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Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)

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23 article in The New York Times , “ How College and Sports-Betting Companies ‘Caesarized’ Campus Life ,” which chronicled how universities have signed lucrative contracts with sports betting companies to promote online gambling to their students and campus communities.

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Employee retires after 70 years

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Image: For decades, Jewel Bell was a staple of King University, a small Christian college in Bristol, Tenn. She was a confidante for students and later a gatekeeper to the president’s office. “To have that history about the people, institutions and events right outside my door was phenomenal,” he said.

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Hurricane Ian leaves Florida campuses flooded and damaged

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In a video posted to FGCU’s Facebook page Thursday, university president Michael Martin said a FEMA team would likely assist with poststorm recovery and damage assessment and that students shouldn’t return to dormitories until they are deemed safe to re-enter.

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Colleges should abolish Greek system (opinion)

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More than a decade ago, in 2011, former Cornell University president David Skorton penned an op-ed for The New York Times after a 19-year-old Cornell sophomore named George Desdunes “died in a fraternity house while participating in a hazing episode that included mock kidnapping, ritualized humiliation and coerced drinking.”

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U of Arizona professors say they're blackballed from service

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The Senate chair and university president are supposed to be consulted on nominees for CAFT, but a faculty nominating committee prepares the final list of nominees. Another allegedly blacklisted professor says he’s talking to a lawyer about his situation. CAFT members are elected by the general faculty for three-year terms.

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Free speech principles aren't just for students (opinion)

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For some time now, public officials have moved from elected office into positions at universities. An early champion of the Chicago Principles, Purdue University president Mitch Daniels, is a former governor of Indiana. We are grateful to Senator Heitkamp for her investment in the IOP and her adherence to its fundamental values.

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Report: Warnings ignored before U of Ariz. professor killed

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Although several university administrative and service units did meet briefly with the ad hoc faculty committee about general processes, they did not engage in detailed discussions about the events leading up to the October shooting as the report implies.” 10, university president Robert C. ” On Oct.

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