March 2020

Trump: No quarantine for NY-NJ-CT

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 28, 2020 17 Comments

There had been a suggestion by Trump that he might order some sort of quarantine for the greater New York City area because it has become a hotspot of Wuhan coronavirus infections and deaths. Trump just announced that he has decided against it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ls4DZKE47M

Family of Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson Announces He Died in Iranian Custody, Iran Claims He Left Long Ago

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on March 28, 2020 6 Comments

Days after the family of Robert Alan Levinson concluded that the former FBI agent may have died in Iranian captivity, Tehran has come out with a bizarre statement claiming that he left the country "long ago."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6UaCBkb0_4

Justice Dept. Memo: Americans who purposefully infect others with coronavirus could be charged as terrorists

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 28, 2020 24 Comments

Recently, a 26-year-old Missouri man was seen in a social media video licking items at a Walmart to mock fears of the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4tt5USmtU8

Gallup: American Media Ranks Lowest On Handling Of Coronavirus, Trump Beats Media By 16 Points

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on March 28, 2020 11 Comments

Gallup released a poll earlier this week that showed that President Trump's handling of the coronavirus was supported by 60% and that his overall approval had surged to 49%.

Wuhan Virus Watch: Trump considers quarantine on New York, New Jersey, Connecticut (UPDATE)

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 28, 2020 32 Comments

President Donald Trump indicated that he is now considering imposing an enforceable quarantine on New York, parts of New Jersey and parts of Connecticut to curb the spread of the coronavirus.

Rice University Creates Low-Cost Ventilators to Fight Coronavirus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2020 6 Comments

"The inexpensive part of that makes it a very good thing compared to your multi-thousand dollar ventilators or some of the other ones you've seen on the internet"...

Students Request Refunds, NYU Tisch School of the Arts Dean Responds With Dance Video

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2020 45 Comments

Like students at many other schools, some students at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts are asking the school for refunds now that the campus has closed over Coronavirus. One student who made such a request got a rather unique response.

Student Government at Harvard Votes to Give Everyone Perfect Grades this Semester

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2020 4 Comments

“Universal Pass system that preferably treats a Pass as a ‘4.0’ for GPA purposes”...

MacMurray College in Illinois Closing at the End of May

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2020 3 Comments

"no viable financial path forward amid declining enrollments"...

Crisis Management Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2020 2 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

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Wuhan coronavirus a possible “media extinction event”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 27, 2020 88 Comments

Given the pervasive distrust of media, particularly national mainstream media, news that the Wuhan coronavirus crisis is hitting news media hard may not garner a lot of sympanthy. But the hardest hit is at the local level, not the names you know and love/hate. Buzzfeed says The Coronavirus Is A Media Extinction Event:

AOC Throws Fit Over Rescue Bill: “One of the largest corporate bailouts… in American history. Shameful!”

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 27, 2020 34 Comments

Friday afternoon, the House passed the CARES Act, the coronavirus relief bill. But not without protest from Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bernie-sanders-democratic-presidential-candidate-anderson-cooper-60-minutes-2020-02-23/

Bernie Sanders is ‘Biden’ His Time – Could Stay in Race Through June

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 27, 2020 23 Comments

Bernie Sanders is apparently thinking, or hoping, that something is going to happen which will prevent Joe Biden from going all the way to the Democratic nomination. Why else would he still be in the race?

https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1243585504953712642

House Passes $2 Trillion Wuhan Coronavirus Bill, Heads to Trump’s Desk

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 27, 2020 42 Comments

The House of Representatives passed the $2 trillion Wuhan coronavirus stimulus bill.

Believe All Women: Former Staffer Accuses Biden of Sexual Assault in 1993

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 27, 2020 23 Comments

A former staffer of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden claimed he sexually assaulted her in 1993. Biden stated that we must believe all women after Christine Blasey Ford accused now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Will Biden believe his former staffer? Will the left stick to their rules and believe her?

University of Maine System Projects Over $12 Million in Room and Board Refunds

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 27, 2020 3 Comments

“We estimate our short-term revenue losses to be in excess of $20 million and the long-term ramifications are much greater but impossible to quantify at this time”...

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