382002/ 829104DD-32C1-489F-8CED-9ACB23D300EE Tue, 9 Mar 2021 11:00:59 -0600 Hazing: Three members of a college baseball team in South Carolina were arrested on hazing charges, the Florence County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. The Francis Marion University baseball players were accused of hitting and injuring younger teammates as part of an initiation, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. On Saturday, David Tyler Mangum and Jon-Mitchell Carter, both 21, and 22-year-old Noah Hunter Jones were charged with hazing, jail records show. https://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/state/south-carolina/article249777283.html C4B55284-CE9B-4D80-AD75-8947D5793154 Tue, 9 Mar 2021 15:54:48 -0600 Hazing: An attorney who is speaking on behalf of the family of BGSU sophomore Stone Foltz says that Stone Foltz has passed away. The student was being kept alive while they worked with doctors to donate his organs in the wake of an alleged alcohol-fueled fraternity hazing incident on Thursday that left him in critical condition. The national fraternity on Saturday described Thursday's activities as an "alleged incident of alcohol-related hazing at an off-campus event." https://www.wtol.com/article/news/local/family-of-bgsu-student-stone-foltz-involved-in-alleged-hazing-incident-says-theyre-working-with-doctors-to-donate-his-organs/512-e431cb25-e805-4aab-a4f8-785ef727936b CA8F83B3-AFE2-41C1-8598-48614D3FEF4B Mon, 8 Mar 2021 16:01:32 -0600 Racial Issues: Three professors at the University of South Alabama have been placed on leave after racially insensitive Halloween photos surfaced of them, the university said. USA President Tony Waldrop made the announcement Friday. The pictures were taken at an on-campus Halloween party in 2014, according to a petition created by USA students, multiple news agencies reported. Then-Dean of the Mitchell College of Business and current finance professor Bob Wood was dressed in a Confederate soldier’s uniform, while professors Alex Sharland and Teresa Weldy posed with a whip and noose. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/university-southern-alabama-professors_n_604524c8c5b613cec15e9696 84048835-6998-4A58-BF2A-5AD76F0C07B7 Sun, 7 Mar 2021 09:54:19 -0600 COVID Testing Policies: The University of Michigan is banning 375 students who haven't taken required coronavirus tests from entering nonresidential buildings on campus, the school announced Wednesday morning. The undergraduate students had their Mcards, which they scan to enter buildings, deactivated and received emails Tuesday telling them of the move, after what the university said was multiple attempts to reach them. This means the students can't go into buildings housing classes, laboratories or even social activities. https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2021/03/03/university-michigan-coronavirus-testing-building-access/6900995002/ A9F3FC2B-8457-4754-9E60-13DA0B09692A Wed, 3 Mar 2021 10:33:50 -0600 Free Speech: An organization specializing in defending the rights of students and employees at American universities is suing the president of Haskell University on behalf of a reporter and editor-in-chief of the school’s newspaper. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, filed a federal lawsuit against Haskell President Dr. Ronald Graham, who issued a "directive" forbidding routine newsgathering and shorting funding for the student newspaper by over $10,000 without explanation. Jared Nally, a Haskell student and editor-in-chief of the school’s newspaper, the Indian Leader, says he was "silenced" for 90 days under Graham’s directive. https://www.wibw.com/2021/03/02/student-reporter-sues-haskell-university-president/ 6046521F-38F5-4D09-A28E-01FE5B613D9E Tue, 2 Mar 2021 10:14:06 -0600 Greek Life/Student Death: Virginia Commonwealth University has suspended a fraternity and announced a review of all Greek life after a student was found dead at an off-campus house on Saturday. The VCU chapter of the Delta Chi fraternity was also suspended by the national Delta Chi organization. The suspensions follow the death of VCU student Adam Oakes. Statements from the university, the national fraternity and the Richmond police did not mention any cause of death, although police are investigating. https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/02/us/virginia-delta-chi-frat-suspended/index.html 7BE54095-069B-45A2-964E-37B7896D09FD Tue, 2 Mar 2021 10:07:03 -0600 Racial Issues: Just weeks after Kansas State University opened its new Multicultural Student Center this semester, someone scribbled hateful messages about Black History Month on a discussion board inside. Now students say the college continuously fails to protect students. Hate messages, including "Why do you celebrate Black History Month?" "What history?" and "Because it’s a joke," were written across a whiteboard Feb. 26 inside the the Morris Family Multicultural Student Center. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/education/article249610398.html BA89143B-2332-4DF1-8A9E-61AF54016606 Mon, 1 Mar 2021 09:44:13 -0600 Free Speech: Thomas Brennan, a Ferris State University professor who was placed on leave after allegedly tweeting racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic slurs, has been terminated by the university. Brennan came under fire in November for posts on his Twitter account involving conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and for allegedly using racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic language. He said many of the things he tweeted were "horrible" but he was exercising his free speech rights. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/02/27/ferris-state-prof-fired-allegedly-tweeting-slurs-free-speech/6854875002/ CB85700B-00FD-4AD0-B8BC-55D8AC2BC9E6 Mon, 1 Mar 2021 10:18:37 -0600 Anthem Protest: Tennessee Republicans are up in arms over a state college basketball team's decision to kneel last week during the playing of "The Star Spangled Banner," prompting legislators to warn the public university system not to allow student athletes to do so again. A firestorm of controversy has surrounded the action by players on the men's East Tennessee State University basketball team, who during a Feb. 16 game at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga dropped to one knee on the court as the national anthem played. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2021/02/23/republican-state-senators-tennessee-public-colleges-stop-athletes-kneeling-during-national-anthem/4556148001/ F8729A54-2F4F-453B-B438-EA2C1A55C869 Tue, 23 Feb 2021 10:24:52 -0600 Free Speech: The newest federal guidance for colleges and universities investigating sexual misconduct emphasizes due process for both the accuser and accused. Among other requirements, institutions are legally obligated to presume the accused is innocent prior to starting any investigation. That’s not what happened at Pacific University in Oregon, where one professor of education who made controversial comments about gender says he was told to quit or be found culpable in an investigation under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the federal law prohibiting gender-based discrimination. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2021/02/22/pacific-u-professor-says-administrators-threatened-him-title-ix?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=95e87379ad-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-95e87379ad-198624309&mc_cid=95e87379ad&mc_eid=c27b65b094 9043584C-6C4D-4515-A8EF-9A358A01E868 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:09:23 -0600 Racial Issues: UCLA runner Chris Weiland has been dismissed from the track and field and cross-country teams after a video recording and text message exchange showing him using racist, homophobic and sexist language surfaced on social media, sparking widespread outrage. The 4½-minute video, posted on an Instagram account called "ucla_is_racist" and shot inside a darkened car, appears to show Weiland talking about his girlfriend cheating on him with another man before he asks her to leave. Weiland, who is white, goes on to use a racial slur in a cellphone call that can be heard in the video, verified as Weiland by multiple people close to the program. https://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/story/2021-02-22/ucla-dismisses-athlete-racist-homophobic-language 68FF2575-6EAC-4B1D-BFD0-7F0819D71816 Mon, 22 Feb 2021 11:00:18 -0600 COVID Testing Policies: Late last month, Yidong "Ivor" Chen, a fourth year physics PhD student from China, faced a disciplinary committee made up of students, faculty and staff for testing non-compliance. Chen says he explained to the committee that he lives off-campus with his mother, who he says is high risk for complications from COVID-19. Chen says he works remotely. He says statements on the university website led him to believe that if he was living and working off-campus, that he didn’t need to test every week. (Chen also says he applied for and received a testing exemption for the spring semester.) A representative for the Graduate Employees’ Organization, the union that represents graduate workers, says it took the committee less than 10 minutes to come to their initial decision in Chen’s case: dismissal for a full year, 80 hours of community service, two reflective essays, and a no trespass order barring Chen from setting foot on campus while he’s dismissed. https://illinoisnewsroom.org/u-of-i-reverses-course-after-kicking-grad-student-out-for-failing-to-get-tested-for-covid-19/ C708818A-2243-42E2-9116-EBCA5C7007C8 Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:45:05 -0600 Racial Issues: At least three New Jersey universities have reported racist attacks during virtual Black History Month events. Rutgers University, Rider University and the New Jersey Institute of Technology told CNN they are investigating racist incidents in which individuals interrupted virtual Black History Month meetings with racist remarks and imagery. It is unclear whether the incidents at the three universities are connected. https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/16/us/three-nj-universities-bhm-attacks/index.html?eml=20210219 5F0D9F67-6DE6-46B6-AE0E-F687823A7282 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 11:24:29 -0600 Free Speech: COVID-19’s consequences for education have not been limited to location, access, or, in the University of California, Berkeley’s case, temporary bans on outdoor exercise. On campuses across the country, speech and due process rights have been challenged, too, as administrators struggle to respond to the pandemic. At the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), we have been paying careful attention to how these trends have impacted vital student and faculty rights in higher education. In this report, COVID on Campus: The Pandemic’s Impact on Student and Faculty Speech Rights, FIRE gives readers a clearer picture of what institutions have done wrong, how they can do better, and the broader challenges to education posed by the past year. https://www.thefire.org/research/publications/miscellaneous-publications/covid-on-campus-the-pandemics-impact-on-student-and-faculty-speech-rights/?utm_source=FIRE_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Update&show_popup=false B6171F70-0868-41DB-A93A-637A0E4F7523 Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:50:20 -0600 Burglary: As a result of an investigation by Fayetteville State University Police, a suspect has been arrested after a student awoke to a man standing inside her bedroom around 4 a.m. Friday, officials said Sunday. The victim, who lives in University Place Apartments, says she heard a noise and woke up to find the man standing in her room staring at her. The man then fled the area. "Something told me to wake up obviously and when I woke up there was a man standing at the end of my bed watching me sleep," the victim said. The suspect had reportedly been seen walking in the area of multiple buildings and checking for unlocked doors in the University Place Apartments complex. https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/cumberland-county-news/arrest-made-after-fayetteville-state-university-student-awoke-to-burglar-inside-her-room/ 749FE5D2-F22B-4D39-BC6F-F3840FB23FA6 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:45:35 -0600 Greek Life: Friday, Syracuse University suspended a Greek Life organization for its involvement with three "large" parties that occurred within the community in the last six days. In a news release, Syracuse University said 20 new COVID-19 cases can be linked to the parties. They warn that more cases are likely to follow. The university says the students who attended the parties "will be referred to the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities for Stay Safe Pledge violations and will be charged." https://wbng.com/2021/02/12/syracuse-university-suspends-greek-life-group-for-involvement-in-parties-covid-violations/ 60225385-62DC-4438-AE51-15F1EDB0571A Fri, 12 Feb 2021 13:47:30 -0600 Protesters Arrests: Five people, students and former students, were detained outside the Marshall Student Center on charges of trespassing and served notices to appear after being told to disperse, according to the University Police Department. They were there for a rally calling attention to the climate for free speech on college campuses in Florida. Participants were protesting state legislation that proposes increased penalties for protesters who block traffic or participate in "disorderly assemblies." https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2021/02/10/usf-arrests-five-protesters-for-trespassing-violating-coronavirus-policies/ C418086D-256B-4DE6-B364-D8DB4099E938 Tue, 9 Feb 2021 11:37:27 -0600 Free Speech: To Kimberly Diei, a pharmacy graduate student at the University of Tennessee, her posts on Twitter and Instagram were well within the bounds of propriety. She was just having fun. "Sex positive," she called them. But to the university, her social media messages were more than just a bit racy. After an anonymous source reported them for a second time, a disciplinary panel declared Ms. Diei’s posts "vulgar," "crude" and not in keeping with the mores of her chosen profession. In September, it ordered her expelled. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/us/colleges-social-media-discipline.html 444E7845-64C9-4441-ABA2-28FA7E62BF81 Fri, 5 Feb 2021 12:49:00 -0600 Free Speech Settlement: The University of Illinois has settled in a lawsuit brought by a free speech group claiming that the Urbana-Champaign campus was violating the First Amendment with rules surrounding political and other forms of speech. Fox News previously reported on the lawsuit, which was filed in 2019 and targeted three particular aspects of the university's practices: the bias response team (BART), restrictions on posting flyers for political candidates, and "no contact directives" (NCT) that effectively function as restraining orders. https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-of-illinois-settlement-free-speech F4AEE9E0-DE4F-41F6-9CCA-251682775137 Thu, 4 Feb 2021 11:32:38 -0600 Sexual Assault Settlement: A judge ordered the Rhode Island School of Design to pay $2.5 million to a former student who was raped while abroad on a three-week school trip in Ireland in 2016. The ruling Tuesday found that the school had not provided students keys to lock their doors in the housing provided to them on the trip and that its negligence allowed the attack to happen, the Providence Journal reported. The student, who was earning a joint degree with Brown University at the time, attended a three-week art program in Ballyvaughan, where she and other students were staying in four-bedroom houses arranged by the university and were not given keys to lock their bedroom doors. https://apnews.com/article/rhode-island-33075f7e0ec9ccf4b9e2a5ed50fd44a9 941020DF-EEC9-4B16-8CEA-D6CB95D70DB8 Wed, 3 Feb 2021 11:03:27 -0600 Free Speech: eaders from all three of Iowa’s public universities Tuesday apologized to lawmakers for "egregious" incidents on their campuses that suppressed First Amendment rights and quelled free speech -- largely affecting conservative students -- and committed to taking corrective action. "Since October, we’ve been reviewing what happened, how the process worked and didn’t work, and we’re working to implement steps that will prevent this from happening again," University of Iowa College of Dentistry Dean David Johnsen told the House Oversight Committee. https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/iowa-universities-apologize-for-egregious-free-speech-errors/article_1cb814ae-8e55-5f67-b101-0092621ab950.html 858B3938-E180-48E4-8FC4-DE4BADAE2E9C Wed, 3 Feb 2021 13:27:04 -0600 Greek Life: Penn State has suspended the Alpha Chi Chapter of Sigma Chi fraternity through summer 2024 following "significant violations" of COVID-19-related policies, the university announced Monday. Sigma Chi entered interim suspension on October 2 after Penn State’s Office of Student Conduct investigated allegations made against the fraternity relating to violations of the university’s COVID-19 guidelines and State College’s ordinance. https://onwardstate.com/2021/02/01/sigma-chi-fraternity-suspended-through-summer-2024-for-significant-covid-19-violations/ 0B7B5095-8898-49F0-B1E5-8655CFBD3778 Tue, 2 Feb 2021 10:30:09 -0600 Athletes' Safety: College football players sustained far more concussions during practices than they did in games, medical researchers reported on Monday, a finding certain to add to the yearslong debate about regulating training regimens across the sport. Much less clear is whether the college sports industry will nationalize safety reforms like those adopted by the N.F.L., which limits the number of full-contact practices per season, or some college conferences. But with the N.C.A.A. and its members facing urgent decisions on other fronts, including the coronavirus pandemic, far-reaching new rules may not be imminent. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/sports/concussions-college-football-practice.html 6760C248-2B72-4BA4-ADA5-5F8DE2A22570 Mon, 1 Feb 2021 10:18:13 -0600 Free Speech: Suzanne Jones was "floored and shocked" when she was fired without warning from Collin College on Thursday. Beloved by colleagues and students, the education professor has worked there since 2001 and serves on the school’s faculty council. But Jones said she was let go out of the blue for challenging the college’s COVID-19 reopening plans; she'll leave at the end of the spring semester. https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/two-collin-college-professors-say-they-were-fired-for-challenging-covid-19-reopening-plan-11983023 09332C19-13C8-47A2-8639-59B41EB58829 Mon, 1 Feb 2021 10:27:01 -0600 COVID-19 Staff Changes: Staff at Georgetown University are railing against a program that asks them to temporarily take on health-related roles during the pandemic -- such as conducting wellness screenings, registering visitors to campus or security -- or go on unpaid leave. It comes as the school has designed a spring semester that will include about 200 hybrid courses, increased access to campus facilities and brought twice as many residential students to campus than in the fall. In preparation, the university revamped a program that places employees into temporary public-health-oriented jobs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/georgetown-workers-pandemic-work/2021/01/29/57f484b8-619b-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html 8140FC40-9ED8-4521-A308-A825C2902CF3 Mon, 1 Feb 2021 10:13:13 -0600 Vaccine Distribution/Privacy: Georgetown University is seeking disciplinary action against students it says received the coronavirus vaccine despite not currently being eligible under D.C.’s vaccination rollout. As it stands, the COVID-19 vaccine is only available to third- and fourth-year Georgetown medical school students because they regularly interact with patients in a health care setting. The university did not elaborate on how the students had access to the vaccine without eligibility nor how many were involved, citing federal privacy regulations. https://wtop.com/dc/2021/01/georgetown-university-to-discipline-students-who-received-covid-vaccine-without-eligibility/ 065DDFF8-FE91-4F5E-8D66-9AB9E787708C Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:02:11 -0600 Tuition Strike: More than 1,000 Columbia University students are withholding this semester's tuition as they demand that the Ivy League school in New York City lower its cost amid financial burdens and the move to online classes prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Students initiated the tuition strike last Friday, when payments for the semester were due. In a sweeping list of demands, students accused the school of demonstrating a "flagrant disregard for initiatives democratically supported within the community." The striking students are asking the school to lower tuition by at least 10 percent and to increase financial aid. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/over-1-000-columbia-university-students-tuition-strike-demanding-pandemic-n1255930 90C24EEB-FB20-4E52-966A-22F54E46CFC8 Thu, 28 Jan 2021 13:41:42 -0600 Racist Vandalism: Police at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill issued two arrest warrants on Monday in connection with racist and antisemitic graffiti discovered in a campus building over the weekend. In a statement Monday, UNC Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert A. Blouin and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Amy Johnson said the vandalism happened at the Campus Y sometime between Saturday and Sunday. They said a person unlawfully entered the building and defaced several offices, leaving behind antisemitic symbols and a racial epithet on a white board, the local ABC affiliate reported. https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/01/26/university-of-north-carolina-cops-issue-arrest-warrants-after-antisemitic-vandalism-discovered/ F998827C-D7C2-4CC7-8337-0E22E742EFA9 Tue, 26 Jan 2021 10:37:37 -0600 Abuse Allegations: In all, 22 people -- 14 players, six parents, an assistant coach and an athletic trainer -- spoke out against Nelson in a 71-page document sent to Purdue University officials in May. The document, compiled by Martin Greenberg, an attorney hired by players and parents, was obtained by IndyStar in October. It alleges mental and physical abuse by Nelson, along with NCAA violations since she was hired as head coach. The document demands an independent investigation of Nelson and her staff. Among the allegations in the document sent to Purdue officials: Nelson mocked players for depression, forced them to play through injuries, pressured them to go on medications, such as antidepressants, called them out of shape and fat, withheld medical care, denied them food as punishment, didn't allow players to see a psychologist without a coaching staff present and once told a player to "get over it" after a sexual assault. https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2021/01/20/purdue-fort-wayne-womens-basketball-program-accused-toxic-abuse/3592918001/ 6DE66856-9C33-4FCA-B4F7-431153170C45 Wed, 20 Jan 2021 09:26:15 -0600 Robberies: Four men have been charged with multiple robberies that were reported in the University of Alabama campus area. Isaiah Jamal Farrow, 20, Keon Lamar Brown, 23, Jaylen Jakobie Fulghun, 22, and Deshaun Darnell Bryant, 23, were all taken into custody in December, Tuscaloosa police said in a social media post on Wednesday. The first case in the Tuscaloosa police jurisdiction was reported around midnight on Nov. 29. Three suspects allegedly approached a man near the Strip and asked if the man wanted to purchase marijuana. https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/crime/2021/01/06/arrest-made-university-alabama-campus-area-robberies/6562490002/ 35E0329E-2480-440E-8FCE-7FE97D150E60 Wed, 6 Jan 2021 13:42:46 -0600 Drugs: Twenty-one people -- including current and former students from University of North Carolina, Duke University, and Appalachian State University -- have been arrested for dealing drugs at and on college campuses. United States Attorney Matthew Martin, a UNC alumnus, said the arrested drug dealers were not small-time drug users, but instead "hardened drug dealers." "This is a large drug network and supply chain fueling a drug culture at fraternities and within these universities and around these universities and towns," Martin said. Court filings specifically point to UNC chapters of Phi Gamma Delta, Kappa Sigma, and Beta Theta Pi from 2017-2020 being sites of illegal drug activity. https://abc11.com/drug-ring-fraternity-unc-duke/8845768/ 7240EF4E-1D28-43E7-B640-1708FD8BDA31 Thu, 17 Dec 2020 08:42:12 -0600 Student/Instructor Altercation: Fresno Police say a Fresno City College student is in custody after he went to an instructor's house with a gun and got into a "physical disturbance" with her Thursday morning. The incident happened in Central Fresno. Witnesses tell Action News the student, who has been identified as Rudolfo Brambila, was holding the woman at gunpoint after a tense showdown in the backyard of the instructor's home. Detectives say Brambila's exact motive is still unknown, but police know he was mad about a complaint the teacher filed related to his behavior which the female instructor felt was inappropriate. https://abc30.com/fresno-city-college-professor-student-arrest-held-hostage-attacked/8669650/ D14505AA-49CB-4164-ABB4-C2996E34632F Thu, 10 Dec 2020 11:22:04 -0600 Drugs: A drug ring largely operated by current and former University of Texas students used apps and social media to sell counterfeit Adderall and Xanax often laced with fentanyl, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Justice officials said 13 people, including eight current and former students, have been charged with trafficking LSD, fentanyl and methamphetamine pills. The ring was led by Varun Prasad, 23, of Austin, investigators said. Prasad accepted payments for the drugs via apps including Venmo and Paypal, plus in cash. Former University of Texas at San Antonio professor Rose Rodriguez-Rabin is accused of providing Prasad with methamphetamine-laced counterfeit drugs "on numerous occasions," Sofer said. https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/2020/12/05/13-charged-in-drug-sales-over-apps-near-university-of-texas/ 16EBF6A6-DDD9-4B28-BAF1-C57A3982BE92 Fri, 4 Dec 2020 10:03:59 -0600 Sexual Assault: A former Syracuse University student is facing rape and other charges in connection with sexual assaults on two students at the university. Members of the U.S. Marshalls Service arrested Jacob Cohen, 19, in his home state of Ohio on Friday on charges of first-degree rape, second-degree burglary, first-degree attempted sexual abuse, and forcible touching, City police said the Syracuse University Department of Public Safety responded at 10 p.m. Aug. 29 to a report of an assault at an on-campus residence hall. https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2020/12/ex-syracuse-university-student-charged-with-sexual-assault-on-2-students.html D5EF9C54-E6B6-4BB4-AC32-6C4E19CF2320 Sat, 5 Dec 2020 09:44:18 -0600 Extortion: A University of Iowa student faces an extortion charge. According to a University of Iowa Department of Public Safety criminal complaint, on April 26, 20-year-old Vy N. Dinh, of Iowa City, told the victim she would go to the police and say she had been sexually assaulted by him unless he paid her $1,000. The alleged threat took place at the Catlett Residence Hall. Dinh was arrested and faces one count of extortion, a Class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison. https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/public-safety/vy-dinh-extortion-sexually-assaulted-iowa-city-20201201 405ACA31-F634-4B94-9997-5DD79A80F4A0 Thu, 3 Dec 2020 09:48:59 -0600 Attempted Murder: A former Lehigh University student and chemistry major could face at least 20 years in prison after admitting that he laced his roommate's food and drink with a poisonous heavy metal. Yukai Yang pleaded guilty Monday to a single felony count of attempted murder after admitting he poisoned his roommate with the heavy metal, thallium. Yang acknowledged in court that he purchased the thallium used to poison his roommate. https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/former-lehigh-university-student-pleads-guilty-in-heavy-metal-poisoning-of-roommate/article_1ff2f6ae-32bf-11eb-8391-5b4724993630.html E8E7C3CC-6D0C-4E58-94A5-2FB8331011C4 Mon, 30 Nov 2020 11:42:00 -0600 Hazing: The University of Iowa has suspended -- effectively deregistering -- its Acacia Fraternity for high-risk hazing and a long list of violations, like berating new members for "religious, political beliefs, or racial/ethnic identity," including during an initiation ceremony at the Masonic Temple of Iowa City. "All new members were berated and called demeaning and misogynistic names at various times during Initiation Week," according to a lengthy investigative report provided to The Gazette following a public records request. https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/university-iowa-acacia-fraternity-deregister-hazing-20201124 38D635D9-97F2-4E88-B923-3FFEAE16205A Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:49:29 -0600 Greek Life: For years, SDSU has been plagued by dangerous and sometimes illegal behaviors within its clutch of fraternities and sororities. Now, one year after the tragedy, the scope of that misconduct is coming into focus. An investigation by the Union-Tribune revealed that in the five years leading up to the accident, Greek chapters were widely and repeatedly called to account for a slew of violations. They allowed underage students to drink alcohol, performed abusive hazing rituals, and were accused of sexual harassment and assault, according to confidential records obtained through the California Public Records Act. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education/story/2020-11-22/the-sdsu-fraternity 83D9D4A4-8B86-45FD-8EC0-567D9D37A450 Sun, 22 Nov 2020 16:08:51 -0600 Vandalism: A man has admitted to spray-painting a racial slur on and otherwise damaging Iowa State University property in August. Nathan Page, 19, pleaded guilty Tuesday to criminal trespass and fourth-degree criminal mischief, both serious misdemeanors. Page was a freshman at Iowa State at the time of the crime. https://www.amestrib.com/story/news/2020/11/10/man-pleads-guilty-racist-vandalism-iowa-state-university/6241592002/ 8CD2E737-47CE-48E6-826A-DA1370EA55CF Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:13:31 -0600 Abuse Allegations: Wichita State and Gregg Marshall are expected to part ways in the coming days, a source told CBS Sports, confirming a report from Stadium's Jeff Goodman on Tuesday night. The 57-year-old Marshall, who took Wichita State to the 2013 Final Four and is the winningest coach in school history (331-121), had been subject to a months-long investigation after allegations surfaced earlier this year regarding multiple verbal and physical incidents against former players and staff members. https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/wichita-state-to-part-ways-with-gregg-marshall-after-allegations-of-physical-verbal-abuse-against-ex-players/ 89DECC8A-5E32-4B6E-8E9F-E311DC83CB00 Wed, 11 Nov 2020 13:58:06 -0600 Sexual Assault: A former Susquehanna University student has been found guilty of two misdemeanor counts of indecently assaulting her roommate in Hassinger Hall the day after the May 2019 commencement. But, a Snyder County jury Thursday acquitted Pratigya Thakur, 21, of the Bronx, N.Y., of rape. She remains free on $10,000 bail pending sentencing. She is no longer a student at Susquehanna. https://www.pennlive.com/news/2020/11/ex-susquehanna-university-student-found-guilty-of-indecently-assaulting-roommate.html D33C2764-0796-4C9F-BEC5-AD0BB8311C8D Fri, 6 Nov 2020 13:44:42 -0600 Abuse Allegations: Midway through her freshman season at Oregon State, Kyla Waiters locked herself in the bathroom, and a concerned teacher’s assistant called 911. "I just thought I didn’t want to live anymore," Waiters said. Her decision a few months earlier to accept a scholarship to play volleyball for coach Mark Barnard’s team had been seeded with promises and hope. Before a single semester had passed, all that was gone. https://www.si.com/college/2020/11/05/players-oregon-st-coach-abuse-scholarship-allegations-investigation 51305A94-9167-4B96-91E0-6B28E5AC83B5 Thu, 5 Nov 2020 11:33:33 -0600 Hazing: According to an affidavit signed by LSU Police, Terry Pat Reynolds II has been arrested for criminal hazing and failure to seek assistance after a Phi Kappa Psi pledge was put on life support after being hazed in Mid-October. Police say Reynolds then instructed the pledges to finish all the alcohol given to them and wouldn’t let them leave until they had. Witnesses told police that Reynolds kept bringing out more alcohol, saying they hadn’t finished the previous bottles fast enough. https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/lsu-hazing-arrest-phi-kappa-psi/289-2f5474b2-e64f-4cde-873c-c5a5a7dd7ccb 644E8D6C-D260-42F9-A671-7B71974C904C Mon, 2 Nov 2020 13:21:00 -0600 Campus Sit-in Against Violence: The Students for Survivors Coalition has decided to end their sit-in following the releasing of a statement this evening from Clemson University President Jim Clements acknowledging the issue of interpersonal violence on college campuses. The Students for Survivors Coalition originally began the sit-in on Oct. 21, demanding more resources for victims of interpersonal violence and sexual assault be made available to survivors on Clemson's campus. https://www.wyff4.com/article/sikes-hall-sit-in-ends-following-statement-from-clemson-university-president/34538012# 2FAD0A29-FEE6-4F64-8005-935D84C57FA6 Sun, 1 Nov 2020 11:15:54 -0600 Free Speech Lawsuit: A lawsuit challenging the University of Texas over policies relating to speech can move forward after a federal appeals court held that a national free speech group has legal standing to pursue the case. Speech First, a Washington, D.C.-based group that offers to sue schools over censorship issues, filed suit against UT in late 2018 over university policies that the group said are restrictive and violate students’ First Amendment rights to free speech. https://www.statesman.com/news/20201028/federal-court-revives-free-speech-lawsuit-against-ut BCFDCDC1-449A-46A4-B083-CD09A6FFFCD6 Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:47:54 -0500 Alleged Battery & Disorderly Conduct: Joseph Desmond, a senior in the Krannert School of Management and Purdue Pete, was arrested on multiple charges at McDonald’s at 605 W. Stadium Ave around 2 a.m. Oct. 11, according to a probable cause affidavit filed today.The WLPD officer was advised that two men were allegedly fighting in the parking lot, and one hit the other with his vehicle. Desmond is listed in the Purdue Athletics Spirit Roster for the 2019-2020 season. https://www.purdueexponent.org/campus/article_40d3860c-1890-11eb-9c22-e73084b5d3cb.html E3922B56-4750-4868-AA56-5451F8A098C5 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 10:53:14 -0500 Attack & Robbery: A longtime LSU football fan was beaten and bloodied during a robbery in a restroom at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., on Saturday following a game. Season ticket-holder Daniel "Danny" Dwyer told The Advocate the incident happened after the LSU’s win over South Carolina and after the Golden Band from Tigerland, the school’s marching band, played its final song. Dwyer said the moments before the attack were very quiet because the usual raucous crowd was not around because of limited seating capacity under the state’s coronavirus restrictions, but he did not sense anyone standing behind him before the attack started. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-lsu-football-fan-attack-rob-tiger-stadium-restroom-20201026-3r22bbwwgjfyfo2652hrwqhzwa-story.html F97617B6-75F7-4CA6-8B99-A45E33A4E2CF Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:06:06 -0500 Stay in Place Order: University of Michigan undergraduate students cannot leave their residences, except for a few exceptions, under a two-week stay-in-place order issued Tuesday, Oct. 20, in an effort to curb the rise in COVID-19 cases in Washtenaw County. To enforce the order, the Washtenaw County Health Department and UM Division of Public Safety and Security are taking an “education first” approach rather than penalties and fines. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2020/10/how-to-report-a-violation-of-2-week-stay-in-place-order-for-university-of-michigan-students.html 67E89270-5EB5-496C-9012-22A86A2EDA4E Fri, 23 Oct 2020 08:39:28 -0500 Chokehold Ban: University of Northern Iowa’s Department of Public Safety has updated its ''use of force policy'' to ban chokeholds in most cases and to require officers intervene and report instances of unreasonable force following a summer review compelled by civil unrest and policing protests. UNI recently wrapped its internal review, which studied its campus police operations and policies, mental health incident training for officers, and policing statistics. It found, among other things, that although choke and strangleholds already were not incorporated into officer training and thus “were not a sanctioned use of force tactic,” they also weren’t explicitly barred in written policy. https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/university-of-northern-iowa-explicitly-bans-chokeholds-unless-the-use-of-deadly-force-is-justified-20201021 68E70923-8201-4ABC-A47C-1CBD771F40A5 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Alleged Structural Racism: The state's top leaders are ordering a review of what they say is the "clear and appalling culture of ongoing structural racism at the Virginia Military Institute," following news reports detailing allegations by Black students and alumni. Writing that the school's values of honor, sacrifice, dignity and service "do not extend to all students," the letter from state officials to VMI's governing Board of Visitors cites reports of "vicious attacks on social media," a sophomore threatening to lynch a fellow underclassman and a professor fondly reminiscing over her family's involvement in the Ku Klux Klan. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/20/us/virginia-military-institute-racism-letter-allegation/index.html 30118C63-8A3D-4481-9F1A-190414912452 Wed, 21 Oct 2020 08:06:06 -0500 Quarantine Violations: Ohio University students who in recent days were ordered into quarantine or isolation by The Athens City-County Health Department could be criminally charged if they leave their assigned residence hall before the date prescribed to them, with few exceptions, according to an agreement students signed within their housing contract. https://www.athensnews.com/news/campus/ohio-university-students-in-quarantine-isolation-could-be-criminally-charged-if-they-leave-their-dorm/article_67b486b5-39f3-58c2-979b-176d57014dcb.html 7C1A7B19-05BD-4D62-997B-2CFCD4FD79FA Wed, 14 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Covid19 Protocols: University President Fr. John Jenkins was seen without a mask and in close proximity to other maskless individuals while attending the nomination ceremony of Notre Dame law professor Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court Saturday. His actions sparked a range of reactions among faculty and students, including the creation of a petition calling for his resignation. The petition ''calls for the resignation of Fr. John Jenkins, C.S.C. as University President, effective immediately, for failure to comply with COVID-19 protocols.'' https://ndsmcobserver.com/2020/09/student-petition-calls-for-jenkins-resignation-following-apparent-breach-of-university-health-safety-protocols/ F573F506-D690-41F0-A297-D148E0D9C5AD Tue, 29 Sep 2020 07:17:19 -0500 Safer Dining Pickup: Due to Covid-19, Auburn Campus Dining added food lockers to Foy Hall to keep employees and costumers safe. Auburn students will be able to pre-order their food to 'Foy on the Fly,' a locker pickup station located in War Eagle Food Court. This system will stop students from entering buffet lines and reduce possible exposure to the Virus. https://www.eagleeyeauburn.com/article/2020/09/auburn-university-expands-their-dinning-hall-safety-efforts 508A6773-C408-4307-870F-9C93DE85E708 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 15:09:30 -0500 Library Late Charges: Amid complications and confusion due to the coronavirus pandemic, several students are facing late fees and backlogs at the Yale Bookstore. When students were barred from campus last spring as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, many were unable to bring books home with them. At the time, the University promised to either ship belongings to students’ homes or deliver possessions upon Yalies’ return to campus. However, as delays have prevented some students from being reunited with their possessions, the bookstore is demanding rented books back. Despite the fact that students do not have the ability to make returns, the bookstore has charged late fees. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2020/09/14/yale-bookstore-charges-students-late-fees-despite-pandemic-and-inability-to-access-books/ 93341943-4FF2-4C85-A237-9C9760EC6199 Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Unfortunate Timing: At West Virginia University, payment for fall charges was due Sept. 1. Less than a week later, on Sept. 7, WVU announced that most classes would move online because of a rising number of coronavirus cases on campus and effects on the surrounding community. Later that day, WVU said, ''There will be no refunds at this time, as class instruction is being delivered, and residence halls and dining services will function as normal.'' https://wvmetronews.com/2020/09/13/at-wvu-fees-were-due-sept-1-less-than-a-week-later-university-announced-shift-online/ CADB17E7-763F-4BB0-ABC9-75D68EF0BB19 Sun, 13 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Graduate Student Strike: A number of graduate students who also teach at the University of Michigan went on strike this week to protest the university’s return to in-person learning amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. About 2100 members of the university’s Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) launched a strike Tuesday to demand better protections against COVID-19, in addition to new anti-policing measures. https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2020/09/12/graduate-students-strike-at-university-of-michigan-will-continue-until-demands-are-met/ 7F2A3C38-6C75-488A-B314-56DEAD65ECA8 Sat, 12 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500 COVID Sanctions: More than 630 students at the University of Alabama and three student organizations have received sanctions for violating the school's COVID-19 regulations. A fourth organization is facing suspension, a university spokesperson told NBC News on Thursday. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/over-600-university-alabama-students-sanctioned-breaking-coronavirus-rules-n1239805 076B2235-0F7D-412F-86E8-C693389FC319 Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Covid19 Discipline: Northeastern University has dismissed 11 first-year students after they were caught violating social distancing rules, the school announced Friday, the latest and most aggressive attempt to prevent the pandemic from disrupting plans to return to Boston’s campuses this fall. The students were caught at the Westin Hotel, which is being used as a temporary dormitory this semester, on Wednesday night without masks and not social distancing. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/09/04/metro/northeastern-dismisses-11-first-year-students-partying/ 1CB10A6D-C422-47C3-BED7-A25EEF5CA9B7 Fri, 4 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Covid19 Response: New restrictions on bars and Greek houses emerge as some colleges report 500-plus cases. With more than 100 cases each, SUNY Oneonta and Temple revert to online instruction for two weeks. Officials warn outbreaks aren’t just linked to parties. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/31/covid-19-roundup-cases-surge-new-restrictions-emerge 6456B225-243A-46E6-BF7B-E19EAEDE4025 Mon, 31 Aug 2020 08:12:06 -0500 Protests: Students marched and chanted for hours Saturday on the campus of the University of Chicago and in the nearby Hyde Park and Kenwood neighborhoods. Protesters called for defunding the university police force, and funding more student programs. https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/29/university-of-chicago-student-protesters-demand-defunding-eventual-abolishment-of-campus-police-force/ 8EFF0EB8-94D9-4E63-97F0-41CB7E4F7A50 Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:00:00 -0500 Fraternity Expelled: A University of North Florida fraternity has been expelled from campus after a sexual assault allegation against one of its members. According to documents a UNF investigation found that a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity was found to be responsible for sexual misconduct, harassment, endangerment and conspiracy, among other allegations. https://www.news4jax.com/i-team/2020/08/27/unf-frat-expelled-after-sexual-assault-allegation/ 141CCAFE-B750-40CF-A8BB-C6F41347D4D0 Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:50:44 -0500 Hazing: Two more members of a now-defunct fraternity at Ohio University have pleaded guilty to charges stemming from hazing that led to a student’s death two years ago. Freshman Collin Wiant was found dead on Nov 12, 2018 after ingesting nitrous oxide during a hazing incident at the now-defunct Sigma Pi fraternity. https://radio.wosu.org/post/two-more-ohio-university-students-plead-guilty-hazing-death 816C8092-364B-4B96-A181-001E8223EDBB Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:42:56 -0500 Free Speech: A University of South Florida police officer was fired after an investigation concluded her racist Twitter bio could harm the reputation of the police department. Presley Garcia, an officer hired in 2018, was placed under investigation in early July after a BayNews 9 reporter contacted the police department with screenshots of the Twitter account "@presleyyyg," which has since been deleted. The account’s bio read "KKK member." Garcia, 26, was fired last week, and said she felt let down by the agency. https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2020/08/13/usf-police-fire-officer-citing-racist-twitter-bio/ 34A8E962-9341-44AE-9C49-B661BA00BA49 Thu, 13 Aug 2020 11:58:10 -0500 Abuse Allegations: Colorado State athletic director Joe Parker suspended all football-related activities indefinitely and asked school president Joyce McConnell to expand a recently announced investigation into the athletic department to include allegations of racism and verbal abuse in the football program. Parker said in a statement Friday that he decided to pause all football activity, including practice, workouts and team meetings, after learning of "extremely troubling allegations of racism and verbal abuse from CSU's athletic administration generally and in the football program specifically." https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29617569/colorado-state-suspends-football-activities-investigate-racism-verbal-abuse-allegations 5CFC4CB1-811D-40D3-8B23-CF0BD4D682FD Tue, 11 Aug 2020 10:48:57 -0500 Coronavirus: Three University of Louisville soccer players have been kicked off the men's team for organizing a party over the weekend that officials believe was the source for a rash of COVID-19 cases, the school said. Three others were suspended. The dismissed athletes, who were not identified in a university statement Thursday, are believed to be "primarily responsible" for the off-campus party that was called the primary source of 29 infections among the men's and women's soccer teams as well as the field hockey and volleyball teams. The university shut down all activities related to those four sports because of the cases and possible exposure. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3-university-louisville-soccer-players-kicked-team-after-party-where-n1236085 CFD00656-5340-4299-B419-024E612DBA0D Thu, 6 Aug 2020 10:54:49 -0500 Coronavirus & Suspensions: Less than a week after officially welcoming its first students back to campus, Syracuse University has placed a group of students on interim suspension for violating the state’s mandatory quarantine rules, the school said Thursday. Students arriving from 34 states are currently subject to the state’s mandatory two-week quarantine. Students quarantining off campus are not permitted on SU’s campus until they have gone through the quarantine process. https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/08/syracuse-university-suspends-students-for-violating-state-quarantine-order.html F74B63D7-F790-448E-B8A1-6DC67040A976 Thu, 6 Aug 2020 13:32:22 -0500 Abuse Allegations: In a series of season-ending exit interviews, players alleged a culture of abuse in the Texas Tech program since Stollings took over in April 2018. They say a toxic atmosphere has prompted an exodus of players, including 12 of 21 leaving the program, seven of whom were recruited under Stollings. Two players detailed these allegations to the NCAA and were granted waivers allowing them to play the next season. USA TODAY Sports collaborated with The Intercollegiate, a college sports investigative media outlet that obtained Texas Tech’s exit interviews with players from the past two seasons via public records requests. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/sports/ncaaw/big12/2020/08/05/marlene-stollings-texas-tech-program-culture-abuse-players-say/5553370002/ 1285141E-393D-4E42-A166-56B5CE31844A Wed, 5 Aug 2020 14:54:35 -0500 Coronavirus: Joyce McConnell, president of Colorado State University, said Tuesday she was launching an "immediate and objective" investigation into the athletic department following allegations that student-athletes have been intimidated and threatened as leaders sought to disregard COVID-19 protocols. Coaches, players and sports medicine staff at Colorado State University told ESPN that athletic department leaders are discouraging athletes from being tested for COVID-19, are failing to provide accurate information to local and state health officials and are ignoring guidelines to quarantine athletes who might have been exposed. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29599225/colorado-state-investigating-alleged-neglect-coronavirus-protocols 1DE2251D-6718-4365-93BE-24A748703617 Wed, 5 Aug 2020 14:26:02 -0500 Sexual Assault: A former Miami University employee pleaded guilty to charges of gross sexual imposition, abduction and felonious assault in connection with the sexual assault of a student in Oct. 2018, court documents say. Oxford Police arrested Gilbert after a 21-year-old woman ran toward a stopped patrol car and told an officer that she had just been sexually assaulted by a man she just met but didn’t know. At the time, he was an employee with Miami University. https://www.fox19.com/2020/08/03/man-pleads-guilty-miami-university-sexual-assault/ EA1CBAA6-06F8-4D79-82B4-CE2DDEDDC569 Mon, 3 Aug 2020 14:39:39 -0500 Racial Issues: The Iowa football program’s culture has suffered from racial bias against Black players and bullying by a small number of current and former coaches, according to an investigation report released Thursday. University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld said the report by an outside law firm shows that the "climate and culture must and will change within our football program." The university hired the Husch Blackwell law firm in June to review the program after dozens of former players, most of them Black,, spoke out on social media to allege racial disparities and mistreatment. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iowa-hawkeyes-racial-bias-bullying_n_5f22eafcc5b68fbfc8801a86 BAF59F1F-8DCE-4304-9499-6A9644F0D4BF Mon, 3 Aug 2020 11:37:27 -0500 Coronavirus & Racial Issues: Several hundred college athletes have announced their intention to sit out the coming season as the coronavirus pandemic continues across the United States, and as confirmed case rates rise in almost every state. Sunday, hundreds of football players from the Pac-12 Conference, which is made up of 12 Western schools, announced they would not participate in training camps or games this fall unless their conference negotiates with them on certain demands, including the implementation of health and safety procedures, creating protections for other conference sports, and addressing racial injustice. https://www.vox.com/2020/8/2/21351799/college-football-pac-12-coronavirus-demands FC9CE9CA-6135-4035-B4B4-A08DF91FCA41 Sun, 2 Aug 2020 14:10:27 -0500 Sexual Assault: A 23-year-old man is accused of committing multiple sexual assaults, including rapes, as a student at Eastern Michigan University. Dustyn Durbin of Monroe was arraigned on nine counts of criminal sexual conduct Friday in Washtenaw County’s 14A-1 District Court. Durbin's charges stem from the reported sexual assaults of seven women who were students at EMU. The attacks were said to have occurred between Nov. 1, 2015, and May 12, 2019, when the women were freshmen, sophomores and juniors in college. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/07/31/eastern-michigan-sex-assault-dustyn-durbin/5556189002/ 94371265-811A-4BCA-BB8A-AC7FA4527D2A Fri, 31 Jul 2020 14:45:37 -0500 Riot Damages: The Richmond riot that started Saturday night and continued into early Sunday morning caused in excess of $100,000 in damages at Virginia Commonwealth University, according to the university's president. That "loosely organized group" blocked traffic, shattered windows, tagged buildings and sidewalks with graffiti and set fires as they marched through downtown, the VCU campus and the Fan, a Richmond Police spokesperson said in a news release Sunday afternoon. https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/richmond-riot-saturday-july-25-damage-estimated-at-100k-vcu-president-statement 4909BF27-E295-4802-8B72-6F15ED37A6F5 Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:40:38 -0500 Sexual Assault: State College police said 36-year-old Jeffrey Fields of Port Matilda raped four women between 2010 and 2017. Court paperwork shows, in one instance, a victim was walking home along South Burrowes Street and Fields offered her a ride. She refused and fields dragged her into overgrown bushes and raped her. Officers say all of the rapes happened outside within a couple of blocks from one another near fraternity row. All of the victims were between 19 and 20. https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/centre-county/man-charged-with-four-rapes-at-penn-state-university-jeffery-fields/523-3d339fb7-0e7a-4d5e-b2cc-ea029315cf6c A8A7196F-47A4-4D77-9743-D6A68581F0EE Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:23:34 -0500 Coronavirus: Elon University students are worried about required COVID-19 testing heading into the fall semester. Price and only having one option of where to get tested are their biggest concerns. Courtney Guthrie, Elon University rising senior, said the Elon vice president of strategic initiatives sent out a letter to the student body Friday, letting them know about a $129 coronavirus test needed before students came back to campus, a test only LabCorp could do, and students assumed they would have to pay for out of pocket. https://abc17news.com/news/national-world/2020/07/20/students-voice-concerns-after-elon-university-says-students-must-get-129-coronavirus-test/ B3A7E85B-CF64-4390-A367-ACC164B2B924 Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:59:19 -0500 Coronavirus: In April, just a few weeks after the spring semester pivoted unceremoniously to digital, Catherine Klapperich, a biomedical engineering professor at Boston University, was thinking about the fall. The Boston area had been inundated with Covid-19 cases, and at the time, tests remained scant. But the university had come to her with an unfathomable question: In four months’ time, how would they test students and staff when they returned to campus? The university didn’t have its own testing lab. So Klapperich, who studies medical diagnostics, was tasked with designing one. https://www.wired.com/story/colleges-prepare-to-test-thousands-of-students-for-covid-19/ 224B20D1-00E6-433D-9334-0AD706CAB99B Fri, 17 Jul 2020 14:30:03 -0500 Vandalism: A woman arrested for tampering at the University of Missouri's Thomas Jefferson statue allegedly threw red paint on the effigy of the Founding Father, according to a call to police. MU police arrested Rachel A. Foster, 22, on Sunday and released her on a summons on one count of misdemeanor tampering. An incident report given to ABC 17 News after an open records request shows police were sent to a call of a person in black throwing what appeared to be red paint on the statue, which sits on the Francis Quadrangle. https://abc17news.com/news/crime/2020/07/17/incident-reports-detail-alleged-vandalism-at-university-of-missouris-jefferson-statue/ CEA79C7E-B4C3-45F5-BECD-9A7577DE6E21 Fri, 17 Jul 2020 13:54:10 -0500 Racial Issues: In a report released to KBTX on Thursday, police at Texas A&M University said a student who reported finding racist notes on his car’s windshield last month may have placed the papers there himself. However, the 21-year-old at the center of the case strongly denies those claims. Isaih Martin, a senior at A&M, called police on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 24, to report finding three handwritten notes on his car that said "All lives matter" and "You don’t belong here." The third note contained the N-word. https://www.kbtx.com/2020/07/10/texas-am-police-say-student-who-reported-racist-notes-placed-them-there-himself/ 259792A8-73A0-4664-8297-520D65DA4F34 Thu, 9 Jul 2020 14:00:39 -0500 Sexual Assault: A 19-year-old BSC student is accused of sexually assaulting a woman while she was in and out of consciousness in a campus dorm. Bismarck State College police say Aidyn Fernandez performed a sex act on a woman while she was in and out of consciousness in December of 2019. According to Police, Fernandez tried to have sex with the victim but she said no and pushed him away. Police were able to observe Fernandez touching the victim through surveillance cameras in the hallways. https://www.kfyrtv.com/2020/07/08/bismarck-state-college-student-accused-of-sexual-assault-in-dorm-hall/ C8780340-4308-4B17-A4F3-16450A617405 Wed, 8 Jul 2020 13:35:00 -0500 Coronavirus: Georgia's 26 public universities and colleges will mandate campus-wide mask wearing after the state university system reversed itself on Monday. The University System of Georgia had previously told schools they should "strongly encourage" students and others to wear masks, but said that the system's 26 universities couldn't mandate face coverings for their 330,000 students despite concerns about COVID-19 transmission. Masks became a central point of contention in part because all the universities, at the behest of regents, are planning face-to-face instruction for all students beginning in August. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/reversal-georgia-universities-now-mandate-masks-71647861 46DC9DB2-0747-4CC2-8E6A-EA47E6930761 Tue, 7 Jul 2020 13:56:31 -0500 Arson: A man has been arrested after a fire broke out at New Mexico State University’s O’Donnell Hall early Monday morning. NMSU police arrested Andrew Caldera, who had come in contact with campus police earlier on Sunday night, and charged him with arson with more than $20,000 of damage and possession of drug paraphernalia. Earlier, Caldera had been observed stumbling shirtless on campus near where the fire later broke out. https://kvia.com/news/new-mexico/2020/07/06/man-accused-of-setting-fire-to-nmsus-odonnell-hall-causing-20000-damage/ BC0F9776-D173-4783-89C8-39DFBFF2C717 Mon, 6 Jul 2020 14:45:29 -0500 Coronavirus: The University of Washington announced on Sunday that at least 112 fraternity house residents north of its Seattle campus have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of students infected on Greek Row so far to 121. The nine additional students who tested positive were close contacts of the residents, but do not live in the fraternity houses, according to a statement from The University of Washington. https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/05/887458298/121-university-of-washington-students-infected-in-greek-row-outbreak 558BD9AC-0FDA-4F04-A5D6-6A8D767CB8F8 Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:33:10 -0500 Racial Issues: Kansas State football players have taken a strong, unified stand against racism. Seemingly every member of the Wildcats’ active roster shared a letter on social media Saturday that states they will not "play, practice or meet" until K-State administrators create a policy that will allow a student to be expelled for displaying "openly racist, threatening or disrespectful actions" toward any of their fellow students. The letter came a day after several student-athletes at K-State threatened to boycott all team activities unless the university took action against a student that posted an insensitive tweet about George Floyd. https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article243850532.html 8BCA9E85-3D90-4181-BBDF-9968B9756CB5 Sat, 27 Jun 2020 13:11:30 -0500 Racial Issues: A cheerleader who used a racial slur on Twitter was removed from her college’s spirit squad and won’t attend the school. Screenshots of a Snapchat post about the death of George Floyd cost a lacrosse player her admission to a private university. Two more students withdrew from their state school after a similar Twitter thread showed them using a racial slur. On college campuses across the U.S., students are being haunted by their online posts. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/06/23/college-racist-twitter-snapchat-posts-university-of-tennessee/3200933001/ AA70A826-2084-49F7-B894-E19E160265DE Tue, 23 Jun 2020 13:57:05 -0500 Racial Issues: An Oakland college professor has been placed on administrative leave after asking an Asian student to "Anglicize" her name, saying the pronunciation "sounds like an insult." Matthew Hubbard was unwilling to call on student Phuc Bui Diem Nguyen, a Vietnamese American freshman, by her given name, claiming that it too closely resembled a profanity in English. Growing up, Nguyen had gone by the nickname "May." But as a freshman at Laney College, she was excited to use her birth name, which means "happiness blessing." https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-22/oakland-professor-on-leave-after-asking-student-to-anglicize-her-name D26F89E9-304E-4E29-9863-E4242CC685EF Mon, 22 Jun 2020 13:38:04 -0500 Campus Monuments: A Confederate monument will be moved from a prominent spot at the University of Mississippi to a Civil War cemetery in a secluded part of the Oxford campus. The state college board met Thursday and approved a proposal to move the monument. No timeline was given for the move. The estimated cost of the move is $1.2 million, which will be paid with private donations, not public money, the board said. https://everythinggp.com/2020/06/18/confederate-statue-to-be-moved-from-central-spot-at-ole-miss/ EA1B2B58-451D-4931-88F5-B09DB2C12878 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:01:54 -0500 Vandalism/Racial Issues: Activists on Saturday night toppled two pioneer statues on the University of Oregon campus that had been a flash point of controversy. The Pioneer and The Pioneer Mother statues were knocked off their pedestals by a small group of protesters. The 13-foot-tall Pioneer, commonly known as the Pioneer Father, then was dragged to the steps of Johnson Hall, the main administration building on campus. https://www.registerguard.com/news/20200613/activists-topple-pioneer-statues-on-university-of-oregon-campus D15F5119-5F78-4F49-8CAC-C7E182416AE7 Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:14:05 -0500 Shooting Death: Police say a 23-year-old man accused of shooting someone to death on the North Carolina State University campus has been charged with murder. N.C. State Police said in a statement that Theodore James Lee Jr. was arrested at the university’s Centennial Campus in Raleigh just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. N.C. State Police Chief Daniel L. House said an argument broke out between Lee and 61-year-old Quinten Crawford, and Lee pulled out a gun and shot the man. Police said Crawford was the father of Lee’s estranged girlfriend. https://www.wwaytv3.com/2020/06/12/man-charged-in-slaying-on-north-carolina-college-campus/ 94420EDB-BDC4-46B9-BF2B-65445E5FCC2F Fri, 12 Jun 2020 11:57:59 -0500 Explosive Devices: Police arrested a man at Stony Brook University Hospital who allegedly had three explosive devices and an apparent BB gun, officials said. Robert Roden, a 33-year-old Mastic Beach man who was wearing a tactical vest and has no affiliation with the hospital, was found around 9 p.m. Tuesday, University Police Chief Robert Lenahan said. Roden was arrested on charges of criminal possession of a weapon, criminal contempt and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance. Officials said additional charges were pending. https://www.pix11.com/news/local-news/long-island/arrest-made-after-man-with-suspicious-device-found-outside-of-stony-brook-university-hospital FE7BB252-D2F3-4E81-BBEF-B1ADE0B64509 Wed, 10 Jun 2020 13:31:15 -0500 Free Speech/Racial Issues: A UCLA lecturer was placed on leave after students criticized his response to a request to postpone a final exam because of protests over the death of George Floyd, the university said Tuesday. The UCLA Anderson School of Management said in a statement that accounting lecturer Gordon Klein's "classes have been reassigned to other faculty" as reports about his alleged conduct are being reviewed. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ucla-lecturer-leave-after-complaints-woefully-racist-response-request-postpone-n1228916 5466305A-6A27-4E8D-AE26-A044CDBDA188 Tue, 9 Jun 2020 10:50:37 -0500 Hate Crime: A Maryland man has agreed to plead guilty to a hate crime charge involving graffiti found at a university that threatened black students with lynching, authorities said Monday. Jerome Kevin Jackson, a 54-year-old black man, signed a conditional plea agreement on June 1, according to Wicomico County prosecutors. Jackson, a resident of Princess Anne, is scheduled to appear at a formal plea hearing on Friday. Officials at Salisbury University canceled classes for a day after the graffiti was found in February. According to the plea agreement, Jackson also will take responsibility for four other incidents involving "racist and sometimes gender discriminatory" graffiti found on campus last year. https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-ci-cr-terror-plea-withdraw-20200609-g2fmvm6qzzepfmnkaajeoj2kaq-story.html B25E5685-8462-4C90-B5A2-9C06A474516B Mon, 8 Jun 2020 11:09:21 -0500 Race Issues: University of Kentucky President Eli Capilouto has announced in an email to students on Friday that a mural in Memorial Hall will be removed. The mural includes images of enslaved Africans, as well as Native Americans. The mural has been a subject of debate for years. While some see it as a reflection of history, others find it offensive. There have been student sit-ins to protest for the mural's removal. Over the years, there have also been compromises and additions made. For example, in 2018 an African American artist was commissioned to add context to the mural. https://www.lex18.com/news/covering-kentucky/university-of-kentucky-to-remove-controversial-memorial-hall-mural-from-campus 6B3CEBF0-680E-456E-B6D8-2FBDAA119669 Mon, 8 Jun 2020 13:55:24 -0500 Coronavirus Testing: When students return to the Syracuse University dorms this fall, they’ll be tested for the novel coronavirus. So will their dorm’s sewage. As part of its reopening strategy, the university plans to routinely test sewage leaving each residence hall to spot signs of the virus before students even become sick. If the testing finds a sudden spike of virus in a dorm’s sewage, SU can start testing students in that building to get a jump on a potential outbreak. A person can be infected and start shedding the virus through their intestines up to a week before showing symptoms, Larsen said. https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/06/su-esf-will-test-sewage-dorm-by-dorm-to-track-coronavirus-spread.html 097AF354-1DDE-451F-B85B-72355008C653 Thu, 4 Jun 2020 12:02:46 -0500 Free Speech/Race Issues: A university police chief was suspended from work in Alabama over his comments about the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins said in a statement that a social media post by John McCall was inflammatory. He was suspended as head of the university's police department immediately, Hawkins said, and an investigation is underway. News outlets reported that McCall, in a Facebook post that was widely charged on social media, said Floyd "absolutely" helped cause his own death, although authorities in Minnesota have filed charges against four people in the killing. https://mynbc15.com/news/local/troy-university-police-chief-suspended-over-comments AD9C160E-5C89-48B2-AF89-1F7BFB956BD8 Thu, 4 Jun 2020 13:08:40 -0500 Hazing: The University of Kentucky on Monday announced the firing of all four of its cheerleading coaches and a longtime advisor after an internal investigation found incidents of alcohol use, hazing and public nudity during off-campus events. After a three-month investigation, UK has dismissed head Coach Jomo Thompson and assistant coaches Ben Head, Spencer Clan and Kelsey LaCroix from their duties with the program. The investigation also found lax oversight and poor judgment by T. Lynn Williamson, who served as the cheerleading program's advisor for four decades. https://www.wdrb.com/sports/uk-fires-cheerleading-coaches-advisor-after-investigation-reveals-hazing-and-public-nudity/article_308bd778-9914-11ea-8e9e-ff1607e3151d.html 8C51C427-5AA9-4A10-9774-2A63A38A2F37 Mon, 18 May 2020 18:00:45 -0500 Noose On Campus: A University of Illinois student on Tuesday pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct for making a noose out of string and leaving it last September in a residence hall elevator. Andrew Smith, 20, pleaded guilty before Champaign County Circuit Judge Heidi Ladd, who sentenced him to a year of court supervision. Smith of Normal, Illinois, was originally charged with a hate crime, a felony. https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/05/13/university-of-illinois-student-andrew-smith-pleads-guilty-to-disorderly-conduct-for-tying-noose-in-dorm-elevator/ 9D756145-BA9D-4504-BE9A-5EFC11332F40 Wed, 13 May 2020 13:40:40 -0500 Mass Shooting Threat: A UF student is in jail after threatening a violent massacre at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He was previously under a UF code of conduct investigation for harassment, "endangering behavior" and sexual harassment. James Kelly, a 36-year-old business finance student living in Bowling Green, Florida, was arrested by the Bowling Green Police Department Monday for written threats to kill, do bodily injury or conduct a mass shooting or act of terrorism, according to an arrest report from the department. https://www.alligator.org/news/campus/uf-student-jailed-after-threatening-mass-shooting-at-virginia-tech/article_03114836-9497-11ea-a4d9-131e1b9d313d.html C9875310-2341-4BC8-A777-962D06598D31 Tue, 12 May 2020 11:15:21 -0500 Free Speech: A recently released Gallup-Knight Foundation study, "First Amendment on Campus 2020 Report: College Students’ Views of Free Expression," reveals underlying attitudes toward free expression that are likely to inform our post-pandemic future. This survey of over 3,000 full-time U.S. college students was conducted in late 2019 as the latest in a series of similar studies in 2016 and 2017. This survey provides deep insights into the next generation’s attitudes toward free speech and expression at a time of rapid technological and political change -- an understanding of which will be critical for policymakers, business leaders, academics and members of the media seeking to understand our shared democratic future. https://knightfoundation.org/articles/campus-speech-2020-new-survey-reveals-college-student-views-on-free-speech-and-inclusivity/ 28604D45-D10B-4C70-8994-114C7476860C Tue, 5 May 2020 10:18:25 -0500 Trespassing: Boone County prosecutors charged a man on Tuesday with trespassing at the University of Missouri and allegedly breaking into a campus building. Nicholas Walters, 34, of Columbia, faces a felony charge of property damage and misdemeanors charges of trespassing and fourth-degree assault. Court documents say he broke into Memorial Union on Sunday night tried to enter two semi-trucks near University Hospital early Monday morning. https://abc17news.com/news/crime/2020/04/29/boone-county-prosecutors-charge-man-with-trespassing-property-damage-at-mu/ 50278B6A-B468-4B83-9279-A5733C63C81C Wed, 29 Apr 2020 09:33:44 -0500 Sexual Assault: An East Central University student is being held in the Pontotoc County Justice Center in lieu of a $100,000 bond on a charge of first degree rape by force or fear. Pontotoc County Sheriff’s Office records indicate ECU Campus Police arrested Gabriel Elyjah Segress, 20, of Weatherford on Friday and booked him into the county jail around 4:03 a.m. ECU Campus Police said they were notified by Central Dispatch around 12:42 a.m. Friday that an ECU student called to report a sexual assault on campus. Campus police report the victim told them they were in a dorm room in Pesagi Residence Hall around 10 p.m. Thursday, watching movies with Segress and others when they began drinking alcoholic beverages Segress provided. https://www.theadanews.com/news/local_news/ecu-student-charged-in-campus-sexual-assault/article_c39dd7b0-bc0a-532a-8861-9730f076de7c.html 503055E7-B0C8-46E4-83E0-41A03EE3C7EC Tue, 28 Apr 2020 15:36:13 -0500 Social Media Free Speech: The majority of top public colleges and universities use a blacklist of secret words, created by Facebook, to automatically censor comments on university social media pages, according to a new survey from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. As campuses sit empty and much of student life moves online, this censorship has an amplified importance. Colleges also compile custom lists collectively banning more than 1,800 words and phrases: from profanities to posts referencing matters of local and national concern, campus controversies, criticism of colleges’ corporate partners or sports teams, and even the weather. https://www.thefire.org/survey-77-of-colleges-use-secret-social-media-blacklist-to-censor-the-public-in-violation-of-first-amendment/?utm_source=FIRE_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Update&utm_source=FIRE_Update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Update&show_popup=false C7831611-F412-4DE4-AA2E-C5659B28BC9C Wed, 22 Apr 2020 14:34:14 -0500 Assault: Three college roommates have been charged with assault after they allegedly removed dry skin from one of their feet and put it into a fourth roommate’s shredded cheese and watched her consume it without her knowledge. Cited for assault were 20-year-old Lindsey Ann Cundiff of Pocahontas, 19-year-old Kyiah Elaine Kastner of Sanborn, MN, and 20-year-old Ellie Thompson of Parker, SD, on Monday, April 20, according to the Sheldon Police Department. The women are residents of Osceola Hall on the campus of Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon. https://www.nwestiowa.com/news/three-charged-for-assault-using-cheese/article_f7463e06-83db-11ea-87d9-4f6d8c909198.html? 156BB7F4-79CF-4FA6-A8B1-386BBE4D5A88 Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:10:05 -0500 Threatening Emails: A former Valdosta State University employee is in custody, charged by criminal complaint for sending threatening emails to victims at universities across the country. The United States Department of Justice's complaint alleges 50-year-old Shawn Charles Merdinger, of Lake Park, Georgia, sent several emails between April 16 and April 19 to addresses affiliated with individuals employed at the University of California at Santa Barbara, University of Indiana, University of Texas, University of Texas at Austin, the University System of Georgia and Valdosta State University. https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/former-employee-of-valdosta-state-arrested-after-sending-threatening-emails-to-universities-across-u-s 44C4C6D6-D1FB-4395-9E09-E2A183BA3B33 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:46:36 -0500 Construction Safety: A subcontractor working on the renovation of the University of Oregon's Hayward Field tells WW his company was told to remove its equipment from the site after he sent his team home and voiced safety concerns. The subcontractor warned that it wasn't possible to complete his work on the project--one of the largest construction jobs underway in the state--while maintaining the social distancing recommended to slow the spread of COVID-19. https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/04/06/a-contractor-on-the-university-of-oregons-hayward-field-renovation-walked-off-the-job-for-safety-reasons-he-lost-his-contract/ 362F0A05-8830-4ACE-8CA7-A574D6801852 Mon, 6 Apr 2020 09:28:37 -0500 Sexual Misconduct Expulsions: The University of Nebraska expelled two former football players after a school investigator last year found them responsible for violating the school's sexual misconduct policy, according to a document obtained by ESPN. In a letter obtained by ESPN, the university conduct board said the expulsion of two unnamed respondents was effective April 3. A university spokeswoman confirmed Monday that the players involved were redshirt freshmen Katerian LeGrone and Andre Hunt. