“Given the importance of the expressive rights of our students, we may allow an encampment to remain for a short time despite the obvious violations of policy—but those violating university policy should expect to face disciplinary consequences.”

“Trump does not dismiss the possibility of political violence around the election. ‘If we don’t win, you know, it depends,’ he tells TIME. ‘It always depends on the fairness of the election.’”

“No.”

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What a disastrous interview. Head of IN state police, invited by IU for a military raid, admits he doesn’t understand the First Amendment and was plainly driven by his own political views on the protests. He, not Pam Whitten, appears to call the shots. indianapublicmedia.org/news/isp-leade…

bizarre life:
fights more than a hundred duels, earns nickname 'Hairtrigger Dick'
survived two shipwrecks
starts Galway's first theatre
brings literal donkey into court, wins the first anti-animal cruelty case
passes foundational anti-animal cruelty laws
befriends King George…

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Rutgers may have the most interesting institutional history of public US universities

How much of a faux pas it is to walk up the aisle when you’re parked at your gate and about to deplane before other people in front of you get into the aisle

It has been like 30 seconds and a man yelled at me earlier today

Seems bad

U.S. births fell last year, resuming a long national slide. The long-term effect on K-12 school and university enrollment may be huge. tinyurl.com/8atvsr82 #ARNews Arkansas Department of Education Arkansas Division of Higher Education

Did a piece. noncompete agreements are relatively common in Arkansas, but rarely enforced; that said, they tend to chill workers’ movement from job to job, whether they can be enforced or not, regardless of whether employers intend to go to court over them
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Four-hour layover reaffirming my conviction that major airports should have gay bars

I don’t mean to be a killjoy, but we really don’t need the midway rental car facility shuttle driver to sing the SpongeBob theme song

“It’s just awfully sarcophagal,” some famous architect said to me in a hot tub in Fire Island Pines six years ago

Forestry experts have released an interim report that identifies a mix of factors they believe contributed to concerns regarding the health of thousands of acres of pine trees in southeastern Arkansas. arkansasonline.com/news/2024/apr/…

Going off to my siblings and sister-in-law about every horrible thing a Chicago gay did to me in seven years over dinner