5 h. ago They staged protests for Palestine. The consequences have been life

Legal aid group says most students contacting them are Palestinian, Arab Muslim and other students of colorEK was completing a take-home exam on 6 March when the dean of student conduct at Swarthmore College emailed her about an urgent Zoom meeting. On the video call, she said, the dean told her that she would be suspended for one semester for staging a protest at the college’s trustees’ dinner in December 2023. Using a bullhorn, EK had interrupted the event to demand that the school divest from products that fuel Israel’s war on Gaza.A panel of students and school employees had found her responsible for assault, among other code of conduct violations for the incident. EK, a final-semester senior who is using a pseudonym out of fear of retaliation, recalled being in shock: “I’ve been really distraught by all of this,” EK said. “I used to be unhoused before I came to Swarthmore, so to be put into this situation again is very disturbing.” Continue reading...

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67 h. ago Jon Hamm's SHOCKING response to revelations about his college hazing past: Read his full entitled rant to the Daily Mail as he plays the Hollywood victim

Hamm spoke exclusively to the Daily Mail about the horrific 1990 torture incident while a student the University of Texas in Austin.

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2 d. ago Judge orders bail hearing for detained student Mohsen Mahdawi next week

Palestinian green-card holder was arrested by US immigration authorities in Vermont on 14 AprilMohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green-card holder and student at Columbia University who was detained by the Trump administration on 14 April, will have a hearing next week on his request for release on bail, a federal judge decided on Wednesday.Judge Geoffrey W Crawford extended a temporary restraining order issued by a separate judge last week to keep Mahdawi in Vermont. Immigration authorities have sent other foreign students arrested for their pro-Palestinian views to detention centers in Louisiana and Texas, jurisdictions typically overseen by more conservative judges. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Lawyers ask federal judge in Vermont for immediate release of detained Palestinian activist

A federal judge is scheduled to consider a request to immediately release a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship

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3 d. ago Following FSU shooting, students call on lawmakers to block effort to lower gun

Student survivors of last week’s deadly shooting at Florida State University are urging legislators to block an effort to reverse a law passed in the wake of the 2018 Parkland shooting that lowered the state’s gun-buying age from 21 to 18

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4 d. ago Detained Palestinian activist in Vermont prison says he's 'in good hands,' focused on peacemaking

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was recently arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship says he’s “in good hands” at the Vermont prison where he's being held

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4 d. ago Harvard sues Trump over $2.2 billion funding freeze as free speech battle heats up between White House and Ivy League school

Trump administration officials had demanded that the prestigious university crack down on student protests and screen international applicants for their political opinions

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5 d. ago I was so high on gas and air while giving birth that I asked the midwives to rate how much fun they were having

Emma, a Birmingham City University student, shared her experience in a video on TikTok which has gone viral, with more than 116,000 likes.

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6 d. ago Should you pay your child’s university fees? Everything you need to know about student loans

Financial advisor Warren Shute explains everything you need to know about student loans and how best to support your children

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7 d. ago Judge orders Tufts University student in detention case to be brought to Vermont

A federal judge has ordered that a Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by immigration authorities in March to be brought to Vermont

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7 d. ago FSU shooting victims include a school employee whose dad was a Cuban exile turned CIA operative

Two people were killed and six others were injured when a gunman opened fire at Florida State University, sending students fleeing from the student union and putting the Tallahassee, Florida campus under lockdown

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8 d. ago Fury as FSU student callously films wounded classmate while sipping on Starbucks iced coffee

A Florida State University student callously strolled past a wounded classmate and filmed her while sipping iced coffee, without lifting a finger to help. This came after the shooting that killed two people.

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8 d. ago Florida State University shooting: Two dead and six injured as student opens fire with mother's gun

Phoenix Ikner, 20, killed two and injured six others at a Florida university on Thursday, using his mother's handgun to perpetrate the chilling college campus mass shooting

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8 d. ago Two killed and six injured in Florida university shooting, officials say

Police took in suspect Phoenix Ikner, 20, a Florida State University student and son of a sheriff’s deputyTwo people were killed in a mass shooting at Florida State University (FSU) campus on Thursday, and six others were injured, police said.The 20-year-old suspect is a student and the son of a sheriff’s deputy who had access to one of her weapons, a handgun, which was found at the scene, Sheriff Walt McNeil said at a news conference. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump official threatens Harvard foreign student admissions as more universities rally in support

Kristi Noem demands university’s records on foreign students’ ‘illegal’ activities while president threatens to strip it of tax-exempt statusDonald Trump has declared that Harvard University should no longer receive federal funds, calling it a “joke” that “teaches hate and stupidity”, while his administration said the pre-eminent US university could lose its ability to enrol foreign students.Harvard made headlines on Monday by becoming the first university to stand up against a series of onerous demands from the Trump administration, setting the stage for a showdown between the federal government and one of the US’s most prestigious institutions. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Queen's University rejects calls for Irish language signage despite student protests

A student-led campaign to introduce physical Irish language signs to Queen's University has been rejected, despite accusations that it the university is infringing on the rights of Irish speakers

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1 week ago Sporty student who thought she had flu wakes up to find all four of her limbs amputated

Medical student Lily McGarry, 23, was studying at Cardiff University when she was taken to hospital after feeling unwell with flu-like symptoms - but the truth was far more serious

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1 week ago Woke white Washington State University teacher filmed beating Indian

Washington State University student Jay Sani said he left with severe injuries after he was beat up outside of a college bar for wearing a MAGA hat.

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1 week ago Canadian universities report jump in US applicants amid Trump crackdown

UBC and others report spike in interest from US citizens as Trump withholds funds and revokes foreign student visasMore students living in the United States are applying to Canadian universities or expressing interest in studying north of the border as Donald Trump cuts federal funding to universities and revokes foreign student visas.Officials at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Vancouver campus said the school reported a 27% jump in graduate applications as of 1 March from US citizens for programs starting in the 2025 academic year, compared with all of 2024. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian green card holder and Columbia student, detained by Ice

Mahdawi was at a naturalization interview in Vermont when he was taken in move his lawyers say is ‘retaliation’Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian green card holder and student at Columbia University, was apprehended by US immigration authorities in Vermont on Monday, according to his lawyers and a video of the incident.Mahdawi, who was a leader of the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia last spring, was arrested by Ice on Monday morning in Colchester, Vermont, while he was attending a naturalization interview, his lawyer said in a statement to the Guardian. Continue reading...

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