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/29002689/nebraska-expels-two-former-cornhuskers-violations-school-sexual-misconduct-policy 0732B97B-AA6E-43D9-A94B-803564AE9A6B Tue, 7 Apr 2020 14:10:13 -0500 Racial Issues: Amherst College has placed its men’s lacrosse team on probation through the 2021 season and terminated coach Jon Thompson following what the school said was a racial incident involving members of the team. According to the Amherst Student, the school’s newspaper, the alleged incident happened March 7 outside a player’s dormitory room on campus. In the letter, the college also referenced other "deeply troubling cases" in the past involving members of the Amherst men’s lacrosse team. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/20/metro/amherst-college-suspends-mens-lacrosse-team-terminates-coach-connection-with-racial-incident/ 8554DD7B-4ACF-4B7B-ABEA-79841E0B9948 Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:40:36 -0500 COVID-19 Death: With the death of longtime pathology professor Stephen Schwartz, age 78, the University of Washington community has suffered its first loss from the COVID-19 pandemic. Schwartz was known as a researcher, mentor, advocate, and character -- a guy who loved to argue over beers at Drinking Liberally. https://kimatv.com/news/local/longtime-uw-professor-dies-from-covid-19 1E46A286-436A-45CD-A476-FF3BB59D04B8 Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:52:49 -0500 Arson: A student accused of setting an off-campus fire is the only suspect in about 20 fires set on the campus of the University of South Carolina Upstate, police said. Brandon Michael Burt, 19, of Suwanee, Georgia, was booked Monday in the Spartanburg County jail on a charge of third-degree arson, news outlets reported. Burt is also suspected of setting about 20 fires since February on the USC Upstate campus, said Dave Myers, the university’s assistant chief of police. Myers said Burt was named as a person of interest after being spotted near some of the fires. https://www.wjcl.com/article/georgia-teen-charged-in-rash-of-university-of-south-carolina-campus-fires/31734541# 4E61F349-D3CB-46B5-B6BE-79646F388C4C Wed, 18 Mar 2020 15:03:53 -0500 Shooting Death on Campus: An early-morning shooting at Stillman College has left one person dead. The shooting is believed to have happened sometime between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. Monday, according Capt. Jack Kennedy of the Tuscaloosa Violent Crimes Unit. Tuscaloosa police, Stillman College police and the violent crimes unit all responded. Authorities have now identified the slain man as 22-year-old Davanta Anderson. Kennedy said "significant issues of self-defense" have been raised during the day-long investigation. The campus is closed today to allow investigators to process the scene. https://www.al.com/news/tuscaloosa/2020/03/1-killed-in-overnight-shooting-at-stillman-college.html E87B9E80-1C29-4117-88F2-F9D0FC871A22 Mon, 9 Mar 2020 08:56:02 -0500 Campus Closures: The University of Washington said on Friday that it would cancel in-person classes and have students take courses and finals remotely while the Seattle area grapples with a growing coronavirus outbreak, in a move that other colleges around the country are preparing to follow if the virus becomes more widespread. Over the last few days, a growing number of universities have mobilized emergency planning teams to envision what a shutdown would look like, especially if students bring the virus back with them from spring break, which starts Friday on many campuses. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/06/us/coronavirus-college-campus-closings.html 55C262EA-4A7D-4752-A53F-7AA271185578 Mon, 9 Mar 2020 14:07:07 -0500 Campus Threats: A Minneapolis man has been charged with making threats through a university's incident reporting system. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota announced that Jeffrey Colin Purdy is charged with one count of threatening communication. The complaint goes on to say from Aug. 30, 2017 through Feb. 21, 2020, Purdy used the university's Silent Witness Report, an anonymous incident reporting tool, to make violent threats against the individual. https://www.kare11.com/article/news/crime/man-charged-with-making-threats-through-university-incident-reporting-system/89-7219b3e7-2b6c-4059-ac12-fc93e5ec35c0 EFD53CFB-4BBC-4876-8671-C5B6B31CA53C Thu, 5 Mar 2020 14:13:53 -0600 Fraternity Suspension: A Fresno State fraternity has been placed on suspension following an allegation of sexual assault. On Thursday, the university announced that Kappa Sigma fraternity has been placed on interim suspension, effective immediately. A press release says that the suspension comes in response to an "alleged assault incident that was recently reported on social media." https://kmph.com/news/local/fresno-state-places-fraternity-on-suspension-amid-sexual-assault-allegation 239B1B3B-27D2-4A56-9C89-F1A86825C583 Thu, 5 Mar 2020 14:06:11 -0600 Coronavirus Themed Party: A group of Asian American students attending the University at Albany are demanding the school open an investigation into a coronavirus-themed party hosted by students last weekend. Video of the off-campus party was first posted on the Barstool Albany Instagram account Sunday night, prompting the university's Asian American Alliance to release a statement condemning the event and demanding an official apology. The video, which has since been deleted, showed a bucket full of Corona beers and a person wearing a surgical mask. A caption attached to the video read, "Corona virus isn't gonna stop anyone from partying," according to WGY News Radio in Albany. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2020/02/20/coronavirus-themed-party-university-albany-sparks-outrage/4820863002/ 9CC284D5-5C97-40A9-9D87-A2A9630D3373 Wed, 4 Mar 2020 08:54:28 -0600 Serial Burglary: Police are searching for a serial burglar accused of targeting students and staff at Pittsburgh-area universities. Police have issued an arrest warrant for Karim Davis, 37, of Tigard, Oregon. According to court paperwork, Davis is accused of making his way onto college campuses, breaking into rooms and then walking away with thousands of dollars in stolen items. https://www.wtae.com/article/alleged-thief-accused-of-targeting-students-and-staff-at-pittsburgh-area-universities/31184010 BEE7EF0A-BB7A-41C6-950C-D7D292F16880 Mon, 2 Mar 2020 14:43:44 -0600 Arson: A man was arrested Saturday after police said he started a fire inside a University of Louisville dormitory bathroom. According to an arrest report, police took Antonio Spuria, 18, into custody after witnesses and evidence pointed to him setting a 55-gallon garbage can on fire around 2 a.m. Saturday inside the men's restroom on the second floor of Miller Hall Dormitory, located on U of L's Belknap Campus. Multiple students were inside the dorm at the time of the fire, and the building had to be evacuated for several hours while crews with the Louisville Fire Department cleaned up and repaired its sprinkler system, according to Spuria's arrest report. https://www.wdrb.com/news/crime-reports/man-arrested-for-allegedly-starting-fire-in-u-of-l/article_b89f108c-5bf0-11ea-b624-6b197a2b0e06.html C304182A-1EF1-49A7-A7BD-2B337D0597C8 Sun, 1 Mar 2020 14:00:32 -0600 Anti-Semitic Texts: Police have arrested and charged a University of Maryland student who allegedly sent anti-Semitic text messages to another student on its College Park campus. The University of Maryland Police said a student reported that she received anti-Semitic messages from a person she did not know. Through an investigation, a detective was able to identify the suspect who allegedly sent multiple messages to the victim because of her religious beliefs. https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/02/29/university-of-maryland-anti-semitic-texts/ 082A1E3E-950B-43E4-A395-200B94E8F210 Sun, 1 Mar 2020 14:25:49 -0600 ADA Limitations: yle Cox was on his way to class during an ice storm in January 2019 when an outdoor wheelchair elevator at Texas A&M University malfunctioned. For 30 minutes, Cox, a graduate student, was trapped outside with sleet pelting him on an unseasonably frigid day in College Station. Building staff draped him in blankets and coats while they worked to free him from the handicap accessible lift designed to help disabled students access the building with ease https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/30-years-after-americans-disability-act-college-students-disabilities-say-n1138336 809B6C62-8E36-4B09-8E87-1295F83AE197 Mon, 2 Mar 2020 14:24:46 -0600 Grad Student Strike: The University of California, Santa Cruz fired 54 teaching assistants (TAs) Friday after they went on strike for higher wages. The graduate students began withholding final fall grades as part of a wildcat strike not approved by union leadership. Striking assistants said the wage increase was necessary to keep up with the cost of living. The students also said that in addition to the 54 fired students, 28 other TAs were sent notices that they would not be considered for such positions in the next semester. https://thehill.com/regulation/labor/485369-uc-santa-cruz-fires-striking-grad-students 2F9A3968-0B2A-4968-923A-805C0A8D9295 Sun, 1 Mar 2020 13:27:42 -0600 Stadium Security: A Louisiana State University student and fraternity brother was charged Thursday with breaking into the college's under-construction football stadium and riding a four-wheeler around inside. Clayton Fleetwood, of New Jersey, is accused of entering Tiger stadium late at night on Jan. 21 and Feb. 8, according to university police. Investigators say the 19-year-old and another unidentified suspect were captured on stadium security cameras driving a Kawasaki Mule all-terrain vehicle around the field. https://www.thestate.com/sports/college/article240734776.html 996D3922-81FB-4F86-8B2C-1C610F18F8C9 Sun, 1 Mar 2020 14:33:50 -0600 Hazing: Three Ohio University students pleaded guilty Thursday to charges related to the investigation into fraternity hazing that led to a student’s death. Dominic Figliola, 21, of Athens, pleaded guilty to two felony drug possession counts and to misdemeanor charges of hazing and violating underage alcohol laws. Cullen McLaughlin, 20, pleaded guilty to two felony counts of LSD possession. Zachary Herskovitz, 22, of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to permitting drug abuse. https://www.record-courier.com/news/20200228/3-college-students-in-ohio-plead-guilty-in-hazing-case 1AF7A136-4047-49DF-8FBB-916D56B35F1C Sun, 1 Mar 2020 14:32:59 -0600 Sexual Assault: A man was charged Thursday with sexually assaulting a graduate student in N.C. State University student housing. Roberto Alvarez Jr., 37, was arrested at his home in Cary and charged with sexual battery, breaking or entering and assault on an individual with a disability, according to a Cary Police Department arrest report. Alvarez is accused of unlawfully entering Hudson Hall in N.C. State’s Wolf Village apartments at 2760 Wolf Village Way on Tuesday, arrest warrants state. https://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/crime/article240697386.html F469B7CB-6A98-457E-928F-F82549E8E4D7 Fri, 28 Feb 2020 08:36:51 -0600 Coronavirus: American university programs in Italy -- the second-most-popular destination for study abroad programs -- are variously suspending operations and evacuating students, moving classes online, or warning students not to travel domestically as the global spread of the new coronavirus begins to affect international programs in countries outside China, where the virus first originated. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/02/26/programs-italy-south-korea-cancel-classes-and-make-other-changes-coronavirus-spreads?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=50be6648cc-DNU_2019_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-50be6648cc-198624309&mc_cid=50be6648cc&mc_eid=c27b65b094 579889BD-185E-4056-8711-C3F121C56CD4 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:20:09 -0600 Hazing: There was painful testimony Tuesday from the victim of a hazing incident at Miami University. It came during a hearing for many of those who were involved. Tuesday morning in Butler County Area 1 Court, Judge Robert Lyons addressed one of the accused: "What is your plea on the charge of hazing, one count?" he asked. Former student Scott Sidner answered, "Guilty." One by one, they admitted to hazing Tyler Perino while he was a pledge at the Miami University’s Delta Tau Delta fraternity. https://local12.com/news/local/half-of-those-accused-in-miami-university-fraternity-hazing-case-plead-guilty-cincinnati 53515C8F-D5C5-4716-8758-65770593F620 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 12:42:45 -0600 Armed Robbery: Authorities are investigating the report of an armed robbery that took place over the weekend on the campus of Mary Baldwin University in Staunton. The Staunton Police Department said a man armed with a handgun made his way into a room at Woodson Residence Hall on Saturday around 4:30 p.m. A 19-year-old woman was inside the room at the time, police said. The suspect fled the room with a safe that held an undisclosed amount of cash. https://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/2020/02/24/woman-robbed-residence-hall-mary-baldwin-university/4857529002/ 3E63F59F-00B2-4211-A3B7-30DEAF93CC09 Mon, 24 Feb 2020 14:13:32 -0600 Arson: A student at Northern Illinois University is facing aggravated arson charges after police say he intentionally set a fire in his room inside Stevenson Hall to cover up the smell of burnt marijuana. Paul L. Collins, 21, of the 200 block of Troy Court, Romeoville is charged with aggravated arson, resisting a police officer, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and tampering with a fire safety system. https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/02/22/niu-student-charged-with-aggravated-arson-after-he-lit-a-fire-in-dorm-to-mask-weed-smell/ay3vqtg/ B68B8B77-9718-433F-B4FA-74629CF2A566 Sat, 22 Feb 2020 13:46:29 -0600 Hazing: The University of Pittsburgh says it has placed a sorority under interim suspension and is investigating allegations of hazing by the organization. Pitt officials identified the sorority Friday as Delta Zeta. "The university has received reports that the Delta Zeta sorority may have been involved in new member hazing and conduct that violates the Student Code of Conduct as well as the Fraternity and Sorority Guidelines," Pitt said in a statement provided Friday by spokesman Kevin Zwick. https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/02/20/pitt-sorority-accused-of-hazing/ 994532BC-CB22-4E54-836A-AE9615D7DBAB Thu, 20 Feb 2020 14:19:15 -0600 Student Arrest: A Lamar University student is facing several charges after a video appearing to show him getting arrested inside the school's rec center went viral on Tuesday. The man can be heard in the video shouting at two officers as he's being restrained. Lamar University spokesperson Shelly Vitanza said in a statement that he "had a prior incident of misconduct at the Center, was asked to meet with the Center’s director before he could enter. Instead, the student bypassed security and staff." He was arrested and charged with resisting arrest, trespassing, attempted assault of a peace officer according to the statement. https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/education/lamar-university-releases-statement-on-viral-twitter-video-appearing-to-show-arrest/502-a6b76ed5-f16a-4d68-9fcb-ce9b8e901664 46949E0C-E0A2-4622-B501-7257F64A544D Wed, 19 Feb 2020 13:41:32 -0600 Student Protests: Suspensions for a group of Syracuse University students protesting racial injustice on campus have been lifted, according to a university spokesperson. The protests started again Monday evening at Crouse-Hinds Hall and included members of the #NotAgainSU movement. This movement was formed after a series of racial incidents and racist graffiti was found on the campus last fall. The interim suspensions were issued after students refused to leave a sit-in protest at Crouse-Hinds Hall on Monday. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/syracuse-university-lifts-suspension-on-student-protestors E4AD15FD-9A54-4EE6-A44F-E67A62B55CC4 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 13:34:57 -0600 Mumps Cases: At least four students at the University of New Hampshire in Durham have confirmed cases of mumps, according to state health officials. Two other students may also be infected, despite all six people being previously fully vaccinated against the virus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mumps is a contagious viral infection that can cause fever, muscle pain, headaches, fatigue, and loss of appetite. Mumps can pass from one person to another through saliva exchange and close personal contact. https://wbznewsradio.iheart.com/content/2020-02-16-mumps-diagnosed-in-several-students-at-the-university-of-new-hampshire/ 00874C73-D56C-4274-ACB6-89D7CB146FD9 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 11:21:21 -0600 Racial Issues: A video clip is circulating on Twitter concerning the Multicultural Student Center at the University of Virginia. The original version of the video was reportedly posted by a friend of the unidentified woman who speaks in it, but that post has since been deleted. It was reposted by the Young America's Foundation, and the woman makes a "public service announcement" regarding the number of white people using the facility. https://www.cbs19news.com/story/41694988/uva-reacts-to-online-video-concerning-multicultural-student-center 68829794-39D6-481F-A801-74830B051208 Thu, 13 Feb 2020 13:49:15 -0600 Rape & Kidnapping: Two Ohio State University football players were arrested and charged in connection with the rape of a woman in the Columbus area, court documents show. Amir Riep, 22, and Jahsen L. Wint, 22, were charged with rape and kidnapping in connection with the alleged incident that happened on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. According to court records, Riep was having "consensual sex" with the alleged victim when she decided "she did not want to continue." https://fox8.com/news/ohio-state-football-players-arrested-and-charged-with-rape-kidnapping/ EA48009D-5898-4206-9FF5-22B58FFCC961 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 14:30:00 -0600 Fraternity Suspension: The Penn State Office of Student Conduct has placed the Phi Rho chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon on interim suspension while it investigates multiple allegations of serious misconduct made against the fraternity. The investigation is into an alleged unregistered social event held on Jan. 30 that potentially endangered students as well as other serious accusations related to the alleged event. https://news.psu.edu/story/607657/2020/02/11/delta-kappa-epsilon-suspended-pending-investigation FA206541-3D1E-468C-855E-B51920712720 Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:31:44 -0600 Exploitation: A former convict from New Jersey has been charged with targeting his daughter’s friends at Sarah Lawrence College for indoctrination and exploitation, engaging in sex-trafficking, extortion and forced labor, according to an indictment released on Tuesday. Shortly after the man, Lawrence V. Ray, left prison about a decade ago, he moved into his daughter’s dormitory at the elite college in Yonkers, N.Y., and began manipulating her friends and others, the indictment said. Over the course of nearly a decade, Mr. Ray "subjected his victims to sexual and psychological manipulation and physical abuse." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/nyregion/larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-sex.html F9FA8CFC-9FD9-4077-A8D0-B0D9B28CA06F Tue, 11 Feb 2020 09:58:14 -0600 Arson: A former student accused of starting a fire in a dorm at a northern New Jersey university last year has pleaded guilty to criminal mischief. Thomas Apostolico, 18, of Toms River, entered his plea Thursday and agreed to pay $7,665.50 in restitution for damages the blaze caused at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. Investigators determined that Apostolico, a freshman at the university, had set fire to a dryer sheet and threw it into the garbage can where he had previously discarded fireworks, sparking the blaze. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-jersey/articles/2020-02-10/student-admits-starting-dorm-fire-at-new-jersey-university B3E5E759-E22D-4638-B0DD-C5C514850B10 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 10:00:33 -0600 Racial Comments: University of Wisconsin officials are investigating an allegation that a racial epithet was directed at Kobe King by a UW staffer. The Journal Sentinel on Wednesday informed senior associate athletic director Justin Doherty, who oversees the men’s basketball program, it had learned of the allegations. King, a redshirt sophomore from La Crosse Central High School, announced recently he was leaving the program and planned to transfer. https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/college/uw/2020/02/05/allegations-made-uw-basketball-staffer-used-racial-comments-presence-kobe-king/4675859002/ 234FFDA9-FB17-4BB0-942A-4DAC3C2617FD Wed, 5 Feb 2020 15:26:36 -0600 Fraternity Suspension: Texas State’s Pi Kappa Phi chapter faces a seven-year suspension from the university following an alleged assault perpetrated by members of the fraternity. The national chapter has since submitted an appeal to the university’s decision. An official statement from the university, provided by Media Relations Manager Jayme Blaschke, reads, "The administrative review of Pi Kappa Phi has been completed. The fraternity has been suspended for a minimum of seven years beginning Jan. 27, 2020." https://universitystar.com/34577/news/fraternity-suspended-after-university-investigation/ 8168645C-F438-497F-81F4-15392A2625F5 Tue, 4 Feb 2020 11:39:21 -0600 Campus Shooting: Two women were found dead and a baby was taken to the hospital after a shooting on Monday at Texas A&M-Commerce, according to university officials. At 10:17 a.m. on Monday morning, a student called university police from the Pride Rock Residence Hall, a three story co-ed dorm for freshmen students. When officers arrived they found the two women and an injured 2-year-old boy. The child is in stable condition at a local hospital, said Bryan Vaughn, Chief of the Texas A&M-Commerce Police, in a statement. https://www.texastribune.org/2020/02/03/seo-texas-m-commerce-shooting-two-dead-investigation-ongoing/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1580758052&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook 3FB0E9EF-A0B4-4FFA-931B-9FEE8F0966A4 Mon, 3 Feb 2020 11:20:38 -0600 SGA Election Interference: A controversy over two East Carolina University trustees trying to influence a student election widened Thursday with the release of public documents. It says trustees Phil Lewis and Robbie Moore reached out to an unnamed student, first through Facebook messenger on January 12th, to get them to run for SGA president. That SGA position is a voting member of the ECU Board of Trustees. The BOT leadership claim that Lewis and Moore "intended that the student, if elected, would join them and other Trustees in what they described as a "seven" member majority vote for the purpose of advancing their objectives". One of those was to elect a new chair for the board. https://www.witn.com/content/news/Two-ECU-trustees-accused-of-trying-to-influence-student-election-567362651.html D1B6B055-4A16-48FD-86D2-874B0CA45B14 Sat, 1 Feb 2020 12:58:28 -0600 Rape & Kidnapping: A University of Utah football player was charged Friday after police say he locked a 17-year-old girl in his apartment and raped her. Terrell Perriman, a 20-year-old wide receiver for the U., faces a first-degree felony count of rape and a third-degree felony count of aggravated kidnapping. He was arrested Thursday morning and booked into the Salt Lake County jail, where he is being held on $750,000 bail. https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2020/02/01/university-utah-football/ 615C7867-51AD-4D1F-A0B9-B913C5E57125 Sat, 1 Feb 2020 20:58:59 -0600 Free Speech: Grand Valley State University has suspended offensive coordinator Morris Berger as the school investigates comments Berger made to a student newspaper regarding Adolf Hitler. Berger was interviewed in the Grand Valley Lanthorn paper and was asked which three historical figures Berger would have dinner with. Berger responded by saying one of his choices would be Adolf Hitler, because of his leadership skills. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28577101/grand-valley-state-suspends-oc-morris-berger-wanting-meal-adolf-hitler 073332BD-B3C6-4895-B975-4EBC6606A851 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 10:57:00 -0600 Coronavirus: An Arizona college student was confirmed to have the new coronavirus strain -- the fifth case of the deadly bug detected in the US, officials said. The patient, who wasn’t identified, is a student enrolled at Arizona State University in Tempe, news station KNXV reported. It’s unclear how the student contracted the illness and whether they had traveled abroad to China, where the outbreak began in the central city of Wuhan. The report marked the third confirmed coronavirus case in the US over the weekend. https://nypost.com/2020/01/26/arizona-college-student-diagnosed-as-fifth-coronavirus-case-in-us/ 3B6F043A-9E50-4C64-BD01-F693424BA06C Sun, 26 Jan 2020 14:10:01 -0600 Police Called on Student: When Sultan Benson, a senior at Ball State University in Indiana, arrived at his Marketing 310 class on Tuesday, his usual seat was taken. His professor, Shaheen Borna, suggested he move to an empty seat toward the back, which he did, Benson told CNN. But about a half hour into the class, another student left and Borna asked Benson to move up. But Benson was already settled. He'd unpacked his stuff, and his laptop was already out and charging. https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/us/ball-state-university-police-seat-change-trnd/index.html 1FB72CFB-2B41-44CC-8145-95E23D187D7C Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:06:38 -0600 Confucius Institute Closing: The University of Maryland, College Park has ended a Chinese-government approved education program after Congress passed legislation that the university said could jeopardize future federal funding if the program were to continue. In a letter sent Friday, university President Wallace Loh wrote that the state university would be ending its Confucius Institute program, which teaches Chinese language and culture through an agreement with the Chinese government. https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-confucius-institute-umd-20200123-3sb7hhbyq5cn7pfl7n55edtlaq-story.html 2707305F-4C86-475D-9449-40F7AF792DB8 Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:14:30 -0600 Fraternity Suspension: A Penn State fraternity at the center of a sexual assault allegation has been placed on interim suspension by the university. Penn State police received a report on Tuesday morning alleging that a student was sexually assaulted by four fraternity members on Jan. 15 at the Alpha Epsilon Pi house, 240 E. Prospect Ave. A university statement on Wednesday said the Phi Sigma Delta Sigma chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity is on interim suspension pending the outcome of investigations by State College police and the university's Office of Sexual Misconduct Prevention and Response. http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/penn-state-fraternity-on-interim-suspension-following-sexual-assault-allegation,1482314/ AE64751A-2577-4769-B1F8-604DD2B545BB Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:31:36 -0600 Vaccination Laws: Updated vaccination procedures designed to protect New Jersey college students against meningitis outbreaks were signed into law last week, according to legislators. The legislation, sponsored by Assembly Democrats Shavonda Sumter (D-Bergen/Passaic) and Raj Mukherji (D-Hudson), revises the requirement for residential students in four-year institutions of higher education to receive immunization against meningococcal disease. https://www.tapinto.net/towns/passaic-valley/articles/nj-injects-greater-protection-from-meningitis-into-college-campuses-12 1AECD481-7B63-4DB2-9D29-A85FF27F96B0 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 14:21:08 -0600 Dorm Mold Lawsuit: A judge has granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging Indiana University breached its contract by providing substandard living assignments to thousands of students staying in residential halls where mold was found. Monroe Circuit Court Judge Holly Harvey’s Monday ruling comes as IU’s residence centers Foster and McNutt are being renovated, where mold was a problem during the 2018-19 school year. https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/lawsuit-against-iu-over-dorm-mold-given-class-action-status EADC68F4-2A58-4DCE-8043-A520D60AE131 Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:56:01 -0600 Confucius Institutes Close: First Kansas State University, then the University of Kansas and now the University of Missouri are dumping their Chinese government-funded Confucius Institutes. MU announced Wednesday that it is terminating its contract with the Confucius Institute, effective in August, because of "changes in guidance from the U.S. Department of State," which has expressed concern over Chinese intelligence operatives. K-State closed its institute in June, and in December, KU announced that its would close its institute this month. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article239321233.html 40175A01-84AE-44D8-9CC6-162EA2DEDE5A Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:30:09 -0600 Free Speech Lawsuit: Two University of Connecticut students arrested for shouting a racial slur outside a campus apartment complex sued the school Tuesday, citing free speech rights as they fight officials' attempts to remove them from school housing. Jarred Karal, of Plainville, and Ryan Mucaj, of Granby, both 21, filed the lawsuit in federal court, seeing undisclosed damages and a halt to disciplinary proceedings against them. The two students say the school is violating their First Amendment rights. https://www.theday.com/article/20200114/NWS12/200119668 6BCED5CB-8C45-4C12-9565-ED5D9DCC1372 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:50:35 -0600 Hazing Lawsuit: Former Penn State football player Isaiah Humphries filed a federal lawsuit Monday against the university, coach James Franklin and former teammate Damion Barber. The suit alleges that Humphries was subject to hazing brought on by Barber, linebacker Micah Parsons, defensive lineman Yetur Gross-Matos and linebacker Jesse Luketa and that the coaching staff was aware of the hazing and did not protect Humphries. The allegations include instances when the named players collectively orchestrated, directed and facilitated a campaign to harass and haze underclassmen on the Penn State football team. https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/28484451/former-nittany-lions-player-files-federal-lawsuit-james-franklin-penn-state-hazing 991E1DDE-43FF-4389-8D81-FC5A6F7F59D2 Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:46:39 -0600 Facial Recognition on Campus: Facial recognition, which scans and identifies peoples’ faces as they appear in a camera’s view, is being used more and more often: by law enforcement, at airports, on social media platforms, and even by landlords. The controversial technology is also being marketed to colleges and universities as a way to beef up dormitory security, track classroom attendance, and intercept expelled students re-entering campus -- but a new campaign from the nonprofit advocacy group Fight for the Future wants to fight its rollout. Motivated by concerns that facial recognition is fundamentally flawed and can infringe on people’s right to privacy, the group is encouraging students to fight the deployment of the technology on their campuses. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/14/21063689/facial-recognition-college-campuses-universities-fight-for-the-future 4088B0A6-6A30-46DE-A1E4-8138CE543624 Tue, 14 Jan 2020 13:22:49 -0600 Hazing Suspensions: Ohio State University has suspended three fraternities for hazing, alcohol use and other violations. The Sigma Pi and Zeta Beta Tau chapters are suspended through August 2023 and the Phi Delta Theta chapter through August 2024. The chapters previously had been placed on disciplinary probation for various violations. Ohio State issued a blanket suspension for all 37 Interfraternity Council members frats in 2017 after 11 chapters came under investigation. https://www.wcbe.org/post/osu-suspends-three-frats-hazing-other-conduct-code-violations 09C50B03-D5A4-4A35-95AD-41508D632F55 Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:17:18 -0600 Free Speech: The Babson College staff member suspended after posting on Facebook that Iran should list 52 American cultural sites it would attack says he has now been terminated from the school. "I am disappointed and saddened that Babson has decided to abruptly terminate my 15-year relationship with the college just because people willfully misinterpreted a joke I made to my friends on Facebook," former Babson College Director of Sustainability Asheen Phansey said via a spokeswoman Thursday. Phansey said he would have hoped his former employer would protect his right to free speech. https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/09/babson-college-staff-member-who-made-post-about-iran-no-longer-an-employee/ 150BFB4A-5A2E-4209-80E6-688910AC070E Thu, 9 Jan 2020 13:12:01 -0600 Living Conditions Lawsuit: An OSU student and her mother have recently filed a lawsuit against the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, alleging that the Corvallis chapter facility provided unsafe living conditions. The lawsuit was filed in the Benton County Circuit Court on Dec. 23 by Ruchi Vora and her mother Sanjay Vora. According to the lawsuit paperwork, the sleeping room provided by the organization required roughly 30 females to sleep together in tightly-squeezed double and triple bunk beds. http://www.orangemedianetwork.com/daily_barometer/student-sues-sorority-over-living-conditions/article_16639dc2-2df8-11ea-bb8a-433bc9ebaacb.html 2476C8B8-9D5A-40AE-B269-531E04F99B36 Fri, 3 Jan 2020 13:55:59 -0600 Free Speech Lawsuit: A lawsuit was filed against Iowa State University Thursday by the nonprofit membership association, Speech First, in Speech First v. Wintersteen et. al, according to a Speech First press release. "We filed the case on behalf of some of our student members at Iowa State University," said Nicole Neily, president and founder of Speech First. "We’re challenging three specific policies that we believe infringe upon our student’s First Amendment rights." The first of the three policies is the chalking ban. https://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/lawsuit-filed-against-iowa-state-university-ames-speech-first-v-wintersteen-et-al-nonprofit-membership-association-nicole-neily-president-founder-infringement-upon-student-first-amendment-rights-chalking-ban-policy-email-prohibition-campaigns-elections-campus-climate-reporting-system-filing-motion-for-preliminary-injunction-case-unconstitutional-prohibit-electronic-correspondence-university-of-illinois-university-of-texas-university-of-michigan-wendy-wintersteen-university-counsel-michael-norton-comment/article_a0ddad3e-2dbd-11ea-8e1d-274029ec7faf.html 8A419E2A-B271-4D91-A52A-0B34A157E15D Thu, 2 Jan 2020 13:47:35 -0600 Construction Accident: Firefighters rescued five construction workers who fell during a floor collapse at a work site near the University of Alabama campus Thursday. The workers were on the ground floor level at a site near Tutwiler Hall when the collapse occurred around 9 a.m., Tuscaloosa Fire Rescue Service spokeswoman Holly Whigham told the The Tuscaloosa News. The floor section collapsed into the three-story basement area, she said, before the workers fell approximately 20-25 feet. No one was seriously injured, and all were listed in stable condition Thursday afternoon. https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2019/12/30/553013.htm EC8C392F-932B-4CEB-8A83-B6FCCEB59711 Wed, 1 Jan 2020 14:14:21 -0600 Burglary & Invasion of Privacy: A man spotted on surveillance video walking into a women’s locker room at the University of Denver is also suspected of previously stealing underwear from the locker room on multiple occasions. On Nov. 28, a male suspect walked into the Daniel L. Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness on the University of Denver campus and gained entry into the lower level’s women’s locker rooms, which are secured, according to the university’s division of campus safety. The division worked with the Denver Police Department and were able to get a picture of the suspect from surveillance cameras. About three weeks later, on Dec. 17, Denver police arrested the suspect, who was identified as 34-year-old Christopher Finger. He was charged with burglary and invasion of privacy sex gratification. He was released on bond two days later. https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/man-suspected-of-stealing-undergarments-from-university-of-denver-womens-locker-room A9ECC49F-C952-49EE-8BB3-FF635463674B Wed, 1 Jan 2020 14:14:16 -0600 Fraternity Attack/Lawsuit: A Texas State University fraternity has been suspended and two men face charges after members of the fraternity allegedly attacked another student. He was left with a fractured skull and a traumatic brain injury, according to his attorneys. Nikolas Panagiotopoulos was allegedly attacked by a group of Pi Kappa Phi members who mistook him for a member of another fraternity, according to a lawsuit filed in Travis County on behalf of the student. The incident occurred outside the fraternity house. https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/17/us/texas-state-fraternity-arrest/index.html 9C454817-0BD1-4254-9EAC-BD3FBEE19DCB Tue, 17 Dec 2019 14:37:13 -0600 Hazing: An Auburn fraternity is being suspended for four years following violations of the University’s anti-hazing policy. Delta Zeta, a chapter of Beta Theta Pi comprised of 164 undergraduate Auburn students, is being suspended for violations involving "physical abuse," servitude and alcohol, according to letters obtained by The Plainsman that were addressed to past and present Beta Theta Pi members. The letters did not offer any details about the accusations. https://www.theplainsman.com/article/2019/12/auburn-fraternity-suspended-after-violations-involving-alcohol-and-physical-abuse D6CF1BF4-4AE4-4B32-8E34-F2EE46FC8096 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:02:27 -0600 Assault & Racial Slurs: A fraternity at Indiana University in Bloomington is under investigation for allegations of physical assault and anti-Semitic and racial slurs, officials said. Campus police and the Monroe County Prosecutor’s Office are reviewing an incident that took place at the fraternity Friday night, according to a statement released Sunday by the university. The announcement comes amid increased scrutiny of college fraternities across the nation and a month after Syracuse University halted all fraternity social activities because of suspected ties to racist and anti-Semitic incidents. In the past year, at least five young men have died in circumstances involving fraternities, including in Pennsylvania and Washington state. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/12/15/indiana-university-fraternity-suspended-anti-semitic-slurs/2660056001/ AE46EF39-8854-4772-8B00-047064D64BC1 Mon, 16 Dec 2019 13:41:16 -0600 Rape: A St. Louis man has been charged in connection with an alleged rape at Lincoln University. Khalil McDonald, 18, is charged with one count of second-degree rape. The incident is believed to have occurred early Saturday morning in Dawson Hall, according to a Lincoln University Police Department probable cause statement. The alleged victim told officers McDonald had come to her room and told her to take her clothes off. She said she had felt intimidated and complied with McDonald's demand. https://www.newstribune.com/news/local/story/2019/dec/16/lincoln-university-student-charged--campus-rape/808511/ 3550A93B-F453-4BEC-A585-DC537542FA0C Mon, 16 Dec 2019 15:18:23 -0600 Hazing: For most of the fall, whenever Kayla Miller-People heard the familiar sounds of a La Salle women’s soccer game beginning on the field not far from her dorm, she turned up her music and closed her eyes. She didn’t want to hear parents cheering and whistles blowing and her former teammates scoring goals and running around the field. All she wanted to do was forget. The university investigated allegations of hazing by fellow players and retaliation by Paul Royal, who has been head coach of the women’s soccer team for 17 years, according to emails between school officials and Miller-People’s family obtained from her father, Alfred Miller. https://www.inquirer.com/sports/la-salle-hazing-womens-soccer-kayla-miller-people-paul-royal-20191214.html DB7AB718-ADE4-4100-B402-DF0E49C3F07B Sat, 14 Dec 2019 15:21:54 -0600 Murder: One teenager has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a Barnard College freshman in a Manhattan park earlier this week, three senior law enforcement sources said Friday. He is charged with second-degree murder, armed robbery and criminal possession of a weapon with intent to use, according to a senior law enforcement official. The 18-year-old victim, Tessa Majors, moved to New York from Virginia and was a first-year student at Barnard College. She was walking down steps near the park's entrance on West 116th Street just before 7 p.m. Wednesday when police say she was attacked by a group of people. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/teen-college-student-found-dead-in-morningside-park-stabbed-multiple-times-police/2240201/ 8EA9B7BD-10D5-4165-B0A1-C8484FF4DF30 Fri, 13 Dec 2019 09:54:23 -0600 Minors on Campus/Lawsuit: Purdue University faces two new lawsuits for its involvement with Camp DASH, which Purdue hosted in Tarkington Hall during the summer of 2017. The lawsuits -- one from a camper's parent and another from a camper's guardian -- were filed Monday in Marion County. The suits also names Indiana University, Indiana University School of Medicine and Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute as defendants in the cases. P. Lopes, the guardian of one of the campers, and A. Herrick, a parent of one of the campers, claim in their lawsuits that Camp DASH was understaffed. The suits also allege that counselors were poorly trained, and the camp was not adequately staffed with counselors to supervise the children. https://www.jconline.com/story/news/local/lafayette/2019/12/12/purdue-named-lawsuit-emotional-trauma-camp-dash/4399340002/ A3BC66E2-C595-464F-8CA6-147BA9B21590 Thu, 12 Dec 2019 13:10:10 -0600 Sexual Assault: Two women separately accused University of South Florida football player LaDarrius Jackson of sexual assault in 2017, saying the 6-foot-4, 250-pound defensive end forced himself on them in their own homes. Police arrested Jackson twice in two weeks on charges of sexual battery and false imprisonment. He pleaded not guilty and posted bond while awaiting trial. The university also opened a student conduct case against the then-22-year-old junior. It determined he violated its policy against "non-consensual sexual intercourse" and expelled him. Yet one year later, Jackson played before a crowd of nearly 30,000 fans as Tennessee State University took on Vanderbilt in Nashville. https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/2019/12/12/college-athletes-sex-assault-transfer-tennessee-state-austin-peay/4397662002/ 00A4D363-0B55-48BB-89A9-36386F65A89F Thu, 12 Dec 2019 10:54:01 -0600 Hazing: Officials at the University of Central Florida in Orlando say a fraternity is accused of forcing a blindfolded pledge to do cocaine in order to join the group. The Sigma Chi fraternity is accused of forcing the student to do drugs in October and stay at the frat house for a week, according to an incident report. The student was initiated shortly after taking the drug. The chapter was suspended for the remainder of the fall semester and the upcoming spring semester in November for an unrelated incident. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/higher-education/frat-at-florida-college-accused-of-forcing-drugs-on-pledge/2019/12/11/c1222ef2-1c2f-11ea-977a-15a6710ed6da_story.html 9CDD0AEB-8138-46D7-A8AD-9274D59C2189 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:35:47 -0600 Free Speech & Race Relations: President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Wednesday targeting what he sees as anti-Semitism on college campuses by threatening to withhold federal money from educational institutions that fail to combat discrimination, three administration officials said on Tuesday. The order will effectively interpret Judaism as a race or nationality, not just a religion, to prompt a federal law penalizing colleges and universities deemed to be shirking their responsibility to foster an open climate for minority students. In recent years, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions -- or B.D.S. -- movement against Israel has roiled some campuses, leaving some Jewish students feeling unwelcome or attacked. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/us/politics/trump-antisemitism-executive-order.html C2BCCB93-DEF7-4474-A949-32DA6444F963 Tue, 10 Dec 2019 14:11:32 -0600 Civil Liberties: Administrators at the University of Scranton granted its student government unfettered authority to decide which students can form political groups on campus. Then the administration stood by when student government members abused that authority to deny recognition to a prospective conservative student group because of their political beliefs. Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is publicly calling on university leadership to defend students’ right to form political groups free from political discrimination. https://www.thefire.org/yikes-nope-denied-university-of-scranton-stands-by-as-student-government-denies-recognition-to-conservative-group/ 5625E868-1793-4C7D-9F53-5D2F028508AC Thu, 5 Dec 2019 13:28:34 -0600 Free Speech: For weeks, University of Texas students have been protesting against and asking school leaders to fire professors with histories of sexual misconduct. Now, a group of students is calling for the removal of another faculty member they say is promoting harmful ideas about the age of consent and sexual relations with minors. Thomas K. Hubbard, a professor of classics in UT’s College of Liberal Arts, has written extensively on relationships between adolescent boys and adult men, often using classic literature’s depictions of homosexual relationships to suggest changing age of consent laws and challenging modern norms about youth sexuality. https://www.statesman.com/news/20191204/austin-students-want-professor-fired-for-writings-on-age-of-consent-ut-says-itrsquos-protected-speech 0F87C19C-2837-44F8-B2F4-C6D32FA3D4A5 Wed, 4 Dec 2019 10:20:03 -0600 Accidental Death on Campus: A University of Wisconsin-Madison employee has died from injuries sustained from a fall while working on campus on Nov. 30. The employee, Roberto Vergara, began working at the university in September of 2009. He was employed in custodial services for the university’s Division of Facilities Planning & Management. The incident occurred early Saturday morning. Vergara fell when leaving a building and hit his head on the sidewalk in the 200 block of Bernard Court. https://news.wisc.edu/uw-madison-employee-dies-from-injuries-sustained-in-a-fall/ B99E541E-73F6-493A-A193-707127891292 Tue, 3 Dec 2019 15:04:25 -0600 Burglary, Assault, Harassment: Georgetown basketball players Josh LeBlanc and Galen Alexander received restraining orders in November resulting from accusations of harassment and burglary, and freshman Myron Gardner was accused of "sexual harassment and assault," according to one of the filings. According to court records obtained by ESPN, a Georgetown student filed Nov. 5 for a restraining order against LeBlanc and Alexander. On Nov. 12, the student's roommate filed for a separate restraining order against Gardner, LeBlanc and Alexander. https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/28215164/georgetown-players-face-complaints-burglary-assault-harassment 934C2EC6-191A-464F-BA77-39501A74E7E3 Mon, 2 Dec 2019 11:04:49 -0600 Anthem Protest Lawsuit: A Kennesaw State University student has reached a settlement with several defendants she accused of violating her civil rights after she and other cheerleaders kneeled during a football game to protest police misconduct and other issues. The student, Tommia Dean, settled the case last week with four of the five defendants: former university president Sam Olens, former state Rep. Earl Ehrhart, deputy athletics director Matt Griffin and senior associate athletics director Scott Whitlock. https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/kennesaw-state-student-reaches-settlement-over-anthem-protest-lawsuit/eTD63iRphe87ocYjJzjwRN/ 67B4CCFD-6A86-4206-96B2-0B94D7B64D0B Mon, 2 Dec 2019 16:17:24 -0600 Confederate Monuments: Just over a year after the Confederate monument was pulled down by protesters, the University of North Carolina System announced the statue commonly known as "Silent Sam" will be given to a Confederate history group. A $2.5 million charitable trust will go toward its care and preservation -- a move that angered critics of the statue. The UNC system announced Wednesday that Silent Sam would be given to the North Carolina Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, which will now own all rights, title and interest in the monument as part of a legal settlement after the group sued the system, according to the news release. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/27/us/silent-sam-university-of-north-carolina-trnd/index.html 8700E0B9-9340-48D0-9C2C-0B5E69473CD8 Mon, 2 Dec 2019 15:35:22 -0600 Research Accident: An Oregon State University employee was hurt in a research lab while setting up an experiment. The Gazette-Times reports on Tuesday the employee was setting up the experiment at O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory in a wave flume and became trapped. OSU’s vice president for marketing and university relations Steve Clark says the flume in which the employee was trapped is a concrete basin normally filled with water to simulate wave action. He says the flume did not have water in it at the time. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/oregon/articles/2019-11-26/university-of-oregon-employee-injured-in-wave-lab 2310E514-1B1C-4027-89AC-40661BDB1479 Sun, 1 Dec 2019 13:30:39 -0600 Threats: A South Florida man has been arrested for allegedly planning bomb attacks against two college deans, according to federal authorities. Salman Rashid, 23, of North Miami Beach, was arrested Monday for a charge of solicitation to commit a crime of violence, according to a criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of Florida on Monday. During the investigation, the FBI became aware of threats Rashid allegedly made over text messages to a female student at Miami Dade College, which prompted her to file a report with campus authorities. https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-man-federally-charged-bomb-threat-college-deans/story?id=67303375 145A1BB2-50F6-4A49-89D3-A7153A9D5345 Sun, 1 Dec 2019 14:01:16 -0600 Murder: A Chicago man was charged Monday with strangling a college student in a university parking garage over the weekend, authorities said. Donald Thurman, 26, faces first-degree murder and aggravated sexual assault charges in the death of Ruth George, 19, University of Illinois Police Chief Kevin Booker said in a statement. George’s body was found Saturday in the backseat of a family car after relatives told authorities they hadn’t heard from her since Friday. Police and family members tracked her cellphone to a University of Illinois parking garage south of downtown Chicago. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chicago-man-charged-strangling-college-student-campus-garage-n1091191 A9B89669-A18D-4391-8EDF-07AA1A5C8033 Sun, 1 Dec 2019 14:00:14 -0600 Sexual Assault: New details have been released about a rape that was reported last month at Clemson University. The victim reported that the rape happened Oct. 3 in the third-floor bathroom at Robert Muldrow Cooper Library, according to a report that WYFF News 4 received in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The victim met with authorities on Oct. 5 and told them she had been studying in the library with another person when she started to feel ill, the report said. The report said she went to the bathroom, which only had one stall, and when she turned on the light, she saw that a man was there. https://www.wistv.com/2019/11/21/rape-victim-says-man-took-pictures-during-assault-clemson-university-report-says/ FC2F015C-82A4-4035-98B9-369BB8F3FC97 Thu, 21 Nov 2019 14:01:28 -0600 Guns on Campus: In a lawsuit which pitted the State Attorney General against the University of Missouri, a Boone County Judge ruled Monday that the university's ban on guns on campus is constitutional. 13th Circuit Judge Jeff Harris handed down the ruling, saying that Attorney General Eric Schmitt, who sued the university, did not prove that the rule violates the constitution and therefore it stands. https://krcgtv.com/news/local/judge-upholds-universitys-ban-on-guns 65BAD805-1BA0-493B-AC7A-BF0ADC8B18AD Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:11:49 -0600 Racial Climate: At the Syracuse Police Department press conference Tuesday afternoon, law enforcement said that students should not be fearful. However, after speaking with many students on campus Tuesday it is obvious that some are scared, and some said they even had classes and tests canceled. After the most recent incident, Syracuse police held a press conference today to address what has been happening on campus. https://cnycentral.com/news/local/racist-incidents-lead-to-fear-on-syracuse-university-campus AAE05652-BCC3-4D21-98A5-4318E4DC3DFA Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:17:03 -0600 Hazing: Former Ohio University students and members of the Sigma Pi fraternity have been indicted by an Athens County grand jury. Nine people, including seven members of the recently expelled Sigma Pi fraternity at Ohio University, have been indicted in the death of Collin Wiant. Some of the charges include involuntary manslaughter, hazing and trafficking and drugs. https://www.dispatch.com/news/20191119/sigma-pi-fraternity-members-charged-in-ohio-university-freshman-collin-wiantrsquos-death 1EA213C6-FA55-4C67-BD8D-CF1B7C58F72C Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:00:18 -0600 Accidental Shooting Death: A student at the University of Central Missouri is facing manslaughter charges in the shooting death of another student. Johnson County Prosecuting Attorney Robert Russell announced second-degree involuntary manslaughter charges Thursday against 24-year-old Jeremy Manley. Stephon Abron, a 20-year-old student from St. Charles, died Nov. 4 after what the university called an accidental gun discharge at an on-campus apartment in Warrensburg. https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/university-of-central-missouri-college-student-charged-in-classmate-s/article_72439c02-0871-562b-9ed7-f85056472888.html D42E2EA7-12D6-4118-B5BE-0021D7F0B81E Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:57:54 -0600 Student Deaths: Faced with the deaths of nine students since Aug. 24, USC administrators are engaged in a delicate balancing act as they notify students, attempt to quell rumors, offer mental health resources and also try to avoid triggering students who may be in the midst of a mental health crisis. A campus of 47,500 students, USC experiences four to 15 student deaths in a typical school year, officials said. Last year, six were reported. Officials have confirmed that three students this year died by suicide. In some cases, the cause of death is undetermined; in others, families did not want details disclosed, they said. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-13/usc-responds-to-student-deaths-to-quell-rumors-misinformation 5C4BF1C9-4A99-4C31-AE18-C6796D984A8F Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:46:09 -0600 Free Speech: A University of Illinois policy requiring NPR member station reporters to disclose information about sources who say they were sexually harassed or assaulted is coming under fire from media organizations and free-speech advocates, who say the rule will have a chilling effect on reporting about sexual misconduct. An investigation published in August by NPR Illinois and the nonprofit outlet ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network found that the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had repeatedly protected the reputations of professors who had been accused of sexual misconduct. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/business/media/npr-university-of-illinois-aclu-sexual-misconduct.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202019-11-14%20Higher%20Ed%20Education%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:24115%5D&utm_term=Education%20Dive:%20Higher%20Ed 4ABA218D-D95D-4581-9A31-1251EA77D3FD Tue, 12 Nov 2019 14:17:31 -0600 Athlete Death: An NCAA Division II gymnast died Sunday as a result of a training accident. Melanie Coleman, a 20-year-old junior athlete at Southern Connecticut State University, suffered a serious spinal cord injury while practicing on the uneven bars on Friday before being pronounced dead Sunday at Yale New Haven Hospital, the university announced in a public statement. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2019/11/11/gymnastics-southern-connecticut-athlete-dies-training-accident/2565676001/ E61C7CA0-0A73-4267-8708-6E286EC34448 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:29:38 -0600 Sexual Assault: An East Boston man has been arrested and charged in connection with a sexual assault that allegedly occurred last month at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. The Berkshire Eagle, citing a campus-wide email sent by by MCLA Police Chief Daniel Colonno, reported 21-year-old Khyrin McCarthy was arrested in Boston last Thursday. The incident allegedly occurred on Oct. 26 at about 3 a.m. when a male entered an unlocked townhouse on campus and fondled a victim who had been sleeping. https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/11/east-boston-man-charged-with-alleged-sexual-assault-at-mass-college-of-liberal-arts-in-north-adams.html 71B8DEA5-7784-47BA-B4C0-C754A140D929 Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:45:46 -0600 Burglary: Police have arrested three Sonoma State University (SSU) students for burglarizing about 24 unoccupied residence hall rooms in late October as the Kincade wildfire raged near the campus. The suspects are Daryl Livington Reems, Jose Ricardo Rubio and Lamont Bryan Paxton, reports the Press Democrat. All three are 18 years of age. At the time of the alleged break-ins, the SSU campus had been evacuated due to the fire, power shut offs and large-scale evacuations. https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/news/24-sonoma-state-dorms-burglarized-kincade-wildfire/ 5DDA2E6B-302A-4B22-A611-92F9B3628EBC Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:06:07 -0600 Free Speech: During a university-sponsored event on Thursday at the University of North Texas, the event’s speaker -- UNT assistant general counsel Caitlin Sewell -- used a racial epithet while discussing the limits of free speech on campus. Following a storm of controversy, Sewell submitted her resignation Friday morning, UNT system chancellor Lesa Roe and president Neal Smatresk said in a statement. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2019/11/08/staff-attorney-uses-n-word-as-example-during-free-speech-event-sparking-controversy-at-university-of-north-texas/ 1318CA09-5FCA-497D-B632-7B342F384E81 Fri, 8 Nov 2019 14:08:26 -0600 Sexual Assault: A Michigan State student is charged with luring a man to his dorm room with false promises of meeting a university quarterback, then raping him, according to court records. Aaron Gerard met the other man walking home from a bar in April, MSU Police Detective Kelly Johnson testified at a hearing that led to criminal charges. Gerard lied, saying an MSU quarterback was his roommate, and offered to introduce the other man to him, Johnson testified. Gerard led the man to his room in Abbott Hall, where he closed and locked the door. The quarterback was not there. https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/11/07/michigan-state-student-lured-man-dorm-then-raped-him-police-say/4097376002/ 90A3A1AA-B92D-4662-83B5-C6C58252DDE8 Thu, 7 Nov 2019 12:40:07 -0600 Assault: A man has been arrested and four others have been charged after Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) student Tyler Ellis was critically injured in an assault on Oct. 31, according to a GSW press release. GSW officials said Chason Worsham, 23, of Camilla, was arrested Wednesday for aggravated battery. While Worsham, who is not a GSW student, is facing felony charges, four GSW students are facing misdemeanors ranging from battery to affray, the release states. https://www.walb.com/2019/11/07/charged-ga-southwestern-state-university-assault-case/ B615F6DB-6527-4B97-BD79-BA1917059466 Wed, 6 Nov 2019 12:41:05 -0600 Hazing: The University of Texas chapter of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity has been shut down following a university investigation into hazing allegations. The investigation found that during the 2018-19 school year fraternity pledges were shot with air soft guns and forced to eat spicy soup made with ghost peppers and cat food. Officials said pledges competed in relay races where they would run back and forth between the chapter house and a nearby apartment building while chugging milk mixed with hand soap, laundry detergent or vinaigrette. https://time.com/5716483/university-texas-pi-kappa-phi-shut-down/ B32DC98C-DBC8-439D-8FD3-729522317E6B Fri, 1 Nov 2019 13:20:53 -0600 Campus Culture: By the time UW-Madison realized something was wrong in the Wireless Communication and Sensing Laboratory, it was too late for John Brady. Graduate students described the work environment under engineering professor Akbar Sayeed as "toxic" and "abusive." The professor called students "monkeys" and "chimpanzees." One said he compared them to "slaves" who must learn to endure pain because it would last only four or five years. https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/toxic-lab-lasted-for-years-uw-madison-had-little-idea/article_199b0616-a558-5da5-b214-4896154ceecc.html 33F45271-B822-4417-AEEB-F06694470F21 Fri, 1 Nov 2019 12:56:11 -0600 Hazing: Five men have been charged in connection with the death of their fraternity brother, who succumbed to alcohol poisoning after a booze-soaked party earlier this year. Zavier Larenz Brown, 21, Jonathan Anephi Vu, 22, Mohamed Ibragim Kharaev, 21, Caleb Gavin Valleroy, 20, and Jonathan Gabriel Villicana, 21, were all members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of California, Irvine when fellow member Noah Domingo died one weekend in January after a night of drinking as part of the fraternity's "Big Brother Night" events. Domingo, 18, had joined the fraternity several months earlier, and Brown was his "Big Brother." https://abcnews.go.com/US/charged-alcohol-poisoning-death-fraternity-brother-university-california/story?id=66657799 B778F7C3-D82A-4034-B518-DDF61B2AC3C4 Fri, 1 Nov 2019 20:16:07 -0500 Free Speech: The University of Michigan will not reinstate its Bias Response Team as part of a settlement with a nonprofit that had argued the team’s policies had the potential to interfere with open expression and alter students’ views. The agreement was reached between UM and the Washington D.C.-based Speech First on Oct. 24-25. The settlement came about a month after a federal appeals court vacated a federal district judge’s ruling against the nonprofit, saying the Bias Response Team acts with the implicit threat of punishment and intimidation to quell speech on campus. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/10/university-of-michigan-ends-bias-response-team-in-free-speech-lawsuit-settlement.html 9CC25D9D-8E82-4480-9AAC-F5DC20B50131 Tue, 29 Oct 2019 09:16:30 -0500 Hostile Environment Lawsuit: A former University of Akron basketball player has sued the school and its head basketball coach after a teammate was accused of punching him during practice, knocking out teeth and fracturing nasal bones. The Akron Beacon Journal reports Mark Kostelac sued recently in Ohio's Court of Claims accusing the university of "failing to remedy the discriminatory, hostile environment" he says led to his injuries. The suit alleges black team members discriminated against white teammates based on race and religion. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2019/10/28/basketball-player-sues-school-after-assault-during-practice/40455337/ 067E0FA1-360B-4323-966A-8D8A83D24AE3 Mon, 28 Oct 2019 14:06:13 -0500 Sexual Assaults: Utah State University police are investigating after three people reported being sexually assaulted on the school’s campus Friday night. One individual reported they were raped, and two others reported they were groped, USU spokesman Tim Vitale said. He didn’t release where on campus the assaults were alleged to have occurred, nor whether the victims or the accused were students. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2019/10/26/three-sexual-assaults/ F23C4773-7983-4237-A6B9-65960C73B8CD Sun, 27 Oct 2019 13:39:20 -0500 Wildfires/Power Shut Off: Monday’s daytime classes will be canceled after PG&E disconnected power on campus about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a campuswide email from UCPD. The email also states that "adverse weather conditions," including heat and high winds, are expected to continue through Monday. https://www.dailycal.org/2019/10/27/mondays-daytime-classes-to-be-cancelled-after-power-outage-on-uc-berkeley-campus/ 8E206B9E-FD99-4D47-A4E5-67E47F10A4DE Sun, 27 Oct 2019 13:35:30 -0500 Fall from Stadium Upper Deck: An Iowa State football fan tumbled out of Jack Trice Stadium's upper deck during Saturday’s football game, but beyond that, details about the person and their condition have not been released by Iowa State or the Iowa State University Police Department. The fan, whom Iowa State officials did not identify, fell at least 25 feet from the upper deck on the east side of the 61,500-seat stadium and into an area near the stadium’s club seating area around the 40-yard line. The person was taken from the stadium on a stretcher. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/randy-peterson/2019/10/27/jack-trice-stadium-fan-falls-out-upper-deck-during-saturdays-iowa-state-oklahoma-state-football-game/2480409001/ BC07A671-9720-4CFD-86B3-66EC49588F5F Sun, 27 Oct 2019 13:06:18 -0500 Mumps Outbreaks: We recently reported that several East Coast universities in the US were experiencing mumps outbreaks, including South Carolina. In recent days we see an update out of the College of Charleston and a report out of Clemson University. State health officials reported a mumps outbreak at the College of Charleston about one month ago. Now the school have reported additional cases bringing the total to 11 to date. On Friday morning, Clemson officials sent an email to all students, staff and faculty concerning a confirmed mumps case on campus. School officials believe this is an isolated case but the campus is trying to be proactive so more people don’t get sick. http://outbreaknewstoday.com/south-carolina-mumps-additional-cases-at-college-of-charleston-clemson-reports-confirmed-case-86735/ 9DF68411-DBAC-4CF0-855E-ED8717D73E7E Sat, 26 Oct 2019 13:57:00 -0500 Medical Marijuana on Campus: Colleges are becoming a battleground in the conflict between federal and state marijuana laws as students who use medical pot challenge decades-old campus drug policies. In states where medical marijuana is legal, students disciplined for using it are taking their schools to court. College officials argue they could lose federal funding for failing to follow federal law that labels cannabis an illegal drug with no accepted medical use. Sheida Assar said she was expelled from GateWay Community College in Phoenix last month for violating the school’s drug policy after she tested positive for marijuana, which she uses to treat chronic pain from polycystic ovary syndrome. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/10/24/should-medical-marijuana-legal-college-campuses-some-say-no/4083245002/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202019-10-28%20Higher%20Ed%20Education%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:23767%5D&utm_term=Education%20Dive:%20Higher%20Ed E257B357-DE50-4130-A872-4EAF3371805D Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:04:03 -0500 Hazing: The University of Arizona placed the Theta Chi fraternity under interim suspension for violating the school’s hazing policies after a former pledge claimed he suffered a chemical burn in his eye and a blood infection during a hazing in April. The student initially filed a notice of claim against the school in August and an amended claim in October that detail a pattern of physical and emotional abuse by members of the fraternity, according to copies obtained by the Star. https://tucson.com/news/local/ex-ua-student-suffered-chemical-burn-in-eye-during-fraternity/article_cb5e2e1b-8471-521d-87de-c09076c11452.html A587E3A3-27C0-4296-9F27-CE1894CF438E Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:11:25 -0500 Secret Recordings: Athletes at Bellarmine University in Louisville were secretly recorded as they changed in a visitor's locker room at a South Carolina college, and the footage was uploaded to one of the world's largest porn sites, according to officials.Police in Gaffney, South Carolina, told local news outlets that Limestone College officials were made aware this month of five videos that showed five different visiting women's athletic teams showering and changing clothes in the men's soccer team locker room. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2019/10/22/bellarmine-athletes-secretly-filmed-video-posted-pornhub/4061403002/ 26511745-B684-4A1C-953A-90A52F518F21 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 15:12:39 -0500 Race Relations/Free Speech: Two white students at the University of Connecticut were arrested Monday after video that showed them shouting racial slurs prompted campus protests, university police told NBC News. Jarred Mitchell Karal, 21, and Ryan Gilman Mucaj, 21, face charges of ridicule on account of race, color, or creed. They were released with a court date set for Oct. 30 at Rockville Superior Court in Vernon, Connecticut. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/2-white-uconn-students-arrested-after-video-showed-them-shouting-n1069891?cid=sm_npd_ms_tw_ma 236F8AA7-BE1E-445D-8E44-C5B6DAE3FB69 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 10:48:46 -0500 Rape/Kidnapping: Kansas State University police arrested a Fort Riley man suspected of rape Sunday, according to the university. Jason Seifert, 23, was arrested on the campus on suspicion of rape, aggravated kidnapping and aggravated battery. Officers of the Kansas State University Police Department were called about 2:55 a.m. to the Denison corridor on the west side of campus, where they found the victim, according to a statement Monday from the the university. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article236483093.html 939EC1B7-AB54-479F-9C20-0420C2AC3F64 Mon, 21 Oct 2019 13:17:47 -0500 Sexual Assault: Police have made an arrest after a student was sexually assaulted while she was sleeping inside her dorm room at Rutgers University, law enforcement sources tell NBC New York. The student was asleep in an "unsecured" dorm room on the Livingston Campus in Piscataway, New Jersey, around 7:40 a.m. on Oct. 20 when the suspect went in and made "unwanted sexual contact," Rutgers police said Sunday. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Sleeping-Student-Sexually-Assaulted-in-Rutgers-University-Dorm-Room-Police-563502921.html 83E95342-0AAB-4E7A-B553-9C16BB30DFF3 Sun, 20 Oct 2019 10:52:05 -0500 Death: Police at the University of South Florida have identified the woman who fell to her death Friday afternoon from an on-campus parking garage as a 25-year-old graduate student from Port Richey, Florida. Investigators have not named the woman, but confirmed on Saturday that she was enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Florida and was completing her studies at the Moffitt Cancer Center hospital on USF’s Tampa campus. https://www.tampabay.com/news/hillsborough/2019/10/19/usf-police-port-richey-grad-student-studying-at-moffitt-fell-to-her-death-from-parking-garage/ 54D439A0-895F-46AC-A401-EE2F797ED6CA Sat, 19 Oct 2019 13:38:47 -0500 Terroristic Threats: Police arrested a former Rutgers University student Thursday morning, the day after he sent an email and video to law students that spoke of school shootings and gun violence, officials said. Patrick Kelly, 28, of Harrison was arrested by Rutgers University police, less than a day after he sent a message to several students at Rutgers Law School in Newark that mentioned "mass violence in schools," "extreme group stalking" and mental health, according to an email obtained by NorthJersey.com. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/education/2019/10/17/rutgers-student-arrested-after-video-email-school-shootings/4009118002/ 3607DCEB-0728-4DC6-9E90-52EE032F957A Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:51:30 -0500 Reckless Homicide: Detectives in north Nashville have charged TSU student George Wells, Jr. with reckless homicide for Sunday's shooting that left fellow student Rickey Scott, 19, dead. Wells, 18, lived in the same Watson Hall dormitory as Scott and told police late Wednesday that he brought what he thought was a pellet gun to Scott's room and was handling it when he pulled the trigger. Scott died not long later at Skyline Medical Center. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/tenn-state-university-student-charged-with-reckless-homicide-in-shooting-death-of-student 18318CA5-2B6B-43EE-985B-6AC1B5270569 Thu, 17 Oct 2019 13:39:51 -0500 Hazing: UF’s Chi Phi chapter is on interim suspension after allegations of hazing were reported to the fraternity’s national office and UF administration. Chi Phi national executive director Michael Azarian enacted the suspension on Oct. 2, according to a letter he emailed Chad Grodi, president of UF’s Chi Phi chapter. All chapter activities are banned, and the allegations are currently under investigation. https://www.alligator.org/news/chi-phi-suspended-from-campus-following-hazing-allegations/article_3479e7a8-ee29-11e9-964c-07b4ca9074a4.html 4DEB7C32-E314-4ADD-9649-E5FB731A181E Sun, 13 Oct 2019 15:33:29 -0500 Stalking: A man has been arrested in connection with a string of prowling incidents at sorority houses on Kent State University's campus, according to Kent police. 