Is it goodbye – finally – to the fax machine?
The fax machine is about to be pushed closer to the dustbin of history. Read more
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Penn State University does away with plans for its racial justice center
Penn State University has scrapped plans for a proposed Center for Racial Justice, electing to go another route, according to the Washington Post. The school first announced plans after the George Floyd protests of 2020. Two Black professors had also released a report chronicling the slowness of Black hiring, and existing staff experiencing racism on campus. The University originally touted the center as “just the beginning” of its anti-racism efforts. Read more
Instagram bug tells some users accounts are suspended
Instagram users across the world have been reporting issues accessing their profiles. Read more
University charges Campus Reform $357,400 to conduct public record request
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth) recently requested $357,400 to fulfill a public records request submitted by Campus Reform in late September. Read more
Street smarts: educational guided walks across the UK
From architecture in London, street art in Belfast and city routes hosted by former homeless people, here are some of the most informative trails on offer Read more
Justices Appear skeptical of Affirmative Action
Experts always warn against predicting the outcome of U.S. Supreme Court decisions on the basis of the questions the justices ask during hearings. Read more
Oral arguments heard in First Amendment case over forced dues by ‘anti-Israel’ union
The battle by six City University of New York professors to stop their union from collecting dues took a step forward recently as oral arguments began in front of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Read more
Clinton, Newsom push abortion advertisement falsely portraying pro-life student
Top Democrats peddled a pro-abortion campaign ad that falsely portrayed a pro-life college student as being opposed to the overturn of Roe v. Wade. Read more
Avant-garde art show at Princeton leaves some students ‘shocked,’ leads to prayer against ‘evil spirits’
An avant-garde art show at Princeton University on Tuesday left some students in the audience “shocked,” and even led to a Catholic prayer of protection afterward by a group of students. Read more
Uncovering Britain’s secret history of bussing ethnic minority children
Shabina Aslam was sent away to a remote school under a policy of dispersing non-white children in the 1960s and 1970s, which she now explores in a Bradford-based exhibition Read more
