Chris Quintana
Monroe News
Washington, DC, United States
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Former Pope Benedict XVI, first to resign papacy in roughly 600 years, dies following illness
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the first man in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy, died at 95. He was a traditionalist, but also adopted Twitter. → Read More
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments on Biden's student loan plan, closing in on a resolution
The court's conservative majority has been skeptical of presidential efforts to approve sweeping policies absent express authorization from Congress. → Read More
Biden to delay student loan repayment, again extending pause, as Dems push for forgiveness
Biden's extension of the pause in student loan payments would mark the fifth time the government has continued the freeze, without wide forgiveness. → Read More
On Campuses, Electric Scooters Meet Speed Bumps
Eager students have seized the chance to zip around campus quickly and cheaply. And frustrated college officials have seized piles and piles of scooters. → Read More
No, Rate My Professors Probably Won’t Remove Your Profile
Spurred by a tweet, faculty members have tried recently to get their profiles dropped from the controversial website. But they found that there is no easy escape from it. → Read More
A Chancellor, a Porn Star, and $5,000: Did a Wisconsin Campus Find the Limit to Free Speech?
Just a year after the state’s university system hailed new rules to ensure freedom of speech, it seems that a recent appearance at UW-La Crosse by an adult-film performer did not qualify. → Read More
Wait, Is Bloomberg’s $1.8-Billion Donation to Johns Hopkins a Good Thing?
Higher-education experts weigh the pros and cons of the philanthropist’s gift. → Read More
A Professor Liked a Photo on Facebook. Then a Political Aide Said He Was Supporting Vandalism.
When Ari Kohen saw a picture of a campaign poster defaced with a fart joke, he chuckled — and then clicked “like.” He didn’t expect the candidate’s chief of staff to give him a call. → Read More
His University Asked Him to Build an Emoji-Themed Parade Float. Then It Fired Him.
At a small West Virginia college, confusion surrounds a tenured professor’s strange dismissal. And paranoid faculty members are worried that new policies effectively gut tenure. → Read More
What do I do with the coat my ex-girlfriend gave me?
After we break up, the stuff our exes gave us can bring back awkward memories. → Read More
A Brief History of Students Secretly Recording Their Professors
Recent efforts by a right-wing activist to recruit conservative students to spy on their liberal professors are just the newest iteration of what has become a notorious campus pastime. → Read More
Signal Boost: How Conservative Media Outlets Turn Faculty Viewpoints Into National News
Three professors made provocative statements about race and politics. Then the outrage machine went to work. → Read More
For One Scholar, an Online Stoning Tests the Limits of Public Scholarship
Since writing an essay analyzing the history of ancient statues, and why they are now mostly white, a University of Iowa professor has received insults and threats. → Read More
How a Campus Fight Drove 2 Left-Leaning Professors to Fox News
For months Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying had worried that Evergreen State College was spiraling out of control. When Tucker Carlson’s producer came calling, they were “horrified” by the decision they faced. → Read More
As New Threat Closes Evergreen State, Students Rip Legislation That Would Cut Its Funding – The Ticker
A student-government organization in Washington State on Monday condemned proposed legislation that would strip state funding from Evergreen State College, an institution embroiled in student protests and allegations of racism. The statement was issued by the Washington Student Association, which represents college students statewide, on the same day that classes at Evergreen were canceled for a… → Read More
A Polarized Campus Struggles to Understand How Racial Tensions Became National News
It’s been a fractious semester at Evergreen State College, with protests and allegations of racism against a professor. Some on campus are now sorting through hurt feelings. → Read More
A Campus on Edge Over Racial Tensions Is Shut Down by a Threat
Evergreen State College shut down its Olympia, Wash., campus on Thursday in response to a threatening call. It wasn’t clear whether the threat was related to recent protests there. → Read More
As Penn State Mulls ‘Drastic’ Steps on Greek Life, Here’s How Colleges Can Curb Hazing
After the death of a fraternity member this year, the university appears poised for a crackdown. But experts say effective change depends on long-term planning, among other things. → Read More
As Summer Sets In, a Chance to Regard the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Student Evaluations
Professors shared with The Chronicle some of the more memorable comments they’ve received on course evaluations over the years. → Read More
‘Harvard Crimson’ Site Is Hacked to Take Jabs at Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg – The Ticker
On the same day that students at Harvard University were set to graduate and hear a commencement speech by Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, someone altered the home page of The Harvard Crimson to poke fun at Mr. Zuckerberg, who famously dropped out of the university to focus on the budding social-media giant. “Op-Ed: I did not steal Fakebook I mean Facebook I invented it in my brain by… → Read More