43-year-old Steven Franzreb of North Royalton was arrested and charged with menacing by stalking after police received multiple reports of a man approaching a Kent State University sorority house nude or mostly nude on multiple occasions. https://www.news5cleveland.com/kent-state-police-arrest-man-in-sorority-stalking-case 3EB3B624-34D4-41BA-A946-79B0B67397B9 Sat, 12 Oct 2019 13:17:40 -0500 Race Relations: Samford University is reviewing an incident in which a photo was posted on social media of a student with a spray tan and captioned "we changing races." The female student was photographed on Snapchat with spray tan in a vehicle with the caption being "we changing races tonight!!" The snapchat was captured by several students and made its way around campus until being reported to university officials. The identities of the two female students have not been officially confirmed by the university. https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/10/samford-university-reviewing-racially-charged-social-media-post-of-student-with-spray-tan.html B7F331D7-5D62-4DD2-B3BD-1AD1F6A8BDE4 Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:59:41 -0500 Power Outages: Several school districts decided on Tuesday to close in anticipation of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s engineered power shutoffs, which could begin midnight Wednesday. Other districts from Redding to Placerville and in the Bay Area, meanwhile, took a wait-and-see approach to the planned blackouts, not announcing plans on whether to close campuses for the day until early Wednesday morning. PG&E’s shutoffs, blacking out power to 513,000 customers as of 4 a.m. Wednesday with a second phase of more than 250,000 expected to begin around noon, could affect thousands of students and their families in Northern and Central California. https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article235929837.html 45A1A8BF-87AB-405A-99FE-AAB8B651756D Wed, 9 Oct 2019 12:59:11 -0500 Drug Dealing: West Chester University police say a student was using Snapchat and printed flyers to run a campus pot-dealing business. West Chester University is all abuzz about the suspected weed dealer doing business out of the dorms and according to classmates he wasn’t so discreet. Acting on a tip for underaged drinking West Chester University police were called to a party inside in Brandywine Hall last weekend. After sniffing around the party on the third-floor officers say they found 19-year-old Zachary Given sleeping inside his room. https://www.fox29.com/news/police-west-chester-university-student-advertised-alleged-dorm-room-marijuana-business 7C1ED7D1-7901-4D5C-8A94-C0002B477C44 Thu, 10 Oct 2019 12:50:36 -0500 Robbery/Assault: Police in Atlanta are looking for two men who got into a Georgia State University student’s car while she was parked on campus, robbed her at gunpoint and pistol-whipped her. The woman got off a shuttle and walked to her car parked in the blue lot on campus about 6 p.m. on Sept. 27, Channel 2 Action News reported. After she got into the driver’s seat, two armed men jumped into the vehicle and demanded she hand over all of her belongings, the news station reported. https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/georgia-state-student-robbed-gunpoint-pistol-whipped-campus-parking-lot/hLv2VFljVjEhUQ20NwSbyH/# 5B96098B-D567-40C7-B522-ABDC1A03DC32 Wed, 9 Oct 2019 10:51:57 -0500 Free Speech Lawsuit: A federal court of appeals is hearing arguments in a lawsuit accusing the University of Texas of violating free speech rights by removing Confederate statues. The Texas chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans sued after the university put three statues of leading Confederate figures in storage. The move followed 2017 white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, in which three people died. The lawsuit argues that the university breached its agreement with Maj. George Washington Littlefield, who donated the statues in 1921. https://www.click2houston.com/news/group-argues-confederate-statue-removals-at-university-of-texas-violates-free-speech BE25C5D4-DFCB-49A8-BBD4-532DFBE6BAC9 Wed, 9 Oct 2019 10:50:31 -0500 Accidental Fall: A WVU student is in critical condition after suffering serious injuries from a two-story fall from the Sigma Nu fraternity house on Thursday night. The student was taken to Ruby Memorial Hospital on Thursday, where he still remains in critical condition, according to a WVU statement. While the accident occurred at the fraternity house, at this time there is no evidence to suggest that it was connected to a fraternity event, according to the statement. https://www.thedaonline.com/news/wvu-student-in-critical-condition-after-fall-from-sigma-nu/article_f397b678-e9ed-11e9-b915-d34a5baf6814.html B7EF3692-0E06-44EB-B3CF-913060C9D45F Tue, 8 Oct 2019 10:53:22 -0500 Social Media Threat: A suspect has been arrested and charged following a social media threat against Winston-Salem State University, according to a news release from the university. Thomas Bell, 19, is charged with making a false report concerning mass violence on educational property. https://myfox8.com/2019/10/08/suspect-charged-after-social-media-threat-against-winston-salem-state-university/ DAA7AD07-661F-478D-BE2A-5E8DEF440183 Tue, 8 Oct 2019 09:36:08 -0500 Mold: After a week away in upstate New York, Barnet Pavão-Zuckerman walked back into her office at the University of Maryland and instantly felt something was wrong. She walked over to her shelves and saw that, once again, mold spores were coating the spines of her books. Professors who work out of Woods Hall on the state’s flagship campus in College Park say their working conditions have been making them sick for years. Mold spores show up on their desks, books and clothing, leading to health issues such as severe skin irritations and exacerbated asthma or allergies, they said. https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-umd-mold-20191004-vcw32lkpcrcyvbi7dnb7lqij2i-story.html 91C7C154-56D0-4DA0-9346-5ED3C7E8A4A1 Fri, 4 Oct 2019 11:28:28 -0500 Hazing: Ohio University on Thursday announced it was suspending all its fraternities following allegations of widespread hazing. Suspension of the 15 fraternities at the university was immediate and indefinite. It followed allegations within the past week of hazing at seven of the fraternities, as well as the expulsion in May of a fraternity following the alleged hazing of a freshman who died last year. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ohio-university-suspends-all-fraternities-over-hazing-allegations-n1062366 3BE2DBC3-2E56-41A4-9685-6E8A432BA7A2 Fri, 4 Oct 2019 10:53:29 -0500 Hazing: The University of Georgia chapter of Delta Delta Delta has been placed on probation for risk management policy violations involving alcohol, national Tri-Delta Fraternity President Kimberlee Sullivan said in an Oct. 2 statement emailed to The Red & Black. An investigation into the violations led by the national women's fraternity organization found individual members had been held accountable for actions "considered hazing by Tri Delta," according to Sullivan’s statement. https://www.redandblack.com/uganews/uga-tri-delta-chapter-placed-on-probation-for-hazing-by/article_3d6e3fdc-e53f-11e9-bebb-73070d6d3407.html 6E465161-DDAD-4449-BEC8-4FA31BB83857 Wed, 2 Oct 2019 11:56:58 -0500 Hazing: After Florida State University suspended the Delta Tau Delta fraternity Friday, two other fraternities on campus have been put under interim suspension. Delta Tau Delta and Phi Kappa Tau are under investigation for hazing, while Sigma Alpha Epsilon is under interim suspension for alcohol violations. These investigations came to light just as Andrew's Law went into effect Tuesday in Florida. https://www.wctv.tv/content/news/3-FSU-fraternities-under-interim-suspension-2-for-hazing-1-for-alcohol-violations-562014221.html 45DD02A9-1510-4593-9B00-DB379E1F9D7C Wed, 2 Oct 2019 11:55:10 -0500 Hazing: Eighteen Miami University fraternity members accused of hitting, kicking and spitting on "pledges" have been charged with dozens of misdemeanors in Butler County, according to a grand jury report released Wednesday. Their 64 cumulative charges are all either for assault or hazing. Most stand charged with more than one count of each. The Journal-News reported all 18 are members of Delta Tau Delta, a fraternity banned from campus until at least 2029 in response to a new member’s report of violent hazing this spring. https://www.wcpo.com/news/education/higher-education/miami-u-news/18-members-of-suspended-miami-fraternity-charged-with-hazing-assault B1AF5F5A-7103-48BB-A74F-633BEB099A97 Wed, 2 Oct 2019 13:54:08 -0500 Vaping on Campus: Anyone who steps foot on a Texas A&M campus will not be allowed to vape or smoke e-cigarettes, according to a memo released by the university system. Chancellor John Sharp said smoking is banned in most campuses and facilities of TAMU, but announced the ban on vaping will be "mandatory and expanded to every inch of the Texas A&M System." "This health threat is serious enough that I want to see the ban include every building, outside space, parking lot, garage and laboratory within the Texas A&M System," read the memo. https://abc13.com/health/texas-a-m-bans-vaping-and-e-cigarettes-on-all-campuses/5582597/ C834CE9B-D902-4599-886A-1E08BAE815BE Tue, 1 Oct 2019 09:11:43 -0500 Freedom of Speech: University of Central Florida professor Dr. Kollbe Ahn has hired an attorney after his a suspension over a video he posted last week which university officials say led them to discover multiple other videos now under investigation. Ahn, a chemistry instructor, said he was escorted off campus, his labs were shut down, and his classes were taken away because of the video he said he posted as a joke. The video under investigation, titled "Kollbe's Anger Translator," shows the professor at his desk with another person acting as his "anger translator." https://www.clickorlando.com/news/ucf-professor-suspended-after-video-brings-several-complaints-officials-say 55A67665-824A-4B57-809A-B459F77EB129 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 12:01:50 -0500 Threatening Speech: A Wagner College psychology professor has been banned indefinitely from the institution for allegedly making threatening remarks to students during a class on Tuesday. Advance sources identified the professor as Richard Brower, 77. Students alleged he said in reference to one of his other classes -- "if I had a gun, I would shoot every one of them in the head," according to one source. According to the message, shared with the Advance by Lee Manchester, a spokesman for Wagner College, the college took immediate action by "suspending the professor, escorting him off campus and banning him indefinitely." https://www.silive.com/news/2019/09/wagner-college-professor-banned-for-allegedly-threatening-students.html 4A38DC87-2CC9-4CF9-88E0-3714BDFF0CCD Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:09:47 -0500 Game Day Assault Allegations: In the wake of allegations that Iowa Hawkeye Band members were verbally, physically and sexually assaulted after the recent Iowa-Iowa State football game in Ames, University of Iowa president Bruce Harreld questioned whether the annual Cy-Hawk game should continue. Several Hawkeye Marching Band members posted their accounts of that night on social media after UI athletic director Gary Barta told the Press-Citizen that athletic departments at both schools "elected to focus on moving forward" because it was difficult to verify the students' reports. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/2019/09/23/university-of-iowa-marching-band-incident-president-questions-cy-hawk-game-future/2420952001/ 27BBEDF2-70C8-48B0-92D8-1044103061F4 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 11:54:49 -0500 Free Speech Ruling: A federal appeals court says the University of Michigan’s Bias Response Team acts with the implicit threat of punishment and intimidation to quell speech on campus. The appeals court vacated a federal district judge’s ruling against a nonprofit that’s seeking to end UM’s use of the Bias Response Team. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals panel issued the majority opinion Monday, Sept. 23, sending the case back to U.S. District Court, although it declined to instruct the lower court to issue a preliminary injunction to end the Bias Response Team. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/09/court-vacates-ruling-favoring-university-of-michigan-in-free-speech-lawsuit.html 6E885AC6-D4A5-4D45-8058-07846553E17A Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:12:59 -0500 Rape/Assault: A Towson University student was arrested and charged after he allegedly raped another student, according to Baltimore County Police officials. Onyekachukwu Chukwuebuk Igwilo, 20, is charged with first-degree rape, first-degree assault, second-degree assault, attempted first-degree rape and false imprisonment, Baltimore County Police confirmed late Monday afternoon. https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-county/towson/cng-co-to-campus-rape-20190923-3ald33qsxzbclcyuywxyerjstq-story.html 231A1AB6-A68F-497F-A933-3BFCF7C29B04 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:18:31 -0500 Mold: Crosby Hall is the largest residence hall on the University of Mississippi campus, and according to one mother, it’s also been the source of her daughter’s continuous health problems. Brittany Musser, whose daughter is a student at Ole Miss, said her daughter called her recently, complaining that she and her roommate were having nosebleeds. She had also been diagnosed with an upper respiratory infection that required a steroid shot. After seeing pictures of a black, yellow and green substance spreading across the ceiling in one corner of her daughter’s room, Musser said she knew the culprit: mold. https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2019/09/20/suspected-mold-in-crosby-dormitory-causes-health-issues-for-ole-miss-students/ 50DEEABB-FD8B-41F2-A5DF-1B5A449AD501 Fri, 20 Sep 2019 11:02:56 -0500 Rape of a Minor: Nine people have been arrested in connection with six alleged rapes of an underage girl reported to have occurred on and near the Jacksonville State University campus, authorities said Wednesday. The six alleged incidents occurred from January through early September, and all involved the same underage female victim, according to Commander Allen George of the 7th Judicial Circuit Major Times Task Force in Calhoun and Cleburne counties. Five of the six alleged incidents occurred on the JSU campus, according to the university’s crime log, including Dixon, Meehan and Sparkman halls, and the parking lot of Rowe Hall. https://www.al.com/news/2019/09/9-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-underage-girl-on-and-near-jacksonville-state-university-campus.html 3AB4F457-012A-4806-8D47-B8DD1A8FB9EA Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:16:58 -0500 Terroristic Threats: Prosecutors say a University of South Alabama student is accused of making a terroristic threat after he wrote song lyrics by a popular rapper on a large flip chart in the school library -- the second such case within a week on the campus. Jack Aaron Christensen, 21, wrote song lyrics that referred to killing people and burning things, according to a criminal complaint. The lyrics are from the song "Radicals" by rapper Tyler, The Creator. In a separate case, another student was arrested on the same charge within a week of Christensen’s arrest, authorities said. That student is accused of posting a picture of a book titled "Death Note" on the social media app Snapchat. https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20190918/2-students-in-week-charged-with-terroristic-threats-at-university-of-south-alabama 806B1832-F0DD-4208-9B80-2839AD59ABDA Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:35:19 -0500 Free Speech: A federal judge has ruled in favor of a Northeast Wisconsin Technical College student in her Freedom of Speech lawsuit involving Valentine's Day cards with religious messages. On Sept. 13, Chief Judge William C. Griesbach of the Eastern District of Wisconsin declared that NWTC violated Polly Olsen's First Amendment rights. Olsen and the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty filed the lawsuit. On Feb. 14, 2018, Olsen was handing out valentines to students and staff on campus and was stopped by campus security. They told Olsen that she was violating NWTC's Public Assembly Policy. https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Judge-rules-NWTC-violated-students-First-Amendment-rights-in-valentines-case-560486671.html 194525B5-AF7B-4CEB-90B6-B3985421D018 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:11:41 -0500 Assault: Two University of Arizona students were arrested after an assault on a black student that led hundreds of people in Tucson to protest Friday afternoon. The arrests stem from an attack outside a residence hall earlier this week that one student organization called a hate crime. The victim told police the men called him the N-word, and one of the men tackled him, then started punching him "in the head like five times," according to a police report released Friday. A police report from the UAPD names the two men charged as Matthew Frazier and Matthew Rawlings. https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-education/2019/09/13/ua-police-arrest-matthew-frazier-matthew-rawlings-assault-black-student/2316193001/ E744D22A-D9CD-4385-8729-594BB76D7088 Fri, 13 Sep 2019 09:02:14 -0500 Terrorism: A young woman accused of attempting to provide support and resources to terrorist organization al Qaeda has pleaded guilty to concealment of terrorism financing. Alaa Mohd Abusaad, a former University of Alabama student, entered her guilty plea in federal court in Tuscaloosa on Friday, according to a joint announcement by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney Jay Town and Birmingham’s FBI Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp Jr. https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2019/09/former-university-of-alabama-student-pleads-guilty-to-helping-al-qaeda.html F3F00405-5B0C-401D-8E1F-DBCF42BE5B36 Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:33:18 -0500 Sexual Assault: A University of Florida student who was arrested after a fellow student accused him of sexually assaulting her in his dorm room was released without bond last week after his attorneys argued the honor student's "academic future will be further jeopardized" if he remained in jail. Ian A. Milaski, a 21-year-old residence hall assistant, was arrested on Aug. 29 and charged with false imprisonment and battery after another student who accused him of sexual battery, according to an arrest warrant. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/university-florida-dorm-ra-accused-sexually-assaulting-student-n1053066 918331D3-0AF6-4818-ACE6-4AD4C0188AC1 Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:36:37 -0500 Location Tracking: Nick Saban, the Alabama football coach, has long been peeved that the student section at Bryant-Denny Stadium empties early. So this season, the university is rewarding students who attend games -- and stay until the fourth quarter -- with an alluring prize: improved access to tickets to the SEC championship game and to the College Football Playoff semifinals and championship game, which Alabama is trying to reach for the fifth consecutive season. But to do this, Alabama is taking an extraordinary, Orwellian step: using location-tracking technology from students’ phones to see who skips out and who stays. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/sports/alabama-tracking-app.html?action=click&module=Editors%20Picks&pgtype=Homepage FB81DA78-00AE-47FD-9EC4-0F6906D19F51 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:23:25 -0500 Campus Death Lawsuit: The family of a Georgia Tech student who was shot and killed by police in 2017 is planning to file a wrongful death lawsuit. ''Scout' Schultz, 21, was killed Sept. 16, 2017, during what officials described as a mental health crisis. On Thursday, the Schultz family announced in a news conference that they are filing a lawsuit against the University System of Georgia Board of Regents, Georgia Tech and the campus police officer who shot and killed Schultz. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/parents-of-georgia-tech-student-killed-by-campus-police-files-lawsuit/985573998 73360FB0-D2E1-4C2A-A8CC-BA734BC711EA Thu, 12 Sep 2019 14:18:18 -0500 Secret Photography: A 21-year-old man has been charged after allegedly taking photos up four women’s skirts at a Santa Clarita college where he worked and was a student, officials announced Thursday. Sebastian Barrales Raymundo, of Santa Clarita, faces four misdemeanor counts of disorderly conduct by secretly photographing the undergarments of another person, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. https://ktla.com/2019/09/12/man-charged-after-allegedly-taking-photos-up-4-womens-skirts-while-working-at-college-in-santa-clarita/ E67B6F28-395B-464F-A99E-3AB233B04CD9 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 17:35:48 -0500 Hazing: An Alabama university has suspended its Sigma Chi chapter over a hazing allegation. Troy University spokesman Clif Lusk tells reporters the chapter was suspended effective Sept. 9. The school and city police are now investigating. The fraternity leaders said Wednesday that the chapter "self-reported" the hazing and immediately suspended the suspects. Lusk said the allegation was made against multiple fraternity members. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2019-09-12/stony-brook-university-professor-charged-with-stealing-funds 6F5EE5D1-4ED2-46E8-A385-6BDD6327913F Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:01:54 -0500 Invasion of Privacy: A former janitor at Cornell College has pleaded guilty to taking pictures of women in a locker room. Court records say 46-year-old Jeffrey Pospisil entered the pleas Wednesday to two counts of invasion of privacy. His sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 18. The investigation began when students at Cornell College in Mount Vernon reported seeing a cellphone held in an open doorway leading to the locker room. A coach found Pospisil in the area. He was an employee with a business that provides custodial service for the college. https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Ex-janitor-pleads-guilty-to-taking-pictures-in-Cornell-College-locker-room-560125361.html EC6BFB8D-510D-46CC-A8BF-CC3788CB9DC3 Thu, 12 Sep 2019 08:41:05 -0500 Racial Incident: CSU has called out a social media post showing students pictured in blackface over the weekend. Four Colorado State University students are pictured in an Instagram story wearing blackface, with text on the photo reading "Wakanda forevaa," a reference to Marvel’s "Black Panther." It's one of several incidents in the past two years that CSU's administration has acknowledged as incidents of racial bias. https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/education/2019/09/11/colorado-state-university-students-blackface-racial-incidents/2287020001/ F4D85AF4-133C-4CF0-9C71-B7876326556F Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:48:38 -0500 Death Threats: A University of San Diego professor has been suspended for allegedly making threats toward two faculty members, school officials said Wednesday. The professor, whose identity had not been released Wednesday, allegedly slipped images of a sniper rifle or rifle scope under the office doors of two faculty members, according to a statement four faculty members provided to the campus newspaper, The USD Vista. University officials said the images found in the offices were of crosshairs. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2019-09-11/university-of-san-diego-professor-suspended-for-allegedly-making-death-threats A833700E-D456-484E-B44A-DEC649DBA8EA Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:27:34 -0500 Alcohol in Class: A University of Alabama teacher is off the job after video surfaced of a student drinking a beer in class. School spokesman Chris Bryant said Wednesday marketing instructor Joel Strayer has been placed on administrative leave while "several concerns" are investigated. A video posted to a social media site a week ago shows a young man punching a hole in the side of a beer can and drinking it while others in the classroom watch and clap. https://www.al.com/news/2019/09/university-of-alabama-instructor-suspended-after-video-of-someone-drinking-beer-in-class.html FB499AD8-8E77-49A3-B9DA-6979BB3F2710 Wed, 11 Sep 2019 08:17:27 -0500 Chosen Names & Pronouns: When students return to Hanover this month, they will have the option to choose the name, pronouns, and gender identity by which they wish to be known on campus via DartHub, the landing page for Banner, Dartmouth's student information system. Since 2007, trans and nonbinary students have been able to request IDs and directory listings that reflected their preferred name, but now all students will be able to log on to DartHub and make desired changes on their own, says Registrar Meredith Braz, who has spearheaded the Chosen Name and Identity initiative. https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2019/09/darthub-now-lets-students-select-chosen-names-and-pronouns 327DA21C-FE04-4CA6-8428-AAF6C9A79ECC Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:59:38 -0500 Suicide: The executive director of counseling and psychological services at the University of Pennsylvania jumped to his death Monday morning from the 17th floor of a Center City Philadelphia building, officials said. Gregory Eells, 52, came to Penn six months ago to lead the department that counsels students with mental health problems. He had come from Cornell University, where he had worked for more than a decade and was an expert on resilience. https://www.inquirer.com/news/unviersity-of-pennsylvania-death-psychological-services-20190909.html 22F9A5FB-C539-40BE-AF18-539E44F3B829 Mon, 9 Sep 2019 09:36:01 -0500 Harassment & Extortion: A former Washington State University student, Kyle Gaumnitz, 24, could face more than two years in jail for threatening to extort multiple women while living in Pullman and the Tri-Cities area. According to court documents, Gaumnitz allegedly used Snapchat, Tinder and text messages with fake identities to obtain naked photographs of the women, then threatened to disseminate the pictures of the women if they did not do what he said. According to the certificate of probable cause, the investigation began in fall 2017 when Washington State University Police received complaints of harassment and extortion from two female WSU students. https://dnews.com/local/former-washington-state-university-student-pleads-guilty-to-extortion/article_b85e1db4-8196-5296-a1ab-23ec57fbcfca.html D6EB272B-3C3C-4F57-A964-E6AEDFE0F64A Fri, 6 Sep 2019 16:27:29 -0500 Bomb Threat: The Hannah Administration Building on Michigan State's campus was evacuated for several hours Friday due to a bomb threat. Michigan State University Police Department received a call at 10:45 a.m. Friday about the bomb threat, spokesman Doug Monette said. The administration building was evacuated shortly after. MSU sent out an alert at 12:39 p.m. Friday lifting the evacuation. In northern Michigan, a wave of bomb threats prompted lockdowns at schools and hospitals across several counties. https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/09/06/msu-administration-building-evacuated-bomb-threat-official-says/2231653001/ DC4BC20E-428B-4521-A22B-1E502795BB3D Fri, 6 Sep 2019 16:18:48 -0500 Free Speech: Jamie R. Riley, the University of Alabama’s assistant vice president and dean of students, resigned from his position on Thursday after less than seven months on the job, UA officials confirmed. His resignation comes a day after Breitbart News published an article detailing images of past tweets from Riley, in which he criticized the American flag and made a connection between police and racism. https://cw.ua.edu/54140/top-stories/breaking-dean-of-students-allegedly-resigns-after-pictures-of-past-tweets-surface/ C3EF1442-C723-40FD-B609-472B8188DE2F Thu, 5 Sep 2019 13:36:33 -0500 Sexual Assault: A former Michigan State wrestler has been charged with sexual assault, according to court records. Austin Franco, 20, was charged with two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. One count alleged he used force or coercion and the other said the reported victim was incapacitated. The reported assault took place at about 6:30 a.m. March 17 in the Wonders Hall dormitory on MSU's campus, according to police records. https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/09/05/former-michigan-state-wrestler-charged-sexual-assault-campus/2207346001/ 1D17328E-B01D-4181-B601-63FED53EBF12 Thu, 5 Sep 2019 11:23:41 -0500 Free Speech Lawsuit: When J Michael "Mike" Brown was a student at Jones College, formerly Jones County Junior College, he tried to poll his fellow college students about legalizing marijuana. He wanted to spark a dialogue about civil liberties. Instead, he was deprived of his own, according to federal lawsuit filed Wednesday against the college. The campus police chief took Brown to his office and, according to the lawsuit, told him he should’ve been "smarter" and followed campus policy. The policy includes administrative approval and a minimum three-day waiting period before "gathering for any purpose" anywhere on campus. https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/04/free-speech-former-student-sues-jones-college-ms-free-speech-violated-poll-on-pot-legalization/2165016001/ 4812A623-4188-47B9-B8A7-58E5EAB58185 Wed, 4 Sep 2019 13:04:46 -0500 Drones on Campus: Richard Sheridan was glancing around Michigan Stadium and happened to look up during Michigan’s season opener last Saturday night, when something strange caught his attention. Sheridan, a season-ticket holder, spotted a drone. It is illegal to fly drones on the University of Michigan campus. There were two individuals arrested for the drone activity, according to Melissa Overton, the University of Michigan deputy chief of police. The ordinance violation was reported Saturday at 10:17 p.m. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/sports/college/university-michigan/wolverines/2019/09/04/drone-flown-over-michigan-stadium-during-game-two-arrested/2212067001/ D50AA015-5DB3-4F6F-AF06-E06A07A78865 Wed, 4 Sep 2019 16:09:49 -0500 Hate Crime: A noose found hanging in a residence hall elevator is the latest incident raising red flags about racism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A student has been charged in that case. But as CBS 2’s Dana Kozlov reported Tuesday, it follows a federal lawsuit alleging that the university often looks the other way when it comes to racial harassment. https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/09/03/u-of-illinois-student-arrested-noose-found-in-elevator/ BFE957F7-0A5F-45C5-A2E5-2CE1A53B4D8D Tue, 3 Sep 2019 11:18:22 -0500 Sexual Assault: The University of Arkansas PD sent a campuswide RazALERT at 6:44 a.m. after receiving a report of sexual assault from a student in Holcombe Hall. The student reported that a white male around 6 feet tall entered her room and committed a sexual assault. UAPD officers are investigating the report by conducting interviews and reviewing security footage in Holcombe Hall and its surroundings, Crain said. http://www.uatrav.com/news/article_500d8288-cd7a-11e9-9b78-3bb0cb6fa6cb.html C3E3C0C1-86B8-42A6-91E9-DA30772051CE Mon, 2 Sep 2019 11:34:43 -0500 Assault: A Robert Morris University student that is facing felony charges has been banned from all university-owned property. The Robert Morris University Police Department announced on Thursday that 21-year-old Wassim Ouchene has been prohibited from the Robert Morris University campus. The report from Robert Morris University Police officers, obtained by RMU Sentry Media, states that Ouchene allegedly grabbed, choked and sexually assaulted a female student in the Yorktown Hall parking lot. The document then states that Ouchene reportedly tried to force his way into the female’s dorm after chasing her through the lobby. https://www.rmusentrymedia.com/news/rmu-student-facing-felony-charges/ EDA4B0D6-CF32-4AD4-8753-58F28E735238 Sun, 1 Sep 2019 13:17:28 -0500 Student Death: A University of Utah student has died after collapsing during Army ROTC physical training. University spokesman Chris Nelson says senior film and media studies major Elva Torres, 23, was hospitalized after collapsing Tuesday morning on campus and was pronounced dead Wednesday. https://kjzz.com/news/local/rotc-student-at-university-of-utah-dies-after-collapsing 764AA632-D6DF-41FF-80F7-C6B662391343 Sun, 1 Sep 2019 13:09:13 -0500 Terrorism Threats: Two Michigan State students have been charged with making a terrorism threat against the president of the university. Jennifer Spicer, 20, and her boyfriend Rami Souguir, 18, are accused of creating a post on Reddit that threatened President Samuel Stanley, Jr. said Chris Wickman, Souguir's attorney. They were charged with making a false report or threat of terrorism and using a computer to commit a crime. Spicer, of Marrero, Louisiana, and Souguir, of Ann Arbor, are both freshman computer science majors. https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/08/28/msu-students-charged-making-false-terrorism-threat/2140075001/ 5F528097-9503-44FD-A082-95A5D3307A66 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:44:16 -0500 Shooting Threat: A North Carolina college student has been arrested and charged after authorities found two guns in his dorm room and he reportedly confessed to plans to carry out a shooting. Paul Arnold Steber, a 19-year-old freshman at High Point University, faces two felony counts of weapons on campus or educational property and one count of making a threat of mass violence, High Point Police said. Steber, of Boston, is one of dozens of suspects arrested over mass attack threats since mass shootings this month in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio. https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/29/us/north-carolina-student-guns-dorm/index.html 48C9376E-5D31-4AEA-AA4F-BED92A718BE9 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 13:40:15 -0500 Burglary: A Toledo woman was found guilty Wednesday of three counts of burglary after stealing money and other items at the University of Toledo. Shirley Harthorne, 35, entered a plea of no contest to the three felony counts of burglary. Court records show Harthorne trespassed into a secured portion of UT's Collier Building on the medical campus in February, 2018, and stole $260 from a victim's purse. In October, 2018, Harthorne trespassed into several rooms at UT's Mulford Library. Documents say she stole master keys, money, personal checks, and other personal belongings. https://www.toledoblade.com/local/courts/2019/08/28/woman-found-guilty-of-burglary-at-university-of-toledo/stories/20190828148 75F8E9AE-F689-4E6C-9DCB-00F66BA124CF Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:43:00 -0500 Hazing/Fraternity Suspension: Miami University has suspended a fraternity involved in violent hazing for 15 years, the harshest such penalty ever imposed by the university. Members of Delta Tau Delta hit students with a spiked paddle, kicked them, spit on them and forced them to smoke marijuana and drink substantial amounts of alcohol, according to a report released earlier this year. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/08/28/miami-university-suspends-delta-tau-delta-hazing-until-2034/2141759001/ A68AAA61-AC64-4067-AC64-F33025DE32C1 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:37:38 -0500 Shooting Threat: A High Point University student found with two guns and ammunition in his dorm room on campus had a plan to "shoot up the school," court documents show. Documents state that Paul Arnold Steber, 19, from Boston, Massachusetts, during an interview with police, admitted to plotting the shooting, He had a "plan and timeline to kill people" and was deemed a "threat to society," the documents show. https://myfox8.com/2019/08/28/high-point-university-found-with-guns-on-campus-had-plans-to-shoot-up-school-police-say/ DA321247-7B19-46CD-A13C-E9B917CE747A Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:36:09 -0500 Social Media Threat: Police arrested a student at Lake Superior State University over the weekend. He’s now charged with a felony related to a threat posted on social media. Lucas Gerhard is charged with false report or threat of terrorism. The university tells us there was a threat posted on social media, and a resident assistant reported it to campus public safety. https://www.9and10news.com/2019/08/27/lake-superior-state-university-reacts-to-student-charged-with-social-media-threats/ 23829BE4-6CC5-47E4-9A2E-722937B24B21 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:35:29 -0500 Assault: The University of Florida's band director says he was attacked Saturday night after the school's football game against the University of Miami in Orlando. The band was marching in uniform from the stadium to its buses following the game when a female Miami fan tried to cross the line of band students, University of Florida spokesman Steve Orlando told CNN, based on the director's account. That's when the band director, Jay Watkins, said he put his arm out to stop her and when he did, another person grabbed him from behind in a choke hold and threw him to the pavement, Orlando said. https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/26/us/university-of-florida-band-director-attack/index.html 63A6F62E-3AF3-46F9-8BF3-D3B14C699C17 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 12:54:41 -0500 Free Speech: A Kirkwood Community College professor who attracted national attention for claiming affiliation with the anti-fascist movement "antifa" has resigned, Kirkwood President Lori Sundberg announced Friday. Jeff Klinzman, an adjunct professor in the English Department, has circulated controversial political opinions on social media and to news outlets, recently telling KCRG-TV, "I affirm that I am ‘antifa.’" His ouster comes at a time of heightened political tensions nationally and stokes the often-debated protections of free-speech ideals on college campuses, an issue Sundberg acknowledged. https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/kirkwood-professor-jeff-klinzman-quits-after-claiming-antifa-affiliation-20190823 DCA529E3-D149-42CA-8208-51F3E461EA70 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 11:16:15 -0500 Campus Murder Update: A California State University Fullerton employee was arrested in the death of a co-worker who was found fatally stabbed in his car in a campus parking lot, police said Thursday. Steven Shek Keung Chan, 57 of Hacienda Heights, was found with multiple stab wounds early Monday, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Chan had retired in 2017 as a budget director from Cal State Fullerton but recently returned to work as a consultant in the international student affairs office, the university said. Fullerton police detectives arrested Chuyen Vo, 51, on Wednesday night at his Huntington Beach residence, Police Chief Robert Dunn told reporters. https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/22/us/cal-state-fullerton-steven-chan/index.html F3A1E567-1D7D-45B2-95C6-0418342AB61E Fri, 23 Aug 2019 08:35:06 -0500 Shooting Threat: An Oregon man pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening a school shooting after he was denied admission to a college in California, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Oregon says. Vasiliy V. Barbiyeru Jr., 24, of Newberg, sent a threatening email to several people and groups at Deep Springs College in Big Pine, California on Oct. 7, 2017, according to court documents. Barbiyeru had previously sent threatening emails to the college’s president and other people associated with school, according to the attorney’s office. https://www.kptv.com/news/oregon-man-denied-admission-to-calif-college-pleads-guilty-to/article_b1c407d8-c530-11e9-af8a-d33664a0a9e8.html 1D051EAA-61C2-497C-AF87-C7370A4EA691 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 11:05:01 -0500 Employee Murder Charges: A fugitive wanted for the robbery and murder of Shamar "Fifty" Lewis, who was shot on Ben Allen Road in Nashville in February 2018, was captured around noon on campus, according to Knoxville News Sentinel. 25-year-old Jyshon Forbes was working as a UT custodian when he was apprehended by U.S. Marshals, accompanied by Smoky Mountain Fugitive Task Force officers and UTPD officers. Forbes was indicted for murder charges earlier this month. He was hired by the university on May 14th and passed a background check, despite the fact that he has previously been arrested for driving on a revoked or suspended license, bringing contraband into a jail and public intoxication, according to WBIR 10. http://www.utdailybeacon.com/campus_news/ut-custodian-arrested-in-relation-to-nashville-murder/article_e331a402-c51b-11e9-b945-9b0766059670.html 4CB636F1-06C5-4162-B32E-5A70377813DC Thu, 22 Aug 2019 10:53:10 -0500 Robbery: A Georgia Institute of Technology student was robbed Thursday morning after two men on electric scooters made him withdraw cash from a Midtown ATM. The victim told police the men, who appeared to be between 15 and 20 years old, said they had a gun but never produced one. The institute reported the robbery in a campuswide safety alert. https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/georgia-tech-student-robbed-teens-scooters-campus-police-say/UF9Xen5TmNUdVg0O1A5lxI/ 79570FDB-3272-4F22-B639-FEE89A654CD4 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:19:21 -0500 Shooting: Hours before the start of a new school year, four students were injured in a shooting at a block party Tuesday night outside the Atlanta University Center library. Two Spelman College students and two Clark Atlanta University students, all of whom are women, were taken to a hospital with injuries ranging from graze wounds to gunshot wounds, according to Atlanta police. They were hit around 10:30 p.m., when someone opened fire into a crowd of about 200 people in front of the Robert W. Woodruff Library on James P. Brawley Drive. https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/just-students-shot-atlanta-university-center-block-party/s5NBQBfne6rZpjIjUmA66J/ 425870DE-42B7-4145-84B5-4B3809CBDB58 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:10:44 -0500 Mold: As parents send their students off to college, one health risk many overlook is mold. A CBS 11 I-Team investigation found 47 cases of mold discovered at Texas colleges since 2018 that required reporting to state. In each of these cases the mold had spread at least 25 square feet, requiring professional remediation and reporting to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/08/19/north-texan-sick-mold-college-dorm/ BF02CB5C-2A41-4A1F-9FFF-DE18DA4183FB Mon, 19 Aug 2019 12:55:39 -0500 Murder: A 57-year-old Cal State Fullerton employee was killed Monday morning in a targeted attack that left the campus community frightened and in mourning on the first day of the university’s academic year. The assailant, who has not been named by authorities, was still at large early Tuesday. Police found Steven Shek Keung Chan of Hacienda Heights inside a silver Infiniti, bleeding from his head, with multiple stab wounds to his body. Police found an "incendiary device" near the vehicle that showed the suspect targeted the victim. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-19/la-me-cal-state-fullerton-homicide 652F039B-4AFC-4DA9-B01A-A1BB6A0136B4 Tue, 20 Aug 2019 11:03:00 -0500 Assault: Police at the University of Texas are investigating after an employee was reportedly attacked by someone wearing a hood over his face in the early morning hours of Aug. 13. At 2:15 a.m., the UT Police Department said a facilities employee was walking to his car in the parking lot at the Facilities Complex Building located at 1301 East Dean Keeton Street. That's when UTPD said a man who had his face covered punched the employee in the head, face and back before running to a waiting vehicle. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/university-of-texas/ut-austin-employee-attacked-by-masked-man-police-say/269-42f9cd91-9656-4a0a-958a-571750001080 20CA8FF5-CFA5-4ABA-86CE-ABE9555E7EBC Tue, 13 Aug 2019 10:40:37 -0500 Terroristic Threats: A man charged with weapons offenses here was arrested after making violent threats toward Temple University and its police department, according to a press release from Bucks County (Pa.) District Attorney Matthew D. Weintraub. Patrick J. Buhler, 29, made the threats "during purchases of ammunition and other items at the Walmart store in Tullytown," Weintraub said. https://www.tapinto.net/towns/flemington-slash-raritan/sections/police-and-fire/articles/flemington-firearms-suspect-charged-with-terroristic-threats-against-university D59FE50D-D9FC-49EE-8ED1-3508F7C8EBF0 Tue, 6 Aug 2019 12:01:20 -0500 Wrongful Death Lawsuit: The parents of two students who killed themselves at a Truman State University fraternity house are suing the school, the fraternity and a frat brother they accuse of encouraging those deaths and three others. The wrongful death lawsuit says the frat brother gave his friends "advice on how to commit suicide." The suit, filed Wednesday in the Circuit Court of Adair County, Missouri, says Alexander David Mullins of Kansas City and Joshua Michael Thomas of St. Louis both took their own lives at the Alpha Kappa Lambda house. https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article233350912.html 62F74C5E-1B91-4B7A-9B20-82C78843C7DE Fri, 2 Aug 2019 11:23:43 -0500 Alcohol on Campus: Following an end-of-the-year party where police at the University of North Florida discovered alcohol in a classroom, Dr. Brian Thornton has been suspended without pay for the 2019 fall semester. Body camera video that was first obtained by the UNF Spinnaker shows the communications professor being questioned by university police. An officer is heard saying alcohol, including a 12-pack of beer, was found in the classroom during the professor's "Aloha Party." https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/jacksonville/unf-professor-suspended-following-class-aloha-party EBD7BACD-705A-40D4-94B9-15E0D9CA1D80 Thu, 1 Aug 2019 13:47:23 -0500 Assault & Robbery: Police are searching for a man accused of robbing and assaulting a woman at gunpoint near the center of the University of Pittsburgh campus in the city’s Oakland neighborhood early Tuesday, officials said. A woman told police that a man approached her, told her he had a gun and pressed what she believed was a gun to her side, university police said in a statement. The man then threw her to the ground multiple times, the victim told police. https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/woman-assaulted-robbed-outside-pitt-student-center-police-search-for-suspect/ B719BE03-6063-465D-8CD8-65F3ADAC476B Thu, 1 Aug 2019 11:33:12 -0500 Free Speech Lawsuit Settlement: The University of Florida is paying $66,000 and making policy changes to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a young conservative student group, which claimed the school violated its members’ free-speech rights. The Young Americans For Freedom (YAF) chapter agreed to settle its lawsuit against the university Wednesday in exchange for eliminating the policies that prohibited the group from receiving speaker fees to bring in conservative speakers. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/state/florida/article233389422.html 1F53C263-DA52-4ACA-9472-BB9EADC3B990 Thu, 1 Aug 2019 11:29:36 -0500 Guns on Campus: After many settlement conferences and a third attempt at mediation, a trial to determine whether a ban on concealed weapons at the University of Missouri conflicts with the state constitution will go forward, attorneys told Boone County Circuit Judge Jeff Harris Monday during a pretrial hearing. The University of Missouri has a rule prohibiting concealed guns on campus, including keeping them in a personal vehicle. Two lawsuits seeking to overturn the rule have been combined. https://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20190729/mu-guns-on-campus-trial-on-for-august 54541CF8-6912-496A-A50A-523038958E62 Mon, 29 Jul 2019 11:42:10 -0500 Credit Card Theft: A University of Notre Dame junior has been charged with four counts of fraud for allegedly taking credit card numbers from people on campus. Katherine Jin was charged Friday and a warrant has been issued for her arrest. As of Friday afternoon she had not been taken into custody. From Jan. 20, 2018 to May 24 of this year, Jin was an employee at Au Bon Pan located in the Hesburgh Library on campus. https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/university-of-notre-dame-student-charged-with-fraud/article_708ba681-d66d-5d3f-b604-a7b6bdf5e1e5.html 6188C886-209D-4A72-B97F-A3AD748A476E Fri, 26 Jul 2019 14:35:24 -0500 Free Speech: In a victory for student press freedom, a Ninth Circuit appeals court found the University of California, San Diego's defunding of a satirical newspaper violated the constitutional rights protecting freedom of the press. The school's student government had defunded all student media after the school's satirical newspaper published an article mocking "safe spaces" in 2015.Now, the court has rejected the attempt at censorship, according to a news release from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). https://freebeacon.com/issues/circuit-court-overturns-defunding-of-student-newspaper/ 24D61D5E-1BEE-41E7-8214-EC752C722848 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 11:16:33 -0500 Murder: Police have charged a fellow University of Mississippi student with the murder of Ally Kostial, 21, whose body was found over the weekend 20 miles from campus near a lake known as a popular hangout. Brandon Theesfeld, 22, was booked into the Lafayette County Jail on Monday and charged with murder after police arrested him at a gas station in Tennessee. https://www.today.com/news/fellow-ole-miss-student-charged-murder-ally-kostial-t159452 8ED945ED-5F99-4BD6-8B4E-2DE7503299D0 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:12:07 -0500 Residence Hall Lawsuit: The College of Charleston filed suit against one of its developers a week ago the claims water is getting into the 17-year-old Marcia Kelly McAlister Residence Hall and causing damage. The college says the dorm is home to about 525 students, but now this "home away from home" has a number of building code violations. On-going issues costing the college a great deal of money, according to the lawsuit. https://abcnews4.com/news/local/college-of-charleston-sues-developer-over-issues-with-residence-hall E7002C4C-984D-46D7-8501-3E8D9F02A008 Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:06:19 -0500 Campus Threats: Howard University officials say they are investigating life-threatening messages posted to social media targeting the campus community. The university announced Sunday it would launch an internal investigation into the messages, which were posted by students and shared with school administrators through email and group chats. President Wayne A. I. Frederick's public statement posted to social media and the school’s website indicates the threats may be linked to recent confusion over scholarships and financial aid eligibility. https://dcist.com/story/19/07/22/howard-university-is-investigating-social-media-threats/ 14277710-F830-4B53-B4CC-13216F20888A Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:21:21 -0500 Campus Police & Theft: A woman was critically injured after a University of Utah police squad car struck her bike Thursday night, police said. U. police responded to a report that two bicycles were stolen at the Marriott Library on campus about 9:30 p.m., according to Salt Lake Police Lt. Carlos Valencia. A witness told police they saw two people take the bikes. The injured bicyclist was riding one of the stolen bikes, U. Police Deputy Chief Rick McLenon later confirmed. https://www.ksl.com/article/46597635/u-police-car-hits-woman-accused-of-stealing-bike-police-say 8CD1046C-552A-44B1-9695-7E8860646F59 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 13:12:23 -0500 Anti-Hazing Law: Governor Ron DeSantis signed what is being called a ‘cutting-edge’ anti-hazing law this summer, but it does not take effect until after the August fraternity and sorority 2019 rush. Experts say the law is an attempt to stem the sometimes deadly rituals by expanding those who could be criminally liable and offering protections for those who come to the aid of an ailing victim. The law gives immunity to Good Samaritans who call 911 if they see a hazing victim who needs medical attention. It also says anyone who attempts to administer aid will not be charged. https://www.news965.com/news/florida-intricate-anti-hazing-law-takes-effect-october-first/vt1c69pF3VhKza6ZPEvOqI/ 46703571-B1AC-49FA-B4CB-BB203F091C9D Thu, 18 Jul 2019 09:41:57 -0500 Hazing Conviction: A former Louisiana State University student was found guilty of negligent homicide Wednesday in the fraternity hazing death of 18-year-old pledge Maxwell Gruver, the East Baton Rouge District Attorney's Office said. Matthew Naquin faces up to five years in prison. His sentencing is scheduled for October 16. Gruver was pronounced dead on September 14, 2017, after an alcohol-related hazing ritual while pledging Phi Delta Theta. https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/17/us/lsu-hazing-trial/index.html 849F894F-E774-4686-A845-3EF0BE0F25CC Wed, 17 Jul 2019 09:19:46 -0500 Campus Police/Rape: A Roane State Community College campus police officer was arrested and charged with statutory rape by an authority figure Friday. Justin Willoughby, 27, was arrested and charged with two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure Friday. According to court documents, Willoughby used his authority to accomplish sexual conduct with a minor under the age of 18 in his office in October of 2018. https://www.wate.com/news/roane-state-community-college-officer-charged-with-on-campus-rape-of-minor/ 7084616A-304A-446E-B3AF-ADD3D1EE568B Fri, 12 Jul 2019 13:30:46 -0500 Construction Accident: Two construction workers were pulled from a trench at a construction site on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill after a beam fell on top of the workers Tuesday morning, authorities said. The workers were rushed for medical treatment to UNC Health Care but their conditions were not immediately disclosed. https://www.wral.com/2-workers-rescued-after-beam-fell-on-them-at-unc-chapel-hill-construction-site/18499578/ ABD61100-676E-42F5-AD9C-04A474247777 Tue, 9 Jul 2019 13:02:15 -0500 Student Organization/First Amendment: Wayne State University's guidelines that all student groups -- including religious groups -- allow students to be part of a group's leadership team, even if those students don't believe the same as the group, should be struck down, religious liberty advocacy attorneys will argue in federal court Wednesday. The court appearance is part of an ongoing battle between Wayne State and the local chapter of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2019/07/08/intervarsity-christian-lawsuit-wayne-state-university/1656074001/ C5DBECFA-CCE9-4850-9DA8-A67937B560A0 Mon, 8 Jul 2019 09:39:26 -0500 Campus Safety: There was some panic at Thomas Jefferson University's East Falls campus Sunday morning after a computer glitch mistakenly sent out an active shooter alert. In a written statement, the university said in part "the alert was sent out due to a resolvable system error during a routine morning test of the Jefferson alert system." https://kywnewsradio.radio.com/articles/news/panic-thomas-jefferson-university-campus-after-active-shooter-alert-mistakenly-sent C7BD2E74-DED1-4656-8775-5F03AEEF78AC Sun, 7 Jul 2019 09:00:19 -0500 Campus Police: Rutgers-Newark Chancellor Nancy Cantor has apologized after watching a police camera video of herself yelling at campus officers who asked her to remain at the scene of a minor traffic incident involving her car and driver. Cantor, the former chancellor of Syracuse University, shouted "I’m the chancellor!" and "If I miss my plane you folks are in trouble!" at Rutgers-Newark police officers investigating the fender bender in March, according to police body camera footage. https://www.syracuse.com/syracuse-university/2019/06/ex-su-chancellor-sorry-after-yelling-im-the-chancellor-at-cops-video.html 82FE198B-6ED5-46D4-8BB5-14C7BDD9BC43 Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:15:32 -0500 Kidnapping: A 62-year-old man who was found with an unconscious University of Alabama student in the back of his vehicle while he pretended to be an Uber driver has now been formally charged. Tommy Wayne Beard was arrested Friday morning on Tuscaloosa County grand jury indictments charging him with first-degree kidnapping, second-degree kidnapping and impersonating a TNC (transportation network company) driver. The indictments, authorities said, involve three victims. Two of the three victims were University of Alabama students at the time of the crime. https://www.al.com/news/tuscaloosa/2019/06/fake-uber-driver-charged-with-kidnapping-unconscious-university-of-alabama-student-2-others.html F435C3A8-5F39-441D-BB21-8CD8AE534E94 Fri, 21 Jun 2019 12:16:58 -0500 Assault: Metropolitan State University is stepping up security on its St. Paul campus after a "racially motivated physical assault" was reported Wednesday afternoon, school officials said in an email to students. A man was sitting on the steps outside the university’s New Main building near East Seventh Street and Maria Avenue about 1:45 p.m., when the suspect approached him from behind and asked him where he was from and why he was in this country, according to Sgt. Mike Ernster, a spokesman for the St. Paul Police Department. https://www.twincities.com/2019/06/19/racially-motivated-assault-reported-on-metro-state-university-campus-in-st-paul/ 80992DFF-D3CB-4237-9C99-7907851CAA1D Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:39:43 -0500 Campus Culture: There’s turbulence at UCA’s Torreyson Library after administration removed a quote by Lady Gaga that said, "Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away." UCA spokesperson Amanda Hoelzeman told KATV that the university is focusing its need to ensure its "platform is consistent" with its "institutional voice." Students like Dakota Dollarhide are outraged by the decision. The quote, according to Hoelzeman, was put up by library staff. https://katv.com/news/local/uca-students-react-after-administration-removes-gay-pride-quote-from-sign 4AD86099-D7F8-4BB5-B45C-DEA2AF695CE2 Wed, 19 Jun 2019 11:22:00 -0500 Sexual Assault: A Bronx co-ed has been charged with raping her female roommate at Susquehanna University, police said. Pratigya Thakur, a 19-year-old sophomore, was arrested Monday on charges of rape, indecent assault and harassment in connection with the alleged May 16 attack at the school in Selinsgrove, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by The Post. https://nypost.com/2019/06/14/co-ed-charged-with-raping-female-roommate-at-susquehanna-university/ 0126E941-8591-4493-B5DB-E36CF6DE1670 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:08:50 -0500 Videos of Students: Oregon State University is warning its female students to keep a watchful eye while walking around campus after someone posted videos on a porn website. The videos do not show any faces of students, but do show the bodies of women from behind as they walk around campus. The school notified the website and the videos were removed. https://kbnd.com/kbnd-news/regional-news/445788 75C00A4C-D085-4606-8D96-94F5DF857B48 Mon, 10 Jun 2019 11:12:36 -0500 Housing Safety Lawsuit: The University of Kansas is paying a former student-athlete $40,000 to settle a lawsuit claiming she became ill because of mold in the vents of her dormitory room. In the lawsuit filed in 2018, she alleged the on-campus apartment building where she lived safe was unsafe for housing. The university contended Evans exaggerated her illnesses and denied it was at fault for her health problems. http://www.kake.com/story/40598788/university-of-kansas-former-student-settle-lawsuit-over-mold-in-dorm 0DC33E1B-DBD4-4EB5-B187-ECA59E503366 Wed, 5 Jun 2019 14:29:28 -0500 Free Speech Lawsuit: A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit accusing the University of Texas of violating students’ rights to free speech, saying the group that filed it could not show that anyone had been harmed by the university’s policies. The lawsuit was brought in December by the nonprofit Speech First, a national student group that offers to sue schools over censorship for as little as $5. It was filed on behalf of three unnamed UT students, who said they did not feel comfortable expressing their opinions on such controversial issues as abortion, gun rights and immigration because of the university’s vague policies on verbal harassment. https://www.statesman.com/news/20190604/judge-dismisses-free-speech-lawsuit-against-ut E6925F33-EFAF-48C8-A852-AD90FE2847C8 Tue, 4 Jun 2019 14:27:19 -0500 Minors on Campus Safety: Clemson University officials are working to "shore up" safety procedures at the summer camps on its campus after an audit identified policy violations that included incomplete background checks for camp staff members. In 2018, more than 10,000 children attended camps and similar activities hosted at Clemson facilities, according to a report by the university, and at least that many are expected again this year as the season warms up this month. https://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/education/2019/06/03/clemson-university-summer-camps-had-policy-violations-audit-shows/1277325001/ C7AC2649-7B76-44FD-A8D8-A0B41F1B9E2C Mon, 3 Jun 2019 10:39:46 -0500 Robbery: Three University of Chicago students were reportedly robbed Thursday on the South Side campus. About 11:59 p.m., they were walking on the Midway Plaisance at Harper Avenue when five people approached them, according to an alert from University of Chicago police. https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/5/31/18646989/university-of-chicago-students-robbed-on-campus E999CA90-A71F-48A4-A46C-C4CB7C45A6C1 Fri, 31 May 2019 14:03:49 -0500 Free Speech: A school year riddled with tension over New York University student and faculty opinions about Israel and Palestine came to a close with a graduation speaker’s praise of an Israeli campus’ boycott, prompting an apology from the school’s president. NYU students on both sides of the debate are resolute in their positions, causing on-campus and online clashes. https://www.newsweek.com/nyu-apology-graduation-speaker-israel-comments-1435185 018AB176-E962-4D8E-AC75-D0FAB11442B3 Fri, 31 May 2019 13:51:08 -0500 Over-enrollment: Virginia Tech is offering some incoming students money to not attend the university for up to a year -- a move that comes in the wake of an over-enrollment crunch. Tech’s over-sized freshman class, which is anticipated to have more than 7,000 students, would strain the infrastructure of the university and town of Blacksburg, officials have said. https://www.roanoke.com/news/education/higher_education/virginia_tech/some-incoming-virginia-tech-freshmen-offered-money-to-delay-start/article_6ed2a7b2-3b31-500a-a810-e3f968866c3b.html A596301E-B759-4C5B-9B1F-67463C42303F Fri, 31 May 2019 13:51:40 -0500 Officers say arrest led to charges in an attempted rape investigation on the Missouri State University campus. Gregory E. Morton, Jr., 32, of Springfield, is a registered sex offender. He faces first-degree burglary, unlawful use of a weapon and first-degree rape. Police responded to Cheek Hall on South National on the morning of May 23. A Missouri State University employee said she had been assaulted by a man in the bathroom. https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Police-arrest-man-for-attempted-rape-on-Missouri-State-University-campus-510390061.html A54FC546-146D-4902-8C8D-793369D984E6 Fri, 24 May 2019 12:53:35 -0500 Sewanee police at the University of the South in Franklin County, Tennessee, have charged two students with felony vandalism after they allegedly trashed Guerry Auditorium in late April, causing more than $10,000 in damage. Emily Culp, a senior at the university, and Connor Peach, a junior, are each charged with vandalism $10,0000-$60,000 and burglary. https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2019/may/23/two-students-charged-felony-vandalism-univers/495262/ BD241E0F-91CD-4881-810D-0373CA87DFE6 Thu, 23 May 2019 12:51:44 -0500 The mother of a Winston-Salem State University student shot to death last year after attending a party at Wake Forest University is suing the school, along with others, saying that Wake Forest officials were negligent and had inadequate security at the party. Najee Ali Baker, 21, a WSSU football player from Brooklyn, N.Y., was shot outside The Barn, an event venue at Wake Forest, at 1:01 a.m. on Jan. 20, 2018. https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/wake-forest-and-others-face-lawsuit-over-fatal-shooting-najee/article_ef76ab07-b451-5fd1-878d-debd34a0b78c.html F1240958-238F-484A-94B1-12D3AD8E5E1F Wed, 22 May 2019 13:18:23 -0500 Officials at Louisiana State University have confirmed that the Pi Kappa Phi chapter on campus will close until May 2023. The complaints being made against the fraternity include hazing, coercive behavior, and drug accusations. The suspension comes after LSU police issued misdemeanor charges last month against three unidentified members. https://www.ktbs.com/news/louisiana/lsu-suspends-pi-kappa-phi-chapter-after-hazing-investigation/article_4cf8e9f0-7bc9-11e9-baa4-33ddea4a4d22.html 501FC76F-A66B-4160-A72B-3CF950687676 Tue, 21 May 2019 13:12:04 -0500 University of Pittsburgh police believe a 28-year-old woman released bear spray -- a type of pepper spray designed to deter bear attacks -- inside a University of Pittsburgh building Monday, sickening six people. Mary C. Siegert, address unknown, was charged with risking catastrophe and simple assault. https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2019/05/21/Pitt-police-Woman-Mary-Siegert-released-bear-spray-inside-university-building/stories/201905210095 710986AB-9562-4E72-A257-D98D5E370B43 Tue, 21 May 2019 13:54:26 -0500 Most students know the list of items they can’t bring into a university dormitory. They can’t haul in their own beds. They can’t set up a microwave. Candles usually aren’t allowed. The family golden retriever would usually fall in this banned category. But no longer does that stop students from asking for emotional support animals -- requests for them have skyrocketed at colleges and universities nationwide. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/05/21/colleges-see-rise-popularity-emotional-support-animals?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=a48b08ed93-DNU_2019_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-a48b08ed93-198624309&mc_cid=a48b08ed93&mc_eid=c27b65b094 85C800B1-3574-4C7A-9158-28FBFDF80B29 Tue, 21 May 2019 12:54:46 -0500 Texas A&M police has around 799 videos showing at least 20 partially clothed women in an employee’s restroom. A former employee of the university’s transit building is accused of hiding a video camera under a sink in what appeared to be a phone charger device. 54 year old Peter Baty, who was arrested on a charge of invasive visual recording, was released from jail the day after his arrest after posting a $25,000 dollar bond. http://wtaw.com/2019/05/17/arrest-follows-texas-am-police-discovering-799-videos-of-partially-clothed-women/ D699C311-A63E-4E9B-8C2E-41D25A6C7E45 Fri, 17 May 2019 13:21:47 -0500 Twenty-one students from the University of Florida were ambushed and robbed at gunpoint while on a school trip near Pretoria, South Africa on Monday. A spokesperson for the university said in a statement that the students, a UF faculty member and a staff member were on a trip for the Lombardi/ Stamps Scholarship program. "UF has been sending students on this trip to South Africa every two years for many years without incident," said Steve Orlando, a spokesperson with UF. https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/21-florida-college-students-ambushed-robbed-at-gunpoint-on-trip-in-south-africa 891129B4-94BD-4FA1-ACCF-4A7C68DE4EBB Tue, 14 May 2019 11:09:50 -0500 Stanford University officials confirmed Friday they had no idea a visiting scholar, who has been on campus since the start of the spring semester, is a registered sex offender. Stanford’s student online publication, The Fountain Hopper, first reported on Thursday that Kurt Mitman had been convicted of sexually assaulting a young boy while Mitman worked at a Pennsylvania summer camp in 2004. The news stunned Stanford students who believed the university should have better screened Mitman. https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2019/05/10/stanford-scholar-sex-offender/ 701AD8CC-FA08-4E23-91D1-888495179A90 Fri, 10 May 2019 13:36:45 -0500 Sonoma State University police arrested a 21-year-old student Wednesday on suspicion of committing a rape in December. Patrick James O’Regan turned himself in at the Sonoma County criminal courts complex, after police issued a warrant for his arrest, university spokesman Paul Gullixson said. The reported rape occurred late on the night of Dec. 7 in a university housing complex, according to the statement. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/home/a1/9580769-181/ssu-police-arrest-suspect-for?sba=AAS 1E92623E-B8D1-4651-BD55-5C6DD43D9D04 Wed, 8 May 2019 11:13:23 -0500 Seven people were arrested Wednesday morning at Johns Hopkins University as Baltimore police reopened an administrative building where the doors had been chained shut for a week in a protest over issues including the creation of a separate campus police force. Baltimore police and Hopkins officials said trespassers who had seized control of Garland Hall were offered "full amnesty" in an operation that began before 5 a.m. They were given chances to leave the building without being charged, police said, but some chose not to leave. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/05/08/arrests-hopkins-protest-over-creation-campus-police-force/?utm_term=.e1cef9910000 5A3E7C02-6711-4786-A267-CF1B767C2B4D Wed, 8 May 2019 13:33:32 -0500 Bridgewater State University police charged a male student with "peeping tom" offenses Thursday after they say he secretly recorded students showering in a dorm, the Enterprise reported. Ryan Gilbride, 20, of Lowell was charged with disorderly conduct, photographing an unsuspecting nude person and attempting an unlawful wiretap. https://www.wcvb.com/article/bridgewater-state-student-charged-as-peeping-tom/27374649 8D47F283-50C8-48B7-815E-9EC5A6531221 Mon, 6 May 2019 13:05:34 -0500 The Newark Police Department said it has made an arrest in the case of a 21-year-old woman who was sexually assaulted at knifepoint after being tricked by a man posing as a ride-share service Saturday. Police said after releasing photos of the suspect's vehicle they received various tips leading to the arrest of Roberto Rodriguez, 41, of Newark. https://abc7.com/woman-sexually-assaulted-at-knifepoint-by-fake-ride-share-driver-near-college/5286256/ 82974659-A92D-4220-9428-2656E8D4064C Sun, 5 May 2019 13:07:10 -0500 A DePaul University student was robbed of her laptop at knifepoint Friday morning, as she was leaving the Richardson Library on campus in Lincoln Park. DePaul Public Safety officials said the student was leaving the library at Fullerton and Kenmore around 7 a.m., when a robber dressed in all black showed a knife and demanded her laptop. https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/05/03/depaul-student-armed-robbery-laptop-richardson-library/ FF62F428-687D-472A-AC55-CED3B0D96F5F Fri, 3 May 2019 14:50:45 -0500 A student at West Virginia University was arrested Wednesday night after authorities learned that he had threatened to carry out a "shooting spree," according to university police. Cheickna Kagnassy, a 21-year-old freshman, was charged with making terrorist threats, West Virginia University police said in a statement. https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/02/us/west-virginia-student-terroristic-threats/index.html 4E4952EB-D85F-4364-9087-032C285C9329 Thu, 2 May 2019 14:43:20 -0500 UT Austin Police are responding after a smoke device was used to interrupt a student event. The incident happened on Monday evening at the school’s Mary E. Gearing Hall, according to police. The building was evacuated. UT Austin Police confirmed the smoke device disrupted a pro-life event put on by the campus's Young Conservatives of Texas group. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/ut-student-event-disrupted-by-smoke-device/269-b291854c-b30b-45f0-9b03-5465f8db0cdd 4859AAD3-7066-483A-9320-F6656FF8DDC4 Thu, 2 May 2019 12:22:36 -0500 Colorado State University is urging its students not to run around campus in their underwear. The Fort Collins university is asking participants in a traditional end-of-the-year event called the Undie Run -- during which students dart across campus in their skivvies -- to skid to a halt, citing safety concerns. CSU officials estimated they’ve spent more than $150,000 in student tuition and fee money to cover the costs of property damage and security related to the annual undie run. https://www.denverpost.com/2019/04/30/colorado-state-university-undie-run/ E495B7FC-459C-4D39-8098-EEC2453F9077 Wed, 1 May 2019 10:33:14 -0500 Two people are dead after a shooting on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, authorities said Tuesday. Three people are in critical condition and one other person was injured, UNCC Chief of Police Jeff Baker said. An officer quickly went to the room where the suspect had fired, disarmed him and took him into custody, Baker said. The suspect was armed with a pistol, he said. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/30/us/university-of-north-carolina-charlotte-shooting/index.html 7A0FB74C-5450-4FF2-9102-4F7754A1BED4 Wed, 1 May 2019 10:49:42 -0500 Swarthmore College’s two fraternities announced Tuesday that they are disbanding after weathering intense criticism over leaked documents that contained allegations of a "rape attic" as well as homophobic, racist and misogynistic language. In April, a redacted version of a 116-page document that reportedly contained Phi Psi’s old meeting minutes and details of pledge tasks was published by two campus publications, revealing troubling details about the culture within the selective Pennsylvania college’s fraternities. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/30/close-rape-attic-swarthmore-students-occupy-fraternity-after-disturbing-documents-leak/?utm_term=.d48c0ae0e970&noredirect=on 0A5ADED1-4AA9-45F4-B9D0-E56785BFE525 Wed, 1 May 2019 10:47:43 -0500 Three members of Kappa Alpha PSI fraternity at Virginia State University (VSU) were arrested Sunday and charged in connection to a fraternity hazing incident. Deonte Barkley, of Petersburg, George Feggins, of Petersburg, and Michael Snipes, of Philadelphia, were charged with hazing-related crimes, according to Petersburg Police and school officials. In addition to the arrests, VSU suspended the Alpha Phi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. https://wtvr.com/2019/04/29/virginia-state-arrests/ 39B07E76-D61C-448B-85B0-8569F683D97D Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:19:43 -0500 A measles quarantine has been ordered at two public universities in Los Angeles in an effort to try to prevent the spread of the highly contagious disease. The order was announced by public health officials Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles and California State University, Los Angeles for students, faculty and staff who were exposed to a confirmed case of measles and who cannot prove that they have been vaccinated against measles. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/health/california-universities-measles-quarantine/index.html 6DCA55A7-FDE4-497D-BD82-1145A39492AA Fri, 26 Apr 2019 12:09:26 -0500 A man was killed by a light rail train early Saturday morning in Minneapolis on the University of Minnesota campus. Metro Transit police say the man was standing on the platform as the METRO Green Line train was leaving Stadium Village station at about 1:20 a.m. He fell off the platform and was pulled under the train. https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/04/20/police-man-killed-by-light-rail-train-on-university-of-minnesota-campus/ 3566964D-D28E-46BD-92A1-8CF3EC1E0A33 Sat, 20 Apr 2019 13:51:43 -0500 While the US grapples with a measles outbreak unlike any we've seen in decades, Indiana University has a different problem on its hands: mumps. At least 16 cases have been reported at the Bloomington campus since February 12, IU spokesman Chuck Carney said Thursday. Nine of those cases have been linked to a single fraternity -- the patients were either members of the fraternity, or had visited the fraternity house. https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/18/health/indiana-university-mumps-outbreak-fraternity-trnd/index.html 61A8450B-BE93-4398-AE58-E367CA8D8DD9 Thu, 18 Apr 2019 14:17:19 -0500 A university student in upstate New York died Wednesday following suspected hazing that has led to an indefinite suspension of fraternity and sorority activities. University at Buffalo freshman Sebastian Serafin-Bazan, 18, had been hospitalized since early Friday after the suspected hazing at an off-campus house. https://www.apnews.com/b0ad089722174811b3f8a967edfc9a6a BA75D267-6190-43A5-A212-48D3F84938A3 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 13:45:42 -0500 It was forbidden. But the group of friends sneaked into Fordham University’s most recognizable building in the dead of night anyway early Sunday. They clambered up the steep staircase of the granite bell tower that overlooks Fordham’s Rose Hill campus to take in the view of the Bronx under moonlight, sending a Snapchat video from the top. Then something went horribly wrong. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/14/nyregion/fordham-student-falls-sydney-monfries.html 3068B464-BF5B-4D0F-8293-29B24529A593 Sun, 14 Apr 2019 10:51:55 -0500 An 18-year-old Florida State University student was arrested Thursday on charges he sold drugs out of his dorm room. Harrison Harding faces more than 40 narcotics charges following a sting operation conducted by the Florida State University Police Department. About a month ago, a "cooperating source" told campus police Harding was dealing drugs out of his Deviney Hall dorm room on Woodward Avenue. https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/04/12/fsu-student-arrested-charges-he-sold-drugs-out-his-dorm-room/3445937002/ B3F828C3-C3A4-4738-BBAB-88F5F5FE71D8 Fri, 12 Apr 2019 12:43:49 -0500 Ten Duke employees were injured in an explosion Wednesday morning in downtown Durham, which killed one person and injured more than a dozen. An update Thursday afternoon brought the number of Duke employees who were injured in the blast to 10. After a two-inch gas line was hit near Brightleaf Square shortly after 10:00 a.m., the resulting blast caused a nearby building's partial collapse, initially sending 17 people to area hospitals. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2019/04/durham-explosion-duke-university-injuries-eight-employees-injured-north-carolina-gas-leak-explosion F7CDDEE8-D6F3-4191-BA53-68503994A368 Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:00:16 -0500 Arizona State University police say a woman was sexually assaulted on the Tempe campus Tuesday night. Police say the incident happened around 7:20 p.m. at the PE West building. The victim was reportedly approached by an unknown man while she was walking, forced into a nearby bathroom and sexually assaulted. Officers were called to the scene, but were unable to locate the suspect. https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/tempe/woman-forced-into-bathroom-sexually-assaulted-on-arizona-state-university-tempe-campus 5878BD8B-00BD-432C-98D3-7FC48BEFE7DE Wed, 10 Apr 2019 09:47:33 -0500 A California State University campus police officer regularly took time to sleep, lie down and not work while on duty for two years, according to a state audit released Tuesday. The employee’s naps wasted some $20,000 in taxpayer money. Executives at the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and the former State Board of Equalization allowed 25 managers and supervisors to report inaccurate leave time. https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2019-04-09/sd-me-california-audit 2B8078C2-46B8-4E91-BC9E-93F8D9AE0E60 Tue, 9 Apr 2019 11:37:27 -0500 A 23-year-old Surrey man allegedly set three incendiary devices in a building at Langara College on Monday following a dispute with one or more people at the south Vancouver college, Postmedia has learned. Nasradin Abdusamad Ali is also believed to have sent taunting electronic messages to the college Monday afternoon after two of the devices detonated and the entire campus was evacuated. