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USA Today Stealth Edits Female Athlete’s Op-Ed Because She Called Transgender Women ‘Males’

Posted by Stacey Matthews on May 31, 2021 38 Comments

Last month, USA Today got caught allowing failed 2018 Georgia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams to stealth edit a piece it had published. Editors allowed Abrams to sound more anti-boycott than she initially did after Major League Baseball announced they were pulling the All-Star Game over Georgia's new voting law, which Abrams had referred to as "Jim Crow 2.0."

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Cable Holding Flag at Central Connecticut State U. Perceived as a Noose

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 31, 2021 13 Comments

"We have to think about intention versus impact. If that's not the intention then think about the impact you're having on the community."...

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Connecticut Female Athlete: ‘Transgender Athletes’ Make Sports ‘Unfair’

Posted by Mary Chastain on May 24, 2021 51 Comments

In Connecticut, High School student and track star Chelsea Mitchell and a few of her teammates filed a lawsuit to block biological males from participating in female sports. A judge dismissed the lawsuit, but the athletes plan to try again. Mitchell wrote about her experience in USA Today, which took a beating for giving her a voice.

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Judge Dismisses Lawsuit to Block Transgender Females From Competing in Female Sports

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 26, 2021 32 Comments

U.S. District Court Judge Robert Chatigny dismissed a lawsuit against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference to stop transgender females from competing on female high school sports teams because the female students already graduated. (Chatigny's Opinion PDF) But Chatigny's ruling might not hold up due to a recent SCOTUS decision.

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Five Dorms at U. Connecticut Placed Under Quarantine After Large Party

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 06, 2021 1 Comment

"It was reported that the people at the gathering were not social distancing"...

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Student Body President at UConn Faces White Supremacy Accusations for Opposing Defunding Police

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 22, 2021 3 Comments

"is the vice president of the Connecticut Young Democrats and an Hispanic immigrant"...

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UConn Introducing New Course on ‘Immigration Justice’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 16, 2021 2 Comments

"Students will be able to choose which local activist groups to work with"...

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UConn Must Pay $63,000 to Victim of Title IX Kangaroo Court

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2021 3 Comments

"The university submitted several objections to John’s sought attorney’s fees"...

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Connecticut Town to Rename Sewage Plant after John Oliver

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on August 24, 2020 25 Comments

It's not clear what triggered comedian John Oliver's hate of Danbury, Connecticut, but in a segment, Oliver said "fuck Danbury" and proceeded to bash the quaint little town. In response, the Mayor of Danbury announced the renaming of the sewage plant to "John Oliver."

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Students at Trinity U. Threatened With Suspension for Not Social Distancing

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 21, 2020 0 Comments

“This is the product of collaboration between many parties on campus dealing with campus reopening”...

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U Conn Paying ‘White Fragility’ Author $20,000 to Train School Administrators

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 16, 2020 1 Comment

"shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list after the death of George Floyd brought renewed public attention to racial issues"...

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Students at UConn Demand Full Defunding of Campus Police

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 27, 2020 8 Comments

"instead of a police department, students would like to see UConn reinvest all $17 million of the department’s budget; half into student mental health services and the other half into preventing COVID-19 related austerity cuts"...

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UConn Medical School Suspending Honor Society Over Fear That Merit-Based Criteria is Racist

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 21, 2020 14 Comments

"If we are going to directly address issues of social injustice, we should not continue biased practices while we make the overall decision on the future"...

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UConn Takes Federal Bailout Cash, Raises Tuition for Some, Offers Free College to Others

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 06, 2020 0 Comments

"UConn received $21,500,845"...

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University of Hartford Announces Plans to Reopen in the Fall

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 31, 2020 1 Comment

"will offer an early drop-off period for resident students to drop off their belongings in mid-August"...

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Family of College Student Wanted for Murder Calls on Him to Surrender Himself

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 27, 2020 4 Comments

"Peter, from your parents, we love you, please turn yourself in."...

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Multi-State Manhunt Underway for U. Connecticut Student Suspected in Two Murders

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 26, 2020 4 Comments

"White Male, 23 years old, dark colored shorts, white T-shirt & carrying a large duffel bag."...

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Connecticut: Judge Rules Transgender Sprinters Competing Against Girls Cannot Be Called “Males” In Court . . . Or Else

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on May 12, 2020 61 Comments

In February 2019, two Connecticut high school transgender sprinters claimed the two top spots in the Girls Indoor Track Championship for the second year in a row. Three of the biological girls who competed in the 2019 track championship filed a federal discrimination complaint against a statewide policy on transgender athletes.  Although she's the fastest biological female sprinter, one of the girls "nonetheless lost four state championships to male competitors who identified as female."

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