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William “Rick” Singer, the architect of the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scheme, will spend the next several years behind bars. According to CNN, the 62-year-old Florida resident was sentenced to 42 months in prison on Wednesday for his role in the years-long scandal, which exposed inequalities within the U.S. higher education system. The sentencing came nearly four […]
A graduate student has been arrested in connection of the murders of four University of Idaho students more than six weeks ago. The New York Times reports Bryan Christopher Kohberger, 28, was taken into custody on Friday by local police and the FBI in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Kohberger was arrested in connection of the killings of Kaylee Goncalves, […]
A University of Idaho professor is suing a TikToker for defamation after the user accused her of orchestrating the killings of four students, NBC News reports. Rebecca Scofield, the school’s history department chair, filed the suit on Wednesday in Idaho District Court. TikTok personality Ashley Guillard, who has more than 100,000 followers on the platform, has posted numerous videos […]
Harvard University has elected its first Black president. As reported by CNN, Claudine Gay has been appointed as the school’s 30th president, and will start the role in July 2023. She is not only the first Black president but the first woman and person of color to hold the position. Her predecessor is Lawrence S. Bacow, who was president […]
Dozens of students at an El Paso high school might have to re-take the SAT after their exam results flew out of a UPS truck. NBC affiliate KTSM-TV reports the El Paso Independent School District said the test sheets were lost in transit after they were “securely submitted to UPS.” The district has recovered all but 55 […]
San José State freshman running back player Camdan McWright died Friday morning in a tragic traffic accident. According to KTVU, McWright, 18, was fatally truck by a school bus while riding his electric scooter around 6:51 a.m. It’s unclear if he was wearing a helmet. “We lost an amazing young man tragically this morning,” head football coach […]
21 Savage not only blessed fans in Atlanta with a memorable performance of his own on Wednesday, but he also surprised attendees with a special (and previously unannounced) appearance by Drake. The show in question was sponsored by Pandora and took place at Forbes Arena amid Morehouse and Spelman Homecoming 2022 festivities. Serving as host […]
A Georgia college student died over the weekend after being struck by a plane propeller on a date. Per a report from regional Macon outlet The Telegraph, 21-year-old Sani Aliyu of Georgia Southern University had rented a Cessna for a date with an unnamed young woman on Sunday. Once the plane returned to the Statesboro-Bulloch […]
The Biden administration on Friday launched a beta version of its student loan forgiveness application process, allowing borrowers to sign up online before the official website is unveiled later this month. The application, which is available here, is the first step in Biden’s program to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans. “This testing […]
Several Republican states are taking legal action in response to the Biden administration’s recent announcement of a student loan debt relief plan. As reported in August, Biden announced that $10,000 in outstanding federal student loans (plus another $10,000 for those who qualified for Pell Grants) would be forgiven for those who make less than $125,000 […]