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/suspect-charged-after-langara-college-arson-attack D47B1672-EA42-4588-8388-602941F5948A Wed, 3 Apr 2019 13:18:14 -0500 Two students at the University of Arizona are facing criminal charges after protesting the appearance of United States Customs and Border Protection officers at an event last month on campus, an official said Tuesday. Denisse Moreno Melchor, 20, and Mariel Alexandra Bustamante, 22, were charged on Monday with interfering with the peaceful conduct of an educational institution, a misdemeanor, said Chris W. Sigurdson, a university spokesman. Ms. Moreno Melchor was also charged with making threats and intimidation, he said. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/us/border-patrol-protest-univ-of-arizona.html A15A5996-0275-453C-9732-BA0D211FC69E Tue, 2 Apr 2019 13:13:44 -0500 A 25-year-old man was arrested on Saturday in connection with the death of a University of South Carolina student, who went missing after a night out with her roommates in Columbia, South Carolina, and was found dead in a rural area, police said. The 21-year-old "summoned" an Uber ride during the early morning hours and was waiting for the ride to come, police said. Samantha Josephson was seen on video mistakenly getting into the car -- a black four-door Chevy Impala -- "thinking it was an Uber," police said. https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-south-carolina-student-missing-friday-night-died/story?id=62056723 2FB8A3BD-03E5-489F-835E-747B37BF2E1E Tue, 2 Apr 2019 11:44:32 -0500 A University of Hartford student is scheduled to appear in Superior Court in Hartford Monday on two counts of attempted murder after police say he stabbed two fellow students while the three men rehearsed a scene from the movie "The Butterfly Effect." The men were rehearsing a scene from the movie as part of a school project, Hartford police Lt. Paul Cicero said. https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-university-of-hartford-stabbing-20190331-33ekx7n2lbattlithatnkzlgi4-story.html 2F548EE8-2ED8-4EDB-ABAE-F369B94C3D05 Mon, 1 Apr 2019 14:37:15 -0500 A student gun-rights group has announced a settlement with Ohio State University over the ability of concealed-carry permit holders to store guns in vehicles.The Students for Concealed Carry Foundation group says the settlement resolves a lawsuit first brought in 2014. Under the agreement, the university updated its student code of conduct last month to allow storage of firearms in locked motor vehicles on campus by concealed handgun licensees. https://fox8.com/2019/03/25/settlement-allows-ohio-state-students-to-store-firearms-in-cars-on-ohio-state-campus/ 8715A9F7-790A-452B-8D5B-4ED444B4EBE2 Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:32:24 -0500 Tulane University police booked two men and a woman into New Orleans’ jail late Saturday on allegations that they set a sign on a dorm room door on fire. Robert Money, 21; David Shelton, 20; and Naima Okami, 20, face counts of aggravated arson, said Blake Arcuri, general counsel of the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office, which runs the jail. https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/crime_police/article_2be76274-4e3c-11e9-9736-6b75c0f261fe.html 3F82C40A-53B0-45C3-AB2C-6F04A5EF4AA5 Sun, 24 Mar 2019 14:11:17 -0500 A fraternity at the University of Georgia has been suspended after video allegedly showing members whipping someone and referring to them picking cotton surfaced on social media. Georgia's chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon was suspended by the national chapter and the video was condemned by the university. The frat also announced it had expelled four members who were involved in the video on Saturday. https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-georgia-fraternity-tau-kappa-epsilon-suspended-racist/story?id=61903684 DCD49D1E-D4F5-4F8E-8BE0-0951A2235295 Sat, 23 Mar 2019 13:21:04 -0500 A 20-year-old Northwestern University pre-med student charged with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old student was released Wednesday after posting the cash portion of a $50,000 bond, law enforcement officials said. Scott Thomas, 20, a Northwestern freshman from Bernardsville, N.J., is charged with criminal sexual assault in connection with an early morning March 16 incident, prosecutors said Wednesday. https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/news/ct-evr-northwestern-sexual-assault-charge-tl-0328-story.html 29B89227-9676-4631-813C-DC6F47C85868 Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:54:12 -0500 A former San Diego State University student accused of setting a string of fires around the campus over the course of three days was charged with a dozen felony counts Wednesday, including burglary, arson and vandalism. Madelyn Delarosa, 19, was taken into custody Saturday morning, following four fires she's suspected of setting to apartments and vehicles across campus between March 13-16. https://www.10news.com/news/local-news/woman-pleads-not-guilty-to-arson-spree-near-san-diego-state-university 4EAA10DD-101D-443B-868E-9F2D9334112E Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:50:04 -0500 Students with UC Berkeley’s Black Student Union plan a demonstration on campus Wednesday to protest the arrests of two black students the group says were racially profiled by campus police. A UC Berkeley student and a student from the University of San Francisco were arrested at around 9:30 p.m. on March 8 by two university police officers who stopped the two black students and their friend, another UC Berkeley student, on Upper Sproul Plaza, the BSU said in a statement posted to social media on Monday. https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/Students-racially-profiled-brutalized-by-13701947.php FFC890B4-48F5-409E-BD47-C3B9D58F8A2B Tue, 19 Mar 2019 12:34:17 -0500 University of Missouri officials say they have fired a campus police officer after verifying he was in a photo in blackface. The university said Tuesday in a news release that Marcus Collins acknowledged he was the person in the picture and that it was taken before he was hired with the Police Department in January 2018. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/university-of-missouri-columbia-fires-campus-cop-over-blackface-photo/article_260ca4f9-d1ea-57b8-bf45-8ad9d03f0a04.html 592CF41A-0A46-42B6-8BA1-827FEA88E66E Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:52:24 -0500 The number of reported cases of the mumps at Temple University continued to rise this week, and the Philadelphia school is taking new steps to try and curb the spread. Nearly 50 students have either tested positive or been listed as probable for mumps, Temple’s Student Health Services announced Friday. Twelve students have tested positive, and another 37 have been listed as probable. Temple has updated its immunization policy in the wake of the outbreak. https://www.phillyvoice.com/mumps-cases-temple-university-49-school-vaccination-requirements/ FA451D35-FF8F-4C07-BFCC-E0F77ADC218C Sat, 16 Mar 2019 13:56:07 -0500 University of Maryland Professor David Weber has resigned following complaints of discrimination from a group of Chinese students and reporting by WAMU into the allegations. The students said Weber discriminated and harassed them on the basis of race and national origin arising from seven incidents throughout several weeks last fall. Weber accused a group of Chinese international students of cheating on their final forensic audit exams in November 2018. Weber says he intended to uphold the academic honesty policies at the University of Maryland, but that the university didn’t adequately support professors. https://wamu.org/story/19/03/11/univ-of-maryland-professor-resigns-following-discrimination-allegations-raised-by-chinese-students/#.XIgibOhKg2w 018E8316-CE57-4F6A-BB7E-351B251B2BD2 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:00:48 -0500 According to UW-Madison Police, a student is under arrest after police say he assaulted an officer in an on-campus dorm. UW Police said officers were originally called to Witte Residence Hall around 1 a.m. Sunday after someone reported a student urinating on the floor. When an officer approached Logan Mitchell, 18, to stop him police said the student punched the officer in the face. https://wkow.com/news/2019/03/10/uw-madison-student-arrested-after-assaulting-campus-officer/ 6AF0FA2F-CE00-4B55-857D-C5F58713591C Sun, 10 Mar 2019 11:36:06 -0500 A University of Kansas engineering professor says administrators have suspended him from teaching a course for the rest of the semester after comments he made in class. Gary Minden, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science, said administrative leaders of KU’s School of Engineering informed him Thursday morning that he is suspended from teaching the course because he told a student to "learn English," which upset other students and started an "hourlong discussion" on the matter. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/ku/2019/mar/07/ku-engineering-professor-suspended-from-class-after-telling-student-to-learn-english/ 1F955F19-A06D-4FD3-90BB-859D40BC453F Thu, 7 Mar 2019 12:19:39 -0500 Texas Tech has issued an official notice about a sexual assault reported recently at Stangel Hall. The suspect has been removed from campus. This alert was issued Thursday night: In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act, Texas Tech University is giving a timely notice of a report of a sexual assault that occurred at Stangel Hall. The alleged perpetrator has been identified and removed from campus. His access to campus during the immediate administrative investigation has been revoked. http://www.kcbd.com/2019/03/08/texas-tech-issues-notice-about-sexual-assault-stangel-hall/ A7269788-2609-4BE1-B1F4-234CF5DEFDE2 Thu, 7 Mar 2019 14:32:09 -0600 Samantha Wu had high hopes when she left her small town in southern China to study at an American university. But she didn’t expect to be under investigation by the University of Maryland after a professor accused her and other Chinese students of cheating on an exam. Wu denies the accusation. Wu is one of a number of Chinese students who reported that U.S. professors said their nationality made them more likely to cheat. But some professors insist they see many instances of Chinese students cheating, and that universities aren’t sufficiently addressing the issue. https://wamu.org/story/19/02/28/chinese-students-in-maryland-say-they-were-profiled-as-cheaters-they-arent-the-only-ones/#.XH5-EMBKiM8 5871BE86-B273-4D1D-BF25-AB7DCAB60165 Wed, 6 Mar 2019 11:14:39 -0600 Protesting the University of Tennessee’s handling of a blackface controversy, 40 to 50 students dressed in black occupied seats behind UT’s goal Tuesday night at the men’s game against Mississippi State. Vice Chancellor for Student Life Vince Carilli said Monday afternoon, at a meeting with students and UT officials, that the university was still deciding how to discipline students who appeared in blackface in a Snapchat image last week. The university quickly condemned the photo, but at Monday's meeting Carilli said they were unlikely to be expelled for "expressing their First Amendment rights." https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2019/03/05/utk-blackface-protest-vols-basketball-mississippi-state/3074035002/ 3D5015A6-F885-4A5B-9434-938E569C6974 Tue, 5 Mar 2019 10:18:22 -0600 A student organization at the University of South Dakota has been told that holding a "Hawaiian Day" social event violates the school’s policy on inclusiveness. As a result, the Student Bar Association of the USD School of Law changed the name of the event to "Beach Day." In a Facebook message to its members, the group said: "We greatly apologize to those we offended; it was unintentional." https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2019/02/28/university-south-dakota-law-school-hawaiian-party-theme-nixed-usd-deemed-inappropriate/3020086002/ 46478778-4877-4CBB-9DC5-83CEF8D8DF53 Mon, 4 Mar 2019 11:36:42 -0600 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would soon sign an executive order requiring American universities and colleges to maintain "free speech" on campuses and threatened that schools not complying could lose federal research funds. Trump made his remarks at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference after bringing to the stage Hayden Williams, a conservative activist who was punched at the University of California, Berkeley, last month while recruiting students for a conservative group. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-colleges/trump-says-to-sign-executive-order-requiring-free-speech-at-colleges-idUSKCN1QJ0JD 1740074F-0963-4E40-8B0E-271E9F736446 Sat, 2 Mar 2019 10:45:27 -0600 A 21-year-old former Connecticut College student has been charged with seven counts of felony voyeurism for allegedly taking photos of women in dormitory bathrooms this academic year, police said Friday. Police said Carlos Antonio Alberti of Richmond, Mass., learned of the warrant for his arrest and turned himself in Friday morning. The warrant for his arrest details seven incidents involving five female victims, but police said they found 213 shower stall videos on Alberti's iPhone XR and their investigation is ongoing. https://www.theday.com/article/20190301/NWS04/190309951 C77EDD02-CCD5-4642-B5EF-9DB15DB03A51 Fri, 1 Mar 2019 11:17:55 -0600 LSU officials received at least two specific warnings over the past three years about problems at the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity, records show, despite the university’s recent announcement that key administrators had no prior credible information about hazing at DKE that could have triggered an investigation. The administrators’ halfhearted response to the reports they received about DKE raises new questions about the school’s level of commitment to investigating allegations of misconduct in the Greek system. It’s not the first time such questions have been raised. https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_13c7554c-3adb-11e9-9356-6be4738e6a56.html 4A62DC38-466C-481F-B3D6-76E625F397DF Fri, 1 Mar 2019 12:13:31 -0600 A student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alleges that the institution took down her parody website that lampooned officials' handling of race relations and only restored it after a lawyer and civil rights group intervened. The website, called UNC Anti-Racist Jeopardy, modeled off the game show, asked questions about the university’s history and ties to racism and police and administrators' interactions with activists. For instance, in the category "violence against students," the game asks what was deployed against students at a dance party in August. Answer: pepper spray. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/03/01/unc-student-alleges-administrators-censored-her-race-relations-website?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=6dd127c18c-DNU_2019_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-6dd127c18c-198624309&mc_cid=6dd127c18c&mc_eid=c27b65b094 5F1CD3D4-26CA-4E0C-B145-7702E1CAC23E Fri, 1 Mar 2019 12:00:13 -0600 A Virginia Tech student was arrested Wednesday, a week after police recovered disguised video cameras placed in public restrooms on campus. Andrew Wildman, of Blacksburg, is charged with unlawful creation of an image of another, a misdemeanor, according to a Virginia Tech news release. https://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/montgomery_county/virginia-tech-student-arrested-in-bathroom-camera-case/article_d9ff6f94-66e5-5089-863e-0960232c9d67.html 8DC046F9-DF59-474C-A935-7D07740B2E45 Fri, 1 Mar 2019 12:48:51 -0600 While recruiting students for a grass-roots conservative organization at the University of California Berkeley last week, an activist was confronted by two men. One of them began pushing him repeatedly and then punched him in the face. Hayden Williams, who is not a student at UC Berkeley, works for the Leadership Institue, which helps conservative students and clubs on campuses. Williams, 26, has injuries to his face, police say, and the incident was captured on multiple witness’ phones. https://www.campussafetymagazine.com/university/conservative-activist-uc-berkeley/ 6D4EA96B-F2F1-41DD-82C7-812EEF654C3F Wed, 27 Feb 2019 20:06:58 -0600 A Knoxville man has been arrested after allegedly panhandling for money while armed with a knife inside Hodges Library on the University of Tennessee campus. Richard Thomas Whitaker, 29, is charged with carrying a weapon on school property, a Class E felony, and criminal trespass after multiple witnesses reported a man "approaching them and asking for money with a knife in his hand," Monday morning, according to arrest warrants. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2019/02/27/utk-tennessee-hodges-library-man-arrested-panhandling-knife/3002029002/ D9FB4F87-F86E-4716-956B-1FA01E2D097B Wed, 27 Feb 2019 13:45:54 -0600 One man is in jail after domestic violence was reported Monday night at a University of Southern Indiana apartment. Demond Glover, 20, was arrested on preliminary charges of strangulation, intimidation, domestic battery and criminal mischief. USI Public Safety alerted students Monday night that law enforcement officials were called to the on-campus housing because of a "dating violence" incident where someone was injured. https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/crime/2019/02/26/domestic-violence-reported-university-southern-indiana-leads-one-arrest/2990996002/ FDB57745-62EA-498B-9923-0147F4DCD3D9 Tue, 26 Feb 2019 12:54:05 -0600 An international graduate student died following an incident at the University of Rhode Island pool on Sunday. URI identified the student as Suhail Habeeb, a graduate student in physics. According to URI, staff from campus recreation, the URI police department and the college’s emergency medical services responded to the pool at 4:30 p.m. Sunday. A spokesman for the Rhode Island Department of Health said the autopsy results are pending. https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20190225/uri-student-dies-following-incident-at-campus-pool 35E681E0-7291-466C-B263-4D6FAC06A8AF Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:29:55 -0600 A man has been arrested for allegedly committing a sexual assault at the University of Vermont. Police say the assault happened Saturday on the Burlington campus. The suspect has been identified as 37-year-old Tyson Cyphers, who is currently on the Vermont sex offender registry. Following the alleged assault, police say Cyphers stole multiple items from the victim before fleeing the scene. https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/University-of-Vermont-sexual-assault-506306361.html C018CF0B-0B3F-4D6F-8122-CA20E8536E35 Sun, 24 Feb 2019 13:39:37 -0600 Hundreds of people protested at the University of Mississippi on Saturday concerning a Confederate statue located on campus. Two pro-Confederate groups, Confederate 901 and The Hiwaymen met on the Square in Oxford and marched to the Confederate monument near The Grove. Several basketball players at Ole Miss took a knee during the national anthem in their home game against Georgia State in solidarity with counter protesters on campus. http://www.wlbt.com/2019/02/23/students-protest-removal-confederate-statue-ole-miss-campus/ 9925F683-2EEB-48BF-A567-364BE0D78FE3 Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:52:25 -0600 A University of California, Santa Cruz student was indicted on federal charges Tuesday, accused of developing an app to sell meth, cocaine and other illegal drugs. Collin Howard, 18, was indicted by a federal grand jury in San Jose, California, on drug distribution and possession charges for allegedly creating the Banana Plug app, authorities said. "Posters advertising the application had been hung up around the UC Santa Cruz campus," the statement said. "Upon discovering the posters and the application, a UC Santa Cruz police officer, in coordination with HSI, used the application to request a purchase of marijuana and cocaine and then communicated with Howard via Snapchat to set up the purchase." https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-california-student-indicted-allegedly-running-drug-app/story?id=61182197 C1D522CC-46DD-499A-849F-57E1383DE408 Wed, 20 Feb 2019 13:44:45 -0600 A University of Missouri student has left campus voluntarily after being diagnosed with active tuberculosis, the MU News Bureau said in a news release Monday. MU officials are working with local health authorities as they identify other people who need to be tested for the illness, the release said. It wasn't clear when the student was diagnosed or when he or she left campus. Doctor Christelle Ilboudo, a specialist in pediatric infectious disease, said TB most commonly spreads when a person infected with active TB coughs or speaks. https://www.abc17news.com/news/active-tuberculosis-found-at-university-of-missouri/1027463550 0FEBCA5C-BCBA-4F01-BE9E-645ED10D8159 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 13:09:38 -0600 Nine members of a fraternity under suspension at Louisiana State University were arrested Thursday on charges related to hazing pledges who were urinated on, forced to lay on broken glass, and ordered to stand for hours in painful positions, according to authorities. One pledge told police he was forced to stay in an ice machine for more than 30 minutes that was half filled with ice and water. He was eventually taken out to lie on a basketball court covered in broken glass, according to an affidavit in support of the arrests. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/02/14/9-lsu-fraternity-members-arrested-hazing-charges/2872824002/ C073AD59-9010-4A9C-8C76-06ACD86979B5 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:26:27 -0600 A University of Montana student pushing free market ideals and limited government alleged she experienced politically motivated harassment encouraged by an anthropology professor. Taylor Powell, a student in psychology and political science, said students told her to "f--- off" and "f--- your organization" as she worked at a table for a conservative group, Turning Point, U.S.A., in the University Center. She said at least four students made rude and vulgar remarks to her. Last week, Powell made a formal complaint to the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action office. https://missoulian.com/news/local/university-of-montana-professor-investigated-for-political-discrimination/article_140ddf9e-5758-5343-8407-82636d2648a2.html C73FD996-AFB6-4E7B-BDDF-0501D134E337 Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:58:23 -0600 Police are searching for the suspect who abducted a female student and stole a vehicle at gunpoint near the Ohio State University Mansfield campus. According to the OSU’s Department of Public Safety, a female student was standing in the campus parking lot just before noon on Monday when she was approached by Ty’rell Pounds. Pounds reportedly displayed a handgun and forced the student into his vehicle before fleeing the area. http://www.fox19.com/2019/02/12/manhunt-underway-suspect-accused-abducting-osu-student-stealing-van-gunpoint-near-mansfield-campus/ DCE5DE28-BBB4-45A0-8568-5827041FF1E7 Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:20:37 -0600 A federal court on Wednesday ruled that the University of Iowa can't strip a Christian group of its status as a registered student organization based on its requirement that leaders follow its statement of faith, which includes not having sex outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. Judge Stephanie M. Rose of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa granted a permanent injunction that will keep the University of Iowa from rejecting the status of Business Leaders in Christ based on the university's human rights policy, which the university had cited in its revocation of the Christian group's status. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2019/02/06/university-iowa-christian-student-group-religious-beliefs-court-business-leaders-in-christ-tippie-ia/2796463002/ 71F51401-DEEE-49BC-9988-CBCA0A17BD62 Wed, 6 Feb 2019 11:19:44 -0600 A Michigan State University staff member has been charged with a misdemeanor moving violation in the death of a student riding a moped on campus in mid-January. Adam Young, 22, of Laingsburg, was driving a university salt truck near the intersection of Shaw Lane and Chestnut Road just before 8 a.m. Jan. 15 when he collided with 21-year-old Tiana Seville. Young is a staff member at MSU and works with Infrastructure Planning and Facilities as a landscape services equipment operator. Seville was a 2016 graduate of Grand Ledge High School, and was on the gymnastics team at Grand Ledge for three years. https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/2019/02/05/michigan-state-employee-charged-students-death-january-crash/2775672002/ 8B9FBF96-1F4B-4A93-B98A-3CC331286C73 Tue, 5 Feb 2019 15:03:56 -0600 A new policy requires University of Michigan faculty, staff, student employees, volunteers and visiting scholars to disclose if they’ve been charged with or convicted of a felony. The policy requires faculty and staff to inform the university within one week of a charge or conviction that occurs on or after Feb. 1. Currently, it does not apply to employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/02/new-policy-requires-university-of-michigan-employees-to-disclose-felonies.html A7B68188-0896-44CB-BD64-76A49675A480 Mon, 4 Feb 2019 13:28:34 -0600 The death of a University of Vermont student comes on the heels of another college student's death in Iowa. Connor Gage, a freshman at UVM, died "possibly due to exposure to sub-zero temperatures" on Saturday. Another student, 18-year-old Iowa student Gerald Belz, died Jan. 30 after exposure to freezing temperatures. Cold temperatures struck the Midwest late January. The Northeast, including Vermont, experienced some of the impact, though the brunt hit states like Illinois and Wisconsin. https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/local/2019/02/04/college-student-safety-tips-after-university-of-vermont-student-connor-gage-death-freezing-temp/2765934002/ 1E5F727F-96B7-4F93-9BB8-BA17B160C48A Mon, 4 Feb 2019 13:02:04 -0600 Augsburg University in Minnesota suspended a professor for using the N-word during a class discussion about a James Baldwin book in which the word appeared -- and for sharing essays on the history of the word with students who complained to him about it. The case concerns academic freedom watchdogs on campus and off. The professor is just one of several to recently be sanctioned -- unofficially by students or officially by administrations -- for using the N-word in class. So one might also ask if there is ever reason to use a word so loaded. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/01/professor-suspended-using-n-word-class-discussion-language-james-baldwin-essay 33C8AAC9-2988-4B2D-B3CF-9864895EB5DE Fri, 1 Feb 2019 13:10:46 -0600 The University of Idaho banned a tenured journalism professor from its Moscow campus and heightened security patrols Wednesday, implying she was a threat. "Denise Bennett has been barred from Moscow Campus," the university said Wednesday morning in a text message alert sent to students and employees. "Recent admittance to police of meth use and access to firearms. If seen on campus, call 911." Wednesday’s text alert came almost a week after the university placed Bennett on paid administrative leave for sending a profanity-laced email in which she lambasted school officials for perceived problems in the School of Journalism and Mass Media, including misuse of grant funding. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/jan/30/ui-bans-journalism-professor-from-moscow-campus-al/ 617FCA43-55FD-42FD-8139-3A9E8AA8C0C8 Fri, 1 Feb 2019 09:47:29 -0600 A University of Iowa student was found dead of possible exposure near Halsey Hall early Wednesday morning, university officials said. UI Police discovered Gerald Belz unresponsive at about 2:48 a.m. Wednesday. The student, a pre-medicine major from Cedar Rapids in his second semester, was transported to the hospital, where he later died. The air temperature was 22 degrees below zero at 2:52 a.m. Wednesday, with a wind chill of 51 below zero. https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/education/university-of-iowa/2019/01/30/university-iowa-student-believed-have-died-due-extreme-weather/2723808002/ 497D3190-A2D0-4F58-BE4A-AF37CC44FA75 Fri, 1 Feb 2019 09:40:42 -0600 A University of Central Florida sophomore was arrested after police found an automatic weapon in his car on campus, according to university officials. Max Bennett Chambers, a 19-year-old mechanical engineering major, was arrested Tuesday and charged with two felonies linked to possessing what an affidavit called a machine gun and bump stock. Police have banned him from campus. An anonymous tip warned that a student may have made devices that turn a semiautomatic weapon into an automatic weapon, increasing the rate of fire, according to the UCF Police Department. Such devices are illegal in Florida. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/01/30/college-student-florida-arrested-after-police-find-an-automatic-rifle-his-car-campus/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.a7519cd5e7bc 66E0C38E-DD98-4E02-8484-6F990C6DBEB1 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 20:47:49 -0600 Professor "watch lists," social media trolls and threatening emails have become all too familiar for college professors, but University of Illinois faculty members are debating another twist: antagonists who actually enroll in their classes. A resolution to protect University of Illinois faculty members from disruptive students in class is under consideration in the campus Academic Senate, prompted by a case involving a professor who's been a vocal critic of Chief Illiniwek. Jay Rosenstein, professor of media and cinema studies, said a community member who didn't like his politics and harassed him on social media "for months" enrolled in one of his classes last fall. http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2019-01-27/ui-ponders-policies-protect-faculty-classroom-trolling.html 18C4B538-1F72-497F-89CD-0102E0ECE485 Sun, 27 Jan 2019 09:36:25 -0600 Mitchell Lee Stewart, 25, and Ashley Shuntal Rucker, 26, were confirmed by Auburn police Friday morning as suspects taken into custody Thursday at Auburn University's Campus. Around 10 a.m., an Auburn police officer on routine patrol attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle on Mell Street near Spindle Hall on the university’s campus. The vehicle stopped after a brief pursuit and the driver attempted to flee on foot, police said. The suspect was taken into custody near Haley Center. An Auburn police officer sustained a minor injury to his leg and was treated on the scene by Auburn Fire Division paramedics, police said. https://www.oanow.com/townnews/university/updated-foot-chase-on-auburn-university-campus-ends-with-taser/article_56fbe91e-1fff-11e9-9b36-e339dbcd6391.html 72FDF1FA-9D85-4476-8724-AD5457E0F351 Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:06:12 -0600 The University of South Florida St. Petersburg says that it mistakenly sent 430 acceptance emails to applicants over the weekend. In a statement to ABC News, the school said that the emails were sent on Saturday and that they were a result of "human error." Soon after the initial email, the school sent out a follow-up email to the students that said, "There was an error in the system. Please disregard the previous email." https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-south-florida-st-petersburg-mistakenly-emails-430/story?id=60568577 F30BEE2E-D07F-4730-86CC-0E79423CD8C0 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 10:39:55 -0600 A former prosecutor in Wilkes and Yadkin counties was convicted last week of going onto Wake Forest University’s campus even after the school banned him because he was accused of using a handheld mirror under a desk to look at a female student two years ago. And because he trespassed on the campus, he violated a deferred-prosecution agreement that would have kept a conviction off his record if he had complied with all the conditions. Instead, Brooke McKinley Webster, 44, of Surrey Path Court in Winston-Salem was convicted of misdemeanor secret peeping and second-degree trespass on Jan. 16. https://www.journalnow.com/news/crime/ex-prosecutor-banned-for-secret-peeping-convicted-of-trespassing-on/article_237aa0a7-1535-5ff9-955d-f84027f8b831.html 1E878B36-F6A8-484D-A9A2-5BBDD07976B8 Tue, 22 Jan 2019 12:09:27 -0600 The Michigan State University board of trustees voted Thursday morning to accept the resignation of its embattled interim president, John Engler, effective immediately. People in the room for the vote broke into applause. Engler has been a controversial leader, appointed a year ago in the wake of a sexual-abuse scandal and charged with changing the university culture but often inadvertently offending the victims of disgraced former university sports medicine and USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar with his words. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/01/17/michigan-state-board-accepts-presidents-immediate-resignation-following-controversial-comments-nassar-sex-abuse-scandal/?utm_term=.97cfc29daf8b 187D1E20-76E5-478F-BDFE-C8EF0C110886 Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:49:31 -0600 The board governing North Carolina's public university system is forcing out the head of the state's flagship public university hours after she ordered a toppled Confederate statue's base removed. Carol Folt said Tuesday she was protecting public safety by having workers haul the marble pedestal off a main quad after midnight. She also announced it would be among her final acts ahead of resigning in May. Hours later, the statewide university system's Board of Governors made her resignation effective at the end of this month. https://www.witn.com/content/news/UNC-removes-Confederate-pedestal-from-campus-overnight-504362601.html 5CCBDFD8-7C28-4049-A444-9E4AD16A7BDD Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:57:40 -0600 Students and faculty at the University of California (UC) have been warned not to use messaging apps and social media while visiting China, for fear their communications could be used against them by the country's law enforcement agencies. The guidance from one of the biggest school networks in the US is the latest concern to be raised over Western travel to China following the December 1 arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou at the request of US authorities. The UC guidance also appeared to reference the case of Paul Whelan, a US citizen arrested in Russia last month on suspicion of espionage. https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/11/asia/university-california-china-wechat-intl/index.html 61DC8C78-6FC1-418D-A7A6-042186B599A0 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 08:29:08 -0600 A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, academic adviser in the College of Architecture and Design was placed on paid administrative leave Monday and barred from campus after UT learned he sexually harassed female students at his previous university. Lee W. Waldrep started at UT Knoxville on March 1, according to Tyra Haag, director of media relations at UT. That was seven months after the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign finished its investigation into claims made by eight female students, barring Waldrep from the campus. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2018/12/19/ut-adviser-put-leave-after-sexual-harassment-previous-university/2362138002/ DF554F94-7B22-4562-9680-27DDA719FE7E Tue, 1 Jan 2019 10:27:14 -0600 Beverly Kopper will resign as UW-Whitewater chancellor effective Dec. 31 after allegations that her husband sexually harassed female staff members sparked calls for her ouster this past fall. The University of Wisconsin System will continue to pay Kopper her $242,760 annual salary during an eight-month paid leave, and she can then return to a faculty position at a reduced salary, according to records obtained by the Wisconsin State Journal. https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/education/university/uw-whitewater-chancellor-resigns-amid-sexual-harassment-allegations-against-husband/article_28439992-303e-571b-b190-764ee15b7d70.html 3F3C1323-F706-4716-8467-56C0481DA925 Tue, 18 Dec 2018 10:17:02 -0600 Confusion and chaos, that's what students and their families say it was like as they snapped photos outside graduation at Bloomsburg University. Investigators say a bomb threat interrupted the ceremony. Police took the president of the university off the stage. Campus officials say the threat was called into the Columbia County 911 center but a sweep of the building didn't turn up anything dangerous. https://wnep.com/2018/12/15/bomb-threat-interrupts-bloomsburg-university-graduation/ 1ED9F47B-F00D-4E31-BE92-ECD1020B8E63 Sat, 15 Dec 2018 10:15:04 -0600 A student accused of racist and homophobic vandalism and graffiti at Western Washington University was expelled from the school. Shayne Robert Merwin, 20, also faces charges of second-degree burglary and malicious harassment in connection with the case. On Nov. 18, students at WWU reported racist graffiti at Nash Residence Hall. Authorities say a University police officer spoke with a man who said he overheard Merwin talking about finding an electronic key and using a marker to deface property with racial slurs and threats of sexual violence. https://komonews.com/news/local/wwu-student-expelled-for-alleged-racist-vandalism 0E1AA101-087E-45EA-A566-D996024FF230 Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:01:50 -0600 A University of Idaho football player is being investigated for an on-campus rape. Kyree Curington bonded out of the Latah County Jail following his first court appearance Monday morning. Investigators arrested Curington Saturday in connection to a reported rape in the university's Wallace dormitory. https://www.kxly.com/news/university-of-idaho-football-player-charged-with-rape/923953440 91212AB2-D9BB-4B5F-8897-19CD4DFA7AF5 Mon, 10 Dec 2018 13:47:58 -0600 Dozens of faculty and graduate students at UNC Chapel Hill are threatening to withhold student grades and exam scores. It’s part of a protest over the university’s proposal to build a new, $5.3 million facility to house the Confederate statue known as Silent Sam. University administrators met with a large group of faculty and teaching assistants this morning. They outlined possible legal ramifications, including student lawsuits. Withholding grades could also cause issues for students graduating later this month. http://www.wunc.org/post/dozens-unc-faculty-graduate-students-threaten-withhold-grades-silent-sam-protest#stream/0 189DD234-2415-4271-873F-968D48D6146F Fri, 7 Dec 2018 11:56:08 -0600 The University of Tennessee Police Department has arrested three students in connection with vandalism at Clement Hall, which flooded part of the building and led to an evacuation early Sunday. The flooding caused an estimated $2 million in damage to the dorm, an amount that is expected to grow, according to arrest warrants. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2018/12/06/ut-knoxville-clement-hall-vandalism-students-arrested/2228647002/ 7311A915-5094-4EBD-929E-FD992BF1D3E7 Thu, 6 Dec 2018 09:51:46 -0600 A professor at Oklahoma State University is now out of jail on bond. Hugh Crethar is accused of stalking a former graduate student. The university has since suspended the 53-year-old. According to court documents, Crethar, who worked in Willard Hall, allegedly harassed the former student. Court papers detail the allegations. They said Crethar made multiple lewd comments, proposals and suggestions to the former student between March and November of 2016. https://kfor.com/2018/12/05/osu-professor-accused-of-stalking-former-student-out-on-bond/ 259B3287-99E7-4769-B5EC-A8A85036D10B Wed, 5 Dec 2018 10:03:13 -0600 About 100 students were evacuated from residence halls at Wheaton College Sunday morning after fires were intentionally set in two dorm bathrooms, authorities said. The students were evacuated from McIntire Hall around 6 a.m., multiple news outlets reported. No injuries were reported. Investigators said the fires were intentionally set in second- and third-floor bathrooms. https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/12/two_fires_intentionally_set_in.html 7E21DC4B-A5CA-4FCE-BDC9-37CE4FC8018D Mon, 3 Dec 2018 14:03:37 -0600 A Florida Atlantic University student is accused of making a social media threat to kill one of his professors because of an early morning exam, police said. Rafael Decomas, 20, of Riviera Beach, was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail Wednesday night by FAU police on a charge of intimidation -- send written threat to kill, court records show. When questioned by police, Decomas said he was angry that his Data Structure professor had scheduled the course’s final exam for 7 a.m. https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/boca-raton/fl-sf-fl-ne-fau-professor-threat-arrest-20181130-story.html 8F576E8E-BCC0-48BC-B839-EDAE2E38CCAB Sat, 1 Dec 2018 11:21:47 -0600 An 18-year-old Drake University student is responsible for four of five racist notes found in residence halls and now faces criminal charges, school officials said. The student admitted to writing one of the notes, officials said. She also reported receiving at least one of the notes, officials said. The student responsible for four of the notes faces harassment charges, said Sgt. Paul Parizek, Des Moines police spokesman. News of the notes created a climate of fear on Drake's campus and prompted a rally decrying racism and promoting unity. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2018/11/30/drake-university-student-fakes-alleged-racist-note-racism-campus-des-moines/2162705002/ A9298C42-8154-44BD-AFEA-DB3D31C04025 Sat, 1 Dec 2018 11:20:13 -0600 The University of British Columbia is in the middle of tweaking its campus smoking policy to allow recreational marijuana use after the drug was legalized by the Canadian government in October. Michael Serebriakov, legal counsel for the university, is helping to prepare the revised policy for approval by the Board of Governors. The move is expected to make the university -- and others in Canada making similar shifts -- among the first in North America to permit marijuana use on campus. Several states in the United States have legalized recreational marijuana use in recent years, but college campuses have continued to ban the drug due to unwavering federal laws. Candace Smith, assistant vice chancellor for strategic media relations at the University of Colorado at Boulder, said that the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act requires the university to ban the drug in order to be eligible for federal funding. In addition, many students are under the legal age for use and possession of marijuana in Colorado. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/11/30/several-canadian-universities-are-allowing-marijuana-use-campus?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=f22fa141a5-DNU_WO20181119_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-f22fa141a5-198624309&mc_cid=f22fa141a5&mc_eid=c27b65b094 A2F76151-8991-4762-BACF-9E729FDEB763 Fri, 30 Nov 2018 09:52:27 -0600 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow has been scolded by his boss for discreetly booking a porn star to speak on campus earlier this month. The embattled chancellor, however, is standing his ground. In a Nov. 6 letter of reprimand addressed to Gow, UW System President Ray Cross wrote that he was "deeply disappointed by (Gow’s) decision to actively recruit, advocate for, and pay for a porn star" to visit campus, and said he would be scrutinizing the chancellor’s spending. Gow has staunchly defended his decision to book Nina Hartley, a longtime adult film actress and sex educator, citing the UW System’s Commitment to Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression policy. https://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/education/uw-president-reprimands-gow-over-porn-star-visit-chancellor-defends/article_37e6a426-6364-55ff-9c5b-ad12993fece6.html 1F6431E9-8814-458F-9A3C-281E021EC365 Thu, 29 Nov 2018 09:52:07 -0600 Three more cases of adenovirus have been confirmed at the University of Maryland, College Park, attended by an 18-year-old who died of complications from the respiratory infection. News outlets report the three new cases over Thanksgiving break bring the total number of cases at the school to nine, including freshman Olivia Paregol, who died Nov. 18. Ian Paregol says his daughter, who was immunosuppressed because of medication for Crohn's disease, went to the health center the next day but wasn't tested for adenovirus. He questioned if her dorm's mold outbreak could have exacerbated her illness, but the university says there's no clear link. http://www.wboc.com/story/39544954/3-more-umd-adenovirus-cases-diagnosed-after-students-death 4B84ADC4-3254-49F1-8068-3E5082764134 Tue, 27 Nov 2018 10:25:19 -0600 The College Media Association censured the University of North Alabama on Nov. 26, months after the university changed the requirements for the faculty adviser for the student newspaper so he would no longer qualify. The ousting followed the publication of a student article critical of the university administration. The College Media Association called UNA’s retaliation a way to silence student press. The University disagreed. "If college officials decided to remove the adviser as punishment for something that students published, then that reeks of retaliation for Constitutionally protected student speech," said Chris Evans, president of the College Media Association, in a press release. https://www.al.com/news/2018/11/college-media-association-censures-una-after-flor-ala-advisor-ousted.html 5303761D-8CC3-4620-B98B-7FDCC24A9C44 Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:16:26 -0600 The Canadian Association of University Teachers and the faculty union at a B.C. university are looking into allegations from a professor who has been suspended because of what he says is his criticism of the research practices of other professors at the school. In an article written for a journal published by the University of Toronto Press, Prof. Derek Pyne raised questions about the practice followed by some professors who publish research in so-called predatory journals. Pyne, who has taught at Thompson Rivers University’s school of business and economics since 2010, said his troubles began following the April 2017 publication of his research article titled The Awards of Predatory Publications at a Small Business School. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-probes-launched-into-academic-freedom-dispute-at-bc-university/ 0155441B-B1C7-4CED-9B5A-9A2D651D0DE7 Sun, 25 Nov 2018 11:54:17 -0600 Marijuana is a big part of campus life, but it’s still not welcome. Massachusetts colleges and universities prohibit marijuana on campuses across the state, despite voters approving recreational marijuana more than two years ago. The reasons to ban it vary, but schools by and large invoke federal law and landlord status to make sure the drug -- ever-popular among college students -- is not allowed. "Colleges have landlord privilege and Massachusetts law says any landlord can ban marijuana from its facilities," explained Jim Borghesani, who worked on the campaign to legalize recreational marijuana. http://norton.wickedlocal.com/news/20181123/despite-legalization-marijuana-still-not-welcome-on-college-campus 6A51537D-46EA-445A-81F8-EDB077CFAC29 Fri, 23 Nov 2018 11:56:24 -0600 A Juul e-cigarette is discreet. It’s shaped like a USB flash drive, but longer. It’s charged by being plugged into a laptop -- just like a high-tech component. Its smoke clouds are usually less visible than those of a traditional cigarette. The lingering scent is brief. But the craze surrounding the device is anything but subtle. And College and university administrators are finding themselves caught inside a national debate among smoking-cessation experts and tobacco-control advocates in deciding whether the devices, and other e-cigarettes, have a place on college campuses, years after many of them banned traditional tobacco smoking. https://www.chronicle.com/article/To-Juul-or-Not-to-Juul-/245155 1366537E-2F5C-44A4-8875-0DBD80DE24BA Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:02:03 -0600 University of Akron police announced new charges filed in connection to the accidental discharge of a weapon on Nov. 10 in a university residence hall that hospitalized a man and put the campus on lock down. An investigation into the incident led police to believe a University of Akron student let two non-students into the Exchange Street Residence Hall through a back door, University of Akron police Chief James Weber said in a message to students. https://www.cleveland.com/crime/2018/11/new-charges-filed-after-investigation-into-accidental-shooting-in-university-of-akron-dorm.html DC4B7ABD-458D-426F-BB6C-649B180B6F34 Sun, 18 Nov 2018 10:25:37 -0600 Several college campuses in California are closed as wildfires rage in the state. At Pepperdine University in Malibu, the campus remains inaccessible because of the Woolsey Fire that has already burned around 100,000 acres and is about half contained. Staff and students who sheltered in place at the college are in isolation, hunkering down in the library, as roads in the area are closed. https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/college-campuses-close-as-wildfires-ravage-california-65095 C411AF6B-7A99-47FD-B788-9BBDA084308D Wed, 14 Nov 2018 10:04:28 -0600 Ohio University ordered the Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity to immediately "cease and desist all organizational activities" on Tuesday, a day after a first-year student pledge from Dublin was found dead at an off-campus apartment believed to be an unofficial annex of the fraternity. Collin L. Wiant, 18, was pronounced dead early Monday morning at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital after being found unresponsive around 2:50 a.m. at the apartment on 45 Mill St. Wiant was a first-year student at OU who had recently pledged to the Sigma Pi Epsilon chapter. https://www.dispatch.com/news/20181114/ohio-university-orders-fraternity-to-halt-all-activities-following-death-of-student-pledge A708605F-519C-4B35-A0F9-B69BFA027195 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 13:57:49 -0600 A giant dehumidifier that sounds like a vacuum cleaner was placed in the hallway outside Megan Wilson’s dorm room several weeks ago at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to ward off a menace: mold. Tennessee’s flagship campus is one of many universities battling mold this fall after a summer with lots of rain and high humidity, which some experts are blaming on climate change. Students across the country have been forced to evacuate mold-infested residence halls. Campuses are scrambling to patch together emergency plans while easing student and parent concerns. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Higher-Ed-s-Spreading/245091?cid=wcontentlist_hp_latest F5A8F9FD-3B36-470B-9949-7C9A2A41F0EC Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:27:53 -0600 A university is conducting two investigations after a teacher called the police on a student who allegedly put her feet up on a chair. On Monday, Taylor Eighmy, the president of the University of Texas at San Antonio posted an announcement on the school website. "Today we had an incident where one of our African American students was escorted from a biology class by members of UTSA’s police department at the request of a faculty member," she wrote. "While the facts aren’t fully known regarding today’s incident, our Office of Equal Opportunity Services is already conducting an investigation into possible discrimination. In addition, an inquiry regarding the academic management of the classroom is being conducted by Interim Dean of the College of Sciences Howard Grimes." https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/college-professor-called-police-student-allegedly-put-feet-chair-201850365.html 253901E9-9E87-4DB5-8082-F5D261910DE0 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 15:49:48 -0600 Emory Law Professor Paul J. Zwier II, who was briefly suspended from teaching for saying the N-word in class in August, has been placed on administrative leave after the University received multiple reports that he recently repeated the same racial slur, according to School of Law Interim Dean James B. Hughes Jr. Zwier allegedly used the racial slur for the second time on Oct. 31 during office hours with a student, according to a petition by Emory’s Black Law Students Association (BLSA) and Student Bar Association (SBA). https://emorywheel.com/law-professor-on-leave-after-allegedly-repeating-racial-slur/ 5B80044C-97AF-4480-90EC-FA500F4B521E Mon, 12 Nov 2018 15:51:57 -0600 A Dauphin County man, who was working as an outside contractor for Gettysburg College, was arrested and charged after police said he allegedly stalked a female student. Michael James Zapcic, 43, of the first block of Arwin Drive, South Hanover Township, was charged with multiple stalking and harassment charges after making numerous vulgar phone calls to the woman and approaching her on two occasions, according to an affidavit filed with District Judge Matthew Harvey. Police believe Zapcic got the woman's name and phone number from a work schedule that was hanging at the front desk of the Gettysburg College Student Union building, in plain view to the public. https://www.eveningsun.com/story/news/2018/11/12/contractor-charged-stalking-female-gettysburg-college-student/1893568002/ E70B697C-B597-4A98-96F9-F356E8688145 Mon, 12 Nov 2018 13:17:35 -0600 A Housatonic Community College professor was put on paid leave after shocking and offending faculty and administrators from the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system when he gave a Nazi salute during a recent meeting. Several faculty members who attended the Nov. 2 meeting at Manchester Community College said Charles Meyrick, assistant professor of business and economics, became agitated and wound up holding a Nazi salute for five or 10 minutes as the meeting, led by a CSCU administrator, proceeded. A spokesman for the CSCU system said an investigation is underway and the professor is on leave pending the results. https://www.courant.com/education/hc-community-college-professor-nazi-salute-20181109-story.html A23F5A06-18F3-45BB-8EED-ADAAC0255206 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 10:48:23 -0600 Outrage over an archaic, unwritten policy requiring athletes to cover up their sports bras has spurred Rowan University to get with the times and put it on paper -- sports bras are shirts. The Glassboro-based college was pummeled with criticism Friday over a longstanding verbal policy requiring all athletes to wear shirts during games and practices. Shirts had been required over sports bras, too. University President Ali Houshmand announced Friday that Rowan will loosen its policy to allow women to practice in sports bras without also wearing shirts, recognizing the NCAA's declaration that the garments are sufficient coverings. https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2018/11/09/no-more-sports-bra-ban-rowan-university-campus/1943143002/ C9987D44-4A68-4E99-AF9C-C3CCF3A10D9A Fri, 9 Nov 2018 10:50:34 -0600 The University of Kentucky says campus police and FBI officials arrested a student early Thursday morning in connection with threats made to a campus building. Haily Loriane Duvall, 19, has been charged with second-degree terroristic threatening and falsely reporting an incident, according to online records. Duvall contacted campus police Wednesday afternoon to report threats aimed at White Hall Classroom Building that were being distributed via Snapchat, UK Police Chief Steve Monroe said in the release. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2018/11/08/uk-says-no-threat-campus-kentucky-student-arrested-after-false-report/1927940002/ C1346240-A8F4-4804-BC3B-53921D22DBA3 Thu, 8 Nov 2018 11:19:33 -0600 A former employee of Salem University is facing felony charges after allegedly having sexual relations with a minor. Marqui Grant, 21, of Seneca, South Carolina, functioned as a staff member in the Upward Bound Program and was in charge of high school students. According to a criminal compliant filed in Harrison County Magistrate Court, State Police received a referral in reference to Grant in October. The referral disclosed that the defendant received oral sex from a 17-year-old Upward Bound student in the program. http://wvmetronews.com/2018/11/08/former-salem-university-employee-arrested-for-sexual-abuse-of-a-minor/ 974DA13E-D9E4-4AC0-BD88-9C75429A4255 Thu, 8 Nov 2018 11:28:55 -0600 A national student organization on Wednesday claimed that the University of California Los Angeles is attempting to use trademark law to chill the free speech rights of students. The university sent a cease-and-desist letter on October 31 to the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) over a promotional flyer the organization used to advertise its national conference, which will be held at the school beginning on November 16. The flyer included a bear wearing a keffiyeh scarf reaching up toward a kite colored to resemble the Palestinian flag and three doves. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bear-fight-student-palestinian-group-claims-ucla-trademark-complaint-effort-n933776 8B580883-AA0E-46ED-86D4-DBDB6A3D44BD Wed, 7 Nov 2018 11:10:20 -0600 "It’s okay to be white" posters were reported on 14 college and university campuses in 12 states last week. The wave of flier postings coincides with a similar campaign that occurred last year at the same time. The "It’s okay to be white" trolling campaign first emerged in October 2017 on 4chan, a discussion forum infamous for instigating trolling efforts and for the studied offensiveness of many of its posts. https://www.adl.org/blog/its-okay-to-be-white-fliers-target-campuses-nationwide AFFFF106-8C58-42EE-A37E-90EBE71D809F Mon, 5 Nov 2018 14:11:03 -0600 A 19-year-old woman was arrested Thursday for throwing chocolate milk on a Republican volunteer at Florida State's Landis Green. In a video posted to Twitter recording the altercation that received 49,000 views, Shelby Shoup is seen yelling at the volunteers saying they're supporting Nazis and throwing chocolate milk on them Tuesday. "I hope y'all realize that you are normalizing and enabling Nazis," said Shoup, who was charged with battery, according to the Leon County Sheriff's Office. https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2018/11/02/fsu-republican-volunteers-milk-thrown-landis-green-arrested/1861101002/ 9B26FCC3-B9E5-45AD-A314-82354C973601 Fri, 2 Nov 2018 10:58:06 -0600 A West Chester University student has been arrested and charged for allegedly secretly recording more than a dozen women in public restrooms on campus and in several locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware. Investigators say 24-year-old Joshua Yannuzzi would hide his iPhone inside a bathroom and record women for his own sexual gratification. Yannuzzi, who is a musical theater student at the university, allegedly targeted young women he knew, through performances or other activities. https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/10/30/west-chester-university-student-charged-with-recording-women-in-public-bathrooms-on-campus/ D12B480D-A85F-4CD8-9627-9BFD416B279C Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:33:17 -0500 A TCU student was found dead on a campus sidewalk in an apparent suicide Thursday evening, five weeks after news surfaced of his arrest for hazing. An arrest warrant was filed on Sept. 11 for Andrew Walker, who allegedly made freshman pledges drink as much as 15 drinks of vodka and eat expired guacamole on Sept. 3. The Star-Telegram reported Walker’s arrest on hazing charges on Sept. 19. Walker, 19, was found dead around 6 p.m. Thursday on a walkway outside the Grand Marc apartment complex on TCU’s campus. Police say he had jumped from the fourth floor of the apartment complex parking garage. https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/just-weeks-after-hazing-arrest-tcu-student-found-dead-in-apparent-suicide/287-608377320 FFEEF018-3B25-4EC3-B140-AA9B7F3355FD Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:56:25 -0500 The University of Virginia has issued "trespass warnings" that ban white nationalist Richard Spencer and nine other people from the campus for four years because of their involvement in the violent "Unite the Right" demonstrations in August 2017, the school said Friday. Spencer, a graduate of the university, organized the August 11, 2017, torchlight march across the campus and gave a speech in front of the Thomas Jefferson statue in which he took credit for "defeating" counterprotesters, the university said. He also issued written and video statements in which he said his group surrounded anti-racist protesters and "wouldn't let them out," the school added. https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/26/us/richard-spencer-banned-from-uva/index.html 50E36874-C8D2-4B06-B742-B54952749747 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:32:30 -0500 A rivalry between two groups selling marijuana at East Stroudsburg University is responsible for two shots fired incidents, a brawl, a stabbing and finally a drug raid, all on the school campus, authorities say. The crimes stem from a rivalry between the "Philly Boys" and the "Neighborhood Boys," two groups operating in and around the university campus, according to a news release from the Monroe County District Attorney's office. https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/10/shootings_stabbing_riot_at_eas.html 267A13C5-1C0F-4513-84E5-3EB5D43E6C90 Fri, 26 Oct 2018 12:06:18 -0500 Hand, foot and mouth disease, notorious for closing down kindergartens and making small children cranky, is hitting college campuses. College students across the East are hunkered down in dorm rooms, waiting for the unsightly blisters that characterize the infection to clear from the faces and hands, university spokespeople said. Health officials say the unusual outbreaks are marked by a particularly nasty set of symptoms that include the usual blisters in the mouth and on the hands and feet, but also on the genitals. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/hand-foot-mouth-disease-plagues-college-campuses-n924051 E03597F4-EDE8-4C14-A5BD-9FD6D1523019 Wed, 24 Oct 2018 09:41:48 -0500 The man suspected of shooting and killing University of Utah college athlete Lauren McCluskey previously dated the 21-year-old, according to police and a statement released Tuesday by the McCluskey family. Police said officers found the suspect, identified as 37-year-old Melvin Rowland, dead early Tuesday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Salt Lake City church. University officials identified the student who was killed as Lauren McCluskey of Pullman, Washington. https://www.ajc.com/news/national/university-utah-shooting-suspect-large-after-student-found-dead-campus/bOBUsGV8yZIFvAv5SJgUwO/ CE66F478-3928-4087-961F-D78953464F7A Tue, 23 Oct 2018 11:50:08 -0500 Two Texas A&M University police officers were injured Thursday as they attempted to detain a theft suspect in College Station. Officers were called to a cell phone repair store on Texas Avenue after employees learned a phone they received from a customer was stolen from the A&M campus. When officers arrived at the store to speak with the customer, he took off running. As a result of the physical altercation, the officers reported having abrasions, bleeding, bruising, and significant pain to their elbows, hands, and knees, said police. https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Two-TAMU-officers-injured-while-attempting-to-arrest-theft-suspect-498107041.html 75EA0826-B495-4E0B-98AB-C6273FD8FFE6 Sat, 20 Oct 2018 12:12:28 -0500 Clark College in Vancouver will close Monday in response to a planned campus demonstration by right-wing group Patriot Prayer, the school's president announced Thursday. Citing past violence associated with the group and concerns from the school community, President Bob Knight in a letter encouraged students, staff and faculty to avoid the campus for the day if possible. The school values free speech and open debate, but also wants a safe environment for students and employees, Knight said. https://www.oregonlive.com/clark-county/index.ssf/2018/10/vancouvers_clark_college_to_cl.html 0BB1E52B-794A-47F4-A1AC-8C3100982FF4 Thu, 18 Oct 2018 12:55:34 -0500 A retired University of Southern Maine professor has been barred from teaching in the UMaine system after she offered students a "pop-up" course for credit to take a bus to Washington, D.C., with demonstrators urging Sen. Susan Collins to oppose confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. "We are embarrassed by and apologize for the rogue behavior of a former colleague," USM President Glenn Cummings said in a statement Wednesday. "In response to her inappropriate actions, Dr. Susan Feiner has been notified that she is now barred from teaching at the University of Southern Maine, a prohibition that will be upheld by the other campuses of the University of Maine System as well." https://www.pressherald.com/2018/10/17/professor-who-offered-students-credit-for-protesting-sen-collins-barred-from-teaching-says-usm/ 00B32F4B-4DDA-4C86-BE6F-D79EF744DE79 Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:43:53 -0500 A UCF cheerleader was arrested on Friday by the UCF Police Department and booked into the Orange County Jail, according to the Orange County Clerk of Courts. Dawan Syed Carter Jr., 22, was arrested on charges of two counts of felony sexual battery that were not likely to cause injury, one count of felony aggravated battery and one count of misdemeanor battery, according to the clerk of courts. Based on testimonies from victims and witnesses in all three cases, UCFPD found probable cause for Carter’s arrest on all four charges. http://www.nicholsonstudentmedia.com/news/ucf-cheerleader-arrested-on-charges-of-aggravated-sexual-battery/article_711830e0-cf24-11e8-ac29-238f47b2be56.html A76B7CDA-315B-4CBA-81AA-4A40837A0E04 Sun, 14 Oct 2018 11:09:48 -0500 Utah State University police have arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly tried to rob a convenience store inside the Taggart Student Center Thursday night. Brendan Olsen was booked early Friday morning into the Cache County Jail. He is being held on suspicion of robbery, a first-degree felony. Police were able to obtain security camera footage from inside the student center. http://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/archive/2018/10/12/usu-police-arrest-man-suspected-of-robbing-university-convenience-store/#.W8FZ4PZRfIU 2BA926A9-C588-4F21-B866-CF69DD1361CE Fri, 12 Oct 2018 21:40:08 -0500 The University of Michigan has disciplined a professor who ignited controversy last month when he rescinded an offer of a recommendation letter for a student to study in Israel. John Cheney-Lippold, an associate professor of American Culture at UM, is no longer eligible for a merit pay increase for the 2018-19 academic year. The university has also frozen his sabbatical eligibility for two years, until the fall of 2020. Cheney had scheduled a sabbatical for the winter 2019 and will now have to wait until fall of 2020 to take it. https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2018/10/university_of_michigan_punishe.html 5AA65B71-38C8-4314-AF85-FD699A3363B5 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 16:07:57 -0500 Dockless electric scooters are filling a transportation gap for students, who have quickly taken to using the app-based, pay-as-you-ride scooters to get around many campuses. A happy medium between bicycle and car, the new technology has brought convenience to students as well as confusion for college officials, who are figuring out how best to accommodate the scooters while addressing potential safety and accessibility issues. "The interesting thing about electric scooters is that they’re similar to other types of transportation in many ways," said Melanie Bennett, risk management counsel at United Educators, "but unlike bicycles and skateboards, because the scooters are propelled, they can reach speeds up to 20 miles an hour. However, unlike other forms of motorized transportation, they don’t surpass those speeds." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/10/10/e-scooters-are-causing-safety-and-accessibility-headaches-campuses?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=28b3a6e9ba-DNU_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-28b3a6e9ba-198624309&mc_cid=28b3a6e9ba&mc_eid=c27b65b094 88DFDD77-2D68-4FE2-829B-5C0779A737F1 Wed, 10 Oct 2018 11:33:05 -0500 Flyers calling Jews "anti-American" surfaced in at least three UC Davis lecture halls Monday, as seen in multiple social media complaints and confirmed by university administration. The flyers blame Jewish people for all "anti-white, anti-American, anti-freedom" occurrences. They show several notable political figures, including Sen. Dianne Feinstein, with Stars of David on their foreheads at the top of the flyer; at the bottom, recently confirmed Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is depicted normally. https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article219716655.html FA46610C-34D5-4EAB-AEA7-3294B31AE470 Tue, 9 Oct 2018 11:22:44 -0500 As the political climate in America has become more heated in recent years, so has the debate over what constitutes free speech. One consequence: More violent protests on college campuses across the country. Speaking engagements with high-profile figures who make headlines from inflammatory comments have been expensive, as campuses shell out to create a safe environment for free speech. "There is a cost, it’s unavoidable," said Jeff Allison, the director of government and external relations at the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-colleges-pay-for-free-speech-2018-10-08?ns=prod/accounts-mw 3274D40E-6D43-4B85-A193-2C0BDDBFF286 Tue, 9 Oct 2018 10:18:23 -0500 A Michigan State University medical resident is being investigated in a reported sexual assault at the campus Clinical Center. The Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney's Office said it is aware of the MSU police investigation and that search warrants have been obtained, but there has not yet been a request for charges. "The MSU police department is currently investigating three related criminal sex assault complaints. The investigation is ongoing, and there is no threat to the community," MSU police Capt. Doug Monette said. https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2018/10/05/michigan-state-medical-resident-sex-assault-clinical-center/1533542002/ F5DC8DD1-5794-4EA8-B8B9-C0CEBC52A1CE Mon, 8 Oct 2018 16:15:01 -0500 Mandy Parente, interpersonal violence prevention coordinator at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said students have been receiving mandatory online and in person Title IX training covering consent and bystander training since 2014. Most public university students around the state undergo some form of consent and or sexual assault awareness training. These programs vary nationally from in-person sessions with trained staff to online courses on consent and healthy relationships. https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2018/10/many_public_universities_in_al.html B6E45887-F760-47FE-B49A-9B36EB380887 Thu, 4 Oct 2018 16:23:27 -0500 Marygrace Smith, a junior graphic design and advertising major at Seton Hall University in South Orange NJ, alleges that officers from the South Orange Police Department (SOPD) and a member of the university’s Public Safety Department refused to administer her epinephrine auto-injector as she was suffering anaphylaxis. Smith and her friend, Maddie Guerrero, were taking a ride sharing service back to campus when Smith began to experience symptoms of what she knew to be an anaphylactic reaction. Smith’s symptoms became progressively worse and she asked the officers and security manager to administer her epinephrine. She alleges that both officers refused, voicing concerns that she would press charges against them if the injection were improperly administered. https://snacksafely.com/2018/10/police-campus-safety-refuse-to-administer-epinephrine-to-student-suffering-anaphylaxis/ 54163814-CBDC-4FDE-A713-6C1C3ED17A11 Thu, 4 Oct 2018 15:59:39 -0500 The University of Tennessee, Knoxville will close Laurel Residence Hall for the rest of the academic year because of elevated mold levels, forcing the relocation of nearly 600 students. It's the second residence hall with mold, after South Carrick tested positive in September. And now the university intends to conduct mold testing in every one of its 14 residence halls, which house a total of approximately 7,300 students. https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2018/10/04/university-tennessee-test-all-dorms-after-mold-issues-laurel-hall-south-carrick-students/1520487002/ 4A2A8770-B975-46D2-8FF8-5FF436477AFF Thu, 4 Oct 2018 11:37:50 -0500 Penn State is stopping the use of helicopters to make announcements outside the football stadium after a state police chopper flew so low over an unruly tailgating crowd that it sent tents and other items flying. A Penn State Police spokeswoman said Tuesday it won’t use a helicopter to make crowd announcements until the issue can be fully examined. The Federal Aviation Administration says it’s also looking into a complaint about the incident that occurred before last weekend’s game against Ohio State. https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/10/02/penn-state-stops-using-helicopters/ 7B17D9E1-748E-4273-AE51-923C3D51DFD3 Tue, 2 Oct 2018 11:03:02 -0500 OU College of Law Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Director of the Law Center, Brian McCall, voluntarily resigned today after controversy over his views on women written in his 2014 book. OU’s Equal Opportunity Office conducted an independent review of McCall and found no evidence of workplace harassment or discrimination, but McCall decided to resign because of the backlash from his statements in his book, To Build the City of God: Living as Catholics in a Secular Age. "Women must veil their form to obscure its contours out of charity towards men," McCall wrote in the chapter Modest Contact With the World: Women In Pants and Similar Frauds. "To know that women in pants have this effect on men and to wear them is thus a sin against charity as well as modesty." https://kfor.com/2018/10/02/university-of-oklahoma-college-of-law-associate-dean-resigns/ C10015AB-6024-4709-BFFE-618E65F79D83 Tue, 2 Oct 2018 09:29:13 -0500 "Blood cur(d)ling screams" is how an Oxford police officer described what he heard just before seeing a Miami University student with only one shoe on run toward him early Saturday morning. The student told Officer Ledermeier that a man had thrown her to the ground and had punched her so many times in her right ear that she was having trouble hearing out of it. She later identified Brandon Levi Gilbert, who police stopped nearby on East Central Avenue, as her alleged attacker. Gilbert works for Miami University in a "buildings and grounds" role, and has been suspended without pay until his case moves through the legal system, a university spokeswoman told our news partner WCPO-TV in Cincinnati late Monday afternoon. https://www.journal-news.com/news/crime--law/miami-university-student-attacked-man-charged-with-rape/ZJroa7bnnEKZ8clu37x0FK/ 4B136ECB-20B5-48AA-B143-8D44447BF250 Mon, 1 Oct 2018 13:42:53 -0500 A high-profile open-carry walk at Kent State University on Saturday was far from what "gun girl" and alumna Kaitlin Bennett wanted it to be. Counter-protestors significantly outnumbered her group of gun-rights activists as hundreds of police called in from across the state separated the two groups. The two sides screamed insults at each other as police stood as a wall between them, gradually prompting the gun-rights activists to return to a parking lot across the street. There were four arrests and no serious injuries, university officials said in a Saturday night press conference. https://www.cleveland.com/expo/news/erry-2018/09/26687d568c6139/kent-state-university-opencarr.html A53B39FA-A2BF-4F75-9759-2A4F431B059C Mon, 1 Oct 2018 09:23:52 -0500 Five fraternities that intended to dissociate from West Virginia University have been banned from the school's campus for at least 10 years, according to a news release from the university. President Gordon Gee announced Thursday the Alpha Sigma Phi, Kappa Alpha Order, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Chi, and Theta Chi fraternities have been banned from campus for at least a decade. The five fraternities have been unhappy with university regulations that have been put into place over the last three years, primarily a ban on recruiting first-semester freshmen, the release said. https://wvah.com/news/local/wvu-bans-five-fraternities-from-campus-for-10-years 9B9E97CF-AAB5-4402-8446-F615CC83790E Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:29:28 -0500 A University of South Alabama student was suspended after university officials say the student confessed to hanging a bicycle and two nooses in a tree on campus Tuesday. USA spokesperson Bob Lowry told AL.com the student used a rope that previously held up a sheet sign to create the nooses. Campus police said the rope had been used to hold a sheet sign the day before. Also on Wednesday, an Aramark employee was fired after an offensive tweet related to the incident was posted from the school's dining hall Twitter account. The announcement was made in an official press release from the school's dining department. https://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2018/09/usa_employee_fired_after_racis.html 990D2EE5-5266-4B67-AD25-D453FE44C5D6 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 16:00:28 -0500 A man is in jail after being accused of entering a woman’s student housing unit in Georgetown over the weekend and raping her at knife-point, according to arrest records. Cody A. Arnett, 33, of Georgetown, has been charged with rape, burglary and tampering with evidence, according to his arrest citation. The victim told investigators she was asleep on her couch when a man she’d never met entered her residence, attacked her and raped her, according to Arnett’s arrest citation. https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/crime/article219002640.html E7B3D0CD-B8E7-4034-A9DB-AFE5998A877C Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:33:03 -0500 Carlos Vargas, the president of Southeast Missouri State University, has apologized for taking a swig from a beer bong at a tailgate party before the Sept. 15 football game against Southern Illinois University. A video of the incident was shared on the Barstool SEMO Twitter account. "I made a poor decision," Vargas wrote in an apology dated Saturday and emailed to members of the SEMO community. His statement - and one from the school’s Board of Regents president - was published by KFVS in Cape Girardeau, where the school is located. https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article218917955.html 9652AC64-9545-4BEB-9BE8-14390A27C82A Mon, 24 Sep 2018 13:34:29 -0500 Following his request, Ole Miss announced it will remove Ed Meek’s name from its School of Journalism and New Media after controversy stemmed from his Facebook post last week. School officials said it is in the "best interest of our students" to take the well-known alumnus and significant booster’s name off the school of journalism. Ole Miss faced backlash after Meek’s post on Facebook last weekend, as many -- including Chancellor Jeffrey Vitter -- said the post had "racial overtones, according to the school paper." https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/ole-miss-accepts-ed-meek-s-request-to-remove-his-name-from-school-of-journalism-and-new-media/840606347 85391713-6B34-434A-928B-95CF1F207B61 Mon, 24 Sep 2018 22:09:57 -0500 A University of Michigan professor refused to write a recommendation letter for a student to study abroad in Israel, claiming it was part of an "academic boycott" of the country. John Cheney-Lippold, an associate professor in the American culture department, rejected student Abigail Ingber's request in an email, a screenshot of which was posted to Facebook by Club Z, a networking organization for pro-Israel students. He wrote that he had previously agreed to provide the letter to Ingber, but later realized he had "missed out on a key detail." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/university-of-michigan-professor-john-cheney-lippold-refuses-to-write-letter-for-student-to-study-in-israel/ 50E689F5-D546-4AB1-90EE-3565F4C49546 Tue, 18 Sep 2018 09:02:24 -0500 On Friday morning at 7:45 a.m., the University of Massachusetts Police Department received a call on its anonymous tip line describing an "agitated Black male" walking up the ramp of Whitmore Administration Building. The man was said to be carrying a "heavy backpack that is almost hitting the ground," according to UMPD Chief of Police Tyrone Parham. Reginald Andrade, an employee of the University for 14 years and consumer manager in the Disability Services office, matched the physical characteristics described in detail in the call. https://dailycollegian.com/2018/09/anonymous-tip-sent-to-umpd-about-claims-of-an-agitated-black-male-university-employee-was-walking-to-work/ E4EE62D8-474A-41D0-A02F-76EB27965B2A Sat, 15 Sep 2018 13:51:57 -0500 A longtime College of Southern Nevada sociology professor is facing felony gun charges in connection with an on-campus shooting on the second day of classes. Mark J. Bird, 69, was charged last month with discharging a gun within a prohibited structure, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit and possessing a dangerous weapon on school property, court records show. He was found bleeding from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his arm about 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 28 outside a bathroom in the Charleston campus K building. https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/report-las-vegas-professor-shot-himself-in-arm-to-protest-trump/ 745CCCAB-755E-45D5-84F0-1FB1F45F8D0C Tue, 11 Sep 2018 11:48:58 -0500 Acadia University has fired tenured professor Rick Mehta, a move that comes months after a formal investigation was launched into complaints over controversial comments he made on social media and in the classroom. Mehta said in an interview he is disappointed by the university's decision to fire him on Aug. 31, and he has filed for arbitration and wants his job back. The associate professor of psychology has been outspoken on a range of contentious issues. He has come under fire for saying multiculturalism is a scam, there's no wage gap between men and women, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission has created a victim narrative. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/controversial-professor-rick-mehta-fired-from-acadia-university-1.4814950 FE042712-9661-4029-833B-FA75E594622D Fri, 7 Sep 2018 10:13:58 -0500 Police at Montclair State University are facing student criticism after they responded to a reported fight, ordered individuals to the ground and drew their weapons in an incident captured on video and shared on social media. The incident unfolded at about 4:30 p.m. Wednesday when an officer from the university Police Department saw and responded to a fight between two people next to a car in a campus parking lot on Clove and Village roads, according to a statement from the university. The video sparked debates on social media over the actions of the police officers. Some defended police while others criticized their actions -- in particular the drawing of guns -- as excessive. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/essex/montclair/2018/09/06/montclair-state-defends-police-officer-who-drew-gun-campus/1209703002/ BDD64D8F-2D81-4017-9EE5-58DCE2423EEE Thu, 6 Sep 2018 10:17:11 -0500 Seven people were arrested on Saturday at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as tensions between demonstrators intensified over the toppling this week of the "Silent Sam" statue, which stood for over a century on campus grounds as a symbol of the Confederacy. University officials had warned students on Friday about the possibility of more protests, writing in a message to students, "We urge you not to attend." But on Saturday, packs of demonstrators supportive of the monument’s removal clashed with protesters advocating its preservation. Some demonstrators carried signs condemning racism; others had draped themselves in Confederate flags. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/25/us/unc-silent-sam-statue-protests.html 7ED28718-35AD-4430-96AF-DD0C17E70017 Sat, 1 Sep 2018 10:54:43 -0500 An inspection done as construction was underway on a $34 million project to build apartment-style dorms at UNC Asheville this summer found evidence of "gross negligence" in installing fire safety measures, state records show. Those findings contributed to a stop work order in mid-June as worries persisted over whether the dorms would meet fire safety standards, according to documents obtained by the Citizen Times through a public records request. UNCA administrators have been continuing to work with designers and contractors on plans for any changes to five dorms, deemed a safety risk by state and local fire officials but considered safe by the State Construction Office. https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2018/08/28/no-date-set-changes-unca-dorms-deemed-fire-safety-risk/1072328002/ F4DACF0A-50A1-42C3-926B-02EB4455BD70 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 10:59:48 -0500 Syracuse University students' rooms at two dorms were burglarized Monday night after fire alarms were intentionally pulled as a distraction, according to SU's Department of Public Safety. When students evacuated Lawrinson and Watson halls, someone stole valuables from their rooms, DPS said in a news release Tuesday. Students were missing cash, speakers, headphones, wallets, shoes, jewelry and other items when they returned to their dorms, DPS said. DPS and the Syracuse Police Department are investigating the burglaries. More officers and fire safety staff will be dispatched to future alarm pulls, DPS said. https://www.syracuse.com/crime/index.ssf/2018/08/syracuse_university_students_robbed_after_dorms_fire_alarms_intentionally_pulled.html E67B1F9E-AEF8-4C5B-8BF7-434B75002061 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 15:43:08 -0500 A 20-year-old junior engineering student is in police custody and has been charged with robbery, vandalism, aggravated menacing, aggravated assault and resisting arrest after allegedly assaulting a professor at University of Dayton’s campus Friday, according to a press release. Around noon, UD police responded to a call about a man who allegedly tried to forcibly take money from a worker putting up a tent near Kennedy Union on 300 College Park prior to allegedly assaulting a professor, chief of police and executive director of public safety Rodney Chatman wrote in a letter to the UD campus community today. https://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/local/reports-professor-attacked-inside-campus-building-person-detained/ftdn4D8wKwsKrnOFKaMENN/ 6F872D9F-BEF3-44A3-BF8D-B5F7825F7E24 Sat, 25 Aug 2018 08:56:54 -0500 The Penn State University Police Department announced Thursday that it has made an arrest after an investigation into a threat via Twitter vowing to carry out a mass shooting during a football game at Beaver Stadium. Charles Thomas Hitechew, 22, of Gibsonia, Pennsylvania, was charged with two counts of terroristic threats and was arraigned Thursday before being released on unsecured bail of $15,000. A preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday. The investigation was carried out by university police and the FBI. http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24457285/penn-state-university-police-make-arrest-tweet-threatening-beaver-stadium-shooting 1E573161-8882-4C59-AA37-9DFF40C9EE28 Thu, 23 Aug 2018 09:49:35 -0500 A history professor was found guilty of discrimination and harassment after writing on Facebook that he hated white people, leading an advocacy group to complain that Rutgers University had violated his right to free speech. In May, James Livingston, a tenured professor who is white and lives in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, wrote on social media about his frustration over the gentrification of the neighborhood. "OK, officially, I now hate white people," he posted. "I am a white people, for God’s sake, but can we keep them--us--us out of my neighborhood?" https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2018/08/22/after-professor-wrote-about-hating-white-people-rutgers-considers-limits-free-speech/?utm_term=.b5b75af983c8 E3EB56C3-46E3-4576-81B2-4ABE3781AF0B Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:17:11 -0500 A graduate assistant at the University of Utah has been reassigned from teaching a class this semester after handing out a syllabus that said bringing a concealed carry gun to class "is absurd, antisocial, and frightening behavior" and that any of her students who have one - even if permitted - would be forced to stand in a "3x3 taped square" in the back of the classroom. "This zone also does not include a desk, because desks are reserved for students who respect the personal and psychological safety of their classmates and instructor," reads a copy of the course outline. Chris Nelson, the U.’s spokesman, said the one-paragraph "weapons policy" was removed from the online curriculum Tuesday, one day after fall classes started, and students were "alerted to the error." https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2018/08/21/university-utah/ 73A2368E-824F-4DD7-B6DE-C7F2CDF30709 Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:09:56 -0500 North Arkansas College tested its central campus for mold, after mold was discovered in the library of its south campus. The president of the college received the reports just days before class was back in session. Dr. Randy Esters, president of NAC, said, "Discovered that the levels of mold spores were not acceptable. Then we asked that the people on the offices of the fifth, fourth, and part of the third floor vacate their offices." The center campus building is about 40 years old. The report shows four different types of mold found behind wallpaper, on the drywall, and above windows. http://www.ky3.com/content/news/North-Arkansas-College-working-to-fix-mold-issue-in-center-campus-building-491419732.html 0B21D019-ACB9-477E-8B70-1A253F3872E9 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 13:09:38 -0500 Demonstrators gathered at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill campus Monday night achieved a decades-long goal for those opposed to public displays of Confederate statues: They toppled "Silent Sam," a monument dedicated to fallen Civil War-era soldiers. A crowd of about 250 students, faculty and local residents carrying banners that condemned white supremacy stormed the bronze sculpture and, using ropes, brought it crashing down from its century-old pedestal. It was the culmination of a protest that began earlier in the evening, on the eve of the first day of classes. https://www.npr.org/2018/08/21/640435962/after-a-year-of-rising-tensions-protesters-tear-down-confederate-statue-on-unc-c ECF5CF0D-CD36-4E90-9267-37E624CAA32C Tue, 21 Aug 2018 08:58:38 -0500 Cleveland State University will not allow Bird electric scooters on its property, according to an email sent out to faculty, staff and students. CSU's main campus is located in downtown Cleveland, where the scooters were dropped on August 10. The same day the city of Cleveland issued a statement demanding Bird Ride remove the scooters from the city, though in the weeks following the scooters remained. Chief financial officer Stephanie McHenry wrote in the email that the university's number one concern is safety and that numerous cities around the country, including Cleveland, have banned the scooters. https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/08/cleveland_state_university_ban.html 14F68BBF-29EA-46FB-BED7-725C9F918F65 Tue, 21 Aug 2018 09:30:28 -0500 Authorities have released a photo of a man they say opened fire on Georgia State University police before attempting to carjack a student’s vehicle. The shootout and the attempted carjacking prompted a lockdown of the downtown Atlanta campus hours before the start of the fall semester. According to university police Chief Joseph P. Spillane, four officers responded to suspected drug activity in a stairwell in the parking deck of the University Commons housing complex about 10:45 p.m. Sunday. https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/just-shooting-gsu-campus-prompts-brief-lockdown/LbLK7k344yLgoYkEn73lIN/ 11909A07-F8DB-4C71-AC85-D92BD11FD6A8 Mon, 20 Aug 2018 12:09:49 -0500 The University of North Florida will close a campus branch of a Chinese-run cultural institute, the latest U.S. college to do so amid criticism from U.S. legislators that China uses the institute to influence American higher education. The Jacksonville-based university said on Tuesday it had determined after "careful consideration" that the Confucius Institute, which opened a branch there in 2014 to promote language and culture, did not meet the university’s mission. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-education/florida-university-latest-to-cut-ties-with-chinas-confucius-institute-idUSKBN1L012Z A74F2E37-74E6-491E-8C31-52864731D0E4 Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:01:19 -0500 The University of Maryland has parted ways with assistant athletics director for sports performance Rick Court. The school announced the news Tuesday afternoon in a press conference from university president Wallace Loh and athletic director Damon Evans. The decision comes on the heels of the death of offensive lineman Jordan McNair and subsequent reporting on the culture of head coach D.J. Durkin’s football program. "The university accepts legal and moral responsibility for the mistakes our training staff made on that fateful day of May 29," Loh said. https://sports.yahoo.com/maryland-fires-strength-coach-accepts-responsibility-mistakes-made-leading-death-jordan-mcnair-185807260.html 68EBC9E0-A429-4C03-8CFC-B899A78D69EF Tue, 14 Aug 2018 10:53:59 -0500 Just three weeks before its season opener, the University of Maryland placed its football coach, DJ Durkin, on administrative leave Saturday in the wake of news reports that Terps players faced abuse and disparagement from staff members in the school’s athletics department. Athletic Director Damon Evans sent a letter to university staff, boosters and supporters Saturday saying he’s "concerned by the allegations of unacceptable behaviors by members of our football staff detailed in recent media reports." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2018/08/11/maryland-football-program-under-fire-in-wake-of-reports-on-toxic-culture/?utm_term=.c561c094f1fb 18CF0AAF-9392-475F-96F2-9EB489E59152 Sat, 11 Aug 2018 21:05:14 -0500 An Alpharetta man has been arrested in connection with threats made to a University of North Georgia professor. Jose Gomez, 23, was arrested Aug. 4 by the Alpharetta Police Department following the UNG and GBI investigation and charged with terroristic threats and acts. According to the release, the communications included a threat of gun violence to the professor, other staff and students if the professor did not resign. UNG spokeswoman Sylvia Carson confirmed Williams was the recipient of the threat and that Gomez was enrolled at UNG. https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/arrest-made-threat-ung-professor/ E223CFEA-CC6A-4642-AA32-728D5405748A Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:38:52 -0500 A Colorado university is offering to re-print up to 9,200 diplomas after the outgoing editor of the school newspaper noticed an error. Alec Williams was checking to make sure his name was spelled correctly when he saw a mistake on his Colorado Mesa University diploma, printed in hard-to-read Old English font. Williams' diploma and others issued since 2012 were conferred by the chair of CMU's "Coard of Trustees." CMU President Tim Foster says the university is sending corrected diplomas to 2018 grads and will offer them to the others. At a cost of $5 each, the university could spend nearly $46,000. https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/colorado-university-re-printing-diplomas-due-to-typo/article_8558b1fe-44ed-5ebd-8f4c-3cec3279d471.html 6D4CEACE-BD61-4241-BC3B-226082D5E997 Wed, 8 Aug 2018 08:37:39 -0500 The Smith College employee who called police on a student of color on her lunch break in a common area has been placed on paid leave pending an outside investigation into the incident. Smith undergraduate Oumou Kanoute, who works as a teaching assistant and residential adviser during the summer, was on her lunch break in a Smith common area on Tuesday afternoon when the campus police officer arrived and asked what she was doing. https://www.gazettenet.com/smith-folllowup-19258417 89E68628-562A-46B0-AA9C-F5CDBF09AD6B Sat, 4 Aug 2018 13:41:26 -0500 Although marijuana is still prohibited by federal law, nine states allow its recreational use and 30 permit medical use. Marijuana also remains the most popular drug among college students, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Nearly every higher ed campus bans the drug to protect federal Title IV funding, yet institutions still have to deal with the consequences and realities of diminishing state regulation. https://www.universitybusiness.com/article/college-campuses-cope-increased-marijuana-legalization 35743294-A054-4091-B7FA-1390FFA104F9 Wed, 1 Aug 2018 14:43:18 -0500 A debate over whether men are better at science than women escalated into a heated argument that led to the arrest of a Santa Rosa Junior College chemistry teacher accused of threatening a female colleague and a female student, a witness said. The instructor, John Peter Melbardis, 44, was taken to jail July 24 after he threatened to hit one of the women and backed the other into a wall, preventing her from leaving, police said. The Rohnert Park man resigned his position later that day, according to an SRJC spokeswoman. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8583692-181/witness-srjc-instructor-complained-about?artslide=0 7BF5A807-F19E-411B-99D9-99036C061CBD Wed, 1 Aug 2018 14:29:18 -0500 A man has been charged with sexually assaulting a Northwestern University student early Saturday at a campus dorm in north suburban Evanston. Emmanuel Boadu, 26, is accused of criminal sexual assault in the incident at the Foster-Walker residence hall at 1927 Orrington Ave., Cook County court documents show. Both male and female upperclassmen students live in single rooms in the 582-student dorm, according to Northwestern’s website, which describes the hall as one of the largest on campus. Boadu, an undergraduate biochemistry student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, made plans to hang out with the Northwestern student Friday night at the dorm, prosecutors said at a hearing Sunday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/northwestern-student-sexually-assaulted-campus-dorm-evanston-uic-student-felony-charge/ D9DD9BB4-F0C0-47A6-B81D-BB7ECE4D024C Sun, 29 Jul 2018 09:45:42 -0500 Authorities are investigating an alleged sexual assault on the campus of Curry College involving two athletic camps workers. The Curry College Department of Public Safty received a report that Mario M. Larrondo, a 50-year-old night patroller for MB Sports Camps, who is not a college staff member, had sexually assaulted another camp’s employee on the campus Thursday, according to a college spokesperson. The college alerted the Milton Police Department and Larrando, of Tampa, Florida, was arrested. https://whdh.com/news/sports-camp-worker-accused-of-sexual-assault-on-curry-college-campus/ 53A187F7-369C-4385-A401-89217E61AABE Fri, 27 Jul 2018 09:48:00 -0500 As part of a U.S. college search, some prospective international students and their parents will research campus safety. While looking into safety statistics and resources, families may come across mentions of fraud schemes that target international students in the U.S. Scammers may contact a potential victim by email, phone or other means. But the common thread is that students are asked to transfer money, sometimes thousands of dollars, or share personal information, often with the threat that something bad will happen to them if they don't comply. According to a recent report from the National Center for Campus Public Safety, a group of university and law enforcement officials identified fraud, typically online, as one of the most common crimes affecting international students studying in the U.S. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2018-07-23/how-prospective-international-students-can-avoid-scams 15F70AB8-6603-47DB-B772-8CF070199CDC Mon, 23 Jul 2018 11:19:15 -0500 The University of Iowa has deregistered another 38 student groups after a federal judge found it unequally enforced its human rights policy by kicking off campus a student organization that had barred an openly gay member from becoming a leader. At least 22 of the newly deregistered groups are organized around religion, culture or ideology. The groups that recently lost campus affiliation -- and benefits that come with it, like access to university facilities and student fees -- automatically were deregistered after failing to comply with a UI request they submit governing documents proving they observe the UI’s human rights policy. https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/university-of-iowa-deregisters-another-38-groups-20180720 17BCA43A-C6E1-41E0-9B0F-732E6260CB39 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 11:03:28 -0500 A student at Georgia Southern University shared an allegedly racist student text message that caused concern on campus. The student, in screening a new roommate, mistakenly sent out a text to the wrong person, in which she used the slur. Will Creeley, with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, said there are different ways universities can choose to handle such incidents depending on severity, pervasion and persistence. "The basic rule is that public universities like Georgia Southern are government actors and they are bound to uphold the First Amendment on campus," he said. “At a public university bound by the First Amendment, the use of a racial slur might be protected speech." But, he said, the university is also obliged to abide by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act Of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin. https://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/texted-slur-stirs-alarm-georgia-southern/rTeMuoB0DoyqvrFeMfdObO/# 8DDB0C4C-0DA2-4E0B-A453-7A75EF43F401 Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:57:32 -0500 Former Wayne State University journalism faculty chief Jack Lessenberry, who retired last month, took advantage of some female students, showering them with compliments about their looks, sending provocative emails, retaliating when he was rebuffed, and engaging in "numerous passionate kissing sessions" with one woman in his office and car, an outside investigator tells WSU in a detailed report. The just-completed internal report is by attorney Tara E. Mahoney, a partner at the Honigman law firm in Detroit. WSU asked it to investigate the day after a May 17 report in Deadline Detroit about Lessenberry's conduct with women spanning nearly 30 years, from his time as a manager at the Tennessee Commercial Appeal to his 1993-2018 time as an instructor at Wayne. http://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/20259/explosive_report_lessenberry_came_on_to_students_had_passionate_kissing_sessions#.W1etN7gnbIX A556CB02-9E5D-4724-9F89-25E77D812FFB Thu, 19 Jul 2018 17:57:51 -0500 Cal Poly has revoked the wrestling scholarship of Bronson Harmon, a recent Modesto-area high school graduate, after video surfaced of him yelling a homophobic slur and making an obscene gesture during a counter protest of the Families Belong Together March in Modesto on June 30. Cal Poly Athletic Director Don Oberhelman declined to comment on the reason why Harmon’s scholarship was revoked, however, only saying the university was aware of the video before the athletic department made the decision. https://www.sanluisobispo.com/sports/college/cal-poly/article215062810.html 41929F77-D525-4FB9-9C02-8060CD41C1AA Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:49:10 -0500 For the second time in just over a week, a student at Stockton University has sued, claiming she was raped by an alumnus who found his alleged victims at the parties of an unauthorized, off-campus fraternity. Both young women, who have chosen to remain anonymous, are accusing the same man, who is now 25. They are suing the alumnus, but also Stockton University and Pi Kappa Phi, arguing that the institutions failed to protect the women from the alleged sexual assaults. The most recent suit, filed in federal court in Camden Friday, claims Zachary Madle, a 2015 graduate, violently raped an 18-year-old freshman twice in October and November in the Egg Harbor City house that once housed the unauthorized fraternity. https://www.nj.com/atlantic/index.ssf/2018/07/second_student_accuses_man_of_rape_at_illegal_frat.html 74F40A8B-3793-40B0-8B3B-BB1DA5B8FE0E Tue, 17 Jul 2018 09:35:36 -0500 The Clayton police chief will meet this week with an African-American student claiming mistreatment at the hands of officers. This coming as Washington University has called for an apology from police for the second day. University officials said Clayton police "humiliated" 10 African-American students--all incoming freshmen--when the students were stopped on suspicion of leaving a Clayton IHOP restaurant without paying. https://fox2now.com/2018/07/17/clayton-police-chief-to-meet-with-wash-u-student-following-allegation-of-mistreatment/ 14D53387-B380-4680-8A12-B8A8E6531184 Tue, 17 Jul 2018 09:31:40 -0500 A University of Illinois student has been charged with disorderly conduct after authorities say he called police to report a man with a gun, then pointed a pellet gun at responding officers before they shot him. The News-Gazette reports 23-year-old Samuel Applebaum of Flossmoor pleaded not guilty to the charge on Monday. Officers were called to an area near the Champaign campus Thursday night to respond to a report of a white male loading a handgun. Police say they located Applebaum and ordered him to drop his gun. Officers shot him in the leg when he didn't comply. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-07-16/university-of-illinois-student-shot-by-police-faces-charges 4E86AC64-87FF-4A9B-8074-5FBBB3420638 Mon, 16 Jul 2018 09:38:40 -0500 A former East Stroudsburg University student is facing charges, including more than 15 counts of harassment, for allegedly stalking a professor and his family for years. Tabitha Golembeski, 23, of Swoyersville, Pa., was arrested on Thursday for stalking and harassment charges for incidents involving the professor and his family dating back to 2016. Back in Dec. 2016, Golembeski was enrolled at East Stroudsburg University and the professor was her advisor. http://www.poconorecord.com/news/20180713/former-esu-student-charged-with-stalking-professor 44EEEF01-54E9-4971-86B4-323ED872CF43 Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:04:04 -0500 A Georgia State University student faces rape and aggravated sodomy charges in an alleged on-campus assault that occurred last month, officials confirmed. Onyekachi Precious Kenis, 18, of Lithonia, remained in the Fulton County jail Wednesday, one day after he was denied bond at his first appearance hearing. Kenis was booked Monday. Kenis allegedly raped a woman at Piedmont Central, an on-campus housing facility that opened in 2016, on June 11, according to a police report obtained by AJC.com. https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/georgia-state-university-student-charged-campus-rape/KrRMwhQD3JbBVOVlRZG6XN/ 3DA1E64C-E9B3-479F-9621-8B7D8F1301B7 Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:20:36 -0500 A planned marketing campaign for the University of Wyoming is taking heat from some inside the university who have called it sexist, racist and counterproductive to the goal of recruiting more out-of-state students. "The world needs more cowboys," the campaign claims, evoking images of stereotypical western icons in the minds of some faculty and misrepresenting UW’s research and educational goals, associate professor Christine Porter said. In addition to individuals raising objections, the UW Committee on Women and People of Color wrote a letter to Baldwin and UW President Laurie Nichols, asking them to "shelve that slogan and find another one that represents the diversity of people and cultures that we have, and want to have, as UW." http://www.laramieboomerang.com/news/new-uw-slogan-draws-criticism-from-faculty/article_acc18990-8242-11e8-911f-c3e97f4bc1bd.html 9A5AED70-7F44-4B55-8728-BAB636FF9CED Sun, 8 Jul 2018 08:38:31 -0500 Lisa Stillman, an instructor in the biology department at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, put up an old photo of herself and a friend in blackface back in In October of 2016. In the offensive photo, they were donning black makeup on their faces, wearing wigs with bones in their hair and one had a pot belly, which looked like she was supposed to be pregnant. Purdue University sent the following statement after a phone call seeking comment. "The university promptly reviewed these complaints, concluding that the instructor had handled the lab incident in a wholly appropriate manner, and that her personal social media post of an old photo was not harassment under Purdue policy. In any event, what we can say firmly is that, at Purdue, we do not punish speech, particularly when off-campus speech is expressed by an employee speaking as a private citizen." https://newsone.com/3814760/blackface-purdue-university-lisa-stillman/ 5CA72714-C9F6-411F-AE4A-00DE66EC6082 Thu, 5 Jul 2018 13:02:33 -0500 A Cal Poly Pomona security officer was killed Friday in a violent altercation that ended when police fatally shot the attacker. Pomona Police Chief Michael Olivieri announced the incident on Twitter and said one of his agency’s officers had been involved in the shooting. The suspect may have been a custodian employed by the school, said Lt. John Corina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which is investigating the incident. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-pomona-shooting-20180629-story.html E592526A-BB75-4AC8-990F-E0EA652AC008 Mon, 2 Jul 2018 09:05:19 -0500 A Portland man fatally shot early Friday outside a sports bar near Portland State University by campus police officers was a U.S. postal worker and father of three daughters who served in the Navy and married his high school sweetheart, friends say. Two Portland State University police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave after at least one of them opened fire near The Cheerful Tortoise along Southwest Sixth Avenue around 1:30 a.m. https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/06/man_killed_by_portland_state_p.html 2DAF783A-C475-4FAF-9FDB-9C6ADC3D6D80 Mon, 2 Jul 2018 09:03:31 -0500 A University of Central Florida professor is facing stalking charges after a Ph.D student says he sent her more than 800 messages per day and watched her work out through the window at her gym. Ali Borji, a 39-year-old assistant professor in the school’s Department of Computer Science, was arrested at his on-campus office Thursday night. He faces two charges of stalking -- both misdemeanors. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ucf-professor-arrested-stalking-20180629-story.html 1C084A5F-7CB4-45F1-A7E2-B1D8C4A1C6C4 Mon, 2 Jul 2018 08:58:48 -0500 A former Pennsylvania State University employee has been charged with filming people inside a bathroom on campus. The State College Area School District says a student reported being filmed at the Bryce Jordan Center during a prom held in May. The student told police a man that he thought was a chaperone led him to a restroom. The student says he later heard the sound of video being recorded and saw a camera pointing in his direction. http://www.abc27.com/news/state/former-penn-state-worker-charged-with-filming-in-restroom/1264427416 376B9A9E-13DF-4A25-9B5D-0F45CB75B422 Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:26:39 -0500 A University of Iowa faculty member has been barred from recreation buildings on campus for six months after he was accused of taking pictures of women during workouts at UI’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. Jeffrey Nock, a lecturer from the John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, was issued a criminal trespass warning along with a harassment warning notice April 25, according to a University of Iowa Police incident report. https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/education/university-of-iowa/2018/06/25/university-iowa-lecturer-jeffrey-nock-criminal-trespass-warning/711304002/ 9C41E016-AE65-430C-9388-44F4829FE8F0 Mon, 25 Jun 2018 09:18:01 -0500 A twitter page called Texas Tech Students has released a series of tweets from a chat group that displays what Texas Tech has called "racially charged" commentary regarding undocumented immigrants. The chat group was made public by Texas Tech Students Thursday evening and show vulgar statements. Other comments are more driven towards disdain for undocumented immigrants in the United States and thoughts on how to deal with the issue such as "the us govt. can sell permits for legal hunting on the border and we can make a sport of this, can be a new tax revenue stream for the govt." http://www.kcbd.com/story/38483331/texas-tech-condemns-racially-charged-messages-posted-on-twitter BACA3E7A-5147-41FB-A377-C97FD579DFE8 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:08:49 -0500 University of California campuses at Berkeley, Los Angeles and Davis did not consistently discipline faculty who were subject to multiple sexual harassment complaints, according to a state audit released Thursday. Those campuses also took much longer to discipline members of the Academic Senate, who include tenured faculty, than staff. http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-edu-uc-audit-sexual-misconduct-20180621-story.html 54A1E1DC-FB35-40AA-A979-6160614E0393 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 11:41:21 -0500 Christopher Adam Strahan, 22, a resident of Corvallis, was indicted Wednesday for threatening a campus shooting at Oregon State University, the U.S. Attorney's Office - District of Oregon reports. The indictment alleges Strahan threatened to shoot classmates at OSU in a series of tweets on February 27, 2018. He is charged with a single count of making threatening communications in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 875, the report states. http://kval.com/news/local/former-oregon-state-university-student-charged-for-threatening-campus-shooting 5529DA51-A75F-48E0-9A50-70023C0FD8A2 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:08:44 -0500 The University of Iowa responded Tuesday following hundreds of social media posts from women saying they were sexually harassed online and in person by a man who is a student at the university. A Twitter post Sunday afternoon had a simple request: Retweet, or share, the tweet if you had been hit on by the man. The tweet spawned 1,200 retweets and drew 220 comments, mostly from women sharing screenshots of unwanted, and some overtly sexual, comments they received through social media from allegedly the same man in question. https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2018/06/12/university-iowa-responds-after-women-accuse-man-sexual-harassment/694838002/ 473CE85D-621F-493A-8799-1FCE70527933 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 16:04:12 -0500 William Paterson University is reviewing reports alleging that a sociology professor made biased comments and shared conspiracy theories in class, including telling students that the moon landing was faked. Benny Koval, a student from Fair Lawn, said she raised concerns after the professor, Clyde Magarelli, said things in class that she described as questionable and made her uncomfortable as a Jew. She recorded and shared some of his comments on Twitter. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/passaic/wayne/2018/06/12/william-paterson-university-reviewing-bias-claims-against-professor/685973002/ 50CA6FFE-D6DB-40FD-A933-F3562C88F9A3 Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:40:42 -0500 Ohio State University's board of trustees approved a resolution last week that would allow some off-duty officers to carry concealed weapons on campus. The resolution applies to officers that, in case of an emergency situation, are likely to be first responders, university spokesman Benjamin Johnson said. The officers would be able to carry a firearm into buildings, events and venues, as long as they follow appropriate protocols and check-in procedures set by the university. https://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2018/06/ohio_state_university_trustees.html DFDF298A-7CBE-49C0-BEDF-90A8DB672ADB Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:52:44 -0500 A Nobel laureate decries the"hate speech." The university president accuses faculty critics of seeking to stifle academic freedom. Professors tar each other as "disingenuous," spreading "baseless lies and accusations." The normally tranquil Orange County campus of Chapman University is in the throes of a bitter controversy -- all due to a $5 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation. https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2018/06/11/5-million-to-california-university-from-billionaire-charles-koch-sparks-an-uproar/ 4D7451FB-EB3D-4FE0-94C8-20EBC2721758 Mon, 11 Jun 2018 13:51:24 -0500 A 24-year-old Arizona man is facing federal charges for allegedly threatening to shoot black Harvard University students and bomb the school to "end their pro-black agenda." On May 13, 2017, Nicholas Zuckerman allegedly made the racist and threatening comments on Harvard's Instagram page, according to the Massachusetts U.S. Attorney's Office. https://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/06/arizona_man_threatened_to_bomb.html D8C85EA8-321B-41A6-844F-45C29F1B2A73 Sat, 9 Jun 2018 22:02:20 -0500 The University of Oklahoma has returned donations made by a retired professor accused of sexual harassment and banned him from working on campus more than two years after the school first investigated him. The university announced the moves Thursday, a day after about 30 people signed a statement accusing John Scamehorn of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior while he had access to drama school events as a university donor. Among other things, they accused him of making sexual advances, stalking and coercing them into embarrassing photographs. They said their complaints were ignored by the university. https://apnews.com/ce08f3ebc8304352b5b14b1d212a5cad 4E61CB94-EBD3-41D7-8672-7135E93EE22F Fri, 8 Jun 2018 22:01:14 -0500 Syracuse University suspended 15 members of a fraternity following the release of a video showing pledges using racial slurs and simulating a sexual assault of a disabled person, lawyers for the students said Friday. Video posted by a school newspaper in April showed a group of men laughing at performances punctuated by racist language against blacks, Jews and Hispanics and simulated sex acts. The footage sparked protests on campus and made national headlines. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/06/08/syracuse-suspends-frat-members-over-racist-video/ 08AAC929-FDFC-4777-841E-69DD988ADB31 Fri, 8 Jun 2018 21:54:43 -0500 A man is facing a felony charge after officers say he threatened to burn down a university. David Dillistone, Jr. is charged with threats of terrorist acts. Charleston Police arrested him Friday. They say on May 31, Dillistone, 38, sent threats via Facebook Messenger that he knew ten other veterans who would help him burn down the University of Charleston. http://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Man-charged-for-threatening-to-burn-down-University-of-Charleston-484475671.html 0856775F-4510-45A3-A8CB-072D30F3A3E1 Mon, 4 Jun 2018 12:02:00 -0500 Two males have been arrested after police say they committed an armed robbery outside of a University of Iowa residence hall. The Iowa City Police Department released a statement Friday saying officers have arrested two suspects, one adult and one minor, in an armed robbery that happened early in the morning. University of Iowa Police also assisted, the release said. https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2018/06/01/iowa-city-police-arrest-two-after-armed-robbery/663051002/ D7907DDA-C468-403E-8693-50303C43E27D Fri, 1 Jun 2018 10:51:40 -0500 A Boston man is facing charges for allegedly threatening a Massachusetts professor. According to Bridgewater State University Police, the voicemail Matthew Prinn left in September of 2017 lasted several seconds. It was long enough for him to allegedly threaten a professor at the university. https://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Lawyer-Facing-Charges-for-Allegedly-Threatening-Professor-483992931.html 0EA313FF-1658-451F-B84A-9083968377A0 Fri, 1 Jun 2018 10:28:16 -0500 Arab Andy, a YouTuber who is known for pulling pranks and livestreaming them on YouTube and other online mediums, was arrested Thursday after he planned a fake bomb scare at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, making students scream and run for their lives. The incident which took place at around 5:30 p.m. EDT, was livestreamed by Arab Andy on YouTube Live, Twitch and later uploaded on Neat Clip. In the video Arab Andy was seen walking into a classroom full of students and recording their reactions after a bomb threat was announced on speakers. http://www.ibtimes.com/arab-andy-arrested-university-washington-tts-bomb-threat-hoax-video-2686208 2FA7F6C0-9AFA-49DA-95C0-24C52285D2CD Fri, 1 Jun 2018 10:22:59 -0500 A cell phone video of a former University of Rochester student's arrest on Saturday is making the rounds on social media, with some people questioning whether the arrest was justified and others questioning the actions of a Department of Public Safety officer, who threatened a bystander with arrest for making the recording. The video depicts the arrest by a University Department of Public Safety officer of former student Mohammed Rifat. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/05/28/former-ur-student-arrested-trespassing-video-sparks-debate/649289002/ 72CE8C1A-556C-48F8-8037-6A2ACA87A82E Mon, 28 May 2018 10:38:23 -0500 Royce Foreman was the friend who broke tension and lightened moods, usually by making others laugh. The friend who always said yes to a ride to nowhere. The friend who fit seamlessly into any social group. In the early morning hours of March 30, Foreman texted his parents and younger brother. "I’m sorry," he wrote. "I love you." Two hours later, concerned classmates and campus police at Washington College in Maryland entered Foreman’s dorm room and found him unconscious. He had hanged himself. https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/05/27/a-text-a-suicide-a-family-trying-to-read-between-the-lines-answers-sought-after-death-of-teen-from-gray/ F4537C42-D6B8-4941-AA21-854DDAB0C6AC Sun, 27 May 2018 10:42:28 -0500 The suspected driver of the SUV that plowed into three pedestrians outside Portland State University earlier this morning has been apprehended by Portland police. Witnesses say the Mazda drove onto a sidewalk near the intersection of Southwest 6th Avenue and Montgomery Street on the PSU campus and hit at least three people. Portland Police say the victims are in the hospital and that two have life-threatening injuries. http://www.wweek.com/news/2018/05/25/police-arrest-clackamas-county-man-as-suspected-driver-in-portland-state-university-hit-and-run/ 09ACD20A-DB6B-4234-91AF-E459B8C2FA36 Fri, 25 May 2018 10:46:04 -0500 A message sent out by the University of Oregon's Division of Student Life in the wake of a student death during a weekend trip to Shasta Lake is drawing angry comments from community members. The university apologized for the message Sunday morning. On Saturday, 21-year-old business administration major and member of the Phi Delta Gamma fraternity Dylan Pietrs was found dead at a boat-in campground on the lake in Northern California. http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/05/disgusting_and_horrible_commun.html#incart_breaking B317370E-AF99-4AB4-A148-043EB1D40C93 Sun, 20 May 2018 10:14:02 -0500 As Sonoma State University students Monday headed to final exams, campus police and Petaluma detectives prepared for a morning press conference regarding Sunday’s stabbing death at a campus dorm. Officers arrested a "student-aged" man for the death of another man of about the same age range. Police have released no further details about the victim and suspect, including whether the two were students or what led to the violence. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8325396-181/investigation-continues-in-fatal-stabbing 329BE20A-F890-44CF-B64C-0CF11F510D00 Mon, 14 May 2018 12:21:54 -0500 On Monday, two employees of Duke University’s Joe Van Gogh location had their contracts terminated after vice president for student affairs Larry Moneta and executive director of dining services Robert Coffey demanded that the local coffee chain fire them. Their offense? While he was in the store Friday, Moneta heard a rap song that he found offensive.The incident highlights the precarious relationship between the university and its contracted employees, who are not afforded the same benefits and protections as Duke’s full-time employees, but whose employers are not in a position to defend them out of fear of losing business with the university. https://www.indyweek.com/news/archives/2018/05/08/a-duke-university-vp-walked-into-the-campus-joe-van-gogh-heard-a-rap-song-demanded-that-the-employees-be-fired 29F68D2D-3514-49D0-A992-79F3F2D75829 Tue, 8 May 2018 21:44:37 -0500 The University of Florida’s apology has fallen short for the graduates whom an usher yanked off the stage this weekend as they danced to celebrate their achievements during a spring commencement ceremony. University of Florida President Kent Fuchs acknowledged that the school had been "inappropriately aggressive" when rushing graduates across the stage Saturday, a videotaped incident that has stirred controversy online amid suggestions that the white usher was motivated by race because the students were black. https://abcnews.go.com/US/university-florida-apologizes-inappropriately-ushering-graduates-off-stage/story?id=54979432 3A05FD0E-D40D-4E2A-85AC-F546C2B42D0F Mon, 7 May 2018 15:13:40 -0500 A University of Alberta student has been charged by police after bomb threats were discovered on a social media app last month. On April 19, police were contacted by University of Alberta Protective Services after a post was discovered on a social media app called Chillabit. The post was made on April 17 and threatened to blow up two university buildings on a future date, possibly on April 30, police said. Police began investigating immediately after the post was detected but found no evidence of any explosives on campus. Police said an evacuation was not necessary. http://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/university-of-alberta-student-charged-after-bomb-threats-made-on-social-media F88B39B2-0305-4D78-8831-38FBF197848B Fri, 4 May 2018 11:52:32 -0500 Authorities have made in arrest in the slaying of a Georgia college student who was shot on campus nearly three years ago. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that 23-year-old Justin Devon Stephens has been charged with murder in the death of Christopher Starks at Savannah State University. Starks was a 22-year-old student when he was shot inside the campus Student Union building on Aug. 27, 2015. The GBI has said Starks appeared to have been in an altercation before the shooting. No one else was injured. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/georgia/articles/2018-04-27/man-charged-in-2015-slaying-on-georgia-college-campus 7D9EFE12-0E55-4753-805D-0D232DF4E50D Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:03:50 -0500 A Drake University professor has been allowed to resign effective June 1 after an internal investigation last fall found that he spanked female students and had them sit on his lap, the Des Moines Register has learned. Mahmoud Hamad, an associate professor in Drake’s political science department, is currently on a leave of absence and "has no teaching or academic responsibilities" at the university, said Sue Mattison, Drake’s provost. https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2018/04/26/drake-university-professor-sexual-misconduct-resigns/551913002/ 36241FEA-CB57-4EE7-A037-AF92C3EAA5EE Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:37:59 -0500 A Connecticut university is shutting down for the day in response to an illness that has sickened about 100 students. John Clark, the president of Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, says he consulted with state, local and university health officials before deciding to close the school for Monday. He says the decision was made "to protect our university community from infection and spread of the disease." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/western-connecticut-state-university-closes-100-students-sick/ B1FFFE47-D62C-4565-A04A-334FC2526490 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 14:26:18 -0500 Two Yale University students were robbed at gunpoint inside a dormitory building early Monday morning. The Director of the Office of Public Affairs and Communications, Tom Conroy, confirms to News 8 that at around 1:34 a.m., two undergraduate students encountered a man inside a room at the Timothy Dwight College. Officials say that the man then displayed a handgun and stole a computer, before fleeing the college. http://www.wwlp.com/news/connecticut/2-yale-university-students-robbed-at-gunpoint-inside-dorm/1135308108 98394A9A-B378-4606-885D-CA2B6187C395 Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:45:44 -0500 Syracuse University has filed disciplinary charges against 18 people after offensive videos from a fraternity event surfaced last week. Department of Public Safety Chief Bobby Maldonado announced campus investigators had filed the complaints in an email to the campus community. He said an investigation into the videos was continuing and others "may be implicated in the coming days." The 18 students were removed from campus "out of an abundance of caution and ongoing concern for our campus community," Maldonado said. He said alternative arrangements would be made for their classes. http://www.syracuse.com/su-news/index.ssf/2018/04/syracuse_frat_video_university_announces_disciplinary_charges_against_18_people.html 32AD96A8-1EAA-4749-9BF5-1BBD3BAE6E5A Sun, 22 Apr 2018 11:46:50 -0500 Penn State is disbanding three student clubs at the end of the semester because the university considers them too risky. Penn State Outing Club, Nittany Grotto Caving Club and Nittany Divers Scuba Club are "losing recognition due to an unacceptable amount of risk to student members that is associated with their activities," university spokeswoman Lisa Powers said in an email. http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/education/penn-state/article209154554.html E6717E6B-2E26-4C8D-AA02-E51CA9CD5E5B Fri, 20 Apr 2018 19:31:44 -0500 All options are on the table in dealing with the Fresno State professor who called Barbara Bush "an amazing racist" shortly after the former first lady died, university president Joseph Castro said Wednesday. "A professor with tenure does not have blanket protection to say and do what they wish," he said. "We are all held accountable for our actions." Castro declined to comment specifically on how the university may handle Randa Jarrar's case, citing personnel matters. http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education/article209227364.html 675C130E-C2CF-4E26-9B34-E87A423B3FF1 Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:07:32 -0500 Cal Poly State University president Jeffery Armstrong announced Tuesday in an open letter to the campus community he is suspending all Greek life on campus, after learning of another recent incident of racially insensitive behavior at a fraternity. The news comes a little over a week after the highly-publicized incident of a student wearing blackface at a party hosted by the Cal Poly chapter of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. http://kcbx.org/post/cal-poly-president-suspends-all-greek-fraternities-and-sororities-indefintely#stream/0 C4B29596-3CD3-4AA3-9C29-A89F16751C63 Tue, 17 Apr 2018 09:22:23 -0500 A suspect is in custody after a freshman was fatally stabbed at Binghamton University. It was the second killing of a student there in five weeks, leaving the campus tense and grieving. The victim, Joao Souza, 19, was attacked in his dormitory suite around 10:30 p.m. on Sunday. Timothy Faughnan, the university’s police chief, said at a news conference Monday morning that emergency responders had found Mr. Souza "seriously injured from what appeared to be stab wounds from a knife" and taken him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/nyregion/binghamton-stabbing.html F588110D-CC9F-4D61-B434-1C3E8B48C7FC Mon, 16 Apr 2018 13:50:46 -0500 A fraternity at California Polytechnic State University was sanctioned by its national organization on Tuesday after students dressed as gang members, including one in blackface, during the college’s annual multicultural event over the weekend. On Monday, the college placed Lambda Chi Alpha on interim suspension while it investigated. On Tuesday, the national fraternity office said it had placed the chapter on "limited operations," sanctions that restrict it from participating in formal activities. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/11/us/blackface-fraternity-cal-poly.html 45561530-B28A-4F51-B711-B151EA2CBC79 Wed, 11 Apr 2018 18:14:40 -0500 A student at the University of the South is behind bars Monday, indicted by a grand jury after a fraternity house caught fire on campus. Investigators say 22-year-old Philip Roper of Richmond, Virginia intentionally set the fire. On Friday, the Franklin County grand jury indicted Roper, charging him with arson and burning personal property. http://newschannel9.com/news/local/tennessee-college-student-indicted-arrested-in-fraternity-arson-case 1BDA3AC5-A43C-405C-A951-54ABD8484D0C Mon, 9 Apr 2018 18:19:59 -0500 A 22-year-old Lehigh University student from China is charged with ethnic intimidation and other offenses after racist graffiti was found in a residence hall Thursday night. Yukai Yang was in Northampton County Prison under $10,000 bail Saturday on charges that also include institutional vandalism and criminal mischief. http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-pol-lehigh-announces-student-charged-in-racist-vandalism-incident-20180407-story.html 95A89147-AF14-48F2-B6BE-45D608AFA352 Sat, 7 Apr 2018 14:44:30 -0500 Piano students at Utah State University endured a "pervasive culture" of sexism, a "disturbing" pattern of sexual violence and psychological abuse by faculty, an investigation has revealed. Four music instructors were accused of assaulting or harassing students, those who complained faced retaliation, and women received 41 cents for every dollar of scholarship funding given to men. And university officials failed to act for years, investigators concluded. https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2018/04/06/utah-state-university-will-release-results-from-an-investigation-into-its-troubled-piano-department-friday/ 698D294D-5DBC-4D6A-804E-ADA13B08E360 Fri, 6 Apr 2018 13:15:49 -0500 A New Orleans 18-year-old was arrested Thursday after police say he robbed a man at gunpoint in a Southern University residence hall, according to Southern University Police. Tawane Williams, 18, is accused of holding a gun up to another man's head Thursday just after midnight, searching through the man's pockets and stealing his money, according to his arrest report. The victim told police that Williams was one of three men who held him at gunpoint to rob him in Jones Hall on Southern University's campus, the report says. http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/crime_police/article_eaa7ff7c-39aa-11e8-ac6d-f3393c27f025.html 3A7E3ABC-CDE9-4ACC-8A6A-B69A1B0949EC Fri, 6 Apr 2018 14:48:34 -0500 The University of Maine System trustees unanimously approved a policy on political speech and impartiality, despite objections from students and faculty members who wanted more time to discuss a decision that some fear could restrict their free speech rights. The policy makes clear that the publicly funded system, to maintain its tax-exempt status, should remain impartial to partisan political activity. https://www.pressherald.com/2018/03/19/umaine-trustees-pass-campus-free-speech-policy/ B24D226D-E302-4F42-B13D-0264E54F9AA2 Wed, 4 Apr 2018 14:00:04 -0500 A University of Chicago police officer shot a student who charged at him with a metal pipe late Tuesday, school officials said. University police were responding to a robbery call when they encountered a young man -- later identified as a U of C student -- carrying a long metal pipe, the university's president and provost said in a joint statement. The student was bashing car and apartment windows, police said. When officers told the young man to drop the pipe, he refused and instead charged at one of the officers, officials said. That officer shot the student in his shoulder. http://wgntv.com/2018/04/04/university-of-chicago-officer-shoots-burglary-suspect/ CA96FE0F-CD8F-44D3-90AF-C411B6AC486C Wed, 4 Apr 2018 13:55:44 -0500 Virginia Tech women’s lacrosse coach John Sung considers it "a teachable moment." On a 13-second video that was posted and re-posted on Twitter over the weekend, some white members of Sung’s squad can be heard singing along on a team bus to the lyrics of white rapper Lil Dicky’s song "Freaky Friday." Players can be heard repeatedly singing along to a version of the n-word. Sung said he became aware of the video Sunday and has met with the team. http://www.roanoke.com/hokies/sports/other/virginia-tech-apologetic-after-video-of-lacrosse-team-posted/article_b2f91942-cf54-5d2b-94cc-957b6c75c632.html 8F607E56-9756-408D-A588-38F6960BE17E Mon, 26 Mar 2018 15:03:40 -0500 Jacksonville State University will delay opening its tornado-ravaged campus until April 2 to better prepare for students’ eventual return, the university’s president said Wednesday. JSU President John Beehler said university officials need the extra week to find new places to hold some classes and house certain students because of the extensive damage to several campus buildings. Whatever plan is made, JSU expects that students will get to finish the spring semester, Beehler said. https://www.annistonstar.com/free/jsu-campus-to-remain-closed-until-april-because-of-tornado/article_2baab386-2d42-11e8-9494-7fa2177dfa24.html 473DAC04-508A-4326-81F1-08E1935FA9F3 Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:54:57 -0500 The University of North Carolina at Charlotte student who wrote about why he wanted to commit a school shooting has been released from the hospital and was arrested, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office website. Matthew Saavedra, 20, has been charged with making a false report concerning mass violence on educational property. He will be arrested for trespassing if he comes onto UNCC’s campus, university police have said. Police found blueprints of campus buildings and evacuation plans this month in Saavedra’s off-campus apartment, according to search warrants. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article205973479.html 74B8F36F-4261-4264-99A9-F6E5140FC2E9 Tue, 20 Mar 2018 21:08:51 -0500 A University of Oregon student who was robbed at gunpoint on campus says fear has spread among the student body, and many fear walking home at night. The student is one of three individuals who have been robbed at gunpoint this month on campus, between E 13th and 16th avenues at Hilyard Street. The robberies were reported on March 3, March 8 and March 11. "It's making the entire university unsafe," the student said. "Everyone is scared to walk home at night, everyone is scared to go out." http://kval.com/news/local/string-of-armed-robberies-reported-on-u-of-o-campus F23D4FBD-2539-489E-A7BF-D73C2357CED8 Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:45:48 -0500 As federal officials began investigating the catastrophic collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Florida International University, authorities here made a grim announcement: The death toll has climbed to six -- and more victims may be buried in the rubble. The pedestrian bridge was designed to connect the city of Sweetwater with the sprawling campus of Florida International University, and Sweetwater Mayor Orlando Lopez said Friday that one of the victims in the accident was an FIU student. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/03/16/recovery-efforts-continue-following-florida-bridge-collapse-at-least-6-dead/?utm_term=.fabd37623b47 4F318554-45F2-40E8-B076-411B3D28C0BA Fri, 16 Mar 2018 10:31:42 -0500 Authorities say there’s a confirmed case of mumps at Virginia Commonwealth University. News outlets reported Tuesday that the university sent out an alert to community members disclosing that the Richmond City Health Department is investigating that confirmed case and another suspected case. Mumps is a virus transmitted by respiratory droplets that can cause fever, headache, swelling and tenderness. It takes around 12 to 25 days to develop symptoms. https://wtop.com/health-fitness/2018/03/mumps-confirmed-at-virginia-commonwealth-university/ B7CA4852-2F90-4CCB-BFBE-29B35805F9D8 Tue, 13 Mar 2018 12:26:12 -0500 At the University of Arizona, school officials know when students are going to drop out before they do. The public college in Tucson has been quietly collecting data on its first-year students’ ID card swipes around campus for the last few years. The ID cards are given to every enrolled student and can be used at nearly 700 campus locations including vending machines, libraries, labs, residence halls, the student union center, and movie theaters. They also have an embedded sensor that can be used to track geographic history whenever the card is swiped. These data are fed into an analytics system that finds "highly accurate indicators" of potential dropouts, according to a press release last week from the university. https://qz.com/1226474/a-us-university-is-tracking-students-locations-to-predict-future-dropouts/ 8BF8ECEC-19DC-4D77-AC21-6BB95F29A8F5 Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:35:32 -0500 An ongoing investigation by local and federal law enforcement into racist graffiti found at a Kettering University residence hall has led to classes being canceled on Tuesday, March 13. Letters sent out to Kettering staff, faculty, and students note at least two incidents of racist and profane graffiti have been reported in less than one week at Thompson Hall, a four-story, on-campus facility. The graffiti -- including writings on a bathroom wall at the residence hall -- were reported Thursday, March 8, and Sunday, March 11, to university officials and immediately removed. http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2018/03/fbi_investigating_racist_graff.html 5D9E03D5-4EC3-4ED8-A32B-E73EAC8593E8 Tue, 13 Mar 2018 13:32:58 -0500 Bad behavior among some Greek groups at the University of Kansas has led to a halt on social activities for most fraternities at the Lawrence campus. The Interfraternity Council at KU on Monday announced a self-imposed temporary freeze on all activities for the 24 fraternities that it governs. Less than two months into the spring semester, three KU fraternities -- Delta Upsilon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Sigma Phi Epsilon -- have been suspended by their national headquarters while the university investigates allegations that they each violated some fraternity policy. http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article204679084.html 2ED41DAA-198F-4A89-AEAF-E1775A7E1D65 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:19:05 -0500 A Pennsylvania university has kicked a sorority off campus due to what officials are calling a "reprehensible" scavenger hunt that involved drugs, alcohol and sexual activity. Alpha Chi Omega's Theta Chi chapter lost its recognition by Lehigh University for two years and will be banned from campus through May 2020. The Lehigh Greek Community blog published by the university says the sorority hosted a December scavenger hunt in which participants were given a list of tasks that involved "the use of drugs and alcohol, sexual activity and other activities" that violate the Bethlehem school's policy. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lehigh-university-sorority-banned-over-reprehensible-scavenger-hunt/ 7973ADAB-D144-4AE0-88AC-0939FED66898 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 15:54:02 -0500 Brown University has announced that it has found its men’s swimming and diving team responsible for incidents of hazing and other conduct code violations. As a result, the university said in a statement, it is suspending the team as a student organization through May 27. The suspension prohibits any team activity. http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20180309/brown-university-suspends-mens-swim-team-after-confirming-hazing-allegations 581F41E7-56B1-4B96-9E1C-02B08D44F3FC Fri, 9 Mar 2018 09:50:44 -0500 A University of Cincinnati professor is no longer teaching after making anti-Islamic comments toward a Muslim student. One of his comments on her assignment read: "Muslim females are safer in America than in any Middle Eastern country. How dare you complain while enjoying our protection!" The university investigated College-Conservatory of Music Assistant Professor Clifford Adams' comments after The Enquirer reported them in October. Another UC student had posted a photo of the exchange on Facebook. https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2018/03/08/university-cincinnati-cuts-ties-professor-accused-discriminatory-comments-against-muslim-student/408416002/ 2160AFA4-40CB-4895-815C-ED9F9DE669D6 Thu, 8 Mar 2018 14:33:19 -0500 Multiple people were arrested and fights broke out ahead of white nationalist Richard Spencer's speech Monday at Michigan State University. Hours before the speech, several hundred protesters -- some wearing masks -- marched toward the venue where the event was being held amid a heavy police presence, with officers wearing riot gear. https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/03/05/richard-spencer-michigan-state-university/395079002/ C8477E46-1D49-4188-8290-8E4E5513DFFB Mon, 5 Mar 2018 13:57:44 -0600 Officers arrested a man early Monday on the campus of Clark Atlanta University after he reportedly opened doors to several dorm rooms, according to a school spokesperson. Some students on campus said the man walked into rooms inside Brawley Hall and stood over female students as they slept. One of the students, who wanted to remain anonymous, told FOX 5's Marissa Mitchell she saw the man standing over her bed around 4 a.m. Once she noticed him, she screamed "get out" and he took off running. Dorm residents told Mitchell a key card is necessary to gain entry inside Brawley Hall. A spokesperson for Clark Atlanta University said a CAU student invited the man inside the building before he opened approximately six unlocked doors. http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/man-arrested-at-clark-atlanta-university-after-dormitory-incidents-officials-say BFC0E7A8-1DF3-40E0-8722-D2564785C5A4 Mon, 5 Mar 2018 13:54:08 -0600 A South Dakota State University student has been arrested after students told police he made threats to shoot up the school. Alexander Benjamin Peterson, 19, was arrested Feb. 28 on six counts of simple assault and a terrorist threat charge. Police were notified by South Dakota State's residential housing director that Peterson had access to guns and told students he was "going to shoot up the school," according to court documents. https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2018/03/05/south-dakota-state-student-charged-making-threats-shoot-up-school/395256002/ C618A9D2-EC53-439F-AB9A-09E24B03AA39 Mon, 5 Mar 2018 13:52:23 -0600 A Hanover man is charged with intimidation after allegedly making threats against an area hospital. Hanover College Professor James Stark is out on bond for threats authorities say he made last year. Stark's erratic behavior had been brought up before. A former teacher at Hanover College says she's reported it multiple times before to campus leadership starting in 2016, describing his behavior as erratic and concerning. http://www.wave3.com/story/37652540/hanover-college-professor-charged-with-intimidation AA09478E-3DEE-4758-913C-5022A8E72978 Mon, 5 Mar 2018 13:50:42 -0600 A day before a Central Michigan University sophomore from southwest suburban Plainfield fatally shot his parents inside his dorm, he acted erratically, telling a campus police officer that someone was out to kill him, authorities said Saturday, hours before he was formally charged with murder. James Eric Davis Jr., 19, was arrested without incident shortly after midnight Saturday following an intensive daylong manhunt that included more than 100 police officers scouring the campus area, authorities said. Officers found him after someone aboard a train spotted a person along railroad tracks in Mount Pleasant, and called police. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-central-michigan-shooting-arrest-20180303-story.html 0F57A9EC-435B-4C69-9DB7-5844E4F8E2F6 Sat, 3 Mar 2018 11:36:39 -0600 A judge has issued a temporary restraining order against a Florida SouthWestern State College student who is suspected of harassing and stalking her former professor. The injunction against Sofia Diaz, 19, was issued Wednesday, the same day that Matthew Vivyan, 39, asked the court for an order. Vivyan first made allegations against Diaz in January to FSW and its police department. Vivyan filed a complaint against Diaz, accusing her of making the comments and sending him emails that made him feel unsafe at work. https://www.news-press.com/story/news/education/2018/03/02/fsw-professor-granted-temporary-restraining-order-against-student/389244002/ 36A72363-A6D3-4021-A5C1-7481D27A33A2 Fri, 2 Mar 2018 11:50:22 -0600 The Oconee County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Clemson University student who investigators say was untruthful when she said she was sexually assaulted at an off-campus fraternity house in January. In the early hours of Saturday, Jan. 27, the Clemson University Police Department notified the Oconee County Sheriff's Office about a reported sexual assault at the Delta Chi fraternity house on D Morris Way in Seneca. Investigators determined the sexual encounter between Campbell and the accused individual were consensual, and that "Campbell had not been truthful in the information that she provided," Watt said in the release. https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/2018/03/01/clemson-student-fraternity-house/385912002/ 5E5CF887-958E-4CC8-BC69-E1514D60089B Thu, 1 Mar 2018 12:08:49 -0600 Texas Wesleyan has fired head baseball coach Mike Jeffcoat, John M. Veilleux, TWU's vice president for enrollment, marketing and communications, told the Star-Telegram on Thursday. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after the former Rangers pitcher made controversial remarks about Colorado politicians and the state's marijuana laws. Jeffcoat stated that he and the program would not recruit in Colorado because players from there might fail a drug test. http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/article202853719.html DD5ABE1E-1AD3-464E-ACBD-5D03D9D1B1F0 Thu, 1 Mar 2018 10:09:17 -0600 A former Oregon State University student was arrested Tuesday after authorities say he threatened a shooting at the Corvallis campus on social media. Christopher A. Strahan, 22, was found outside a home in Corvallis by Oregon State Police around 2:30 p.m. and arrested after investigators linked him to a Twitter account with a series of tweets threatening violence, state police said. He is accused of first-degree disorderly conduct. The Oregon State threats join about half a dozen other threats of violence at Oregon schools since the Feb. 14 shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school that killed 17 people. http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2018/02/police_arrest_person_suspected.html 7FA27393-E1F7-4C1D-A972-7917AD0AF617 Tue, 27 Feb 2018 08:39:22 -0600 A Union County College student was arrested Monday for bringing fake guns onto the college's Cranford campus, authorities said. Eric Jacobs, 20, of Millburn, was charged with fourth degree possession of an imitation firearm for an unlawful purpose and creating a hazardous condition, a disorderly persons offense. A college employee called campus public safety at about 10 a.m. to report that a person on campus appeared to be carrying a weapon. http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2018/02/union_county_college_student_arrested_on_campus_wi.html 3E5F501E-C28A-4C1B-BEEE-1294C8660B9F Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:25:16 -0600 A Washington man was arrested on charges of incident exposure and child endangerment for an incident that took place Sunday at the University of Iowa Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. According to police complaints, Brian Timothy Shepherd, 36, was arrested Sunday for allegedly masturbating while looking at juveniles inside a locker room at the UI rec center. UI spokesperson Hayley Bruce said Monday that Shepherd was not a student or UI employee and that he had a community membership at the rec center. http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2018/02/26/man-charged-indecent-exposure-child-endangerment-university-iowa-rec-center/372417002/ 8F420A69-7B12-4BD6-A6EE-1A7DEF8BAB04 Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:29:03 -0600 A UT student who collapsed at the 38th Annual Ace Miller Memorial Boxing Tournament Friday evening, has died, according to WBIR. Joseph "Tanner" Wray, junior studying aerospace engineering from Lawrenceberg, TN, was boxing for Chi Phi fraternity in the junior light heavyweight class when he collapsed in his corner after the second round. The event is a three-day amateur boxing tournament held each February for UT fraternities. The event consists of 11 weight classes and around 55 boxers. Proceeds from the tournament go to Knoxville's chapter of Golden Gloves, which provides boxing equipment for those who cannot afford it. http://www.utdailybeacon.com/news/ut-student-dies-during-annual-boxing-weekend/article_b65f9afa-196a-11e8-af79-0b1203602863.html 07058135-C1BF-4B24-8A7A-1CF7FB49BDE2 Sat, 24 Feb 2018 16:07:54 -0600 Two people were arrested in connection with a shooting early Friday (Feb. 23) on the Southeastern Louisiana University campus that left two student-athletes injured, a university spokeswoman said. "Fortunately, they are not life-threatening gunshots,'' university spokeswoman Tonya Lowentritt said earlier Friday morning. "The Southeastern Family can rest assured that this was strictly an isolated incident," said University Police Department Director Harold Todd. "In fact, the incident appears to have stemmed from a dispute between individuals and was not in any way directed at the university." http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2018/02/southeastern_university_shooti.html 9C2BFB08-03F4-4995-A309-0F89769F782C Fri, 23 Feb 2018 16:22:29 -0600 Nancy Kolsti, a spokeswoman in the University of North Texas news department, tendered her resignation this week, according to UNT spokeswoman Julie Payne. Kolsti came under fire over the weekend after she sent an email from her personal account to Student Government Association senator Misaki Collins. Collins created a petition asking UNT officials to consider naming a new residence hall on campus after a person of color and/or a woman. Kolsti called the petition a form of "reverse racism" in her email to Collins. http://www.dentonrc.com/education/university-of-north-texas/2018/02/22/unt-employee-resigns-wake-ofreverse-racism-email E3A2FADF-8F6E-4C61-81CA-4019AB586CD3 Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:48:55 -0600 A Penn State rugby player reportedly admitted that he bought alcohol for three high school students who were in town for the university's winter rugby clinic last weekend. Ryan S. Cornell, a junior lock on the rugby team, was charged with four counts of furnishing alcohol to minors and four liquor code violations. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 21. A Penn State athletic department spokesperson has not yet confirmed whether Cornell remains with the team. He is currently listed on the team roster. http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/penn-state-rugby-player-charged-with-buying-beer-for-teenagers-attending-clinic,1475604/ E6FC5517-5D7B-4690-9940-03EF37FB8B39 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 17:45:49 -0600 One Georgia State University student is in custody and another is in the hospital after a stabbing early Tuesday inside one of the school’s dorms. University and Atlanta police responded to a call of a fight between the students in Piedmont North, GSU police chief Joe Spillane said. http://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/breaking-georgia-state-university-student-stabbed-during-dorm-fight/8ouPQeJhitZQcGIwxdGkxN/ 14E7BD2C-F857-4414-8B57-3F022BBDCE87 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:10:27 -0600 Free expression on campus isn’t childproofed -- except at Polk State College, where part-time faculty member Serhat Tanyolacar’s artwork was rejected from a faculty art exhibition for being "too controversial." Tanyolacar submitted a piece titled "Death of Innocence," which depicts several poets and writers juxtaposed with a number of pictures of President Donald Trump and other political figures engaging in sexual activity. In response to his submission, Polk State Program Coordinator Nancy Lozell informed Tanyolacar on Feb. 6 that his artwork would not be displayed. https://www.thefire.org/too-controversial-polk-state-college-rejects-professors-anti-trump-artwork/ 8F12A877-2FC5-4275-AD5A-43AEC902A322 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:01:42 -0600 The president of Adams State University has been placed on leave amid accusations that she bullied faculty and staff, failed to stem declining student enrollment and mocked blue-collar workers with an offensive Halloween costume that sparked an uproar when photos began circulating on campus. https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/19/adams-state-beverlee-mcclure-leave-bullying-halloween-costume/ 30765EB5-AC5B-483A-9BB7-991707EDE655 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 17:13:25 -0600 A 20-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after he brought a handgun to the University of Denver’s Centennial Halls, according to the Denver Police Department. Stefan El Baze is being held on charges related to the unlawful carrying of a weapon on university grounds and the possession of a controlled substance. He does not have a prior arrest, according to records from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation. https://www.denverpost.com/2018/02/17/man-arrested-gun-du-dorm/ DB452243-84F7-4E83-BA70-DD2F55CA03C2 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 13:58:14 -0600 A Stanford law professor leading the effort to recall a judge in a controversial sexual assault case said Wednesday that someone sent her an envelope containing "white powder" and a threatening note. The incident prompted Stanford Law School to shut down two rooms and send out a campus alert at 1:19 p.m. Investigators later determined the substance was an "inert powder that poses no health concern," university officials said. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Stanford-Law-faculty-member-receives-envelope-12614608.php B1D802E7-8142-4BB7-900E-EB5EC3834292 Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:49:45 -0600 A Carnegie Mellon University student is facing charges after sending an anonymous message about using a sniper rifle from a rooftop. According to police, the threat was received around 9:30 a.m. on Feb. 7. A professor at the university received the threatening message through an anonymous student feedback form. The form was created to allow students to anonymously message the professor about the class. http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/02/15/cmu-anonymous-rooftop-sniper-threat/ 12F02226-71C3-4667-B394-0F569F74753A Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:41:09 -0600 Amid heightened concern about Russian election meddling, the FBI on Tuesday warned U.S. universities about Chinese intelligence operatives active on their campuses, adding that many academics display "a level of naiveté" about the level of infiltration. FBI Director Christopher Wray told the Senate intelligence committee that China has aggressively placed operatives at universities, "whether its professors, scientists, students," and the bureau must monitor them from its 56 field offices across the nation. The FBI is also "watching warily" activities at dozens of Confucius Institutes, Chinese government-sponsored academies that are often embedded within universities and public schools to offer U.S. students Mandarin language classes. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article199929429.html E631F013-B0ED-44C8-864E-3088E3E767B9 Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:54:08 -0600 A University of Delaware student was robbed at gunpoint on campus early Wednesday morning. University police say the 21-year-old male student was robbed around 2:40 a.m. in a parking lot near the Thomas McKean Residence Hall on the Laird Campus. Police say the victim was walking toward the residence hall when two suspects approached him. One of the suspects pointed a semiautomatic handgun at the victim, while the other tackled him to the ground. Police say the suspects took the victim’s wallet and cell phone. http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2018/02/14/university-of-delaware-student-robbed/ 62695FD9-DD56-4DB3-BD29-393D7351A27C Wed, 14 Feb 2018 13:07:49 -0600 A Princeton University professor canceled a course he teaches on cultural freedoms and hate speech after his use of a racial slur during a class discussion led some students to walk out. Colleagues say Professor Emeritus Lawrence Rosen has often used the slur during lectures on free speech. They say this is the first time he's received such a negative response from students. A small group of students walked out of Rosen's anthropology class on Feb. 6 after he used the slur three times, according to DailyPrincetonian.com, the university's student newspaper which first reported Rosen's comments. https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/02/13/us/ap-us-princeton-professor-racial-slur.html 1AE8DE0D-EABA-4105-A57D-671A520F8B72 Tue, 13 Feb 2018 12:53:08 -0600 The University of Virginia Police Department is using the social media monitoring program Social Sentinel in an effort to more effectively respond to threats made online. The program will cost UVa $18,500 a year, according to documents provided by the university. Legal experts say they’re concerned about privacy and creating a surveillance state, but police say the program is just one more tool in the race to stay on top of online threats and messages. http://www.roanoke.com/news/education/higher_education/with-safety-in-mind-uva-police-monitoring-social-media/article_7f73509e-661c-5354-827c-11409a0d4f1f.html 38D04101-AC20-4976-82FC-EBAFB80F5BFE Sun, 11 Feb 2018 12:48:12 -0600 Five people were arrested at a College Republicans rally on the University of Washington campus Saturday that attracted a large crowd of protesters. The UW student Republicans invited conservative group Patriot Prayer to speak at their "Freedom Rally" in Red Square. They billed the rally as a free speech event, stating on their Facebook page that they’d teamed up with Patriot Prayer "to encourage conservatives to stand up for freedom in a far-left University." http://kuow.org/post/protest-and-arrests-uw-college-republicans-rally-saturday EB21EF1F-88CF-45F6-AE78-798245951B58 Sat, 10 Feb 2018 13:46:09 -0600 A pro-family student organization at Georgetown University has received its donations back after an investigation of faculty and others who the group accused of misappropriating funds contributed to it. The group, Love Saxa, said that Georgetown officials had taken private donations intended for it and deposited them into other student organizations’ accounts. The organizations who received those funds hold views contrary to the Love Saxa mission. The money was reportedly deposited into LGBT-affiliated student groups’ accounts. http://dailysignal.com/2018/02/09/georgetown-university-misappropriated-pro-family-funds-to-lgbt-affiliate-groups/ B6328E17-C47F-44D7-B4EB-791BC7B8D23F Fri, 9 Feb 2018 14:09:39 -0600 Southern New Hampshire University has fired an online adjunct professor and apologized to an Idaho student after the professor gave the student a failing grade and insisted that Australia is not a country. Lauren Keane, assistant vice president of communications for the Manchester-based university, acknowledged that a story about what happened to SNHU online student Ashley Arnold of Idaho, reported by BuzzFeed News on Thursday, is true. http://www.unionleader.com/education/snhu-fires-online-professor-who-didnt-know-australia-is-a-country-as-well-as-a-continent-20180209 2D267468-776C-4A88-B6D0-8D6F6C0CDECA Fri, 9 Feb 2018 21:20:10 -0600 Northeastern University is distancing itself from comments made by a prominent economics professor who recently said he wouldn’t mind seeing President Trump dead. "Sometimes I want to just see him impeached other times, quite honestly -- I hope there are no FBI agents here -- I wouldn’t mind seeing him dead," said Barry Bluestone, a professor of political economy, during a Jan. 31 lecture focused on the rule of law and inequality in the United States. The lecture was open and free to the public. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/02/07/northeastern-professor-trump-wouldn-mind-seeing-him-dead/7MCZmqVZD0mEUSNpWZLQKN/story.html F00F1488-B987-4497-82AA-6A79EB19E121 Thu, 8 Feb 2018 10:50:14 -0600 A white Southern Connecticut State University adjunct faculty member has been suspended after he allegedly used a racial slur in class on Tuesday. Adjunct public health instructor Eric Triffin said Wednesday he has been suspended with pay by the university while the school investigates an incident involving the use of a racial slur. Triffin said in a phone interview with the Register that he used a variation of the n-word when singing along to a rap song played by a student in the class on Tuesday. The song was played as part of an ongoing custom: Triffin often starts his classes with an activity such as dancing or listening to music. https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/SCSU-adjunct-faculty-member-suspended-after-a-12559142.php 8CE974C5-11E8-414C-9578-178DB8D9E63A Wed, 7 Feb 2018 20:43:40 -0600 The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity chapter at Cornell University has been disciplined after holding a sex contest called a "pig roast," referencing the weight of the women the brothers slept with. Following an investigation last year by university officials that concluded in January 2018, the chapter was put on probation for two years. Cornell began investigating the fraternity after the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life received multiple reports of misconduct at Zeta Beta Tau in 2017, a university report said. http://time.com/5138429/cornell-fraternity-probation-pig-roast/ 91BB2B6E-4492-402F-AD4C-18A9F7F121BA Wed, 7 Feb 2018 10:40:07 -0600 Coastal Carolina University police arrested a man who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman. On Sunday at 1:03 p.m. officers reported to a woman in a residence hall, located at 100 Township Circle, who said she had been sexually assaulted, according to a Coastal Carolina University police report. The assault allegedly happened at 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. The victim told police she knew her attacker. http://www.wbtw.com/news/state-regional/coastal-carolina-university-police-arrest-man-for-sexual-assault/953060179 3092CA5D-805B-422B-8DF7-7D373FCF8C59 Mon, 5 Feb 2018 21:09:54 -0600 Virginia Tech police this week arrested a 19-year-old man on a weapons charge, a university spokesman confirmed Tuesday. Yunsong Zhao was arrested Monday and charged with one count of possession or transportation of certain firearms by certain persons, according to Mark Owczarski, a Virginia Tech spokesman. Zhao was a Virginia Tech student at the time of his arrest, but is no longer affiliated with the school. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/01/30/virginia-tech-police-arrest-19-year-old-on-weapons-charge/?utm_term=.1eb1d89acb1d 84C66D2A-1D0A-4444-AB73-B1EBA5C7C834 Thu, 1 Feb 2018 10:35:03 -0600 Authorities say several students at a North Carolina university were robbed at gunpoint in their dorm room. North Carolina Central University police issued a statement that the robbery happened around 6:30 p.m. Monday in a dormitory at the Durham campus. Police say two suspects showed firearms and took personal property. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-carolina/articles/2018-01-30/north-carolina-college-students-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-dorm 28A608D0-F567-4A07-8A85-EEA6B6412084 Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:28:51 -0600 Open records requests filed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel revealed that among all 13 four-year campuses and 13 two-year colleges in the UW System, nearly 100 complaints of employee sexual misconduct -- either harassment and/or assault -- have been formally investigated since 2014. The cases requested by the Journal Sentinel specifically involved teaching, supervisory and advising staff -- not all university staff. https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/education/2018/01/29/uw-students-accuse-teachers-sexual-harassment-wisconsin/1067883001/ 1C4ECB6E-E1F4-4404-86F9-250E61446528 Mon, 29 Jan 2018 08:32:08 -0600 Just days after Sue Carter resigned her position as chair of Michigan State University’s Athletic Council, in protest over the institution’s handling of its sexual abuse scandal, a former student has filed a complaint claiming Carter drew her into an inappropriate relationship more than two decades ago. https://www.freep.com/story/news/2018/01/29/sue-carter-michigan-state-university-inapproriate-relationship/1077042001/ 3D1C636E-C449-4DA9-8E12-61CE07B994F3 Mon, 29 Jan 2018 16:30:48 -0600 As tension peaked yet again last week over Chief Illiniwek, the University of Illinois’ enduring but officially forsaken symbol, school officials said they plan to launch a series of events "designed to foster productive and healing discussions." Chief Illiniwek is at the center of a long-running dispute, with some claiming that the symbol honors the state’s American Indian heritage, and others insisting that it is racist and culturally insensitive. The university banned the Chief in 2007 under pressure from the NCAA, but devoted supporters, including some who don the regalia for games and special events, have kept the symbol alive in the face of sometimes hostile opposition. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chief-illiniwek-controversy-continues-20180126-story.html 9FF92B1A-4087-4A01-8635-1538860D77C7 Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:42:41 -0600 A Rutgers University adjunct professor convicted of sexual assault seven years ago has been placed on administrative leave after "issues regarding his background were brought to the chancellor," a university spokeswoman said Sunday. Sombudha Adhikari, 58, pleaded guilty to criminal sexual assault in 2011 after being charged in 2009 when he was a professor at Farleigh Dickinson University in Florham Park, according to a public records search and published reports. http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2018/01/rutgers_professor_with_previous_sexual_assault_con.html 015BEBCF-53F3-404A-9C79-DE34149FD812 Sun, 28 Jan 2018 08:07:16 -0600 Seattle University recently removed Self-Portrait 2000 by Chuck Close, an estimated (pre-allegation) value of $35,000, from the second floor of its Lemieux Library. In light of the sexual misconduct accusations from women who modeled for him, The National Gallery cancelled Close’s solo exhibition along with an exhibit by photographer Thomas Roma, who also stands accused of misconduct. https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/01/26/25754954/seattle-university-removes-self-portrait-2000-by-chuck-close-an-artist-accused-of-sexual-misconduct 57737E9B-DB2B-4E20-83B6-247E6C023CEA Fri, 26 Jan 2018 11:37:07 -0600 USC has fired associate head coach Tony Bland in the aftermath of his arrest last fall in the college basketball bribery and corruption probe, his attorney told The Times. Jeffrey Lichtman, Bland's New York-based attorney, said USC cut ties with the coach last week. Lichtman said the school cited the federal charges as the reason. The school placed Bland on administrative leave hours after FBI agents arrested him in September. Assistant coaches at Arizona, Auburn and Oklahoma State were among 10 people arrested. http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-usc-tony-bland-20180125-story.html 9A523C83-3DFD-4640-87E2-75C1E33A1F03 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 08:27:47 -0600 In the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal, Lou Anna Simon, president of Michigan State University, is resigning, according to a letter posted on the school's website. Nassar is a former longtime school employee. He was sentenced Wednesday to up to 175 years in prison for the sexual assault of young female athletes. Simon had recently come under fire for what critics say is the mishandling of the Nassar scandal. They say the school's leader of 13 years had been tone deaf and needs to be among those held accountable for what happened while Nassar was employed as a sports physician at MSU from 1997 to 2016. https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/us/michigan-state-president-resigns/index.html 9F806F6A-A908-4AC3-9258-90052F192A36 Thu, 25 Jan 2018 10:42:09 -0600 A professor at the University of Texas who pleaded guilty to a felony charge of strangling his girlfriend to the point that she saw "stars" remains on the job despite a school policy condemning domestic violence as prohibited conduct that it "will not tolerate," an American-Statesman investigation has found. The case comes to light at a time of heightened concern at colleges and universities, and more broadly across American society, about sexual assault and interpersonal violence. http://www.mystatesman.com/news/local/declined-sanction-professor-who-pleaded-guilty-violent-felony/turzhL5nv6dPkQ6bVjJo1J/ D81C8AF3-CA79-4660-950D-6135B283570C Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:21:40 -0600 Spring Garden Township Police filed charges recently against a York man who allegedly crashed into a guard shack at York College - injuring a pregnant security officer inside - and then drove off on Dec. 2, according to charging documents. Luis David Medina-Gonzalez, 30, of the 800 block of Wayne Avenue, York, faces a host of charges, including accidents involving death or personal injury, failure to stop and give information or render aid, and driving on a suspended or revoked license, documents state. https://www.ydr.com/story/news/crime/2018/01/23/york-college-security-guard-shack-hit-and-run-suspect-charged/1057238001/ BE6FF40F-483F-444F-81E0-ADE7B61C6C93 Tue, 23 Jan 2018 11:44:24 -0600 A man accused of killing a woman during his shift as a campus safety officer at an Oregon community college pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated murder. Edwin Lara accepted a plea deal that spared him a possible death sentence but will keep him in prison for life. Authorities said Lara kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed Kaylee Sawyer, 23, in July 2016.In his plea, Lara acknowledged holding Sawyer in the back of his security vehicle, where he strangled and then killed her with a large rock. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/campus-officer-pleads-guilty-to-oregon-murder/ 902FDADF-49CA-4DD6-8E53-98B34B55D139 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:37:44 -0600 A woman whom prosecutors said was angry about supposed U.S. military actions abroad was charged Friday with setting several fires at a Minnesota university. A criminal complaint said Tnuza Jamal Hassan, 19, a former student at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, admitted to investigators that she started the fires on Wednesday, including one in a dormitory that housed a day care center. She's charged with first-degree arson. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/prosecutors-woman-mad-us-actions-abroad-set-campus-52474887 3A98D4AE-241B-432D-B722-FC4CAAE581C8 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 16:08:54 -0600 The new president of Ithaca College is speaking out after a 17-year-old criminal case has resurfaced. College President Shirley M. Collado was accused of sexually abusing a female patient in 2000 while she worked at The Center at the Psychiatric Institute of Washington, D.C., according to court documents published by the Ithacan student newspaper and the Vanderbilt Hustler. Collado was convicted a year later. The victim said they entered a five-month sexual relationship after Collado kissed her during therapy sessions for post-traumatic stress disorder. Collado allegedly said kissing and fondling would be ''therapeutic for the victim; that it would bring her out of her shell,'' according to Fox News. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2018/01/ithaca_college_president_sex_abuse_patient.html F5B443BD-0307-47BC-9A59-A80CA144E006 Thu, 18 Jan 2018 14:32:39 -0600 A college student who posted a video of her racist ranting to social media on Martin Luther King Jr. Day has been expelled from the University of Alabama, school officials said Wednesday. Harley Barber, a 19-year-old freshman from Marlton, N.J., recently posted two videos to her ''fake'' Instagram -- the secret, secondary account many teenagers use to show their authentic, less polished selves -- of her spewing language that sparked outrage both on her campus and across the country as the videos went viral. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/01/17/she-recorded-herself-making-racial-slurs-on-mlk-day-her-college-expelled-her/?utm_term=.6a6a053fb20c 867D2C39-2656-4968-A753-877ED80E2315 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600 A group of UMass Boston students, professors, and alumni as well as outside advocates are raising concerns about the Confucius Institute that operates on its campus, accusing it of promoting censorship abroad and undermining human rights. The Chinese government oversees the center, one of more than 90 on campuses across the United States and abroad and one of two in the state. http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/15/chinese-institute-umass-boston-accused-promoting-censorship/U5nL824cIpKTFF7h186TSP/story.html 14FFB238-BC7A-4D21-A74B-F0701F267A89 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 10:29:48 -0600 A pair of signs containing racial epithets appeared outside the University of South Carolina's African American Studies department Tuesday morning, setting off a firestorm of complaints to the university and prompting an internal investigation. The signs partially covered a display of photos of historically important black South Carolinians on the second floor of Gambrell Hall, a liberal arts building at the university's downtown Columbia campus. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/racist-signs-appear-at-african-american-studies-department-at-university/article_a784a31e-fadd-11e7-bb40-8f4edf3ca4fc.html FA76B55A-9EA2-44A0-BA28-221802987256 Tue, 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600 Joel Seligman resigned as president of the University of Rochester as the school continues to grapple with fallout from complaints that it bungled its response to allegations of sexual harassment by a professor. In a series of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints made public in September, current and former faculty and graduate students alleged that psycholinguistics professor T. Florian Jaeger created a "hostile environment" over the course of a decade. https://www.wsj.com/articles/investigation-finds-no-hostile-environment-or-retaliation-at-university-of-rochester-1515703762 C66CA73A-418E-42C2-8369-5DBE312B45CB Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:03:43 -0600 Sigma Alpha Epsilon at MU has been placed under a cease-and-desist order according to a statement last month from the national headquarters for the fraternity. The cease-and-desist order comes after an investigation into health and safety violations by the national headquarters for SAE. Three of SAE’s chapters have been closed within two months by the national headquarters, including the chapter at MU. The University of Texas at Austin chapter was shut down in early November, followed by the University of Mississippi’s chapter closing in early December. http://kbia.org/post/national-headquarters-shuts-down-mu-fraternity#stream/0 DFC6A78D-3AA1-4959-9454-10680A081FF3 Tue, 9 Jan 2018 09:01:47 -0600 A national fraternity was banned from Pennsylvania for 10 years and ordered to pay a fine of more than $110,000 as it was sentenced Monday for its role in the death of a 19-year-old pledge during a 2013 hazing ritual. The judge and a prosecutor slammed Pi Delta Psi for calling itself a victim of rogue fraternity members, saying the organization tolerated and even encouraged hazing for years leading up to the death of Baruch College freshman Chun "Michael" Deng. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/men-frat-face-sentencing-baruch-college-hazing-death-52203858 0DD48530-EAB0-4C32-8DA9-B68AB8C74D6D Mon, 8 Jan 2018 13:48:44 -0600 Early Tuesday morning, the president of Hillsborough Community College received a rambling email outlining horror-movie violence to be inflicted upon HCC's campus if certain payments were not made. Across Florida, in Tampa and Gainesville and Tallahassee, other college and university presidents’ inboxes were lighting up with the same extortion threat, promising an inundation of false bombing and shooting threats until, the sender claimed, one would prove real. It's not clear yet how many institutions got the 1,250-word message, or whether it was limited to Florida. Many agencies are investigating, including campus police departments and the FBI, though few specifics are available at this early stage. http://www.tbo.com/news/education/college/Extortion-emails-target-Florida-colleges-promising-violence_164167410 D3A9A129-2242-44A9-BF5E-2E7D275EC14A Wed, 3 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0600 Sacramento State students may be among the first people in the capital region to take a ride on the robot car revolution, if a handful of local leaders can turn a recent brainstorm into reality. University, transit and city transportation officials have begun talking about setting up an autonomous shuttle bus system to ferry students between campus and the 65th Street light rail station a mile away. The idea, first reported by the State Hornet student newspaper, is in its early stages, with plenty of hurdles, including the fact that it is not yet legal in California to operate an autonomous vehicle on city streets unless there is someone sitting in the driver’s seat ready to take over, in case something goes wrong. http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/back-seat-driver/article190263169.html 28DD087D-ED19-4E00-AF7E-52B567866F08 Tue, 19 Dec 2017 07:33:57 -0600 The University of Tennessee Knoxville deleted a tweet Thursday responding to concern over hate speech on the Rock in the midst of calls for the university to do more to condemn it. The response came after someone painted the words "white pride" on the boulder, which serves as a campus message board. Students and others were quick to condemn the message. http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/education/2017/12/15/university-tennessee-deletes-tweet-responding-hate-speech-rock/955755001/ 505C5FBB-6028-48F5-9B09-0E9850B221FF Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:43:34 -0600 Indiana University-Bloomington has joined a growing list of colleges and universities where Greek life is being put on hold. The university's Interfraternity Council, made up of fraternity members, met with chapter presidents Monday night. A statement from the IFC says the vote was unanimous to self-impose a three-month suspension. https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2017/11/28/indiana-university-greek-life-suspended-social-activities-halted/900474001/ 32004F97-F1AA-4ED3-9A4F-52BF32A52444 Tue, 28 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600 Tennessee lawmakers reached out to University of Tennessee officials Sunday regarding the potential hire of Greg Schiano as head football coach at the school -- and celebrated after the deal fell apart. The reason for the backlash: Testimony unsealed last year where former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary said that he heard Schiano, who was an assistant with the Nittany Lions, had witnessed Jerry Sandusky "doing something" to a boy in the shower. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2017/11/26/lawmakers-ask-questions-tennessees-potential-hiring-greg-schiano/896197001/ B8F75193-E86B-457B-A571-3D458D047E33 Sun, 26 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600 A few days after headlines exploded about yet another university president suspending Greek life activities after yet another hazing death, a group of college presidents sat around a dinner table expressing concern about bad behavior at fraternities. But somehow, they couldn't help singing their praises as well. Fraternities foster a sense of belonging. Their members do community service and care about social welfare. They boost retention and graduation rates. They raise money for charity and provide vast alumni job networks. They add value to the college experience .... Meanwhile, the list of recent hazing horrors seemingly grows. http://hechingerreport.org/hazing-sexual-assault-drinking-unabashed-racism-inevitable-campus/?utm_source=The%20Hechinger%20Report&utm_campaign=70f89f6cf4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_11_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d3ee4c3e04-70f89f6cf4-322613929 379565C8-803E-41F2-8E79-D8A4868964E0 Tue, 21 Nov 2017 08:48:12 -0600 When Charles Murray or Milo Yiannopoulos visit a college campus, administrators don’t just worry about the effect that inflammatory speech might have on their students. They aren't only concerned about being swept up in the higher education free speech debate, or playing host to a scandal that could taint their school’s reputation for months. There's also the cost -- which can climb into the millions of dollars. https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinesimon/2017/11/20/free-speech-isnt-free-its-costing-college-campuses-millions/#2d8f74191ee7 0CF77EA9-2DEF-4064-B28B-857C9FA5CC60 Mon, 20 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600 Nearly 364,000 foreign students with F-1 visas were newly enrolled at a U.S. college or university in 2016, double the number at the outset of the Great Recession, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement data obtained through a public records request. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/11/20/new-us-foreign-student-enrollment-doubled-since-great-recession/ 9254F0F1-D21F-40FF-B014-F630C4DCC14A Mon, 20 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600 The first new college class since the election of Donald J. Trump has arrived on campus, and new numbers confirm what the higher education industry had feared: Fewer foreign students are coming to the United States. The number of newly arriving international students declined an average 7 percent in fall 2017, with 45 percent of campuses reporting drops in new international enrollment, according to a survey of nearly 500 campuses across the country by the Institute of International Education. Experts cited an uncertain social and political climate in the United States as part of the reason for the decline in enrollment. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/us/fewer-foreign-students-coming-to-us.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&_r=0&mtrref=undefined D448A85A-619A-43D6-8E0B-798D61BA0F75 Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600 A terroristic threat on Ohio University’s campus on Monday caused dozens of police officers to surround a dining hall and take a suspect into custody. Curtis Embrey worked at Nelson Dining Hall. According to Ohio University police, a few hours before his shift, Embrey texted his coworker threatening messages that he was going to take down himself and other employees here. http://nbc4i.com/2017/11/07/dining-hall-worker-charged-with-making-terroristic-threats-against-ohio-university/ 0641FAC9-8113-416D-B7D0-210A7D243F69 Tue, 7 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600 Faculty members and students at Clemson University are calling on the administration to do more to address racism and hate on campus. It took Clemson University 4 days to email students and faculty about white supremacist recruitment fliers that were scattered around school grounds on Monday, September 30th. http://wspa.com/2017/11/08/clemson-faculty-call-on-university-to-condemn-alt-right-fliers/ 64E90934-DA85-4700-B2EB-3C492EAB3B82 Thu, 9 Nov 2017 20:33:21 -0600 Florida State University announced on Monday that it will indefinitely suspend all fraternities and sororities following the apparent alcohol-related death of a freshman pledge and, separately, the arrest of a member of a different fraternity on cocaine charges. In a news release posted to the University's website, the university said the suspension was needed to "review and reflect on the loss of a young life." The death and drug bust, which are not related, took place just days from one another. https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/hazing-in-america/florida-state-university-indefinitely-suspends-all-greek-activities-n818066 F410B46D-2C07-42CE-A8CB-7697D90A0F0D Mon, 6 Nov 2017 22:54:31 -0600 At Reed College, a small liberal-arts school in Portland, Oregon, a 39-year-old Saturday Night Live skit recently caused an uproar over cultural appropriation. In the classic Steve Martin skit, he performs a goofy song, ''King Tut,'' meant to satirize a Tutankhamun exhibit touring the U.S. and to criticize the commercialization of Egyptian culture. You could say that his critique is weak; that his humor is lame; that his dance moves are unintentionally offensive or downright racist. All of that, and more, was debated in a humanities course at Reed. But many students found the video so egregious that they opposed its very presence in class. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/11/the-surprising-revolt-at-reed/544682/ 0FD15BCF-960E-4472-9D11-F9CE58A12A85 Mon, 6 Nov 2017 10:01:22 -0600 Missouri Western State University removed some politically motivated fliers from some of their buildings, but only because the anonymous poster violated campus posting rules. Signs reading ''Illegal immigrants are criminals #buildthewall'' and others that stated there are only ''two genders'' were posted primarily in Western’s Eder Hall and Blum Union earlier this week, and were removed on Wednesday. http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/university-removes-politically-charged-fliers/article_1e3898e8-7603-5a72-89fa-cf1273033308.html 5B150A3B-74C8-4BA1-9663-60FD95CF3988 Thu, 2 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500 A UC San Diego student was arrested for stealing women’s laundry items worth approximately $2,000 last Friday. UCSD police apprehended the student, identified as first year David Chou, and charged him with burglary, grand theft, and receiving known stolen property. Following Chou’s arrest, police confiscated the stolen laundry items. For owners of the laundry items wishing to claim their articles of clothing, police warned students against wearing them again, as Chou admitted to wearing the items. http://triton.news/2017/11/student-arrested-sixth-college-stealing-2000-worth-womens-laundry/ 82066402-B9E6-4C4C-B854-B21A1C8915CF Thu, 2 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500 Twenty-one students at a New York college were charged with hazing pledges to the Pi Alpha Nu fraternity by forcing them to drink large quantities of alcohol and other liquids, making them eat food off the floor and vomiting on them. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/11/01/21-ny-college-students-charged-with-hazing-frat-pledges-with-alcohol-vomit-and-urine.html 689915A2-7F7F-49A5-AC06-19621B9EC33D Wed, 1 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500 A student at the University of Hartford in Connecticut was charged with criminal mischief and expelled from school after boasting about having contaminated her roommate’s toothbrush, face lotion and other belongings in an effort to drive her from the room. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/brianna-brochu-hartford.html?_r=0 D2EE917A-4239-48D1-845F-E66D0F859725 Wed, 1 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0500 The College of Charleston launches investigation into photos of students in racially charged costumes. In one of them, a person is shown wearing an orange jumpsuit with the name ''Freddie Gray'' attached. Gray was a 25-year-old African-American who was injured while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department in 2015. The injury resulted in his death. http://www.thestate.com/news/state/article181827736.html C3EFC307-4C1E-4B15-B7BA-DF5FA8A33AF5 Tue, 31 Oct 2017 08:49:26 -0500 Students are sleeping in the Reed College administration building in protest of the school's primary bank. The group Reedies Against Racism is demanding that the school stop banking with Wells Fargo.According to the group, about 25 people have been sleeping in the administration building for the past two days. http://www.kptv.com/story/36687082/students-occupy-reed-college-administration-building-over-schools-bank 0112CF78-D14A-4C2B-9033-3160449F3015 Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500 ''[Students are] still dying and still getting sexually assaulted and still getting traumatically injured -- and for reasons the fraternity industry could control but chooses not to,'' says Doug Fierberg, a lawyer who has represented dozens of families in wrongful death and injury lawsuits against fraternities.To critics, the string of recent deaths raises the question of why it’s so hard to reform Greek life in a way that ensures student safety. The answer begins with deep-pocketed fraternity alumni who fondly remember the traditions of their fraternity days and now hold sway over their alma maters. read:http://time.com/4976836/fraternity-hazing-deaths-reform-tim-piazza/ 5981CF20-364D-4E0D-9E0F-04B98BE0CE86 Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500 University of Hawaii students reportedly opened their inbox Monday to find an email headlined: ''In the event of a nuclear attack'' -- an ominous message sent as North Korea continues to threaten a missile attack on the United States. The email to students and faculty members gave instructions to ''shelter in place'' if a nuclear or ballistic missile attack by Kim Jong Un's regime did occur, Hawaii News Now reported, citing a copy of the message. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/10/10/university-hawaii-sends-in-event-nuclear-attack-email-about-north-korea-crisis.html DFE44528-9917-46F3-B920-BA92EC552595 Tue, 10 Oct 2017 16:29:17 -0500 University of Montana professor Tobin Miller Shearer, director of the African-American studies program, said he noticed something was wrong right away Thursday morning, Sept. 28, as he passed the bulletin board in the Liberal Arts building on campus. The day before, Shearer had posted a flyer outlining a new class he is offering in the spring: ''White Supremacy History/Defeat.'' But on that Thursday morning, another sign -- designed to look just like Shearer's poster -- had been put up atop his, this one detailing a fictitious course, ''Black Nationalism History/Defeat.'' http://mtstandard.com/news/local/university-of-montana-prof-not-surprised-by-racially-charged-flyer/article_f8d6aa6e-024a-5480-8198-5b69df8b6fd1.html E6B80F97-7722-47D0-B11D-061425AEB5F0 Sun, 8 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500 Bitcoin has been used to buy homes, and countries like Venezuela and Vietnam are beginning to truly embrace the currency. Now, certain universities are adopting the payment method of bitcoin for tuition, albeit with a few caveats. The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Switzerland announced the decision to accept bitcoin payments this week, saying it is an indication of ''its ability to disseminate knowledge on cutting-edge technologies such as blockchain, as well as its desire to gain experience in the practical aspects of this novel area.'' The university offers courses focused on financing, economics, music, and more, meaning it was really only a matter of time before it invited bitcoin inside its walls. https://futurism.com/schools-accepting-bitcoin-tuition/ 2389A169-28BC-4832-ADF1-98664CAB7728 Sat, 7 Oct 2017 00:00:00 -0500 Southern Methodist University has a suspended a fraternity for allegations it forced members to wear vomit-covered clothes and eat hot peppers. University officials said the suspension of Kappa Alpha stems from a hazing investigation from the spring semester. http://abc13.com/smu-fraternity-suspended-for-hazing-allegations/2492276/ 793F6BEE-4F6A-4EBC-8D9C-DB25F6DAB466 Thu, 5 Oct 2017 14:20:16 -0500 More than a week after Hurricane Maria made landfall, the leaders of Puerto Rico’s public university are confronting damaged buildings, broken windows, felled trees, and water damage, a level of destruction that they say will keep their campuses closed for at least several more weeks. http://www.chronicle.com/article/At-the-U-of-Puerto-Rico/241327 167D347D-3516-4524-B999-DD72A678865D Thu, 28 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500 Cal State Long Beach police have stepped up patrols in the wake of racially charged threats made over the internet and in menacing fliers that targeted Latino and Jewish students, officials said Saturday. The incidents included a threat to shoot leaders of the La Raza Student Assn. posted on the group's Facebook page, and images of Adolf Hitler along with the phrase ''finish what he started'' taped to doors and windows in and around the campus multicultural center, said campus spokeswoman Terri Carbaugh. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-long-beach-hate-messages-20170923-story.html ABE789C9-D9C6-4CC2-8A6E-21B6E0CB7E84 Sat, 23 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500 A bake sale at the University of New Mexico set up by a nonprofit group to charge students based on race and ethnicity ended after outraged opponents disrupted it. The group, Turning Point USA, set up what it called an ''Affirmative Action Bake Sale'' on campus Thursday with a sign advertising higher prices for Asians and Caucasians and cheaper prices for African Americans and Hispanics. http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-new-mexico-college-bake-sale-charged-prices-based-on-race-2017-9 A118BAEF-2BEA-4F1B-AA39-4B74CB101493 Fri, 22 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500 The alumni board of a Cornell University fraternity has decided to close the school's chapter indefinitely, the school said Tuesday, after students who may have been involved in the fraternity were accused of attacking a black student, beating him and calling him by a racial epithet. A Cornell undergraduate was arrested in connection with the episode and charged with third-degree assault. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/19/nyregion/cornell-fraternity-bias-attack.html 97F0C7C0-A4AC-4467-B2A7-3779D32F5309 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:00:00 -0500 Four American college students were attacked with acid Sunday at a train station in Marseilles, southern France, a spokeswoman for the Prefecture of Police of Bouches-du-Rhône said. All four are women in their early 20s. Two of them were taken to a hospital and two were in shock, police said. Boston College said Sunday the young women were students who were studying abroad. http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/17/europe/france-acid-attack-us-tourists/index.html 67D533C1-CFE7-46F0-B75C-A5D141E85CA5 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 08:30:54 -0500 An engineering student from Gwinnett County was fatally shot by a police officer on Georgia Tech’s campus Saturday night. The GBI is investigating the incident in which the student, who has been identified by Georgia Tech spokesman Lance Wallace as 21-year-old Scout Schultz of Lilburn, was allegedly barefoot and carrying a knife.  http://www.ajc.com/news/local/tech-student-shot-officer-killed-campus/cU4dldHd4sCKYS5tjmGIaN/ A1E38476-C8CE-4543-860C-37C8706B2554 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 08:26:29 -0500 A New York professor drew ire from City University administrators and law enforcement officials because of a tweet in which he said teaching "future dead cops" is "a privilege." Michael Isaacson, an adjunct professor at CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was placed on administrative leave because of the three-week-old tweet, which appears to have recently caught the attention of the college’s president and New York City’s largest police union. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/09/16/professor-at-criminal-justice-college-placed-on-leave-for-calling-students-future-dead-cops/?utm_term=.3bd4ba56ce31 1C1C1E9B-6C97-4630-BD8B-9B5E55A7D9C6 Sat, 16 Sep 2017 10:29:19 -0500 The Lipscomb University president issued an apology to the college community on Friday after centerpieces in his home were deemed offensive by students. Randy Lowry invited African-American students to his home for dinner this week to chat about their experience at the university, according to a Facebook post. Some of the students who attended shared their concern about material used for centerpieces which contained cotton stalks, according to the post. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/09/16/lipscomb-president-apologizes-cotton-stalk-centerpieces/673419001/ CEB3E364-1E0D-4881-9B6E-0CE3899B4960 Sat, 16 Sep 2017 08:47:03 -0500 In a dimly lit, wooded area on the southwest side of St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minn., the handgun Brent Ahlers brought to work accidentally discharged, wounding him. As a security officer at the Catholic university, Ahlers knew the school did not typically arm its personnel, and he feared that bringing his weapon on campus would lead to his firing, police said. Within minutes, 55 officers swarmed the campus, along with four police dogs and a State Patrol aircraft to search for the suspect. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/09/15/a-white-security-officer-told-police-he-was-shot-by-a-black-man-turns-out-hed-shot-himself/?utm_term=.8ae42d28d3e5 028AEDA4-1EB7-4C26-97E6-1BAE073C2555 Fri, 15 Sep 2017 09:00:35 -0500 A 28-year-old man has been charged with using his iPhone to secretly record a University of Tennessee student inside a women's restroom at a campus dorm. Howard Sterling Hensley II, of Knoxville, was arrested on one count of unlawful photographing in violation of privacy in connection with the Aug. 27 incident, according to an arrest warrant. http://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/crime/2017/09/06/man-charged-iphone-peeping-university-tennessee-ladies-room/636602001/?cookies=&from=global 1BACAA4E-5DA0-46C9-8414-C98608A86158 Wed, 6 Sep 2017 07:47:58 -0500 Over the past couple of years, Ohio State University students have used sticky notes and other materials to create messages and artwork on their dormitory windows. But that has come to an end. When students returned to campus this year, they learned the university has adopted a new rule banning all dorm window displays. http://nbc4i.com/2017/09/01/ohio-state-university-bans-dorm-window-displays/ 54CEDDC6-B713-40A3-9200-5C39BE7711A3 Fri, 1 Sep 2017 07:53:30 -0500 The Dean of Students and Deputy Title IX Coordinator at Fordham University-Rose Hill has reportedly been placed under investigation, after he allegedly brought female students to tears by presenting the political debate over campus sexual assault statistics at an Aug. 18 Resident Assistants (RA) training session. Christopher Rodgers upset the RAs by showing videos depicting the views of the political right and left on campus rape, according to a statement from honors student and RA Rowan Hornbeck. http://freebeacon.com/culture/fordham-dean-students-investigation-presenting-debate-campus-sexual-assault-statistics/ 6E8D23B2-E5FA-46E3-B9D2-40CB31556345 Fri, 1 Sep 2017 10:18:05 -0500 Washington State University police have arrested a WSU student for allegedly making repeated bomb threats at Stimson Hall. Jose A. Tecuatl, 18, is a sophomore at WSU and was a resident adviser in Stimson Hall, according to a WSU news release. A bomb threat and swastikas were found on the walls of Stimson Hall on Aug. 21, prompting a late night evacuation of the residence hall. Stimson Hall was also evacuated around 1 a.m. Thursday after a threat was found scrawled on a whiteboard and again shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday after another threat was found. Nothing was found in any of the searches of the building. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/29/arrest-made-in-wsu-bomb-threats/ E1597D80-6197-4224-A75E-6865F64BC6F9 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:32:32 -0500 A tweet suggesting that the devastation of Hurricane Harvey was "instant karma" for the red state of Texas has cost a University of Tampa professor his job -- making him just the latest academic fired for off-duty speech. The University first distanced itself from sociology professor Kenneth L. Storey on Monday. But a tide of online outrage continued. A #FireKenStorey hashtag spread far beyond the university. Angry Facebook comments piled up. http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/college/ut-condemns-teacher-whose-tweet-blames-harvey-on-texas-gop-vote/2335504 B776AAF3-B52E-4765-8FCE-A3C6B78D1EAB Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:30:38 -0500 A student was arrested along with other protesters when about 800 people gathered at McCorkle Place on Tuesday night to demand the removal of the Silent Sam Confederate statue from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. The statue was surrounded by two sets of barricades earlier Tuesday morning in an effort to prevent protesters getting close to it. http://www.wral.com/unc-student-arrested-after-hundreds-protest-at-unc-chapel-hill-silent-sam-monument/16898155/ 633E5235-4DEE-4382-95C1-B5F91A8F6FC0 Wed, 23 Aug 2017 08:38:06 -0500 Chaos and violence turned to tragedy Saturday as hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and Ku Klux Klan members -- planning to stage what they described as their largest rally in decades to "take America back" -- clashed with counterprotesters in the streets and a car plowed into crowds, leaving one person dead and 19 others injured. Hours later, two state police officers died when their helicopter crashed at the outskirts of town. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fights-in-advance-of-saturday-protest-in-charlottesville/2017/08/12/155fb636-7f13-11e7-83c7-5bd5460f0d7e_story.html?utm_term=.6ebbf7555644 6975F3BB-3E3A-4E2E-94E5-D7DE0C222DAC Sun, 13 Aug 2017 08:06:49 -0500 A 20-year-old Milledgeville man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after he pleaded guilty to raping a woman on the campus of Georgia College on Feb. 25. Jarvis Javion Lawrence pleaded guilty to rape, aggravated sodomy, kidnapping, aggravated assault and two gun charges a day after his trial had begun, said District Attorney Steve Bradley, of the Ocmulgee Judicial Circuit. http://www.macon.com/news/local/crime/article166267462.html DEFD5445-6D69-4361-B236-7100C598FF7E Wed, 9 Aug 2017 14:38:30 -0500 College students and their parents probably don't spend much time worrying about identity theft when they think about navigating the minefields of university life. But as students head back to school this fall, they should take precautions to prevent their identities from being stolen. According to the Federal Trade Commission, there were more than 399,000 complaints about identity theft filed in 2016. https://www.consumerreports.org/identity-theft/college-students-face-risk-of-identity-theft/ CED61EAC-79D8-4485-A11A-A6A42B76E3BB Fri, 4 Aug 2017 08:57:22 -0500 A Thursday morning fire caused extensive damage to a historic building on the University of Vermont's central campus, but the largest state flora collection remains largely intact. The blaze, which began around 8 a.m. and engulfed the upper floors of Torrey Hall, appeared to be caused by construction workers who were soldering copper while renovating the building, according to Burlington Fire Department Chief Steven Locke. http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/08/03/fire-blazes-uvms-torrey-hall/535759001/ D5F5B997-E4E2-4B38-AA20-638F209B95CB Thu, 3 Aug 2017 07:50:05 -0500 College of Charleston officials have shuttered five fraternities on its campus in the last year. The Alpha Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi was closed in July after an investigation into multiple incidents of misconduct, including the alleged beating of a student in April. Officials began their investigation on May 19 and looked at incidents dating back to Feb. 11, according to information provided by Ron Menchaca, a college spokesman. http://www.postandcourier.com/news/college-of-charleston-shuts-down-fifth-fraternity-in-a-year/article_96e131f4-77c4-11e7-b4ff-6b74c68f5a30.html A8D09DA0-0A76-4B17-B657-21D029FA5A7F Thu, 3 Aug 2017 09:11:51 -0500 Authorities are investigating allegations that someone inappropriately videotaped minors attending a summer camp at Sacred Heart University, a university spokeswoman said Thursday. Deb Noack, director of communications said the allegations involve campers at a program run by U.S. Sports Camps on university property. http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-fairfield-bridgeport-sacred-heart-camp-investigation-0804-20170803-story.html FDFD809F-371C-47E3-A9CC-3955E3DD628D Thu, 3 Aug 2017 09:10:58 -0500 The University of South Alabama's football practice facility -- which was still under construction -- has collapsed, Athletic Director Joel Erdmann said Saturday. Erdmann confirmed the rumors on social media and posted a photo, adding that no one was injured in the collapse. http://www.al.com/news/mobile/index.ssf/2017/07/south_alabama_football_practic.html 882BE514-482E-4636-BA69-06ED9B3D389C Wed, 2 Aug 2017 14:00:13 -0500 Does Congress have a place in the free speech campus debate? The House of Representatives subcommittee on intergovernmental affairs sought to find out in their hearing on the "Challenges to Freedom of Speech on College Campuses." The key issue is whether, in an effort to preserve free speech, college campuses could fall into an area where their actions would inhibit it. http://college.usatoday.com/2017/07/27/who-should-police-free-speech-on-college-campuses-congress/ 053F2C8E-3B58-471A-A4E7-D2726A1CB723 Thu, 27 Jul 2017 08:11:50 -0500 After years of increasing rates of binge drinking, alcohol-impaired driving, and alcohol-related mortality among emerging adults ages 18 to 24, the numbers are finally starting to come down among college students in that age group, according to a study in the July issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. However, those same numbers are on the rise in young adults of the same age who are not in college. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/joso-bdd072417.php F9207DF3-02F6-44A3-8F3C-75A13B1C805B Thu, 27 Jul 2017 08:09:00 -0500 At around 3:40 a.m. on Tuesday, a student at Kennesaw State University in Georgia was loading up his car in the parking lot of an on-campus residence hall when he was robbed at gunpoint by two thieves. They left with his wallet -- and his handgun. https://www.thetrace.org/2017/07/georgia-campus-carry-college-student-gun-robbery/ A09FC5A7-FE51-421E-BAFC-935D05FFA3C4 Wed, 26 Jul 2017 09:23:18 -0500 Two robberies occurred early Wednesday morning, according to a University of Minnesota timely warning. The first happened at approximately 4:15 a.m. at the bus stop near Jones Hall on Pleasant Street where a University student was approached by two suspects and was threatened at knifepoint for his valuables. http://www.mndaily.com/article/2017/07/two-robbed-u-area-wednesday-morning 2C5B6E3D-AADB-4B08-B3C9-7735115F2724 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:25:45 -0500 Nicholas Lutz, the UCF student who got into trouble after posting a "graded" letter written by his ex-girlfriend on Twitter that went viral, had his disciplinary sanctions "revoked," according to a public statement released by his attorney. Lutz came into the national spotlight after tweeting photos of a letter written by his ex-girlfriend, which he edited in red ink and "graded" it with a D-minus. UCF suspended Lutz for violating UCF policy on students who break local, state, and federal law, following a cyberbullying complaint filed by the ex-girlfriend to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office. http://knightnews.com/2017/07/ucf-drops-lutzs-sanctions-for-grading-ex-girlfriends-letter/ 525EF2F2-1A8D-4148-AE77-29E426B43339 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 08:22:35 -0500 Claremont McKenna College (CMC) issued sanctions to seven CMC students who blockaded a speech by conservative pundit Heather Mac Donald at CMC’s Athenaeum, the college announced in a press release on July 17. Three of the students involved were suspended for one year, two were suspended for one semester and two were placed on conduct probation. The college identified these students by examining video and photographic evidence available of the protest against Ms. Mac Donald’s speech. https://www.claremont-courier.com/articles/news/t24135-cmc 4EEEC92F-33FE-45F0-BC8C-DA505DE12905 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:01:37 -0500 Columbus State University police say not only has the suspect committed fraud on campus but across the city. Stephen Michael Carson has on a green shirt and black shorts. University police say Carson is known for targeting wallets and purses. CSU police say Carson has no connection with Columbus State University and he was only on campus to commit crime. http://wrbl.com/2017/07/13/columbus-state-university-police-looking-for-financial-fraud-suspect/ 03128AC6-028E-4520-9AC7-7EFB75E49D77 Thu, 13 Jul 2017 08:35:14 -0500 UCLA received a bomb threat on Wednesday evening and, as a precaution, ordered residents evacuated from campus housing at about 10:10 p.m. Many of the residents who were affected gathered safely in Drake Stadium while emergency responders checked campus facilities. No suspicious device was found. At 12:20 a.m. on Thursday, residents were allowed to return to all residence halls at UCLA. http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/evacuation-on-campus-wednesday-night?_ga=2.160291188.89571836.1499932584-2030105854.1499932584 58516FD5-0514-499F-826D-93FE8764833F Thu, 13 Jul 2017 07:52:39 -0500 In the fall of 2015, a grassy quadrangle at the center of the University of Missouri became known nationwide as the command center of an escalating protest. Students complaining of official inaction in the face of racial bigotry joined forces with a graduate student on a hunger strike. Within weeks, with the aid of the football team, they had forced the university system president and the campus chancellor to resign. It was a moment of triumph for the protesting students. But it has been a disaster for the university. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/09/us/university-of-missouri-enrollment-protests-fallout.html 863CF110-41D7-492B-9051-2F479CCF52AB Sun, 9 Jul 2017 08:54:12 -0500 The University of Mississippi announced today plans to add plaques to various sites on its Oxford campus and rename one building, all with the goal of offering more history and "putting the past into context." University officials announced the recommendations it will be implementing from the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context. http://www.djournal.com/news/university-of-mississippi-to-implement-plan-to-put-past-into/article_dd713400-40b9-5453-9250-aee559865b58.html 0E187FB9-581A-4669-9AE4-10F3010C6EE1 Thu, 6 Jul 2017 08:48:31 -0500 Auburn University and the University of Georgia have made a list of the 100 safest colleges in the nation. Also making the list compiled for 2017 by the National Council For Home Safety and Security was Georgia Southern University. Auburn was ranked No. 52, Georgia Southern No. 82 and the University of Georgia No. 100. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/education/article159955314.html 9937F404-A9FF-40A4-A4FD-99E81011D0FC Thu, 6 Jul 2017 09:36:15 -0500 A conservative nonprofit student group at Macomb Community College said the institution’s policy of requiring permission for public speech violates their First Amendment rights. The Turning Point USA chapter is challenging the college’s "Policy on Expressive Activity" in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday at U.S. District Court in Detroit, according to Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing the organization. http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2017/07/05/turning-point-sues-macomb-college/103456710/ B6BCB6E2-AB25-43BF-9632-289F2F5B4FB5 Wed, 5 Jul 2017 08:07:58 -0500 The University of Dayton class of 2017 -- the first to enroll under the university's innovative fixed net-price tuition plan -- graduated at a higher rate and with less debt compared to the previous year, the college reported. The record four-year graduation rate of 67 percent is about 8 percent higher than the class of 2016 and well above the university's previous high of 62 percent, set in 2013, officials said. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/05/university_of_daytons_fixed_pr.html?platform=hootsuite AF1466F3-E2E2-4846-9194-D224F2A25A1F Tue, 4 Jul 2017 08:02:11 -0500 Federal authorities have arrested and charged a 28-year-old man with kidnapping Yingying Zhang, a visiting scholar at the University of Illinois who disappeared three weeks ago and now is presumed dead. Brendt Christensen, a former Ph.D. candidate who had studied physics at the university, was arrested late Friday, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-missing-illinois-student-charges-20170630-story.html 329891D8-9EFB-46AD-A8C0-67797A0F9E27 Sat, 1 Jul 2017 08:10:57 -0500 Police are investigating the cause of an explosion on Wednesday at a dorm at Murray State University in Kentucky that injured at least one person, according to officials. Authorities identified the victim as 26-year-old Dakota Fields, a residential director at the university, who was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Fields was listed in stable condition as of late Wednesday. http://abcnews.go.com/US/person-injured-explosion-kentuckys-murray-state-university/story?id=48341533 C466B0EE-6A88-435B-83B2-AB3D6663FE65 Thu, 29 Jun 2017 09:29:17 -0500 The University of Maryland Police Department is conducting a "hate-bias" investigation into a piece of plastic wrap shaped like a noose that was found on campus. "Earlier today, we were notified of a knotted piece of plastic wrap laying on the ground in the 7500 block of Baltimore Ave," the police department said in a statement Tuesday. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/28/umd-conducting-hate-bias-probe-plastic-wrap-noose/ D45FF93B-D2D2-435A-9EAA-D1D6F6E07D67 Wed, 28 Jun 2017 14:00:55 -0500 A staircase under construction at a Towson University parking garage fell onto a worker Tuesday, Baltimore County police said. Paramedics were called at 10:12 a.m. to the Towson University Union Garage where workers were dismantling an exterior set of stairs when it started to collapse, said police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Peach. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-co-stair-collapse-20170627-story.html BA3991CE-C165-4949-B307-D5C4232632E1 Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:57:58 -0500 A Yale University dean is out of a job after posting controversial reviews on Yelp. The New York Post reports June Chu, who was appointed dean of Yale's residential Pierson College in 2016, is leaving her position. The New Haven, Connecticut, school placed Chu on leave last month when racist comments she made online about local restaurants went viral. http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2017/06/yale_dean_june_chu_white_trash_yelp.html AB31C087-0832-43F0-BD0A-F62A8DE97DC2 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 14:32:29 -0500 The president of The Evergreen State College said students involved in disrupting classes at the school will be facing disciplinary action. He made those comments at a special State Senate hearing on Tuesday. It comes in the wake of protests and outside threats that shutdown the campus for several days and forced graduation to move. http://komonews.com/news/local/evergreen-college-president-students-involved-in-disrupting-classes-will-be-disciplined F860EC2E-369A-478F-8B06-29409A0FEC57 Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:35:48 -0500 The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) Thursday issued a policy brief advocating for the use of body-worn cameras (BWCs) for campus police departments. The report outlines the benefits, considerations and best practices for BWCs for campus leaders. One key takeaway from the report is that research indicates BWCs help reduce the risk of police officers using excessive force on civilians. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2017/06/02/aplu-urges-campuses-to-consider-use-of-body-worn-cameras.aspx EA1A59E5-6C7E-45ED-A9E4-7D1473B4FE22 Mon, 5 Jun 2017 09:15:11 -0500 The Facebook messaging group was at one point titled "Harvard memes for horny bourgeois teens." It began when about 100 members of Harvard College’s incoming freshman class contacted each other through the university’s official Class of 2021 Facebook group. They created a messaging group where students could share memes about popular culture -- a growing trend on the Internet among students at elite colleges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/05/harvard-withdraws-10-acceptances-for-offensive-memes-in-private-chat/?tid=ss_fb&utm_term=.e2f2ff023361 911E33DB-4AAD-45AA-8544-4C08F1CB24E1 Mon, 5 Jun 2017 09:09:17 -0500 A new threat received by The Evergreen State College in Olympia over the weekend will cancel classes on the campus yet again on Monday, the college announced in a statement late Sunday. Police are investigating "new external threat information received over the weekend," the statement said. All classes during the day and evening are effectively canceled under "suspended operations," the statement said. Staff will be present to provide services and ensure safety, and law enforcement will remain active at all hours, it added. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/new-threatening-information-will-keep-the-evergreen-state-college-closed-on-monday-police-investigating/ 039D8D68-9AA4-46CD-AF5D-60DBB88715CA Sun, 4 Jun 2017 09:56:19 -0500 Penn State is making changes to its Greek system, including taking control of the previously self-governing fraternities and sororities, following the February death of a pledge. The university’s board of trustees approved a set of changes during a meeting Friday. http://diverseeducation.com/article/97354/ 685B7A5D-B779-4900-8FEB-6EA9B3AA54D6 Sun, 4 Jun 2017 09:21:27 -0500 Looking out over a sea of people in Harvard Yard last week, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive and one of Harvard’s most famous dropouts, told this year’s graduating class that it was living in an unstable time, when the defining struggle was "against the forces of authoritarianism, isolationism and nationalism." Two days earlier, another end-of-year ceremony had taken place, just a short walk away on a field outside the law school library. It was Harvard’s first commencement for black graduate students, and many of the speakers talked about a different, more personal kind of struggle, the struggle to be black at Harvard. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/us/black-commencement-harvard.html?_r=1 762FDD9B-72E7-44F8-93BC-77383485FAD0 Fri, 2 Jun 2017 08:00:16 -0500 Several members of the Western Kentucky University football team were hit with criminal charges for attacking a guy at a fraternity house in March and are now suspended from the team. TMZ Sports broke the story ... a group of WKU football players showed up to the Pike frat house on March 5 and attacked an alum. Video footage shows several people tackling, stomping and punching the guy, who ended up in the ER with injuries. http://www.tmz.com/2017/06/01/wku-football-attack-charged/ 598A8089-3CC3-446C-A1E7-AD4D5D0AC04F Thu, 1 Jun 2017 09:31:00 -0500 Beginning July 1, a new law in the state of Georgia will allow fans with concealed firearm permits to carry handguns during tailgating events at public universities, but guns will still not be allowed inside athletic events. As a result, University of Georgia chancellor Steve Wrigley addressed how the law would affect Bulldogs football games. There are six home contests slated for Sanford Stadium in 2017, beginning Sept. 2 against Appalachian State. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaf/2017/05/25/new-georgia-law-allow-guns-public-university-tailgating/102144672/ 2ABA1724-1460-4F26-AC67-912EBE408A4E Fri, 26 May 2017 08:03:45 -0500 Middlebury College has disciplined 67 students for their involvement in protests that shut down a lecture by conservative writer Charles Murray in March, the college said Tuesday, as local police opted against bringing criminal charges. A total of 67 students were disciplined by the school for violating its policies on protests and general conduct, which prohibit "negligent or reckless use of physical force" and "prevention of another's ability to communicate or move freely." The sanctions ranged from probation to "official college discipline," a more serious measure that places a permanent record in the student's file, the college said. http://time.com/4792694/middlebury-college-discipline-charles-murray-protest/ 31F50043-F68D-4BF0-93DC-228B160262FE Wed, 24 May 2017 08:35:36 -0500 Thirteen students at Carleton College have been suspended for an entire school year. Administrators said it’s because of a hazing incident involving extreme alcohol consumption. It happened in the early morning hours of April 28. They said the group was trying to initiate at least 13 people into a secret, social club. Northfield police are also getting involved after a sexual assault allegation followed the incident. It’s a story many never would have expected to come out of their college. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/05/21/carleton-college-hazing-suspensions/ 631F44DC-EB11-4374-B739-C6D6029EE2BC Sun, 21 May 2017 14:42:31 -0500 A Saturday morning stabbing at the University of Maryland left one man dead in what police are calling a "totally unprovoked" attack. The man killed was a Bowie State University student who was waiting for an Uber ride with two friends, said David B. Mitchell, the chief of police at the College Park campus. The suspect in the slaying is a U-Md. student. The suspect and student stabbed did not know each other, Mitchell said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/stabbing-at-university-of-maryland-leaves-one-dead/2017/05/20/0e09d9d8-3d65-11e7-a058-ddbb23c75d82_story.html?utm_term=.d4773e757e74 172E9E60-B824-475C-8B78-CE30D4801671 Sat, 20 May 2017 08:38:37 -0500 The University of Kentucky has suspended a fraternity for six years for paddling pledges and other forms of hazing, according to disciplinary records. Kappa Alpha Psi, a historically black fraternity at UK, was suspended on March 28, 2017, according to a March 28 letter from Dominick Williams, the acting director of the Office of Student Conduct, to Kappa Alpha Psi president Dwayne Sutton, who accepted responsibility for the behavior that occurred in the spring 2017 semester. http://www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article151348712.html DCC88674-79EB-4BBE-AF82-5DD385BF0B0B Thu, 18 May 2017 15:54:22 -0500 Police have arrested four suspects in an aggravated assault reported Wednesday, May 17 on the University of Michigan campus. The University of Michigan canceled its crime alert Thursday, May 18, announcing the arrest of four individuals about 10 p.m. Wednesday. Police believe the attack began about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when a student pedestrian was approached by two women who began punching her near the West Hall Arch, near the 1000 block of South University Avenue at East University Avenue. http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2017/05/four_arrested_in_assault_repor.html 9089C60B-C010-4224-8AC5-198E37BB425A Thu, 18 May 2017 10:53:10 -0500 The horrific death of Penn State University student Tim Piazza, who died 12 hours after drinking heavily and falling down a flight of stairs at the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, may finally bring to light a deeply troubling subculture of hazing at Penn State and colleges around the country. And that would be long overdue. But just as likely, this case will end like so many before it, as a missed opportunity to truly change the way campuses deal with crime. http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/colleges-handle-hazing-criminal-activity-article-1.3151062 B363BCD6-7046-4C31-93CC-EA37CFD37520 Wed, 10 May 2017 09:35:41 -0500 Illinois has suspended three football players indefinitely after their arrests on charges of home invasion and armed robbery. Offensive lineman Darta Lee and tight end Zarrian Holcombe, both sophomores next season, and offensive lineman Howard Watkins, a freshman who enrolled in January, were arrested after an incident Wednesday morning in a university dormitory, Champaign police confirmed to the Tribune. According to a police spokeswoman, Lee, 18; Holcombe, 19; and Watkins, 18, entered the victim's dorm room wearing masks after 3 a.m. and announced a robbery. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/ct-illinois-offensive-lineman-arrested-20170510-story.html E2509768-5704-44F6-93B0-9B85BFDB40BA Wed, 10 May 2017 08:12:50 -0500 For the second time in 10 days, USF football player LaDarrius Jackson has been charged with forcing a woman to have sex. Two women and two law enforcement agencies have now leveled charges against the 22-year-old junior defensive end, who was kicked off the team after the second arrest Wednesday, USF said. He spent four nights in jail after his first arrest but only an hour after his second. He was released Wednesday on a $9,500 bond, the same amount that won his release on the initial charges. http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/usf-football-player-ladarrius-jackson-charged-with-assaulting-a-second/2323423 D01BCE98-9834-4ED6-AD05-AC170003365D Wed, 10 May 2017 08:11:33 -0500 Officials with the University of Arizona have withdrawn recognition for the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity chapter after multiple violations including allegations of hazing. The allegations included assault on a pledge member, endangerment and providing alcohol to minors. A release from the school says the University of Arizona Police Department arrested one student in connection to the assault. http://www.abc15.com/news/region-central-southern-az/tucson/university-of-arizona-fraternity-removed-over-hazing-allegations B7431D09-D934-4BCB-A4B2-4613D1B6980E Tue, 9 May 2017 10:47:28 -0500 A former Roanoke College student has been charged with aggravated sexual battery in an incident in a campus dormitory last month, according to court records. James Douglas Caruso, 19, is charged with aggravated sexual battery in which the victim is incapacitated, object sexual penetration and sodomy against a helpless victim, according to online court records. Roanoke College spokeswoman Theresa Gereaux said Caruso was a student at the time of the incident but is no longer enrolled at the college. http://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/salem/ex-roanoke-college-student-charged-in-alleged-sexual-assault-on/article_2be7c234-38ab-5925-8570-1804c35ff065.html 6DFEE4B9-4E9E-4F73-BDEA-41546A934755 Tue, 2 May 2017 16:34:56 -0500 The University of Texas at Austin resumed classes Tuesday after a violent attack on campus Monday left one student dead and three wounded. Harrison Brown, a freshman from Texas, was killed in the attack, according to officials at his former school district. The suspect, Kendrex White, who is also a student at UT, was taken into custody within minutes of his sudden attack with a knife on campus, police said. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/05/02/university-of-texas-mourns-after-stabbing-attack-leaves-one-dead-three-wounded/?utm_term=.5801d64353ed 240B782F-CBAC-4AB7-9566-FD998B2512CC Tue, 2 May 2017 08:49:24 -0500 A University of Iowa student has been charged with threat of terrorism after police say he threatened to bring a gun to graduation. Soliman Obaid B. Altamimi, 25, went to the university's International Programs Office at the University Capitol Center around 11:30 a.m. on Friday and asked to make a speech at the graduation ceremony, according to UI police complaints. When staff told Altamimi he couldn't give a speech, he replied that he "will bring a gun to the final ceremony." http://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2017/05/01/police-university-iowa-student-charged-threat-terrorism/308187001/ F3C22106-99E8-4192-AB6B-65183069C314 Mon, 1 May 2017 09:56:54 -0500 San Diego State University will pay $10,000 to settle a lawsuit by a foreign exchange student who said he was wrongly suspended and accused of sexual assault. Campus police arrested Francisco Sousa in December 2014 for an alleged assault near campus. A campus-wide email announced the arrest. The 23-year-old says the news flashed around the world, even to his hometown of Porto, Portugal. Charges were dropped the next month but the school didn't lift his suspension for eight months. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-student-settles-lawsuit-for-ruining-reputation-after-sexual-assault-accusation/ 8E20905A-3D58-4598-B861-CB955448C5F6 Sat, 29 Apr 2017 16:34:04 -0500 State lawmakers have waded into the charged campus free speech debate, 54 years after the legislature famously banned Communist speakers at the University of North Carolina. House Bill 527, dubbed "Restore/preserve campus free speech," is a mandate for public universities to "ensure the fullest degree of intellectual freedom and free expression." The bill would require public universities to have a range of sanctions for protesters who disrupt events or interfere with others’ free speech rights. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article146828989.html 1C5CD4A0-C29E-4182-B297-7BE1BAAE2304 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 08:42:55 -0500 Indiana State University has announced that an assistant professor of aviation technology has been arrested for allegedly creating fake anti-Muslim threats back in March. The charges reportedly stem from a series of emails that were received on campus containing anti-Muslim messages and threats. "Based upon the investigation, it is our belief that Hussain was trying to gain sympathy by becoming a victim of anti-Muslim threats which he had created himself," said Joseph Newport, chief of ISU's police department. https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/04/24/professor-arrested-after-allegedly-making-fake-anti-muslim-threa/22053805/ 09DE719A-F9CC-4D93-9CD0-EB88A1876DF2 Mon, 24 Apr 2017 11:44:35 -0500 Wheaton College is in mourning after a student was killed in a tragic accident at a track and field competition on Saturday. Ethan Roser, 19, was volunteering at the event around 4:15 p.m. when he was accidentally struck by a metal hammer ball during the hammer throw event, according to a statement from the school in Wheaton, Illinois. http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/wheaton-college-student-dies-in-accident-at-track-meet-420182014.html 34F5EAC7-77B8-47E3-9677-E4C64E75CFEA Mon, 24 Apr 2017 10:50:12 -0500 Indiana athletics has enacted a policy disqualifying its programs from adding any athlete with a history of sexual or domestic violence. The policy bans "any prospective student-athlete -- whether a transfer student, incoming freshman or other status -- who has been convicted of or pleaded guilty or no contest to a felony involving sexual violence." It further defines "sexual violence" as "dating violence, domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or sexual violence as defined by the Indiana University policy on sexual misconduct." http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2017/04/19/indiana-hoosiers-sexual-violence-athlete-ban-fred-glass/100660758/ 6AC7ACA2-EB56-4BEE-9B69-44AFB9939403 Thu, 20 Apr 2017 10:52:07 -0500 At least three people were arrested and at least one was left bloodied after dueling demonstrations outside Auburn University's James E. Foy Hall turned raucous before Richard Spencer spoke there Tuesday night. The speech was a lightning rod for controversy both on campus and online, as the "alt-right" leader's past white supremacist rhetoric proved divisive enough to cause Auburn to cancel the event on Friday. http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/violence_arrests_already_as_ri.html 4C6C00C4-D689-41B7-BED2-F0793D3D1080 Wed, 19 Apr 2017 11:05:00 -0500 Washburn University's board of regents has approved a campus concealed-carry policy. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports the board unanimously approved the gun policy without discussion Thursday. The policy requires campus housing residents to safely secure and conceal handguns from sight on themselves, in their dorm or in the trunk of their car. A student will be subject to criminal charges if the weapon is used improperly. A Kansas law passed in 2013 allows for keeping concealed guns out of public college and university buildings as long as security is installed at entrances. Washburn officials say making those security enhancements is too costly. http://www.kwch.com/content/news/Concealed-carry-policy-approved-at-university-in-Topeka-419483333.html B3B2C823-5679-4204-9AC0-383C871C15F1 Fri, 14 Apr 2017 14:58:46 -0500 Maybe you went to a candidate rally on a Colorado university campus this campaign season and spotted a sign with an arrow directing you to a designated "free speech area." As of the fall semester, on Colorado’s public university campuses, those areas roping off the First Amendment will be no more. Colorado’s Democratic governor, John Hickenlooper, just signed a bipartisan law granting free speech rights across all campuses -- not restricted to particular areas, which has been the current practice. http://www.coloradoindependent.com/164828/colorado-free-speech-zones-campus 2F396FAD-567C-4F75-9D41-C93C1BD5A5AB Tue, 11 Apr 2017 08:07:33 -0500 A Christian student was suspended because of comments he made on social media to another student -- not after he clashed with his Muslim professor, Rollins College’s president said Monday. Nevertheless, the professor, Areej Zufari, has resigned, President Grant Cornwell said in an interview with the Orlando Sentinel. Reports on conservative websites and Fox News set off a firestorm after Marshall Polston, 20, of Orlando, said he stood up to adjunct professor Zufari for attacking Christianity in her humanities class. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/school-zone/os-zufari-resign-20170410-story.html 29785815-7623-45F8-A56F-B1C38FB6432A Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:34:23 -0500 Fresno State released a new statement on Monday regarding a professor’s comments that "Trump must hang" -- vowing to cooperate in any potential federal investigation. Lars Maischak, a history professor, made national headlines after he tweeted that "to save American democracy, Trump must hang. The sooner and the higher, the better." "The review of these and any other statements will be conducted in the context of rights of free expression, but also for potential direct threats of violence that may violate the law," Fresno State President Joseph Castro said. http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education/article143774749.html 72972429-E992-41A4-B832-8C1D9CF94AE1 Mon, 10 Apr 2017 12:32:37 -0500 A criminal investigation report obtained from Coastal Carolina University alleges that some members of the CCU cheer team worked as strippers and escorts. The entire cheer team has been suspended from cheering due to a pending conduct investigation, but are still permitted to attend class. According to the investigation report obtained by The Sun News through a Freedom of Information request, cheerleaders involved in the escort services were paid between $100 and $1,500 per date. http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/news/local/education/article143170974.html 61E90019-6F46-4597-ABFE-167387D79C15 Thu, 6 Apr 2017 15:58:27 -0500 Penn State University on Thursday permanently banned a fraternity where a student died last month and announced new policies aimed at preventing underage drinking and hazing. The school revoked recognition of its chapter of Beta Theta Pi after it said an investigation found a "persistent pattern" of alcohol abuse, hazing, and drug use and sales. The probe into 19-year-old Timothy Piazza's death is ongoing, but State College Police have said he was injured in a fall down a set of stairs while pledging the frat, and that alcohol may have played a role in his death, according to CBS News. http://time.com/4719358/penn-state-ban-beta-theta-pi-fraternity/ 1435864F-B15D-4C54-89B0-488620535151 Thu, 30 Mar 2017 08:32:59 -0500 A not-guilty verdict for an Ohio University student protester has gotten dozens of his classmates off the hook. The city of Athens has dropped misdemeanor criminal-trespassing charges against 55 students who were arrested by university police Feb. 1, said city Law Director Lisa Eliason. The arrests came after students refused to end a sit-in at Baker Hall, staged to protest President Donald Trump's first immigration order banning people from seven majority-Muslim countries. http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170329/athens-drops-charges-against-remaining-ohio-university-protesters 0D6F6DFD-E14E-40B5-9AF0-B9B9A2997A75 Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:37:39 -0500 A Rollins College student who has accused his Muslim professor of religious discrimination has been clashing with his teacher since the semester started, court records show. Areej Zufari, the professor, was so concerned about the behavior of Marshall Polston, 20, that she filed a "protection against stalking" request against him on Friday in Orange Circuit Court. Rollins has temporarily suspended Polston from school. The injunction request includes a long email that Polston, a Christian, sent to the professor after he received a failing grade on an essay in the Middle Eastern humanities class. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/school-zone/os-rollins-investigate-free-speech-20170328-story.html 15AB0B74-A0F4-4B9F-BEB7-4315689B71C7 Tue, 28 Mar 2017 08:35:42 -0500 Keith Darrell with the Whitefield Fellowship in Bellbrook, Ohio, said he visits campuses across the country to preach the Bible. Darrell stood behind a chair engaging with students when sophomore Randy Banks allegedly poured coffee on the proselytizer’s Bible, which lay on the chair, according to witnesses. Banks, whose legal name is Randall Hughes, 20, ran away with police in pursuit. He was arrested on suspicion of malicious injury to property, obstructing a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, according to jail records. https://durangoherald.com/articles/144658-arrest-of-student-spurs-fort-lewis-college-march 209CEC6F-34A4-4756-BB4F-121959FBF43B Wed, 22 Mar 2017 11:09:00 -0500 One person has been charged in connection to a reported abduction near a sorority house on LSU's campus. Police have arrested 20-year-old Frank Herrera Jr. in connection to the incident, which occurred Wednesday. Herrera was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish prison. He was charged with kidnapping, 2nd degree rape, armed robbery, possession of schedule I drugs, and possession of a firearm on school property. http://www.wbrz.com/news/lsu-police-take-two-men-into-custody-on-general-adams-ave- C2805D8A-0F81-4036-A698-079B208D15DA Mon, 20 Mar 2017 14:26:26 -0500 The Police Chief at Central State University explains a campus shooting, armed robbery, and assault that all happened in a dorm building Monday (Mar. 13) night. The chief was the victim of the assault committed by a CSU student according to the Greene County Sheriff's office. Three suspects for the armed robbery and shooting investigations are currently still on the loose but are students at the University, according to Chief Stephanie Hill. http://abc22now.com/news/local/central-state-univ-police-chief-talks-about-violent-night-on-campus B55E21E3-5EB6-44D4-A81E-CFCCD87FDEBE Tue, 14 Mar 2017 09:04:42 -0500 State regulators slammed Duke University in a new report on a radioactive incident last month. According to the state report, in mid-February, researchers in the school's radiology department mishandled a sample of Uranium (U-235) without wearing gloves or other protective equipment and contaminated workspaces and other areas, on and off campus. http://abc11.com/news/report-slams-duke-university-in-wake-of-uranium-breach/1789731/ 256F76FA-F5BD-4105-837B-610C24212C65 Tue, 7 Mar 2017 08:35:06 -0600 Indiana University’s Tri Delta sorority is being shut down. Sorority President Kimberlee Di Fede Sullivan released a statement Saturday saying the organization made the decision to withdraw Delta Omicron’s charter. Sullivan said the decision came after an investigation found members had been involved in "activities that do not represent our high standards or align with Tri Delta’s Purpose -- activities that also violated the chapter’s previous probation terms." http://www.indystar.com/story/news/fox59/2017/03/06/sorority-shuts-down-indiana-university-chapter/98797094/ 9A7BDF3C-FEA8-4BC6-94AF-42F22EF44472 Mon, 6 Mar 2017 15:55:17 -0600 Middlebury College Professor Allison Stanger was injured by protesters Thursday evening as she was escorting a controversial speaker from campus. She was treated at Porter Hospital and released. Charles Murray, a political scientist who has been criticized for his views on race and intelligence, was invited to speak on campus by a student group. As Stanger, Murray and a college administrator left McCullough Student Center last evening following the event, they were "physically and violently confronted by a group of protestors," according to Bill Burger, the college’s vice president for communications and marketing. http://www.addisonindependent.com/201703middlebury-college-professor-injured-protesters-she-escorted-controversial-speaker AFDC16B9-D6D8-4E3E-BEEA-16574DD6545D Fri, 3 Mar 2017 08:15:12 -0600 An Ohio State student died Monday after falling from a parking garage on the campus, reports say. Madison Paul, of Zanesville, Ohio, was taken to Ohio State's Wexner Medical Center after falling from the Ohio Union South Garage Monday afternoon but died of her injuries. OSU police say foul play is not suspected. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/02/ohio_state_student_dies_after.html 4F0C5FEF-5A28-4825-8EB5-3801DA1CDCC5 Wed, 1 Mar 2017 15:26:10 -0600 A faculty member at California State University, Fullerton has been suspended after striking a College Republicans member during a campus protest earlier this month. The altercation occurred Feb. 8 as pro-Palestine students and counter-protesters marched peacefully through campus. Anthropology part-time lecturer Eric Canin reportedly approached the group of counter-protesters -- many of them being CSUF College Republicans members -- and tried to rip a sign out of a student’s hand. Mr. Canin was accused of then striking another student who tried to step between them. The group’s president, Chris Boyle, said he witnessed the hit and proceeded to restrain Mr. Canin until police arrived. The university said in a statement that its internal investigation concluded that a faculty member did indeed strike a student and violate his free speech rights. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/27/eric-canin-cal-state-lecturer-suspended-for-hittin/ 61419CCD-C471-4BE6-B989-27D2AE59419B Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:02:42 -0600 State police have charged six University of Connecticut students with alcohol-related offenses in connection with the October death of student Jeffny Pally, who was killed when she was run over by a UConn Fire Department vehicle. State police said the students charged were involved in hosting an off-campus party at a house affiliated with Kappa Sigma fraternity that Pally, 19, of West Hartford attended prior to the fatal incident. Kappa Sigma fraternity was suspended by UConn on Feb. 1 after an investigation found that the organization violated UConn's student code by providing alcohol to minors and engaging in disruptive and endangering behavior, according to university records. http://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-uconn-alcohol-fire-department-arrests-0225-20170224-story.html 8BC8DA9A-18CE-494E-A9E7-95C9B3ABED40 Fri, 24 Feb 2017 08:38:39 -0600 A fraternity at Loyola University has been suspended as the school investigates the organization for hazing, making it the second local chapter of the fraternity to be shut down this month. Sigma Alpha Epsilon has been ordered to temporarily stop operations after administrators received "credible information alleging that the chapter is engaged in hazing activity," Loyola spokeswoman Kristin Trehearne Lane said Thursday. Earlier this month, leaders at Northwestern University issued a campus security alert saying they received anonymous reports that as many as four female students were given a date-rape drug during a Jan. 21 event at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-loyola-university-fraternity-hazing-met-20170223-story.html CA029B5F-1C8C-4409-B178-9112931C62BA Thu, 23 Feb 2017 09:23:25 -0600 Rollins College officials have suspended all six of its fraternities after concerns over "high risk behaviors" surfaced this week, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. The suspension was announced as Winter Park Police investigate a reported battery and burglary that led to a Rollins student being taken to the hospital. The incident happened at 7:58 p.m. Sunday a few blocks from campus, according to a Winter Park police report. No charges have been filed against what the report described as three offenders. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/features/education/os-rollins-college-fraternities-suspended-20170222-story.html 661AB7F0-1CC9-4418-9605-7698B432EB7B Wed, 22 Feb 2017 11:19:52 -0600 Police are searching for two Charlotte area suspects after roommates were robbed at gunpoint in a dorm room at Catawba College in Salisbury. The two roommates were robbed on Feb. 15 at Stanback Hall in the 2300 block of West Innes Street, police said. An adjoining dorm room had just been broken into and ransacked, according to police. A day earlier, clothing, electronics and jewelry were stolen from another dorm room in Stanback Hall. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article134100149.html F0C237BB-B5A0-446E-B495-08D0E24C984F Tue, 21 Feb 2017 09:16:31 -0600 Seattle Pacific University gunman Aaron Ybarra was sentenced Friday to 112 years in prison for the shooting spree that saw one student killed at the close-knit Christian college. Ybarra's sentencing came nearly three years after the June 2014 shooting that rocked the Queen Anne campus. He was convicted in November on all counts, including first-degree murder for the death of 19-year-old Paul Lee. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/Ybarra-sentencing-10940960.php 0742952E-E67D-4C82-88BA-6FDFCB637CE4 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 11:28:34 -0600 University of Minnesota police are investigating the latest of several recent incidents involving anti-Semitic postings on the Minneapolis campus. Social media on Friday captured the image of a flier taped to a pole inviting people to the neo-Nazi website the Daily Stormer. University officials said Friday that police are aware of the incident and are investigating. On Thursday, University of Minnesota police arrested a student for allegedly vandalizing a public area of a residence hall with anti-Semitic graffiti. http://www.startribune.com/u-police-investigate-latest-anti-semitic-postings-on-campus/414140383/ 6A9ED54C-5346-4127-BFD4-BCDE0392AACA Fri, 17 Feb 2017 08:06:31 -0600 A Tempe church that sprang from a controversial campus ministry in Tucson is under investigation by Arizona State University, accused of stalking, hazing and other misconduct. Seven disciplinary charges are pending against Hope Christian Church for suspected violations of the state university system’s student code of conduct, public records obtained by the Arizona Daily Star show. http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2017/02/15/star-investigation-church-tucson-roots-accused-stalking-hazing-asu/97965896/ 6259F878-0C28-4668-9726-EB930CE62D7B Wed, 15 Feb 2017 09:00:02 -0600 Twenty-one college-aged students were taken by ambulance from the Miami University area to hospitals for alcohol-related problems last weekend, a spike that is causing concern among city and university officials. Jon Varle, who has been an Oxford Police sergeant for more than two decades, tells wcpo.com that he's never seen the drinking problem so bad at Miami. He said the increase in drinking is challenging the city's emergency services. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/02/miami_university_sees_rash_of.html B87A46CF-221F-490B-8DF9-397D392304E4 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:38:16 -0600 Police in Eagle Rock are searching for an intruder, accused of breaking into dorms at Occidental College, stealing underwear and engaging in lewd behavior. Campus safety officials released a surveillance photo of the suspect. He managed to get into three residence halls on campus last Friday morning. Students said he stole women's underwear, performed lewd acts in the dorms' bathrooms and left crude messages on whiteboards. http://abc7.com/news/occidental-college-dorm-intruder-sought-for-lewd-acts/1756009/ 92A3EF50-05F3-4A86-8848-B5DA017AD6D8 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:05:11 -0600 A top attorney working for Florida State University has been arrested by federal authorities and charged with attempted enticement of a minor. Court records show FSU associate general counsel Dayton Cramer was arrested on Tuesday. FSU spokeswoman Jill Elish said Cramer resigned prior to the university firing him. Cramer was earning more than $156,000 a year at his job. http://www.usnews.com/news/florida/articles/2017-02-15/top-florida-state-university-official-resigns-after-arrest 68458AD5-9C28-423F-AF47-76C1E5812B66 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:02:40 -0600 An Orange Coast College student who secretly videotaped his instructor making anti-Trump statements was suspended from school and told to write a letter of apology as well as a three-page essay about the incident. The college suspended Caleb O’Neil for the current semester and the summer term, saying he violated a Coast Community College District policy prohibiting recording someone on district property without that person’s consent. William Becker, an attorney representing O’Neil, said the sanctions are excessive and the student’s legal rights have been violated. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/college-744067-neil-cox.html 3F72F794-A78B-4779-A704-4C6B660F50A0 Tue, 14 Feb 2017 08:23:05 -0600 Four people, including two students, were robbed on the Cleveland State University campus in a 12-day span, school officials said. The robberies, which officials believe are unrelated, all happened between Jan. 25 and Feb. 5. One arrest was made in the Feb. 5 robbery but no one else has been arrested in connection with the crimes. Cleveland State President Ronald Berkman said in a Monday email to students, faculty and staff that the school is increasing police patrols around campus in a response to the recent uptick in robberies. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/02/four_robbed_in_12_days_at_clev.html BC326E9F-5138-4537-AC5B-3756512AB4FE Mon, 13 Feb 2017 08:03:38 -0600 A 19-year-old Creighton University student is accused of slashing another student’s neck with a knife inside a dormitory early Saturday. Teresa Spagna, 18, who also attends Creighton, suffered a non-life-threatening injury in the cutting about 1 a.m., Omaha Police Lt. Kyle Steffen said. Spagna was cut inside Gallagher Hall, near 27th Plaza and California Street -- just to the north of downtown Omaha -- and taken to the hospital. http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/creighton-university-student-slashed-in-dorm-another-student-charged/article_5b4fb6a2-f046-11e6-98bf-636777da39c0.html 06861B23-4745-4643-9CDA-9D8DC3D8E25E Sat, 11 Feb 2017 08:14:07 -0600 The bus driver for a college basketball team playing against St. Bonaventure University was arrested for DWI after the team's bus went missing Wednesday. State Police said they were called to St. Bonaventure University around 10:45 p.m. for a missing tour bus for the St. Louis University Basketball team. The team had arrived on the campus. The driver - Linda Edmister, 56, of Gasport - failed roadside sobriety tests and was arrested for DWI. She registered a .22 BAC when being processed at State Police headquarters in Olean. http://13wham.com/news/local/college-basketball-team-bus-driver-charged-with-dwi C09F8DF3-B370-4D60-8CEC-0D6329F1CCF3 Thu, 9 Feb 2017 10:11:04 -0600 Almost two months after a secretly recorded video of an Orange Coast College professor's post[-]election comments about President Trump touched off a firestorm, signs reminding students that in-class recordings are prohibited without instructors' permission have been posted for the spring semester. The classroom signs cite the Coast Community College District's student code of conduct and the California Education Code, which prohibit recordings without permission. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-orange-coast-college-20170207-story.html 4D2D0070-29FC-402B-BFE7-AB2BFA26490D Wed, 8 Feb 2017 08:36:32 -0600 East Tennessee State University is trying to fire a tenured music professor following an internal investigation that found he sexually harassed two faculty members, according to university records. While he fights his proposed termination, David Champouillon remains on paid suspension. Hundreds of pages of ETSU records show faculty and students have accused Champouillon of lewd and inappropriate behavior. The university initiated an internal investigation after two faculty members filed sexual harassment complaints in late 2016, records revealed. http://wate.com/2017/02/07/etsu-trying-to-fire-professor-for-sexual-harrassment/ C078D93F-4D25-4CE2-9549-70D76B045995 Tue, 7 Feb 2017 08:33:24 -0600 Northwestern University is investigating anonymous reports that allege at least three students were sexually assaulted and may also have been drugged at fraternity houses in recent weeks, school officials said. Administrators at the Evanston campus issued a security alert to students Monday after being told that as many as four female students may have been given a date-rape drug during an event Jan. 21 at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. Two of those women believe they were then sexually assaulted, according to the report, though it's not clear how the person who reported the alleged incidents knew of them. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-northwestern-date-rape-alert-fraternity-20170207-story.html 47C3496D-006F-4526-9737-A81C11729084 Tue, 7 Feb 2017 08:03:05 -0600 Washington University in St. Louis lifted its suspension of the men's soccer team Monday after an internal investigation found that the squad didn't violate the school's sexual harassment policy. The men's team was suspended in December for what the private university called complaints of "degrading and sexually explicit" comments and other inappropriate behavior toward the women's team. Details have not been disclosed. But Lori White, the school's vice chancellor for student affairs announced Monday that a review by the university's Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards determined that not all the men took part in the questioned activities. http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/soccer/2017/02/06/washington-university-lifts-suspension-of-mens-soccer-team/97573200/ 02C50D51-1660-45FF-B4DC-94AAD152558C Mon, 6 Feb 2017 08:34:05 -0600 Authorities warn about a group of men who robbed two individuals at gunpoint on the Rowan University campus. The university sent out an alert about the robbery Sunday night. The robbery occurred around 8:40 p.m. in from of Winans Hall on Route 322. Two men were walking outside the hall when a four-door sedan pulled up to them. Inside the sedan was four men. One of the men, described as having a red hooded sweatshirt and gray pants pulled out a handgun and demanded money. http://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/index.ssf/2017/02/2_robbed_at_gunpoint_on_university_campus_authorit.html 228960C0-993F-49A6-B985-22AA7B593DC8 Sun, 5 Feb 2017 08:00:37 -0600 The University of Minnesota panel that heard the case of alleged involvement by 10 football players in a sexual assault on campus cleared four students, eased the sanctions on one player and upheld the punishments for the other five. Attorney Lee Hutton III, a former Gophers wide receiver representing nine of the players, confirmed Friday that quarterback Seth Green (one-year suspension), running back Kobe McCrary (one-year suspension), cornerback Antonio Shenault (probation) and safety Antoine Winfield Jr. (one-year suspension) had recommended punishments dismissed. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/university-of-minnesota-panel-clears-4-players-in-sexual-assault-investigation/ F64444B4-DBDD-4297-B564-7BEA30B5F679 Fri, 3 Feb 2017 08:02:28 -0600 People protesting a University of California Berkeley event by the controversial right-wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos caused more than $100,000 in damage to the campus Feb. 1. There were over 1,500 people on campus to protest the event, but university officials blamed around 150 "masked agitators" who they say joined otherwise peaceful protests and caused the destruction. http://www.campussafetymagazine.com/article/uc_berkeley_protests_cause_100k_in_damage_on_campus 0107D8ED-E88C-443B-A12D-44275B82505B Fri, 3 Feb 2017 16:31:35 -0600 Eleven people have been arrested outside New York University during a heated protest against a conservative comedian who gave a speech at the school, police said on Friday. A group that organized the protest against Vice Media co-founder Gavin McInnes said he was known for using incendiary language, according to local media. The protesters face charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and criminal mischief after they were taken into custody during a demonstration against McInnes, who made an appearance at the university late on Thursday, a New York City Police Department spokesman said. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-protests-idUSKBN15I1BC?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter FA8663C2-22A3-4B35-9858-C7C6A8452F63 Fri, 3 Feb 2017 08:00:54 -0600 City of Beloit police have arrested a Beloit College student who reported derogatory racial and religious graffiti on the door of his dorm after he admitted to writing the messages himself, according to a City of Beloit Police Department news release. Michael Kee, 20, was arrested on charges of obstruction, disorderly conduct and criminal damage regarding the incident, which was reported Jan. 30, according to the release. http://www.gazettextra.com/20170201/police_beloit_college_student_arrested_for_defacing_own_dorm_door D1E81665-A169-4CB3-B03D-97AF31B63DE5 Thu, 2 Feb 2017 07:59:31 -0600 Amid an apparently organized violent attack and destruction of property at UC Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, the UC Police Department (UCPD) determined it was necessary to evacuate controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos from campus and to cancel his scheduled 8 p.m. performance. Yiannopoulos had been invited by the Berkeley College Republicans. Fires that were deliberately set, one outside the campus Amazon outlet; Molotov cocktails that caused generator-powered spotlights to catch fire; commercial-grade fireworks thrown at police officers; barricades pushed into windows and skirmishes within the crowd were among the evening’s violent acts. http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/02/01/yiannopoulos-event-canceled/?utm_content=buffercc163&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer EDCCD9A4-3846-4D2E-83D3-6867EED8943B Wed, 1 Feb 2017 08:22:28 -0600 Ohio University police arrested about 70 protesters on charges of criminal trespass Wednesday night, after they refused to leave a sit-in demonstration inside Baker University Center, police said. The protest, over President Donald Trump's policies on immigration, started in front of the Athens County Courthouse in downtown Athens, Athens police said. There were about 300 participants at that time, according to a local newspaper. http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170201/about-70-trump-protesters-arrested-at-ohio-university 67548633-46A1-42E3-9497-388DFDA149A5 Wed, 1 Feb 2017 08:20:06 -0600 A dean of students at Washington University in St. Louis has been indicted on federal child pornography charge, the U.S. attorney's office in St. Louis said Monday. Justin Carroll, 67, of University City, is charged with access with intent to view child pornography. Bond was set at $100,000. Carroll could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted. An indictment said Carroll, using an alias "MOperv," was caught with videos featuring prepubescent boys. U.S. Attorney Richard Callahan said investigators didn't discover any wrongdoing connected to Carroll's university responsibilities. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/washington-university-dean-students-facing-porn-charge-45150819 8B606DA6-F9D5-4982-B23A-1DDCB6493BF1 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:24:38 -0600 University of Southern Mississippi police officials investigated an allegation of sexual battery, issued a citation for providing alcohol to a person under 21 and issued a Community Alcohol Violation for serving a drink called "Jungle Juice" after the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity held a homecoming party Oct. 29. The university has taken disciplinary action against the approximately 30-member fraternity in connection with the party, barring it from hosting social events and placing it on disciplinary probation through spring semester 2018. There are also ongoing investigations and the possibility of more sanctions, the details of which university legal personnel said cannot be divulged under federal law. So far, no criminal charges have resulted from the campus police investigation. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2017/01/29/incident-report-shows-rape-allegation-sae-party/97229178/ CB15ED71-77C7-48B9-A08C-03C16CF09A5A Sun, 29 Jan 2017 15:31:41 -0600 The FBI says scam artists post jobs looking for students for administrative positions. They say they receive counterfeit checks in the mail and are then asked to deposit them in their personal accounts. From there, the scammer directs students to withdraw funds from their account, send a portion via wire transfer to another person for materials or software deemed vital for the job. However, the checks are then determined to be fraudulent by the bank. "Don't accept a job that requires you to deposit checks into your own account, or where you would be wiring a portion of money from your account," says FBI spokesperson Todd Lindgren. http://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/fbi-sends-out-warning-about-scam-targeting-college-job-seekers 15112E89-2D82-4BEF-93D6-1E5CB4B78030 Thu, 26 Jan 2017 08:43:59 -0600 A Kansas State student accidentally shot himself on Sunday on campus, and the school police are investigating criminal charges for the 19-year-old man. The man was taken to an area hospital for his injuries and his last known condition was stable, a news release said. Firearms aren’t currently allowed in campus buildings or residence halls, although that’s on track to change. Starting in July, a Kansas law will allow concealed guns on state college campuses unless a legislative effort to undo the law is successful. http://cjonline.com/news/local/2017-01-23/k-state-student-accidentally-shot-wounded-dorm-criminal-charges-possible DCB3B086-9207-41D7-9B0F-41FA29543551 Mon, 23 Jan 2017 10:43:41 -0600 One man was shot and wounded, several people were hit with paint and officers avoided flying bricks outside the University of Washington’s Kane Hall on Friday night, where Breitbart News editor and provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos addressed a crowd on President Trump’s Inauguration Day. The 34-year-old shooting victim was in critical condition Saturday morning after undergoing surgery, at Harborview Medical Center, spokeswoman Susan Gregg said. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/violence-punctuates-uw-talk-by-breitbart-editor-milo-yiannopoulos/ AEA87D6E-22F4-4EE3-99E6-2B8AB2E1EC9D Fri, 20 Jan 2017 08:56:30 -0600 A former Notre Dame College student photographer, David Zinram, who stole 656 pair of women's underwear from fellow students, including athletes he photographed, was sentenced to spend 10 days in Cuyahoga County Jail. Zinram's March arrest broke open a case that had puzzled Notre Dame campus detectives for months and struck fear across the campus dorms, Notre Dame College Police Chief Jeffrey Scott said. More than a dozen students in campus dorms filed complaints that their underwear and bras were taken from laundry rooms, and police were preparing to install undercover cameras to catch the thief, Scott said. http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/01/notre_dame_college_student_get.html 8B2E9EE1-AD04-49AB-8B95-53E2DA9DCCCB Thu, 19 Jan 2017 11:13:19 -0600 A former university student Amjad "Mark" Hussain, 23, charged pleaded guilty Tuesday in St. Lawrence County Court to sending a note to a SUNY Potsdam professor in 2015 that threatened him and his family on the day [h]is trial for a hate crime was originally scheduled. On April 26, 2015, while a student at SUNY Potsdam, Mr. Hussain said he intentionally harassed Associate English and Communications Professor John D. Youngblood by placing a note in his office that threatened physical harm to him and his family. http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news05/hussain-pleads-guilty-to-harassment-of-suny-potsdam-professor-20170117 E1463179-6C8B-4FE6-BB2F-0E02C603199A Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:38:32 -0600 North Carolina Central University police are investigating an apparent armed robbery that occurred near campus Tuesday night, the university said in a crime alert issued to students, faculty and staff. The student told authorities that she was standing in the roadway near the Farrison Newton Communications Building when she was confronted by two unknown men. One of the men walked up to her and took out a black handgun and demanded her purse, she said. The suspect took the purse and fled toward a house near Dupree Street. http://wncn.com/2017/01/11/crime-alert-issued-at-nc-central-following-armed-robbery-of-female-student/ 3B5D767A-940B-4BD2-8B82-4B57E3AEF4D8 Wed, 11 Jan 2017 09:04:21 -0600 Amherst college is punishing the men’s cross country team after an investigation into inappropriate online exchanges among team members. Late Monday night, Amherst College released a statement regarding the team following the investigation that started after an article in the school newspaper alleged a series of inappropriate emails and social media posts were sent around the team. The college called the exchanges "highly inappropriate" and several individuals have been suspended from varsity athletics for periods ranging from three contests, to the rest of their time at Amherst College. http://wwlp.com/2017/01/10/amherst-college-mens-cross-country-team-on-probation-after-investigation-into-vulgar-emails/ C2F6FDC1-A625-42F2-ADBF-8A02C592BADB Tue, 10 Jan 2017 09:18:42 -0600 Students at Loyola University Chicago have launched a petition demanding that the school release information on a man who attended classes at Loyola and played on its golf team for three years while facing a rape charge in Johns Creek, Ga. But the university says it had no idea that Ben Holm, 21, was arrested and charged with rape in May 2013 during his senior year at Johns Creek High School. http://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/accused-rapist-campus-university-should-have-told-students-say/P5mjr1e7SDJp8Csp2ZqsbL/ F652495E-6C78-4B4B-8E75-0D6D31F54C11 Mon, 19 Dec 2016 09:33:59 -0600 Hofstra University has asked police to investigate allegations of "extreme hazing" at a now-defunct campus fraternity after the Long Island college's student-run newspaper published disturbing images from a former pledge. The college said in a statement that the photos -- which include images of a man locked in a dog cage, blindfolded students kneeling in front of a swastika with their bodies covered in hot sauce and pledges laying on the ground covered in what appears to be flour -- were allegedly taken off campus and show pledges of the Sigma Pi fraternity's Eta-Gamma Chapter in 2014 and 2015. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Hofstra-University-Hazing-Photos-New-York-NY-Long-Island-Pictures-405304976.html 8794A1EE-309E-4DB4-AAD5-BAECD43C363D Wed, 7 Dec 2016 10:06:25 -0600 A USC psychology professor was stabbed to death inside a campus building Friday by a 28-year-old student who was taken into custody, Los Angeles police said. Bosco Tjan, a co-director of the Dornsife Cognitive Neuroimaging Center who joined the faculty in 2001, was identified as the victim by USC President C.L. Max Nikias. Authorities said they arrested Jonathan David Brown, a Los Angeles resident, and booked him in jail. Brown is a PhD student in the lab that Tjan ran, according to a USC website. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-usc-stabbing-20161202-story.html 41B2D575-B387-4026-BB15-4BF1F1A7BD96 Sat, 3 Dec 2016 08:41:36 -0600 Auburn University employee Dennis Rae Ledbetter, 46, was arrested on three felony warrants Friday and charged with possession of child pornography. Ledbetter is a police lieutenant with the Auburn University Department of Public Safety, according to Auburn University's website. Ledbetter is a police lieutenant with the Auburn University Department of Public Safety, according to Auburn University's website. http://www.oanow.com/news/auburn-university-employee-arrested-for-possession-of-child-pornography/article_83fb0d3c-b8e1-11e6-b61e-0361e59dcb3e.html BE80532A-7BBC-46D8-83F3-ECD3DE220B1D Fri, 2 Dec 2016 08:35:56 -0600 A Hamilton man charged last year with fondling women as they slept in Rider University dorm rooms has resolved the case through Pre-Trial Intervention, or PTI. Jon Cannon was charged in October 2015 with touching two women the month before in separate incidents on Rider's campus. In one, a young woman awoke about 3 a.m. to a man who pushing on the right side of her chest and tried to kiss her. About 10 days later, a second woman awoke to a man roughly touching her breasts over her nightshirt, authorities said last year. Cannon was also charged with entering a Rider sorority last fall, but fled when spotted, police have said. http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2016/11/man_charged_with_touching_sleeping_college_student.html 45EFC9D0-2D9C-4B00-896D-A8D836CDD431 Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:12:49 -0600 Tyrell Nathaniel Brown, 29, accused of trying to force himself on a student in a restroom at Mt. San Jacinto College's Menifee campus pleaded guilty Monday, Nov. 28, to false imprisonment and was immediately sentenced to a year in jail and three years’ probation. On the morning of Oct. 3, Brown went into a gender-neutral restroom on the Menifee campus and confronted an 18-year-old student in one of the stalls, according to sheriff’s officials and Marriott. The young woman wrestled free of Brown's clutches and bolted from the bathroom uninjured, the release said. Brown was not a student at MSJC, Marriott said. http://www.pe.com/articles/brown-819633-campus-sheriff.html 8657DD4F-81C2-4B90-82F5-865F5E2F5EA2 Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:10:08 -0600 An Ohio State University student was shot dead by police after he plowed into pedestrians with a car and then stabbed multiple people with a butcher's knife at the OSU campus in Columbus this morning, officials said. The scene is now secure, officials said. Eleven people were transported to local hospitals, officials said. One is in critical condition. The suspect was identified as Abdul Razak Ali Artan, an OSU student, officials said at a press conference this afternoon. http://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-state-university-student-dead-driving-crowd-stabbing/story?id=43821371 AE6DF9A4-ECBB-40F4-8E2D-BACFC36F5066 Mon, 28 Nov 2016 11:42:05 -0600 A 31-year-old man has been charged with murder and other crimes in the fatal shooting of a college police officer in Detroit. DeAngelo Davis is accused of shooting Collin Rose, 29, in the head when the Wayne State University officer tried to arrest him Tuesday. Prosecutors say Davis then fled on foot and was taken into custody several hours later. Rose was investigating possible thefts of navigation systems from vehicles near the Wayne State campus. The prosecutor says he was "respected" and "admired." http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wayne-state-university-officer-collin-rose-fatally-shot-murder-charges-filed-against-deangelo-davis/ E62BF9BB-B9A4-4CEE-A1AC-27001776B8D4 Fri, 25 Nov 2016 08:27:55 -0600 A Rutgers University professor who was given a psychological exam after posting statements about gun control and flag burning on his Twitter account has been placed on administrative leave and is no longer teaching, campus officials said Friday. Kevin Allred, an adjunct part-time lecturer on Rutgers' New Brunswick campus, made international headlines Wednesday after police came to his Brooklyn home and took him to Bellevue Hospital for a psychological exam. http://www.nj.com/education/2016/11/rutgers_prof_after_anti_trump_tweets.html 48684964-9548-47D8-8B14-269EB1E55347 Fri, 18 Nov 2016 10:08:20 -0600 Two University of Maryland football players have been charged in connection with a series of BB gun shootings in College Park, University of Maryland police said. Darryl Turner II, 19, of Glenarden, and Lorenzo Harrison III, 19, of Clinton, are each facing second-degree assault, reckless endangerment and related charges connected to the incidents. Police said the shootings were reported on Nov. 6 and officers investigated three reports where College Park students were hit by what they believed were BB pellets. http://www.wbaltv.com/article/two-university-of-maryland-football-players-charged-in-bb-gun-shootings/8297077 1D7FB357-E4CB-47CC-9FEC-5C83AF464AF1 Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:23:35 -0600 The University of Michigan’s law school has cancelled a planned "self-care" event, designed to help students cope with Donald Trump’s election, following a wave of Internet ridicule. The event, called "Post-Election Self-Care With Food and Play" appeared Friday on the school’s website, entreating students to work out their Trump-driven anxiety with "stress-busting self-care activities" including coloring, blowing bubbles, sculpting with Play-Doh and "positive card making." The event has now been removed from UMich’s website, though a version still lives on Google cache. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/11/14/university-michigan-cancels-plan-to-help-students-cope-with-trump-using-coloring-books-play-doh-and-bubbles.html BAFF9078-CCA9-4A6E-A250-AC1FF52E34F6 Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:52:56 -0600 Columbia University’s wrestling team, which bills itself as the nation’s oldest intercollegiate program, has had its season suspended by the university while officials investigate text messages sent by team members that included the frequent use of racist, misogynistic and homophobic terms. On Monday, Columbia released a statement saying that the university’s athletic department "has decided that Columbia wrestlers will not compete until we have a full understanding of the facts on which to base the official response to this disturbing matter." A university official confirmed late Monday that the team was still practicing, which raised the possibility that the season would continue once the investigation was completed. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/sports/columbia-suspends-wrestling-season-lewd-text-messages.html 8CE92994-664C-4DEF-B3A5-CA08F67CB514 Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:05:58 -0600 A University of Alabama student has been arrested in connection with the rape of a teenage girl on Saturday. Capt. Gary Hood with the Tuscaloosa County Metro Homicide Unit said university police requested Tuscaloosa investigators respond to DCH Regional Medical Center yesterday morning around 10:30 a.m. When investigators arrived, they met with an 18-year-old female who said she was raped. University spokesman Chris Bryant said Monday, "The accused student has been placed on interim suspension and is banned from campus while the investigation continues." http://www.al.com/news/tuscaloosa/index.ssf/2016/11/university_of_alabama_student_9.html 167C0905-0D6C-42DF-A764-66D619F9FF03 Sun, 13 Nov 2016 08:42:18 -0600 A noise complaint led to the arrest of seven University of Albany students for hazing, police said. Police said they arrived at an off-campus sorority house and found four young women being forced to eat mud and garbage. Sorority members were also accused of pour fowl smelling liquids onto the women. Seven women, ages 19 to 21 years old, were arrested. "Hazing is not only dangerous, it’s against the law," Albany Police Officer Steve Smith said. A spokesperson for the university said the sorority, Alpha Omicron Pi, is not recognized and hazing is not tolerated. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/11/11/university-of-albany-sorority-arrests/ 6283623D-F8BB-44D6-BCE1-0AA5C7760D39 Fri, 11 Nov 2016 08:43:35 -0600 Racist group messages that sent black students at Penn reeling appear to have been connected to a student at the University of Oklahoma, Penn notified students early Saturday morning. Several black freshmen found themselves this morning being added against their will to a GroupMe message, labeled "Mud Men," rife with racially explicit content. Following an investigation coordinated between Penn Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gutmann received a call from Oklahoma President David Boren, the email said, notifying her of the suspension, which would be effective immediately. http://www.thedp.com/article/2016/11/black-students-respond-to-racist-group-message 8C23B37F-0F71-43F2-8DF3-F46CAA67C633 Fri, 11 Nov 2016 08:27:49 -0600 The fliers depicting men in camouflage, wielding guns and an American flag, appeared in men’s restrooms throughout Texas State University: "Now that our man Trump is elected," they said. "Time to organize tar and feather vigilante squads and go arrest and torture those deviant university leaders spouting off that diversity garbage." A year after students at campuses nationwide pushed for greater sensitivity toward cultural differences, the distribution of the Texas State fliers was just one of several episodes this week suggesting that the surprise election of Donald J. Trump is provoking a round of backlash on campuses. At the same time, universities are trying to address more generalized fears about the country’s future, organizing campus meetings and counseling sessions and sending messages to students urging calm. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/11/us/police-investigate-attacks-on-muslim-students-at-universities.html?_r=2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue%3A%202016-11-11%20Higher%20Ed%20Education%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue%3A7983%5D&utm_term=Education%20Dive%3A%20Higher%20Ed 8A44CAF0-B88F-405C-9712-82EAD58BAFBC Thu, 10 Nov 2016 09:01:47 -0600 Universities across the country organized post-election sessions of meditation, talks and tea. Teachers sent notes to students postponing tests and offering support. Welcome to Day 1 of the Trump Era on college campuses. "The nation in which you currently reside decided last night to elect a president whose own words have painted him a moral and possibly physical hazard to many of us," University of Maryland professor Alan Peel wrote to students, postponing all assessments. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/11/09/universities-post-election-treatment-tea-meditation-walkouts-and-tears/93570604/ 1B964100-741E-48E4-AAED-7F696D392814 Wed, 9 Nov 2016 09:51:33 -0600 A 25-year-old Mountainside man has been charged with stabbing a Rutgers University faculty member and student Friday afternoon at the college's business school in Piscataway, authorities said Monday. Joshua S. Thompson faces two counts of attempted murder, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon, Rutgers police said in a news release Monday afternoon. Thompson allegedly entered the Rutgers Business School on the Livingston campus and attacked the faculty member and student with a knife in an office about 2:30 p.m., authorities said at the time. http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2016/11/man_charged_in_stabbing_of_rutgers_professor_stude.html 9EB068EA-2AE5-4FF0-AAA0-8F79A5586E48 Mon, 7 Nov 2016 10:05:35 -0600 A college freshman died Thursday night after falling from a third floor window at Campbell University. Officials said 18-year-old Ezra Goldbach, from Stokes County, fell from a window at Kitchin Hall, an all-boys dorm, around 9:30 p.m. University officials said the Harnett County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death to determine if Goldbach fell, jumped or was pushed out of the window. http://www.wral.com/student-died-in-fall-from-campbell-university-dorm-window-/16196026/ CE2AE13A-D0A7-4671-B7E7-1C5E11F7E379 Fri, 4 Nov 2016 14:13:46 -0500 Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez said the school would change its stadium policies following last Saturday’s incident where a fan wore an Obama mask with a noose around its neck. The changes to stadium policies will go into effect before the Badgers return home for a Nov. 12 contest against Illinois. Under current Camp Randall Stadium policies, fans are not allowed to wear masks upon entering the stadium, but are allowed to wear them once inside. The entire costume included one person dressed as Donald Trump holding the hangman’s noose, which was placed around the neck of the person wearing the Obama mask. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-ad-barry-alvarez-promises-changes-to-stadium-polices-in-wake-of-obama-costume-incident-174339761.html 803A0306-3914-4126-A95D-3E8AA914F0AC Thu, 3 Nov 2016 09:21:09 -0600 Harvard has cancelled the men’s soccer team’s season after an Office of General Counsel review found that the team continued to produce vulgar and explicit documents rating women on their perceived sexual appeal and physical appearance. Athletics Director Robert L. Scalise wrote in an email to Harvard student athletes that he decided to cancel the rest of the team’s season because the "practice appears to be more widespread across the team and has continued beyond 2012, including in 2016." http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2016/11/4/soccer-suspended-scouting-report-harvard/ B8CCF6D9-91FA-4A30-AD0D-08576F4E9871 Thu, 3 Nov 2016 14:07:01 -0500 Authorities are investigating after a robbery was reported during a food delivery Wednesday night on the Duke University campus. Authorities said a man, who was armed with a knife, called in the order which was delivered to the parking lot of 1911 Yearby Street on the Central Campus at about 10:15 p.m. The man is described as being about 18 years old with a dark complexion. He was wearing blue jeans and a gray or brown shirt. He was last seen running toward Anderson Street. http://www.wral.com/police-man-robbed-at-knifepoint-on-duke-university-campus/16189818/ 8C39487E-BEA8-4805-BA77-9532D5D209F5 Thu, 3 Nov 2016 13:10:28 -0500 A University of Oregon law professor wore a costume that included "blackface" at an off-campus Halloween party, prompting outcry from student groups and a decision to place the professor on paid administrative leave pending an investigation. President Michael Schill sent out a campus-wide message commenting on the incident Tuesday, condemning the unnamed professor's actions as an "anathema to the University of Oregon's cherished values of racial diversity and inclusion." The faculty member apparently wore blackface to an off-campus private party where other faculty members and students were in attendance, according to Schill's message. http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2016/11/uo_law_professor_investigated.html A0C9B0B0-2C42-4AA5-A15E-40360ABC089A Wed, 2 Nov 2016 08:05:16 -0500 Drinking games with red Solo cups of beer, "pregaming" with Fireball shots, swigging 190-proof grain alcohol punch on the way to blacking out: It’s party time at college campuses across the country, even when there is no football game. But this year, dozens of universities are taking new measures to kill the party mood, increasingly worried about student safety and the relationship between alcohol and sexual assault complaints. To capture the uneasy balance between the forces promoting alcohol and those trying to control it, The New York Times sent reporters to five campuses. Here is what they found. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/us/college-crackdown-drinking-sexual-assault.html?_r=0 7F6D07C0-C270-4EB2-93CB-D8F1CFC24F56 Wed, 2 Nov 2016 13:49:02 -0500 NYU has put a Liberal Studies professor on paid leave one week after revealing he was the creator of a controversial Twitter account "Deplorable NYU," as reported by the New York Post Sunday. NYU professor Michael Rectenwald insists the administration’s decision to put him on temporary leave was based off his controversial opinions. "They are actually pushing me out the door for having a different perspective," he told the Post. NYU spokesman Matt Nagel, however, insists the opposite. The leave, he told the Post, had "absolutely zero to do with his Twitter account or his opinions on issues of the day." http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2016/10/30/nyu-places-deplorable-nyu-professor-on-paid-leave/ B7D47A36-716B-4449-8087-ADDD31801A7C Sun, 30 Oct 2016 09:03:49 -0500 A now-suspended University of Tulsa student faces more than 20 charges after authorities linked him to multiple sexual assaults and numerous burglaries at female students’ on-campus homes. Luis Alberto Molina, 19, was charged Thursday with one count of first-degree attempted rape, four counts of sexual battery, seven counts of peeping tom, one count of peeping tom with photographic/electronic equipment, seven counts of first-degree burglary and one count of larceny from a house. http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/university-of-tulsa-student-charged-with-more-than-additional-counts/article_72acf2ec-9f83-5857-b5c1-ee1fc211c1f6.html 6E723D74-7BA7-4C93-B2CC-2839F1949A11 Fri, 28 Oct 2016 09:13:14 -0500 On Oct. 12, a female student went to police in Madison, Wis., and filed a complaint against a 20-year-old student by the name of Alec Cook. By Oct. 25, according to a police detective’s affidavit quoted by WKOW-TV, dozens of women had come forward "'wanting to speak about ... acts related to Cook.'" Dean of Students Lori Berquam issued her own statement on Oct. 21, noting that the student had been placed on emergency leave from the university "based on the severity of the allegations and the potential impact on the campus community..." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/10/26/uw-madison-sex-assault-case-snowballs-dozens-accuse-student-stalking-notebook-found-authorities-say/ BED94E62-2F9E-4B29-8030-2570D8BDF895 Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:12:56 -0500 A part-time Villanova University student, Vincent Kane, 19, was arrested and charged with using a cell phone camera to take videos and photographs of unknowing victims in public areas and restrooms, including on the school's Main Line campus, the Delaware County District Attorney's office said Wednesday. A search warrant found a hard drive hidden in Kane’s bedroom closet that held more than 51,000 images and videos, some of individuals recorded in a Villanova classroom and a local high school. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Marple-man-arrested-in-upskirting-investigation.html 04B1B06D-C34B-46DA-A2F5-ACB41D01C88A Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:14:37 -0500 Four juveniles have been arrested in a series of violent incidents Friday night near Temple University's main campus in North Philadelphia. According to Temple security, a group of over 150 juveniles coordinated a "meet up" on Instagram, amassing on Broad Street near the campus at approximately 8 p.m. Four youths, ranging in ages between 14 and 17, were arrested in connection with wide-ranging attacks on Temple students, others in the crowd, and two Temple police officers that seemed to mimic the "flash mobs" that hit Center City in recent years. http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/teen-mob-gets-violent-in-attacks-on-Temple-students-police.html D3028659-A694-49D1-AAB8-B41668D050C2 Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:39:18 -0500 Authorities say a 25-year-old man has been charged with raping a University at Albany student after getting into her dormitory room while she slept. The state university's police force says Franklin Casatelli of the Albany suburb of Guilderland was charged Sunday with rape and burglary. Police say Casatelli, who isn't a student at the college, entered the Stuyvesant Tower dorm around 4 a.m. Sunday and raped a woman in her room. He later turned himself in to university police. College officials say they're investigating how Casatelli gained access to a dorm that is locked 24 hours a day and requires a key card for entry. http://www.uticaod.com/news/20161024/man-charged-with-raping-ny-college-student-in-her-dorm-room 6C05D8D0-AF6E-4007-A8C4-42E58107E26F Mon, 24 Oct 2016 08:55:19 -0500 The Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity on the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus in Rolla has been temporarily suspended after an incident there resulted in two students being hospitalized. University officials said they are investigating the incident but declined to give more details about what happened to the injured students. http://www.kansascity.com/news/state/missouri/article108840827.html 4B5AB136-ACD0-4035-93A7-EB12CCA615C9 Mon, 17 Oct 2016 13:53:19 -0500 Two Christopher Newport University students were robbed at gunpoint Sunday evening. Around 7:45 p.m., police were called to the first block of Shoe Lane to investigate a robbery report. Officers located two victims, both CNU students, one a 21-year-old man and the other a 20-year-old man. The victims told police that they were walking the area of Show Lane and N. Moore’s Lane when they were approached by three people with guns. http://wtkr.com/2016/10/16/two-christopher-newport-university-students-robbed-sunday-evening/ 2DA28D60-D11B-4A8A-84E1-9A3D94B130BD Sun, 16 Oct 2016 14:11:13 -0500 A fraternity at the University of Missouri-Columbia at the center of a racial incident last month is under investigation for a slew of violations, and has been put on notice about an allegation that new members were instructed to drug women before sexually assaulting them, according to documents obtained through a records request. Mizzou’s chapter of Delta Upsilon is currently suspended by the campus and its national organization. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/mizzou-fraternity-accused-of-instructing-pledges-to-use-date-rape/article_ca8388e7-f1bd-54b0-be4e-1909e283f33f.html C30BF154-0A7E-4422-9F5D-D1798EA37425 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 14:16:05 -0500 The University of Vermont announced Thursday that it has placed its Division I men's hockey team on probation for a year, while suspending both of its co-captains and two of three alternate captains for five games after an alleged hazing incident. According to UVM Athletics, allegations of a "prohibited initiation activity focused on first-year team members" first surfaced on Sept. 24. According to the school, its Campus Security Authority turned over their information to campus police to investigate. http://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/university-of-vermont-puts-mens-hockey-team-on-probation-amid-hazing-allegations/ CD1B83EF-01F7-461D-9FE0-7EA6A66F336D Thu, 6 Oct 2016 10:47:50 -0500 A fraternity at the University of South Florida is suspended tonight and one of it's members is under arrest after a 16-year-old reports that she was raped inside the frat house over the weekend. It happened at the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity House off USF Birch Drive directly across the street from the USF Police Station. USF Police reports the incident took place around 12:30 Sunday morning while the victim says she was unconscious. Later Sunday afternoon, investigators arrested 19-year-old Dillon LaGamma, a member of USF’s Zata Eta Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/usf-fraternity-suspended-during-rape-investigation/328777871 FFE172C3-0A49-4BA2-A639-AC9AD2AA4D66 Mon, 3 Oct 2016 09:20:35 -0500 No one was injured as a fire ripped through a dorm hall at New Hampshire’s Dartmouth College. Flames could be seen shooting through the roof of Morton Hall early Saturday morning. Firefighters battled flames for several hours until the fire was finally knocked down around 5 a.m. No one was injured but about 70 students are displaced. Due to "extensive" smoke and water damage, the dormitory is uninhabitable. http://boston.cbslocal.com/2016/10/01/dartmouth-college-morton-hall-dorm-fire/ 33890A55-FDE2-4E41-ACF9-46E3B26DD515 Sat, 1 Oct 2016 09:08:09 -0500 A fraternity at the University of Missouri has been suspended while officials investigate reports of racial and sexist slurs. University officials and the Delta Upsilon national organization suspended the chapter of the fraternity Wednesday after members were accused of shouting slurs at black students late Tuesday. Two black female students said other students yelled racial slurs at them as they walked past the fraternity house. The alleged slurs include the N-word and misogynistic expletives. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/fraternity-suspended-after-report-of-racial-slurs-at-mizzou/article_83eb4861-d6d4-5315-9fe3-43cca6c48b3f.html 0C65EE30-4BF2-4107-8438-FBBDEF7D1DAB Wed, 28 Sep 2016 07:57:23 -0500 Students and staff at the University of Houston have been dealing with discolored water on campus since late Tuesday. Administrators say the water definitely won’t be deemed safe to drink through Wednesday. They say test results taken by UH won’t be back until Wednesday evening at the earliest, and those results will then have to be reviewed by city. Results from city’s testing won’t be back until Thursday, officials say. http://www.khou.com/news/local/university-of-houston-issues-water-alert-after-discoloration-reported-on-campus/322801401 D746CDD1-ED08-4048-B6E0-9B61E25DE059 Wed, 21 Sep 2016 08:20:43 -0500 A maintenance worker was sentenced to eight years in prison on Monday for targeting female college students through social media and then burglarizing their homes, stealing personal belongings including underwear. From May 2014 through December 2015, authorities said, Arturo Galvan, 44, targeted at least 33 women, mostly sorority members from Chapman University and Cal State Fullerton, tracking their movements through social media and then burglarizing their apartments and houses. http://www.ocregister.com/articles/through-729512-galvan-media.html 503AC257-0FE4-40BA-9062-EC4C3944516F Mon, 19 Sep 2016 08:44:23 -0500 A student at Tarleton State University accidentally fired a gun at a campus residence hall Wednesday, officials said. The student, who is trained and licensed to carry, reported accidentally discharging a firearm about 6:30 p.m. in Integrity Hall, a co-ed dorm that primarily houses second-year students, university spokesman Harry Battson said. There were no injuries, and property damage was "minimal," he said. No law was broken, he said. http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20160915-tarleton-state-student-accidentally-discharges-gun-in-campus-dorm.ece 81C9A70D-1BD0-4817-B619-557DB4610D2F Fri, 16 Sep 2016 08:57:13 -0500 Rice University's marching band used its halftime performance in a Friday night football game against Baylor University to mock Baylor's recent sexual assault scandal. Video uploaded to social media after the event shows Rice's Marching Owl Band forming the Roman numeral IX, a reference to the Title IX ban on sexual discrimination, followed by a star and a rendition of the song "Hit the Road Jack," in reference to the departure of university president and chancellor Ken Starr in the wake of the scandal. https://www.texastribune.org/2016/09/17/rice-university-mocks-baylors-rape-scandal-during-/ ABFB3F77-E833-45BE-AA2A-994C976962D1 Sat, 17 Sep 2016 08:51:24 -0500 About one-fifth of the faucets in three University of ­Oregon residence halls run with lead-tainted water -- and a fourth hall is very likely to have some of the same. Crews either found or are concerned about elevated levels in Walton, Hamilton, Barnhart and Bean halls. The UO didn’t release specific numbers but said they are above the 15 parts per billion set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency as allowable in water for human consumption. http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34798224-75/lead-found-in-drinking-water-at-three-university-of-oregon-residence-halls.html.csp 78C12FBF-FE4A-4769-AC1F-C4D0971357E3 Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:05:29 -0500 A fraternity at Washington State University was suspended Wednesday after allegations of date rape. Officials said police officers were called to contact an 18-year-old female student, who said she was given alcohol and sexually assaulted at WSU’s Delta Upsilon fraternity. As police investigated, they found other women who told officers they suspected their drinks had been drugged at that same party. The rape victim told police she tried to leave after a night of drinking, but an unknown man blocked the doorway and refused to let her out. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/washington-state-university-fraternity-suspended-sexual-assault-investigation/ AD82C003-69C9-4D7D-97A6-33307F7018B7 Wed, 14 Sep 2016 13:02:47 -0500 A month ago, public colleges and universities in Texas were preparing for the realities of a controversial new law which allowed citizens to carry concealed weapons into campus facilities. But despite much public outcry over the new law's implementation, costs and concerns about gun violence are so far dramatically lower than expected. A report from the Dallas Morning News shows college officials projected for security adaptations to the new law to exceed $15 million in additional personnel, metal detection technology, firearm storage and other safety plans. But through the first month of the new law, campuses have spent just under $1 million, mostly on signs to designate areas prohibiting firearm possession. http://www.educationdive.com/news/real-cost-of-campus-carry-significantly-lower-than-administrators-projected/426031/ 97EB3AB3-6343-489A-9B25-2B56017141A0 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:58:13 -0500 University of Richmond's chapter of Kappa Alpha Order has been suspended by its national headquarters and the university suspended all chapter activities pending a thorough investigation, according to statements from Kappa Alpha Order’s National Administrative Office and the University of Richmond. The suspension comes after a member of Richmond's Kappa Alpha Order chapter emailed more than 95 students, including freshmen, at 12:55 p.m. Friday, the first night of lodges. http://www.thecollegianur.com/article/2016/09/breaking-richmonds-kappa-alpha-order-chapter-suspended-after-sexist-email D14A907D-F26F-4C4C-841F-C224133450D7 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 08:55:31 -0500 A UNC-Chapel Hill student said she was sexually assaulted in February by a UNC football player who has not been prosecuted or held accountable by the university, the UNC police or the court system. The student, Delaney Robinson, a 19-year-old sophomore from Apex, held a news conference in Raleigh with her attorney and father Tuesday to discuss her case. Earlier in the day, she swore out warrants in the Orange County magistrate’s office, charging the football player with misdemeanor assault and misdemeanor sexual battery. Her lawyer, Denise Branch, explained that the misdemeanor charges were the only option open to Robinson now to get justice -- despite campus police and university investigations that led to no action against the player. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article101556507.html EB56BED4-3519-483D-80E6-B154966117E1 Tue, 13 Sep 2016 08:07:33 -0500 Thirty-one people were injured after a deck collapsed at an off-campus party near Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, on Saturday night. A third-floor balcony collapsed onto the second floor balcony, which then collapsed on the first floor, according to Deputy Police Chief Brian Foley. There were no major injuries, officials said.Trinity College confirmed in a statement that the building is owned by the school and managed by an outside property manager and that they were investigating the incident. http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Dozens-Injured-After-Deck-Collapses-At-Off-Campus-Party-at-Trinity-393017391.html 0612FD3A-176C-4C77-9FC4-5C8E0FBEB516 Mon, 12 Sep 2016 09:14:12 -0500 As workers continue another year of unexpected repairs to the roof of North Quad Residence Hall’s residential and academic wing, the University of Michigan is preparing to pursue an investigation into the roofing system’s failure just six years after its construction. The University of Michigan’s Board of Regents has approved two separate repair projects for the North Quad roof -- one in April 2015 and another this past April -- totaling $11 million over the last two summers, citing the failure of 55,000 square feet of roofing. The most recently approved action request stated that construction will be completed this fall. https://www.michigandaily.com/section/news/university-launches-investigation-north-quad-roofing-system-failure 51851E77-3D43-4D98-AD67-5C77FF52BA44 Thu, 8 Sep 2016 10:51:28 -0500 Three days before the College of Charleston announced a crackdown on excessive drinking and risky behavior among fraternity and sorority members, a 17-year-old college student told police she was raped at an off-campus party. A week later, a 21-year-old College of Charleston fraternity brother was charged with sexually exploiting the young woman whom he allegedly photographed while with another male. His campus fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi, has been closed. http://www.postandcourier.com/20160908/160909539/college-of-charleston-student-charged-with-sexually-exploiting-17-year-old-student-fraternity-shut-down- 392AAA67-AE10-412A-8A9E-49F8474830EF Thu, 8 Sep 2016 12:59:45 -0500 Officials at the University of Northern Colorado would very much like to leave its Bias Response Team -- and all of the trouble it caused -- behind them. The team, which officials now call "a process" for dealing with student conflict, recently came under fire for actions free speech advocates say violated the First Amendment and professors’ academic freedom. In her State of the University address Wednesday, UNC President Kay Norton suggested the team -- in its trouble-causing iteration -- will no longer exist. http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/23803178-113/university-of-northern-colorado-to-abandon-embattled-bias# E7AC175C-C85B-404B-8B3F-7ABA8AE0D504 Wed, 7 Sep 2016 11:07:32 -0500 A 32-year-old Glendale man pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court to making threats to faculty and staff at Buffalo State College where he was suspended from being a graduate student, prosecutors say. Benjamin Bolton began his time at Buffalo State College as a graduate student for the fall 2013 semester. In April 2014, authorities say, Bolton was suspended as a result of incidents at the school, including disputes with faculty members. http://www.denverpost.com/2016/09/07/glendale-man-pleads-guilty-buffalo-state-college-threats/ 66789BB7-A8D6-4BFD-B124-224226E3F31A Wed, 7 Sep 2016 13:35:44 -0500 A 22-year-old North Easton man allegedly stealing women's underwear from a dorm at Amherst College early Monday morning is facing a series of charges stemming from that break-in. Amherst College police have charged Ryan J. Chase, 22, of North Easton, with three counts of breaking and entering in the nighttime, two charges of larceny from a building and one charge of trespassing. He is not affiliated with the college, according to police, but a Chase is listed as a student at the University of Massachusetts. http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/amherst_college_police_arrest.html CB5A6008-6AE2-4916-8714-E096F6FAE321 Tue, 6 Sep 2016 13:40:45 -0500 San Francisco State University failed to properly handle a protest against the mayor of Jerusalem during his speech on campus this spring, an independent investigation into the incident has found. Though there was no evident danger, the protest caused a handful of students on both ideological sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to fear for their safety in the aftermath of the demonstration, according to the report. "The inadequate response prior to, during and following the event falls squarely on the shoulders of San Francisco State University administrators," SFSU President Leslie Wong. http://www.sfexaminer.com/sfsu-president-university-failed-students-handling-israel-palestine-protest/ 3C56685D-1F73-4684-8EB0-B7536F15723C Thu, 1 Sep 2016 10:45:00 -0500 One Auburn University engineering professor has brought the national debate over trigger warnings into the classroom by posting a sarcastic warning near the top of the syllabus for one of his Fall 2016 courses. Prof. Peter Schwartz's tongue-in-cheek take on trigger warnings -- which have become ubiquitous on many campuses across the country -- warns students that the course will subject them to such horrors as physics, work and quizzes. It's an attempt at humor from a man who on Monday told AL.com that he finds trigger warnings "silly" and he would never issue a serious trigger warning. http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2016/08/auburn_university_professor_is.html 375F36E8-D257-4CB3-BBC0-9AAF0ADAFD68 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:37:32 -0500 The College of Charleston on Tuesday temporarily suspended all alcohol-related activities for its fraternities and sororities, citing disruptive parties and excessive drinking among students. The announcement came a day after the school was ranked 15th on the Princeton Review’s list of the nation’s top party schools. Other universities have similarly restricted or banned alcohol, often after incidents of sexual assault or excessive partying on their campuses. http://time.com/4474508/college-of-charleston-fraternity-alcohol-ban/ 63CA981A-BC4A-4C1F-AE6F-F09D82E4E7A7 Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:31:27 -0500 A group of Clemson University students intend to hold a rally Friday in the area where a community evangelist was told last week that he was violating a campus policy. Robby Roberts was holding a "Prayer" sign at Trustee Park when he was approached last Thursday by Shawn Jones, the university’s assistant director for client services. "This is not a designated free speech area," Jones said, according to a video of the encounter that Clemson graduate student Kyra Palange posted Sunday on Facebook. Jones explains in the video that Roberts would need to follow "proper procedures" to use a designated area on campus. http://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article98951897.html 50A6A95A-6E23-46A4-AA65-1BCC3747D088 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:24:53 -0500 A former faculty member at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine who had been fired shot the school’s dean outside a popular deli in Chappaqua, N.Y., on Monday, apparently in an act of revenge, the authorities said. The former employee, Hengjun Chao, 49, of Tuckahoe, N.Y., was charged with attempted second-degree murder after he allegedly fired a shotgun and hit two men around 7 a.m. outside the deli, Lange’s Little Store. Mount Sinai officials confirmed that the dean, Dr. Dennis S. Charney, 65, of Chappaqua, was one of the victims. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/30/nyregion/fired-professor-shoots-2-in-chappaqua-police-say-revenge-may-be-motive.html?_r=0 74F8AAFF-23A4-4C76-A711-CD43C8857F33 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 08:25:18 -0500 Anthony Nazaire, a 19-year-old sophomore at Ithaca College, was killed during a bloody brawl Sunday morning on the campus of Cornell University. The business major was stabbed several times as the massive 2 a.m. melee spilled across the center of the Ivy League school’s sprawling upstate campus, police said. Another Ithaca student who was slashed in the fracas was treated at an area hospital and released. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ithaca-college-student-fatally-stabbed-cornell-fight-article-1.2768943 1C79DE7D-84D9-4ECB-A3AA-C77C71C47752 Mon, 29 Aug 2016 09:54:49 -0500 A search warrant signed by a local judge says members of the Sigma Nu fraternity in College Station dragged a teen's body through the house and waited to call 911 because they didn't want police involved. According to the warrant, College Station police found marijuana, heroin, cocaine and ecstasy inside the fraternity's house where 19-year-old Anton Gridnev became unconscious Saturday morning. The teen was rushed to a hospital by paramedics were he was later pronounced dead. http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Fraternity-death-New-documents-reveal-Sigma-Nu-members-waited-to-call-911-391308141.html F6CF21EB-98CA-4ED7-A5C4-BAD5B4A8F7EB Thu, 25 Aug 2016 07:59:41 -0500 This is Herky. Herky is the official mascot for the University of Iowa. He is a bird that somehow has a full set of teeth, but don’t hold that against him. Anyway, Herky has come under fire from a professor at Iowa’s medical school who thinks his constant state of angered agitation is just too much for the delicate souls who could encounter him at a Hawkeyes sporting event. "I believe incoming students should be met with welcoming, nurturing, calm, accepting and happy messages," Resmiye Oral, a clinical professor of pediatrics at UI, wrote recently in an email to UI athletic department officials that was obtained by the Press-Citizen. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/08/25/iowa-professor-thinks-hawkeyes-mascot-is-too-mean-looking/ 43B5D3B5-114A-4573-A961-9AD4FF34DC99 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 13:02:04 -0500 The University of Vermont women's basketball team has canceled an upcoming game against North Carolina due to concerns about the state's controversial HB2 law, the UVM athletic department announced Wednesday. UVM athletic director Jeff Schulman explained the school's decision in a statement released Friday. Schulman's statement reads, in part: "The decision to cancel to our Dec. 28 women's basketball game at North Carolina was made as a result of concerns over the HB2 law, which prevents transgender people from using government-run bathrooms based on their gender identity." http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/sports/college/vermont/2016/08/24/uvm-cancels-basketball-game-unc/89303284/ 6D0E6D57-ECA3-4EFB-ADA2-2E5FED748527 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 10:22:46 -0500 On the first day of classes at the University of Texas in this city that revels in its own oddball creativity, students protested a law allowing concealed handguns on state college campuses by carrying something they thought was just as ridiculous and out of place: Thousands of sex toys. "These laws won’t protect anyone. The campus doesn’t want them," said an organizer of the protest, Jessica Jin. "It’s absurd. So, I thought, we have to fight absurdity with absurdity." http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/25/us/university-of-texas-students-find-the-absurd-in-a-new-gun-law.html?_r=1 618BE32A-E432-4EA7-AA0A-ABFC43F00E3B Wed, 24 Aug 2016 08:00:38 -0500 Incoming first-years received a letter from the College today making clear that the University of Chicago does not condone safe spaces or trigger warnings. "Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called ‘trigger warnings,’ we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not condone the creation of intellectual ‘safe spaces’ where individuals can retreat from ideas and perspectives at odds with their own," reads the letter from Dean of Students Jay Ellison. https://chicagomaroon.com/2016/08/24/university-to-freshmen-dont-expect-safe-spaces-or-trigger-warnings/ 6657457C-4123-4252-A7B7-E92ECFDBEA28 Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:01:40 -0500 Indiana University is targeting its Greek system as it goes after illegal alcohol and drug use. This year fraternities and sororities will have to sign contracts allowing police to search their houses as well as the rooms of individuals. Police searches are most drastic of new measures IU is imposing on fraternities and sororities the university said is intended to keep students safe and healthy. The new rules allow IU Police and other emergency services to search public areas and private rooms, without a warrant if they give 24 hours warning or immediately if they suspect there is a dangerous situation or someone is in danger. http://www.wthr.com/article/iu-targets-greek-system-in-fight-against-underage-drinking FB3D85D4-5DEC-463F-8972-84BEAAAEDCB0 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 08:21:16 -0500 Springfield police have 10 reported incidents involving Haribhau Gholap. All the reports were the same: he would approach a female student asking her to take his picture, and then asked for a hug. All of the victims agreed to that, but say it led to inappropriate touching, so they called police. Gholap told multiple female Missouri State University students that was a professor from India and visiting his friend on campus. After asking them to take his picture, he would ask for a hug. It led to inappropriate touching of the students. When the women resisted, they said Gholap would run away. http://www.kspr.com/content/news/MSU-students-say-man-posing-as-professor-groped-them-390490051.html 071C398A-297F-4DE8-968E-68BE35FAAF6F Wed, 17 Aug 2016 08:02:20 -0500 For more than a decade, maintenance workers at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus have said the UW isn’t spending enough to maintain its buildings. Now, a consultant’s report has identified a billion-dollar backlog in building fixes. According to a national report by Sightlines, a Connecticut consulting firm, the nation’s colleges and universities face a collective backlog of $30 billion in deferred maintenance -- in part because many colleges went on a building spree 50 years ago, when baby boomers were going to college. Those buildings are now in need of major updates. As well, many states -- including Washington -- slashed higher-education budgets during the recession, and maintenance suffered as a result. http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/state_news/university-of-washington-s-seattle-campus-has-billion-backlog-in/article_babca85e-5bf2-11e6-8f82-6baf96d73d9b.html E3855384-98D2-4AAE-8CD3-8A366086ADDA Mon, 8 Aug 2016 08:44:46 -0500 A professor at Oberlin College who made a series of Facebook posts that suggested that Israeli and United States intelligence services were behind terror attacks has been placed on paid leave while the college continues to review the case, the college said Wednesday. A professor at Oberlin College who made a series of Facebook posts that suggested that Israeli and United States intelligence services were behind terror attacks has been placed on paid leave while the college continues to review the case, the college said Wednesday. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/04/us/oberlin-professor-accused-of-anti-semitic-remarks-is-placed-on-paid-leave.html A9766ED0-745B-41C5-A6EC-504ED98908E3 Wed, 3 Aug 2016 14:34:35 -0500 Effective August 1, 2016, laws on Texas college campuses changed. Specifically, laws effective August 1 permit licensed handgun holders to carry firearms on college campuses. This school year, students may return to campus bearing arms. The new Campus Carry Laws do not provide blanket permission for any person to carry a handgun on a college campus. There are threshold requirements to legally carry a gun at a school of higher education. In addition, there are some prohibitions that remain in effect, and some realities of the law that will prohibit college carrying. http://www.yourhoustonnews.com/cypresscreek/blogs/campus-carry-laws-are-in-effect/article_f57727ca-179d-5f50-aa37-743454735cbc.html 0D4211D0-E8AB-4EEF-B73D-0FB5070264B9 Tue, 2 Aug 2016 07:52:23 -0500 As college students prepare for a new academic year, they can expect changes in the process of choosing a bank account to receive their financial-aid balances. Federal rules that took effect July 1 bar colleges and universities from steering students to specific bank accounts to deposit aid. Under the new rules, schools must provide a "neutral" menu of ways students can receive their money, and the choice to have it deposited in an account the student already has must top the list. http://www.seattletimes.com/business/what-college-students-need-to-know-about-bank-accounts-for-financial-aid/ 42787C54-876E-4B11-A3E5-F012E8236DAE Sat, 30 Jul 2016 08:46:35 -0500 A debate is brewing over expanding beer sales at Iowa college football games. A key state lawmaker is proposing a legislative review, while Gov. Terry Branstad and some other policy makers want to let state university officials and the Iowa Board of Regents control the bar taps. Most areas inside Iowa’s university football stadiums are now officially alcohol-free zones, and many politicians and educators are reluctant to start urging young and old fans to hoist foamy, ice-cold beers in college sports venues. But they also face a reality of ever-rising athletic department budgets that constantly demand more money. http://www.therepublic.com/2016/07/30/ia-exchange-stadium-beer/ DBC66034-0815-44E6-9995-A07DFE1C73D3 Sat, 30 Jul 2016 08:37:07 -0500 A father and son from Chicago face criminal charges after being accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman visiting Illinois State University. The alleged incident happened on Tuesday in a campus residence hall. Campus police said Shawn Childs Sr. volunteered to buy liquor for a group of students staying in the ISU dorm during orientation for incoming students. The victim told police she saw Shawn Childs Sr. put a pill in her drink. Childs Sr. is charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver for allegedly putting ecstasy in the woman's soda. The victim said 19-year-old Shawn Childs Jr. raped her twice after his father drugged her. Childs Jr. is charged with four counts of criminal sexual assault. http://abc7chicago.com/news/father-son-charged-in-alleged-sex-assault-at-isu-orientation/1438548/ ADE36AFA-8173-41D8-AE78-921D4D08D216 Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:43:10 -0500 The Auburn Police Department is urging players of the wildly popular mobile game Pokemon Go be vigilant after a man was robbed while playing the game on Wednesday. According to police, the victim reported the robbery outside of a closed building in the 900 block of S. College Street at 3 a.m. on July 13. The victim told police that he was playing Pokémon Go on his cell phone, which directed him to the building. While outside of the closed building, he was approached by four black males and robbed at gunpoint. http://www.wsfa.com/story/32437865/man-robbed-in-auburn-while-playing-pokemon-go-4-arrested?sf30880425=1 7D48223B-6E9F-47C5-BFEF-1C247B4045C2 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 14:15:03 -0500 Three University of Maryland students were robbed at gunpoint while playing Pokemon Go on the university's College Park campus, University of Maryland police say. Three separate robberies were reported Tuesday night between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. outside Tydings, Tawes and Queen Anne's halls. Police say three of the victims were playing Pokemon Go when they were robbed. A fourth victim was not playing the popular game, but had a phone in their hands. The suspect, who was wearing black clothing, showed a black handgun in two of the incidents and took the victims' cell phones. http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/3-robberies-reported-on-University-of-Maryland-campus-386609111.html 2BAC77F4-1B73-420A-A700-2EEF7341E226 Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:00:30 -0500 The Pokemon Go craze is believed to be at the root of an accident on the Texas A&M campus. The popular app game uses the GPS on your mobile device and places characters on your map that you can catch by going to different locations. Tuesday, Texas A&M University Police tweeted that on Monday, an illegally-parked car was hit from behind, causing the second car's airbags to deploy. Police say the driver of the illegally-parked car had left it to catch a Pokemon. http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/AM-police-Pokemon-Go-player-leaves-vehicle-causes-wreck-386558831.html BE8B8E14-2409-4511-A138-7F95B9E821CD Tue, 12 Jul 2016 14:53:06 -0500 An African-American dishwasher lost his job after losing his cool and breaking a stained-glass panel in Yale’s Calhoun residential college dining hall that depicted slaves carrying bales of cotton. City police arrested Corey Menafee, who now faces a felony charge. The university, meanwhile, has cut ties with him. Yale Vice President for Communications Eileen O’Connor: "An incident occurred at Calhoun College, a residential college on the campus of Yale University, in which a stained glass window was broken by an employee of Yale, resulting in glass falling onto the street and onto a passerby, endangering [her] safety. The employee apologized for his actions and subsequently resigned from the University. The University will not advocate that the employee be prosecuted in connection with this incident and is not seeking restitution." http://www.newhavenindependent.org/corey_menafee/ 6867865A-AFFF-49BA-8BD2-D5F67494FCF9 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 08:10:44 -0500 The University of Wisconsin at Madison got a call on Saturday saying a group of bicyclists on the campus had their heads buried in their smartphones, and were weaving in and out of traffic. The caller offered a theory: They were playing Pokémon Go. Since late last week, officials at colleges across the country have noticed the swift adoption of the game, which players download onto their mobile phones. Students who might appear to be aimlessly wandering have actually been exploring their campuses, desperately looking for Pokémon, as the characters in the game are known, and congregating around "Poké Stops," where they reload on supplies such as "Poké balls," an essential tool for catching "Pokémon." http://chronicle.com/article/College-Campuses-Are-Being/237087?cid=rc_right 4D09EC6D-1347-4D65-ADFD-967149D2C2A1 Tue, 12 Jul 2016 08:08:09 -0500 At least two of Oregon’s big public universities have found lead in campus water fixtures. Portland State University found elevated lead in faucets in an academic building, and Oregon State found it in a residence hall bathroom. Portland State officials say the fixtures at Cramer Hall have been fixed, turned off or posted with signs. Cramer is home to a number of social science departments such as anthropology, economics and history. It is among PSU’s oldest buildings, having been built in 1955 as the original "Portland College" classroom facility, before the college was a full-fledged university. PSU released other sampling results showing lead levels below the federal safety threshold. http://www.opb.org/news/series/lead/portland-state-oregon-state-elevated-lead-levels-campus-water/ FC073187-51E3-4107-A03D-BD322B6DE38E Thu, 7 Jul 2016 11:14:51 -0500 Three University of Texas at Austin professors sued their university and the state on Wednesday, claiming Texas' new campus carry law is forcing the school to impose "overly-solicitous, dangerously-experimental gun policies" that violate the First and Second Amendments. The professors -- Jennifer Lynn Glass, Lisa Moore and Mia Carter -- are asking a federal judge to grant an injunction that would block the law before it goes into effect on Aug. 1. In the suit, professors say they teach courses that touch emotional issues like gay rights and abortion. The possibility of guns on campus could stifle class discussion, which is a violation of the First Amendment, the suit says. https://www.texastribune.org/2016/07/06/3-ut-austin-professors-sue-state-over-campus-carry/ 43AB9A92-29F5-45F3-8E3B-7D72C5597308 Wed, 6 Jul 2016 08:18:53 -0500 From censuring students to censoring professors, officials at the University of Northern Colorado have spent the past year regulating speech on their campus in a way First Amendment advocates say should raise serious questions. Two years ago, UNC administrators created the UNC Bias Response Team with the stated intention of responding to complaints of bias-motivated behavior. During the 2015-16 academic year, UNC officials responded to dozens of complaints -- most generated by students -- regarding everything from professors’ in-class assignments to students’ strongly stated political opinions to cooking competitions that caused problems for students with eating disorders. http://www.greeleytribune.com/news/22634478-113/university-of-northern-colorados-handling-of-speech-deemed F4062A77-DBFF-4CFC-BA9B-D6322AC1B3B6 Tue, 5 Jul 2016 09:40:03 -0500 The body of a teenage Wisconsin student who went missing shortly after he arrived for an exchange program was found in the Tiber River on Monday. John Cabot University confirmed that the body was that of 19-year-old Beau Solomon, who was last seen by his friends in the early hours of Friday morning at a pub in Rome. Solomon had just completed his first year as a personal finance major at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. http://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2016-07-04/italians-probe-disappearance-of-wisconsin-student-in-rome 9CD7A2EC-436A-45B8-945A-42BC819639CC Mon, 4 Jul 2016 09:46:39 -0500 The University of South Carolina says they plan on ending pledging at its fraternities and sororities. The school held a summit last month with National Greek Life Leaders to introduce that plan. They say their goal now is to get the school’s fraternities and sororities to back the plan which could be put in place as early as next year. They say that ending the months-long pledging process would steer the organizations back to their founding principles. http://wspa.com/2016/06/23/usc-wants-to-end-pledging-at-its-fraternities-sororities/ 47F2AAEC-6D8E-43FB-9369-F8CDAA4AAD30 Thu, 23 Jun 2016 08:17:41 -0500 Starting this year Vanderbilt University’s student insurance plan will cover transgender-related surgeries, a move school officials say will make the campus a more inclusive environment for students who previously had gone without necessary care. The change was part of a routine annual review of the university’s health care plan for students. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/health/2016/06/07/vanderbilt-adds-transgender-surgeries-student-insurance/84854196/ 41EB8103-83DE-4DC9-AC78-53CFD3930B5B Wed, 8 Jun 2016 11:08:20 -0500 A man whose criminal history includes convictions for rape, voyeurism and domestic assault and battery is in jail for stealing women’s underwear from an Oklahoma City University laundry room. Howard Edward Payton, 36, has been charged with two counts of petit larceny, arrested after Oklahoma City University police said he snuck into an on-campus housing facility and stole panties on at least three occasions. http://nbc4i.com/2016/06/07/police-convicted-rapist-caught-stealing-panties-from-college-laundry-room/ 65D4084E-9B4E-4B64-82F4-DD1915C52098 Tue, 7 Jun 2016 08:55:18 -0500 An aggressive campaign to recruit graduate students from India to study at Western Kentucky University has ended badly, with more than one-third of the students asked to leave the program after their first semester, a university official said. The university used international recruiters to find the students, compensating the services based on how many students they enrolled. The outcome, which will force the students to return to India or find placement in another university or program in the United States, illustrates a pitfall of using such recruiters. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/us/indian-students-western-kentucky-university.html?_r=1 57CE7411-A095-4628-9A71-F8756384A315 Mon, 6 Jun 2016 11:35:07 -0500 After more than a year of arguing, two TCU maintenance workers decided to leave campus last week and settle their dispute with a fistfight, according to a police report. The men, who have had an ongoing feud the last year and a half, were arguing at work Friday morning when their boss called them into his office, the police report states. The boss told them to go off campus and "fight it out" or quit, according to the report. http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/fort-worth/article82048882.html 37F4A8A3-B435-49E2-8DDD-DFF00D77CACE Mon, 6 Jun 2016 08:22:18 -0500 Seattle University’s interim provost has placed Jodi Kelly, dean of the school’s Matteo Ricci College, on administrative leave amid a student protest over the college’s culture and curriculum. The college’s chaplain and co-founder, John Foster, also was placed on leave. In an email to the college’s community, Interim Provost Bob Dullea said Kelly will remain on leave pending the outcome of complaints filed in the school’s Office of Institutional Equity and a "broader review of issues" regarding her position. No details were available. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/education/seattle-universitys-dean-placed-on-administrative-leave-amid-student-protests/ 0F662BC8-4832-49B0-B2E1-E4B82E95321F Wed, 1 Jun 2016 08:02:04 -0500 Plans to end a decades-old policy of concealing the ­first-semester grades of freshman at Johns Hopkins University from graduate school admissions officers and future employers are drawing outrage from students. Hopkins has been one of the few schools nationwide that "cover" the grades of their newest students, shielding them on transcripts and keeping them out of grade-point averages as the freshmen make the transition to college. Still, two dozen student groups have united in opposition to the change. Students say the university’s mental health services are inadequate to meet the needs of those who will be stressed out by the change. Students held a demonstration this month outside an academic council meeting, demanded the university reverse its decision and apologize for not including more students in the process. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/grading-policy-change-draws-protests-at-johns-hopkins/2016/05/31/cd9273ac-2752-11e6-a3c4-0724e8e24f3f_story.html F448E239-F9CD-4218-9133-412AE2505B4F Tue, 31 May 2016 14:46:05 -0500 A UCLA student reportedly upset about his grades fatally shot a mechanical engineering professor in a campus building Wednesday morning before turning the gun on himself. The Associated Press and multiple local outlets identified the victim as William S. Klug, a married father of two young children. The shooter was not immediately identified except as a male. KTTV and the Los Angeles Daily News reported that the gunman may have been a graduate student, while KNX radio, citing a law enforcement source, reported that the gunman was "despondent" about his grades. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/06/02/student-reportedly-upset-about-grades-kills-ucla-professor-himself.html 850B7C43-F520-43E3-B132-40DAD6AA10BB Thu, 2 Jun 2016 13:00:39 -0500 A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology student and basketball player has pleaded not guilty to entering a Boston University dorm room and sexually assaulting a woman as she slept. Samson Donick, of Tiburon, California, was held on $10,000 bail at his arraignment Wednesday on charges including aggravated rape. Prosecutors say the 20-year-old Donick and friends were visiting the dorm in the early morning hours of Oct. 18. Donick and another man allegedly entered several rooms while searching for a friend. Police say the 20-year-old victim awoke to Donick sexually assaulting her. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/11/ex-mit-student-pleads-not-guilty-to-boston-univers/#! E3615E01-E659-4889-BEC5-06AF23ABF878 Wed, 11 May 2016 14:53:57 -0500 Four Radford University students now face criminal hazing charges after school officials said previously that a student was injured in an incident involving the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity last month. The student was hospitalized for five days and has since been released, university spokesman Joe Carpenter said Thursday. Jesse Vaughn Leasure, 20, Evan Ross Satterley, 22, Andrew Morgan Piccione, 20, and Theodore Eugene Anna, 22, all face one misdemeanor count of hazing. Leasure and Satterley have also been charged with aiding and abetting underage possession of alcohol, according to a Radford City Police Department news release. http://www.roanoke.com/news/crime/radford/four-radford-university-students-charged-with-hazing/article_97145962-4bb8-53aa-bcdd-02a00336b279.html 8B9B2411-8CAA-4CDE-A674-12A6BB9CE2C5 Thu, 5 May 2016 09:21:01 -0500 Authorities have obtained an arrest warrant in the investigation into a reported peeping Tom at Towson University. A man was seen around 3 p.m. Monday in a third-floor bathroom in the College of Liberal Arts Building putting a cellphone under the divider and taking photographs of the occupant of the stall, authorities said. On Wednesday, the university said an arrest warrant has been obtained for Zachary Campbell. No further information was released. http://www.wbaltv.com/news/arrest-warrant-issued-in-towson-university-peeping-tom-case/39383060 8C6B9405-46F0-4D86-88E3-CFC44F01F80A Wed, 4 May 2016 08:05:21 -0500 A New Jersey teenager visiting a Massachusetts college has been charged with raping a student during the trip. Jamad Thomas, of East Orange, was released on $20,000 bail and ordered to stay away from Merrimack College after pleading not guilty Monday. Prosecutors say the 18-year-old Thomas raped a female student at the North Andover school inside a dormitory bathroom just after 1 a.m. Sunday. Thomas told police that the sex was consensual. Thomas identified himself to police and students as a football recruit, but a Merrimack spokesman said he was not being recruited by the school. http://www.bostonherald.com/news/local_coverage/2016/05/new_jersey_man_charged_with_rape_at_massachusetts_college ED77CF2E-447C-4053-BA8E-C0EB12A6826F Tue, 3 May 2016 10:56:04 -0500 A Pennsylvania man has been found guilty of murder in the dorm room killing of his girlfriend after what he said was an argument over spilled noodles. Gregorio Orrostieta, convicted Monday, now faces 20 to 40 years in prison for the death of Karlie Halls, who was an 18-year-old freshman at Millersville University outside Lancaster when she was found dead in February 2015. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boyfriend-found-guilty-dorm-room-murder-college-freshman-article-1.2622614 46BA7FD1-FFB5-43EF-8B4D-FAD0FB0B3603 Tue, 3 May 2016 08:19:17 -0500 The bill, Senate Bill 2376, allows full-time faculty, staff and other employees of Tennessee’s public colleges and universities who have handgun-carry permits to carry their guns on campus -- but they must notify the local law enforcement agency with primary responsibility for security on their campus -- the campus police, for example. It goes into effect July 1, but the bill gives law enforcement agencies with jurisdictions over each campus authority to develop and implement policies and procedures regarding the law’s requirement that employees notify law enforcement of their intent to go armed, and to offer voluntary courses or supplemental firearm training to employees who elect to go armed. http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/state/guns-on-campus-bill-to-become-law-377856391.html 3DF44E8B-1989-4EA5-B0A6-D9C324011821 Tue, 3 May 2016 07:56:57 -0500 A former Wheaton College student entered a guilty plea Friday to charges that he used a "spy camera" that looked like a watch to secretly videotape three female students in the bathroom of their college-owned apartment. Alexander Lim, 25, admitted guilt to six counts of unauthorized video recording in a blind plea with DuPage County prosecutors. Judge John Kinsella set a June 30 sentence date for Lim, who could face up to five years in prison, though lesser jail sentences or probation are options. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/wheaton/news/ct-wheaton-college-student-videotaping-plea-0430-20160429-story.html D9D33BF5-329B-4CF9-B1CD-14052B8D6516 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:50:50 -0500 The generally permissive campus carry rules proposed for the Texas A&M University System’s schools received on Wednesday what amounts to a final OK, as the system’s Board of Regents took no action to amend the suggested policies. Come August, the licensed concealed carrying of handguns will be allowed in all classes, nearly all dorms and likely most all faculty offices at Texas A&M and other schools. Guns will remain barred at sporting events, patient care facilities and some other areas. http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2016/04/texas-am-system-pulls-the-trigger-on-finalized-campus-carry-rules.html/ C4DA6C3D-3F33-41BC-A768-964A14667E8F Wed, 27 Apr 2016 07:56:35 -0500 A student is charged with recording women showering in dorm bathrooms at Indiana University. Police say Donte Montague admitted he used his cell phone to record women at Wright-Harding in Wright Quad without their knowledge. According to FOX59, he saved the videos on his cellphone and downloaded them on a laptop. Police searched both devices and found videos showing women showering. It does not appear Montague distributed or posted the videos online, according to police. Students told FOX59 that it's easy to go between male and female floors, as well as to access the bathrooms. Montague faces two counts of voyeurism in the case. http://wgntv.com/2016/04/25/student-charged-with-recording-women-in-dorm-showers-at-indiana-university/ BA292F6D-7EE9-48DF-8793-0EA2CB5066F5 Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:40:33 -0500 Hundreds of demonstrators were rallying at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to protest the arrest of a black student accused of spraying provocative graffiti messages around campus. The Wisconsin State Journal reports Thursday that students and faculty gathered at the statue of Abraham Lincoln and pasted a list of demands that included community control of campus police. They later marched to occupy a library and shut down nearby intersections. The protests come after police accused a black student of doing $4,000 worth of damage to university buildings and arrested him during class. One note he’s accused of spraying reads, "The devil iz a white man, -- God." Protesters say the collection of graffiti represents anti-racist artwork. http://fox6now.com/2016/04/21/arrest-of-black-student-sparks-rally-at-university-of-wisconsin/ 8ED9501F-B4F6-47B1-ACB6-94891B85518B Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:43:07 -0500 It was a brown bear that mauled a university professor on a mountain near Haines, Alaska, while he was teaching a class, a University of Alaska Southeast spokeswoman said. Forest Wagner, 35, was part of a mountaineering class with 11 students and two teaching assistants on Mount Emmerich when he was attacked by a brown bear sow on Monday, spokeswoman Katie Bausler said. No one else was hurt, but the class was evacuated from the mountain when the bear, which had cubs, was spotted again, according to Alaska State Troopers. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/alaska-university-teacher-hospital-bear-mauled-38499217 48B80325-E8D9-4C5B-B042-D6485042D215 Wed, 20 Apr 2016 11:31:32 -0500 East Carolina University has fired a campus police officer over his response to the group beating of a black man on campus last month, and the Greenville police have asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to review the case for possible hate crime charges. University officials said the officer, Ralph Whitehurst, was given notice of his dismissal Tuesday for violating "multiple police policies," according to ECU Police Chief Gerald Lewis. Whitehurst, who is white, was not accused of using force in the March 17 incident, but he handcuffed the victim and did not follow protocols and procedures in investigating the crime, Lewis said. Whitehurst, a sergeant, had been at ECU for 12 years. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article72673687.html 08CD3CA1-BA9B-402A-976A-5337A62D24A5 Tue, 19 Apr 2016 11:14:57 -0500 Five Clemson students were arrested after they refused to leave Sikes Hall Thursday evening. Clemson University administrators gave students until 5:30 p.m. to move their protest out of Sikes Hall, but these five students chose to stay inside. Administrators made it clear that students who refused to go outside the building before the doors were locked would face arrest. According to one of the students arrested all of them have been charged with trespassing. The five students have been released on their own recognizance. Protesters held a sit-in overnight Wednesday at the university's administration demanding racial inclusion. They remained in place all day Thursday. http://www.wyff4.com/news/clemson-president-responds-to-protestors-with-list-of-diversity-successes/39029512 AC1FAD9D-6CB2-4021-A333-CB41F65ECE01 Fri, 15 Apr 2016 08:45:31 -0500 Federal officials and the local police are investigating burglaries and hate literature that appear to be directed at Muslim students attending Idaho State University in Pocatello, where tensions have recently risen over an influx of students from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The Pocatello police chief, Scott Marchand, said that his office was investigating the burglaries but had received reports of about two dozen, not 50. He also said there had been about 70 residential burglaries in town since Jan. 1. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/us/muslim-students-report-burglaries-and-hate-literature-at-idaho-state.html?_r=2 3331A93E-41A1-429E-8A7C-8BA7CA35CE8A Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:58:38 -0500 A University of Illinois student faces murder charges after authorities say she suffocated her newborn baby after giving birth in a residence hall bathroom last month. Police say officers found 20-year-old Lindsay L. Johnson of Monee near the campus Music Building on March 13 wearing a backpack with the deceased newborn inside. Officers went looking for her after responding to a call earlier in the day from another student at the dorm who reported sounds of a baby crying and that Johnson was in the bathroom for a long time. According to the Champaign County circuit court clerk's website, Johnson was charged Monday with murder, causing a child to be endangered/death and concealing a homicide. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-student-dorm-baby-death-20160413-story.html 3E3A7EF8-D28F-4CEB-8BA4-CB18FD55E1F0 Wed, 13 Apr 2016 11:37:17 -0500 The manhunt for a campus killer at the University of Texas continued Thursday as school officials identified the victim as Haruka Weiser, an 18-year-old freshman. Austin police said they have still not located a suspect in Weiser's slaying, but released surveillance video from Sunday -- when Weiser was last seen alive on the Austin campus -- of a man with a bicycle lurking in the area. Weiser was last seen leaving the drama building some time between 9:30 to 9:45 p.m. Sunday local time, Gay said. Friends reported her missing the next morning. The next day, at about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Weiser's body was discovered near Waller Creek, just west of the school's Alumni Center, according to NBC affiliate KXAN. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/body-found-near-creek-ut-austin-id-d-student-haruka-n552466 FCC7CC03-C51A-4D6B-B208-D12F45467C13 Thu, 7 Apr 2016 08:36:49 -0500 A senior at Salem State University accused of stabbing a professor Wednesday night has been charged with attempted murder, according to a school official. Authorities say Stephen Chastain, 24, attacked the professor with a knife late Wednesday afternoon. The professor sustained a superficial wound to his neck and was transported to Beverly Hospital for treatment. The stabbing took place in one of the campus’ academic buildings. The assailant was caught about a block away in Salem. "It seemed to be very random," said university spokeswoman Karen Murray Cady. "The professor did not know the student and we don’t believe the student knew the professor." http://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2016/03/31/salem-state-student-charged-attempted-murder F519D75F-5230-4657-B0EB-C84DC5EF1909 Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:14:00 -0500 A set of fingerprints found on a bomb threat left at Montgomery County Community College in December led authorities to arrest a 26-year-old student at the school who now faces trial for terroristic threats. Jeremy Leach, 26, of Pottstown, was charged in relation to the Dec. 3, 2015, bomb threat at the college’s West campus in Pottstown, according to police reports. Leach was charged with criminal attempt at causing a catastrophe, terroristic threats causing the evacuation of a building, terroristic threats that caused a serious public inconvenience, false alarm to agency of public safety, failing to prevent a catastrophe and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence. On Dec. 10, police found that Leach had a paper due on the day of the bomb threat. After speaking with Leach’s teacher, police obtained a sign-in sheet from the class with Leach’s name written on it. Police noted similarities between certain letters on the bomb threat and the sign-in sheet. Detectives later made contact with Leach, who claimed he did not know why officers wanted to speak with him but agreed to meet with detectives. He denied seeing or writing the note. Leach told police that the bomb threat caused him to get a poor grade on his paper. He then pulled out the paper and told police that because of the threat on Dec. 3, his teacher gave the students until 1 p.m. that day to hand in their papers and he could not hand it in until the next class because of the bomb threat, causing him to get the bad grade. http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20160330/fingerprints-lead-to-arrest-of-montgomery-county-community-college-bomb-threat-suspect D8200DFF-7B7B-46B5-BA19-DD453336EF3F Wed, 30 Mar 2016 08:47:17 -0500 The Purdue University chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon is suspended until fall 2020 for violations of alcohol, hazing and unregistered functions. A Purdue Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities investigation found the fraternity violated several Interfraternity Council and university policies and wasn’t compliant with a four-year probation that began in 2013 that stemmed from incidents involving illegal drugs, according to a Tuesday university press release. Someone reported to the university in late January that inappropriate behavior allegedly occurred at the fraternity at the end of the fall semester, said Jeffery Stefancic, associate dean of students in the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities. The chapter provided alcohol to minors and some members hazed others in the organization with behaviors related to servitude, he said. He wasn’t aware of any criminal charges or investigations related to the incidents. http://college.usatoday.com/2016/03/23/purdue-sigma-phi-epsilon-suspended/ 7CB185BB-2639-44D3-8437-E0B438B954C0 Wed, 23 Mar 2016 08:11:54 -0500 Two people have been charged in a double shooting on the campus of Georgia State University and one of the suspects is an 18-year-old student, a school police spokesman said. The incident began about 9:30 p.m. Monday when GSU student Bryan Rhoden met visitors Shelton Torance Flournoy II and Jalyn Isaiah Knight in the parking lot outside the Piedmont North residence hall, Deputy Chief Carlton Mullis said Tuesday morning in a statement. Flournoy, 19, and Knight, 18, were sitting in a Honda near the intersection of Piedmont Avenue and Ellis Street. Rhoden, a Piedmont North resident, "came down to the car attempting to sell some drugs," Mullis told Channel 2 Action News. Once inside the car, an argument started. Flournoy was shot three times with Rhoden’s Glock .40 caliber handgun and Rhoden was shot once in the chest with Flournoy’s .22 caliber handgun, police said. Rhoden and Flournoy were taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, where they were listed in serious condition, Mullis said. Each man was charged with assault, attempted murder and possession of a firearm on campus. http://www.ajc.com/news/news/crime-law/cops-drug-deal-led-to-double-shooting-on-georgia-s/nqqN3/ 6AD717D5-5DDA-4333-A4BB-E637E29F637C Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:08:37 -0500 Ohio University police announced they arrested a 25-year-old student on several charges after he allegedly assaulted a staff member at Bird Arena. James D. Howard, of Canfield, was charged with burglary (F2) and weapons under disability (F3). He was enrolled as a student, police say, but withdrew from classes Monday. Police say Howard reportedly entered a staff member’s office at Bird Arena around noon on Monday, shoved the staff member, and "attempted to strike him with a closed fist." They say he then left campus. Police were later told that Howard planned to buy a gun. OUPD obtained warrants for his arrest and notified surrounding law enforcement agencies for help locating him. Late in the afternoon, Howard reportedly attempted to purchase a firearm in Logan. Deputies from the Hocking County Sheriff’s Office found him in Logan, where he was buying ammunition for a shotgun he had. He was arrested and transported to the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail, where he is being held on a $35,000 bond. http://nbc4i.com/2016/03/22/ohio-university-student-charged-with-assaulting-staff-member/ 771E4551-DDA8-4444-B37C-6DF88789CE10 Tue, 22 Mar 2016 16:36:08 -0500 Three students at George Mason University have been arrested after alleged bomb-making materials were found in a dorm room, according to the daily incident report on the University’s website. Two students under the age of 21, have been arrested on drug and alcohol-related charges. A third person was also charged with drug and alcohol-related offenses and possession of bomb-making materials. Police have not identified the suspects at this time. Search warrants said police discovered a leafy green substance, match books, shaved match heads, a mortar and pestle, lighter fluid, hand sanitizer, candles and a PVC pipe inside the dorm. Officials reported the items could be combined to make explosives. http://wtvr.com/2016/03/21/3-george-mason-university-students-arrested-on-drug-bomb-charges/ E65D4E65-D9EB-4449-A1F2-9B3E2F4E09D0 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 08:34:02 -0500 A Cook County judge on Saturday lashed out at two Northwestern University freshmen accused of spray-painting racist and homophobic messages along with the name of Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump inside a nondenominational chapel on the university's campus. "These allegations are disgusting to me," Judge Peggy Chiampas said as she eyeballed Anthony Morales, 19, and Matthew Kafker, 18, her voice rising several times during a bond hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building. The judge ordered both men held in lieu of $50,000 bail for charges of institutional vandalism, hate crime to a place of worship, and criminal damage to property for several spray-painted messages at the Alice Millar Chapel earlier this week. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-50k-bails-for-northwestern-university-students-accused-of-chapel-vandalism-20160312-story.html A41DEA1D-C42E-42DA-BF86-A7FC89FF0E2E Sat, 12 Mar 2016 10:28:05 -0500 The 20-year-old Phi Delta Theta president at Baylor University was arrested Thursday on a sexual assault charge for allegedly forcing himself on a woman outside of a fraternity party, Waco police Sgt. W. Patrick Swanton said. According to the arrest affidavit, Anderson took the victim "to a secluded part of the grounds behind a tent in order to get some air, however once away from everyone else attending the party" he sexually assaulted the woman. Court documents stated that the victim lost consciousness, but awoke alone a short time later in the same outside area before returning to the house and finding a friend, who took her immediately to the hospital. Anderson’s arrest comes as Baylor is facing heavy criticism regarding how the school has handled recent rape allegations. An ESPN "Outside the Lines" report featured multiple women who claimed they were raped by former Baylor football player Tevin Elliott, who was convicted on two counts of sexual assault in 2014 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. http://www.wacotrib.com/news/higher_education/baylor-fraternity-president-charged-with-sexual-assault/article_65235ab8-a07e-5107-b8ea-7d1cde2fb988.html?mode=jqm 73A2A358-82B0-488F-8FD2-0D14F691B60E Thu, 3 Mar 2016 08:15:17 -0600 The University of Missouri announced on Thursday the firing of Melissa Click, the assistant professor who faced nationwide backlash after a tense confrontation with a student during protests on campus last fall. Click, who taught in the Department of Communication, attracted attention after she was caught on video calling for "muscle" to help her eject a student journalist from a protest site on campus last November as the university was embroiled in protests over the administration's handling of a series of racially-charged incidents. She faced further scrutiny after the Columbia, Mo. Police Department earlier this month released video from a separate protest on campus in which Click was involved. In the police video, Click can be seen cursing at a cop who is trying to clear a roadway on campus after Click and a group of student demonstrators locked arms to block a road during the university's homecoming parade. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/02/25/university-missouri-fires-professor-melissa-click/80940690/ 693A2216-E007-4596-B6B1-F2543FCBF2FF Thu, 25 Feb 2016 08:48:01 -0600 Conservative author and pundit Ben Shapiro has been allowed to appear at Cal State Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon, despite the university’s previous cancellation of an event at which he had been slated as the featured speaker. The Breitbart editor-at-large was initially scheduled to deliver remarks on the topic "When Diversity Becomes a Problem," part of the Young America Foundation’s Fred R. Allen lecture series. After some students and faculty members objected to Shapiro’s planned appearance at the event, it was cancelled by Cal State L.A. President William A. Covino. "After careful consideration, I have decided that it will be best for our campus community if we reschedule Ben Shapiro’s appearance for a later date, so that we can arrange for him to appear as part of a group of speakers with differing viewpoints on diversity," Covino said in a statement. In an interview on Wednesday, Shapiro decried the given rationale for the initial cancellation. "It’s a non-excuse," he said. "I am the diversity. I mean, the entire place is left. " I’m the first conservative speaker we’ve even heard of who’s going to the campus." http://ktla.com/2016/02/25/cal-state-l-a-cancels-event-featuring-ben-shapiro-conservative-pundit-insists-he-will-appear-on-campus-anyway/ F139DAD3-7D78-44B2-B579-5C502574E1C7 Thu, 25 Feb 2016 08:04:56 -0600 A half-dozen University of Maryland students were robbed at gunpoint Sunday night in a dormitory on the College Park campus, authorities said. The students were in a room at Montgomery Hall about 8:15 p.m. when someone knocked at the door, then forced his way in and showed a gun, the campus police said. A second robber entered and the two took property from the victims before fleeing. No injuries were reported. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/umd-students-robbed-at-gunpoint-in-college-park-dorm/2016/02/23/08004654-daa0-11e5-925f-1d10062cc82d_story.html 8832C9EB-BFA9-420E-9EA0-CDC9E93241DC Tue, 23 Feb 2016 08:16:28 -0600 Buffalo police are investigating the death of a SUNY Buffalo State student, who may have suffered internal injuries from an alleged off-campus hazing incident. Bradley D’Oyley, 21, of Brooklyn, died Thursday night at Buffalo General Medical Center, after having come down with an unexplained illness late last month. He apparently was pledging for the local chapter of a national fraternity at the time he became ill. College officials suspended the charter of the Delta Epsilon chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha as a result of the investigation. The officials also said they are supportive of the Buffalo Police Department’s investigation. http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/buffalo-state/police-probe-buffalo-state-students-death-as-possible-hazing-20160219 D3D983AB-5AAD-4277-B746-DEE60A6D893D Fri, 19 Feb 2016 15:45:30 -0600 On campuses across the country, millions of students have an app called Yik Yak on their phones. It's like an anonymous version of Twitter. But because it's anonymous, it can get ugly and be a breeding ground for hate speech. Black student leaders across the country have held sit-ins and protests asking college officials to block the app. Yik Yak, an Atlanta-based social media app, has a presence on more than 2,000 college campuses. Users of the app post comments anonymously, and anyone in within a radius of a few miles can see, share and rate the comment. http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/01/23/463197593/yik-yak-tests-universities-defense-of-free-speech EB86ECC5-C6AD-4C45-BBB3-7A5E34EAB254 Sat, 23 Jan 2016 13:58:10 -0600 A man has been charged with secretly photographing women under their clothing on the Washington University campus. St. Louis County prosecutors last week charged Donnie Rhett Koonce, 21, with a felony. He was a student when he photographed the women, police say. On Tuesday, a university spokeswoman said Koonce is no longer a student there. According to court documents, one incident happened Oct. 21 at Anheuser-Busch Hall on the Washington University campus. He used a concealed camera to photograph women's bodies and undergarments. The photos were taken under or through the women's clothing, without their consent, police say. http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/washington-university-student-charged-with-secretly-photographing-women/article_25098af2-f1eb-5cc6-b2e4-cdcc5044005c.html CD886827-4D30-489B-A7D8-29128F69A5E8 Tue, 12 Jan 2016 13:11:59 -0600 Oral Roberts University is now requiring all freshmen to wear tracking devices to monitor their physical activity, the school says.The school, which is a private institution, says Fitbit fitness tracking now is required for all incoming students, and ORU has opened the program up to all students. According to the ORU website, it appears as though school staff and instructors will be able to access the fitness tracking information gathered by the students’ devices. http://www.newson6.com/story/30920656/wearing-fitness-trackers-now-mandatory-for-oru-freshman 819677D2-D59C-4132-85EC-AD080C21EF96 Fri, 8 Jan 2016 08:41:59 -0600 A University of Kentucky student who operated a drone that crashed inside a stadium before a football game has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in the case.The Lexington Herald-Leader cites court documents in reporting that 24-year-old law student Peyton Wilson pleaded guilty Wednesday to misdemeanor criminal trespassing and paid a $100 fine. http://www.sltrib.com/sports/3392398-155/college-football-student-pleads-guilty-to 0A8C0055-8DDE-4E87-A482-ED5A58611970 Thu, 7 Jan 2016 07:42:17 -0600 One of the holiday's hottest presents is now considered contraband at many U.S. colleges. At least 20 universities have banned or restricted hoverboards on their campuses in recent weeks, saying the two-wheeled, motorized scooters are unsafe. Beyond the risk of falls and collisions, colleges are citing warnings from federal authorities that some of the self-balancing gadgets have caught on fire. "It's clear that these things are potentially dangerous," said Len Dolan, managing director of fire safety at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ed28781d71e147d1b2e035a13e1bc0b0/colleges-tell-students-leave-their-hoverboards-home E629A37D-E48A-478A-B4BE-7E4CD0D38128 Thu, 7 Jan 2016 15:04:14 -0600 A statewide investigating grand jury has found no criminal evidence that links specific fraternity members to the March 2014 death of Marquise Braham, a Penn State University student hazed prior to his suicide. The grand jury also decided not to recommend criminal charges related to any hazing at the university, calling it "a fraternity-wide problem." The chapter was suspended for six years following his death, and the suspension bars the chapter from participating in campus events and using Penn State facilities. http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/no_charges_after_grand_jury_un.html B0802D44-39A0-4E02-B98D-8FA298898683 Tue, 5 Jan 2016 11:33:15 -0600 Airbnb has more than 2 million listings, including 1,400 castles. At least a handful of them are rooms listed inside of student housing. Renting out a dorm bed is unlikely to produce a windfall of cash, but with tuition costs having risen by 46% between 2001 and 2012, it's understandable that some students are looking for extra income. According to his campus’s website, Eduardo’s tiny twin bed in his tiny square room costs him almost $9,000 per school year. http://www.fastcompany.com/3054691/college-students-are-renting-their-dorm-rooms-on-airbnb-what-could-go-wrong F09A406B-E5AA-426B-8A57-197C8C06A2E3 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 11:08:44 -0600 Portland State University students protesting the school's stance on racial issues shouted down trustees Thursday, prompting them to reconvene by phone as demonstrators occupied their meeting room. Some of the approximately 50 activists welcomed a statement Wednesday by Portland State President Wim Wiewel that the university would create new campus gathering places and staff support for Asian and Pacific Islander students and for African Americans. http://www.oregonlive.com/education/index.ssf/2015/12/portland_state_university_stud_3.html 0B0591F7-3F1A-47CF-9438-2ED5E26E38F2 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 07:58:47 -0600 A 19-year-old student was assaulted and robbed as a gun was pointed at his head north of Dinkytown late at night by three men in what is the third recent armed holdup of University of Minnesota students in recent weeks. Police said no arrests have been made, and they are looking into whether the crimes are related. http://www.startribune.com/u-students-robbed-at-gunpoint-for-3rd-time-in-less-than-3-weeks/361719261/ 9973C8E8-0DA6-454E-B9DD-1DCAF16A1181 Mon, 14 Dec 2015 07:55:38 -0600 An armed man who triggered a lockdown when he drove onto the campus of Arkansas State University with propane tanks was arrested, police and local media reported Thursday. The man had a shotgun strapped to his back and propane tanks "ready to blow," police told The Jonesboro Sun. Officers surrounded him within 30 minutes. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/12/10/gunman-surrounded-at-arkansas-state-university-campus-on-lockdown/ A2A20264-A970-413B-AB3A-958EEFC2F8E7 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 08:07:15 -0600 After University of Texas officials said a gun rights demonstration planned for this weekend could be considered criminal trespass, the organizers said the demonstration would likely be staged on Guadalupe Street, adjacent to campus. "We will move forward with the event on the adjacent public land using UT as the backdrop," said Murdoch Pizgatti, a founder of the gun rights groups Come and Take It Texas and DontComply.com. http://www.statesman.com/news/news/gun-rights-groups-to-stage-mock-mass-shooting-at-u/npf38/ F3119412-FDFC-475E-AB76-C3F322D214C3 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:14:20 -0600 In the wake of a series of mass shootings around the country, one university is beefing up security by arming campus police with semi-automatic rifles. Northeastern University, in the heart of Boston, has announced a controversial plan to arm campus officers, despite opposition from city law enforcement officials. The rifles will be deployed in campus police vehicles during high-level threats, the university said. http://abcnews.go.com/US/northeastern-university-campus-police-armed-rifles-wake-mass/story?id=35687833 E1DF9A21-9D1E-4BA5-8218-85D3535BE41C Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:13:39 -0600 The University of Tennessee removed a Web post about "inclusive holiday celebrations" Tuesday after it had drawn the ire of state lawmakers and the Tennessee Republican Party, which accused the college of trying to "eliminate Christianity" from campus parties. The post, which came from the Knoxville campus' Office of Diversity and Inclusion, included several recommendations to "ensure your holiday party is not a Christmas party in disguise," including the suggestion not to participate in "Secret Santa" or "Dreidel" at holiday parties. http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/08/ut-removes-inclusive-holiday-post/76973454/ 93B76609-4B9F-4520-A690-A73EE996770A Tue, 8 Dec 2015 09:44:37 -0600 Students at Lebanon Valley College in Annville have called on administrators to make policy changes that benefit "marginalized groups" on campus, including minorities, the disabled, gay and transgender. They have also demanded administrators rename "Lynch Memorial Hall," citing the word's racial connotations, by either removing it or adding the first name of the former college president for whom it is named. http://www.pennlive.com/news/2015/12/student_attempt_to_rename_coll.html 4212CFE7-DD85-43FB-8701-2FBFD8070721 Tue, 8 Dec 2015 09:27:18 -0600 University of Houston President Renu Khator said Sunday she was "very shocked, disappointed and literally outraged" by the actions of security workers after Saturday's American Athletic Conference championship game at TDECU Stadium. Several videos posted on social media sites show security personnel with Contemporary Services Corp., which provides security services for UH athletics, punching and tackling fans as they ran onto the field to celebrate the Cougars' 24-13 victory over Temple. http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/UH-severs-ties-with-security-firm-after-violent-6680344.php 942F1A1A-2AEE-4C78-B242-AE071611CD64 Sun, 6 Dec 2015 08:19:23 -0600 Sports fans soon may feel a bit like airline travelers at University of Arizona home sporting events. Clear plastic bags are the new mode of carry for fans entering UA athletic venues, a change officials say is required for public safety in light of "recent international events." http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/ncaab/ua/2015/12/03/university-arizona-bans-most-purses-home-games/76723842/ DEDB8277-EB75-461B-ACF4-EE16CEB8E710 Thu, 3 Dec 2015 13:58:30 -0600 The University of Chicago has shut down its campus after learning of an anonymous online threat of gun violence said to be planned for Monday. The school said Sunday that FBI counterterrorism officials informed the school of a threat specifically of a shooting on "the campus quad" at 10 a.m. Monday. http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/30/us/university-of-chicago-closed-threat/ 816DFBE7-D6EB-4D97-92E8-5F636FA0A928 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 10:02:57 -0600 For years, Ohio State University officials have warned that the traditional Michigan-week jump into Mirror Lake is a bad idea, but have allowed students to do it. Now, a long-feared tragedy has brought that to an end. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/public/2015/Man_dies_after_mirror_lake_jump.html 1CFDAA2F-D347-4C54-8C64-06D7F5282180 Mon, 30 Nov 2015 08:06:46 -0600 A Kansas University professor who used the n-word during a class discussion about race is on leave while the university investigates a discrimination complaint against her. Andrea Quenette, assistant professor of communication studies, said she was notified Friday morning that five individuals, whose names she does not know, filed a discrimination complaint against her with KU’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access. http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/nov/20/ku-communications-prof-who-used-n-word-class-discu/ CA10871B-BC0A-4A9A-B28D-F3096677E2EB Fri, 20 Nov 2015 09:58:29 -0600 After several days of protesting Occidental College's handling of diversity issues, students occupied an administrative building Monday, demanding that the school president step down if officials don't take such steps as creating a black studies major and hiring more minority faculty. http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-college-race-20151117-story.html 809ADDDF-1A71-4CF5-BF45-FAE47CC05EDF Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:00:13 -0600 Washington College closed its Maryland campus Tuesday morning until further notice as police and the FBI intensified the search for a "despondent" sophomore who is believed to be armed. It was the second day the Eastern Shore campus has been on high alert, going from a shelter-in-place order Monday to a full evacuation on Tuesday. Authorities are trying to find Jacob Marberger, whose parents called college officials early Monday to report that he had left their home in Pennsylvania with a gun and that they were not able to reach him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2015/11/17/washington-college-locks-down-again-tuesday-morning-as-search-for-armed-student-continues/ 1BBE9B6F-3948-4E95-B9BA-4AF6FC8576D7 Wed, 18 Nov 2015 09:00:52 -0600 Georgetown University will rename two buildings on campus -- Mulledy Hall and McSherry Hall -- that are currently named after slaveowners, following protests and sit-ins from students demanding increased awareness about the institution’s racial legacy. http://thinkprogress.org/education/2015/11/16/3722436/georgetown-buildings-renamed/ 17881142-55E5-47FD-A4DB-9A4ECF72E89A Tue, 17 Nov 2015 08:48:57 -0600 Police arrested someone suspected of posting a threat to black students through social media at Michigan Technological University, the school announced this morning via Twitter. http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/11/13/michigan-tech-threat-arrest/75704816/ EB3CE03A-FB2D-4D5C-B0B5-4990498E8C12 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600 After spending years in the headlines as a party-school mecca and just as many years addressing that with new initiatives and policies, the University of Iowa for the first time has recorded a full academic year in which sorority and fraternity members were arrested or cited less often than their non-Greek peers. http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/higher-education/university-of-iowa-greek-chapters-see-improved-arrest-citation-rates-20151115 06A57DF5-8F72-4EA3-B594-99DC290E3C69 Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:00:00 -0600 University of Missouri system president Timothy Wolfe resigned his office in a news conference Monday after weeks of protests stemming from a string of racially charged incidents. "The frustration and anger that I see is clear, real, and I don't doubt it for a second," Wolfe said. "Please, please, use this resignation to heal, not to hate, and let's move on together for a brighter tomorrow." http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/tim-wolfe-university-of-missouri-president-resigns 01074584-E507-4AE5-AB74-D74356E40EC3 Mon, 9 Nov 2015 15:48:45 -0600 The Concerned Faculty group at the University of Missouri is to begin a two-day walkout today in support of student activists who say the school has done too little to address their concerns about racism and racial intolerance on campus. The news comes as football players at the university said they won't participate in team activities until university President Tim Wolfe is removed from office, as the team's head coach, Gary Pinkel, tweeted in support of his players, "The Mizzou Family stands as one." http://abcnews.go.com/US/missouri-faculty-staff-walk-students-solidarity-show/story?id=35068809 38A1313C-C937-4DA0-B7F6-1CBB3D642177 Mon, 9 Nov 2015 07:46:31 -0600 Weeks of simmering racial tension at Yale University boiled over in recent days into a heated debate over whether the administration was sensitive enough to concerns about Halloween costumes seen as culturally offensive, students and administrators said. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/09/nyregion/yale-culturally-insensitive-halloween-costumes-free-speech.html?_r=0 F5E1C2AC-6014-43FF-A0C8-E6BABF9A6F9D Mon, 9 Nov 2015 07:43:56 -0600 Morgantown police responded Wednesday to reports that witnesses saw a group of men beating someone and then stuffing him into the trunk of a car. Officers determined that a 21-year-old Arlington, Virginia, man had been bound with duct tape and put in the trunk in what they determined to be a prank. http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/ap/article_3e1c9b09-aae1-518f-a089-d414613d05dd.html 117ADCBF-B994-4766-9C4B-9F28189DF383 Fri, 6 Nov 2015 11:01:59 -0600 In the most violent day in the young history of UC Merced, a male student armed with a large hunting knife attacked four people on campus Wednesday before he was shot down by police, a spree of bloodshed that shocked the tight-knit campus and left investigators searching for a motive. http://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/local/crime/article42944028.html B49399B9-3C35-4E9D-B2DB-B62C3846B9A2 Thu, 5 Nov 2015 07:55:37 -0600 One person was killed and another was injured in a shooting at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, the school said early Sunday. The university said the campus was placed on full lockdown after a shooting was reported at around 1:20 a.m. The lockdown was lifted and an all-clear was given just over three hours later. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shooting-winston-salem-university-leaves-one-dead-one-wounded-n455266 3E008498-26AC-4B3E-8F6E-9129354C3C03 Mon, 2 Nov 2015 10:08:09 -0600 The University of Louisville issued an apology on Thursday, after a community outcry over a photograph showing school staff, including school President James Ramsey, donning sombreros and other items associated with Hispanic culture during a party. http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/30/us-kentucky-university-hispanic-idUSKCN0SO0BQ20151030 CE22253D-BD34-4EF4-AE28-F3AF328378A6 Mon, 2 Nov 2015 08:13:50 -0600 Trevor Duffy picked his poison. Members of Zeta Beta Tau, an unsanctioned fraternity at University at Albany, "required, ordered and encouraged" a 19-year-old pledge from the Bronx to guzzle nearly two bottles of vodka, according to NBC News. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/charged-albany-student-hazing-death-article-1.2420213 C4C52645-74AD-4BD1-AED3-B6B6377394C6 Mon, 2 Nov 2015 08:10:26 -0600 Four people are dead and 47 hurt in a car crash involving spectators Saturday morning at an Oklahoma State University homecoming parade. http://www.koco.com/news/several-hurt-in-crash-at-osu-parade/36027322 71272F60-FCE6-481A-BF1D-67595394160D Sun, 25 Oct 2015 15:08:46 -0500 Two young men have been charged in the death of a 19-year-old New York state university student who drank an excessive amount of alcohol as a part of an initiation for an unsanctioned fraternity. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/albany-students-charged-booze-hazing-death-teen-article-1.2406466 FC41D511-F97A-455D-8DD0-47875A24F0E8 Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:08:15 -0500 Five University of Mississippi students were arrested Friday in connection with an assault that left one Sigma Pi fraternity member with multiple injuries including a concussion, ruptured eardrum and broken teeth. The Daily Mississippian reported the charges range from felony assault to hazing. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/10/21/5-arrested-assault-ole-miss-fraternity-house/74319582/ B2DBAB04-0B2B-4794-8E82-AC74047FB98E Wed, 21 Oct 2015 15:07:53 -0500 Indiana University has expelled a 19-year-old sophomore accused of attacking a Muslim woman over the weekend, trying to remove her headscarf and shouting racial slurs, a school official said Tuesday. http://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2015/10/20/iu-student-memory-attack-muslim-woman/74259858/ 94CDB49F-9C02-48A4-B6EB-71D30522EC0A Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:02:31 -0500 The University of West Georgia's chapter of the Delta Delta Delta sorority has been shut down following a hazing investigation. http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/sorority-shuts-down-uwg-tri-delta-chapter-over-haz/nn5sy/ 4E6243D9-072F-45AC-AE59-1877ACA7FBDD Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:03:57 -0500 Villanova University is adding another level of campus security. The school will create its own police department, with some officers undergoing the same training as public law enforcement. The officers will also be armed. http://6abc.com/education/villanova-university-to-create-own-police-department/1040749/ 441ED305-847A-4224-A289-1C650F07D1D9 Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:07:32 -0500 Towson University police have launched an investigation after members of the women's swimming and diving team reported finding a smartphone that had apparently been recording them in a locker room, the school said in a statement Saturday. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-towson-locker-room-20151017-story.html D91E2D59-CD1E-4E12-A473-58A7244F0FAC Sat, 17 Oct 2015 15:06:52 -0500 University of Minnesota football players have been accused of sexual assault, sexual harassment and retaliation in the past academic year, but the allegations didn't result in criminal charges, a university administrator said Thursday. http://www.startribune.com/university-of-minnesota-football-players-accused-of-sexual-assault-harassment-and-retaliation/333075411/ E3850032-8D78-4BDD-ADD1-0D4EC50AA516 Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:05:18 -0500 The NOPD has arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with the armed robbery of three students inside of the Tulane Student Center on campus on Oct. 10. http://www.wwltv.com/story/news/crime/2015/10/15/tulane-university-center/74003596/ 489E2983-CA39-429E-853E-4FF84D11ECD9 Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:06:30 -0500 One fraternity member was killed and three others wounded in a fight that escalated into a shooting early Friday near a Greek-life dorm at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Ariz. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/09/one-dead-3-injured-in-shooting-at-northern-arizona-university/ D60446EF-C433-4CA9-819D-697C5CA9E959 Fri, 9 Oct 2015 15:05:54 -0500 Chanting ''Black Bruins matter,'' UCLA students crammed into Chancellor Gene Block's office Thursday, demanding a response after some students wore blackface to a Kanye West-themed fraternity party. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ucla-blackface-kanye-party-20151008-story.html CFE49EA1-CA1D-414F-ACC2-4BC9EE1A9AE2 Fri, 9 Oct 2015 15:05:28 -0500 Indiana University has closed a fraternity over alleged hazing video that appeared online. Alpha Tau Omega was suspended after a disturbing video starting making the rounds online. http://wishtv.com/2015/10/07/iu-fraternity-suspended-after-alleged-hazing-video-surfaces-online/ 6A41ABA1-8FD5-4554-A3A3-0B50BEC1DC22 Thu, 8 Oct 2015 14:06:34 -0500 Graffiti on a bathroom wall -- with the message "KILL ALL BY 10/8/15 THIS BU OOP" -- prompted officials at Eastern Kentucky University to shut down the school into next week. The threatening vandalism was found Monday morning in the school's Powell Building. The school's president issued a statement later that day, acknowledging the message had particular resonance coming so soon after the shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College, where a gunman killed nine people. http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/07/us/eastern-kentucky-university-threat/ F1F1A50E-A665-4272-A44D-3B61DCC3107D Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:05:06 -0500 A Rocky River, Ohio, man was arrested today on a warrant charging him with raping a female student in an Ohio University dormitory on Sept. 26, university police reported. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/10/04/1-ou-rape.html 7CB881ED-60D2-45B2-8015-1F816C32DB11 Sun, 4 Oct 2015 14:27:51 -0500