Pennsylvania Tag

Survey Finds Students and Faculty in Pennsylvania State Higher Ed System Hesitant to Share Political Views

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 27, 2022 2 Comments

"only 32.5% of staff members surveyed feel comfortable expressing their political views on campus, compared to 51.5% of students"...

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Another Home Invasion Style Robbery Has Happened Near Temple University

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 26, 2022 3 Comments

"My roommates kept calm and gave them what they wanted"...

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Carnegie Mellon U. Republicans Face Backlash for Painting Conservative Slogans on Fence

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 26, 2022 3 Comments

“It’s supposed to be a place where students can share messages that are oftentimes political or unpopular.”...

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Gettysburg College Delays Event Meant for Those Who are ‘Tired of White Cis Men’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 14, 2022 5 Comments

"they thought they were going to get away with it"...

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Penn State Students and Faculty Protest After School Cancels Plans for Racial Justice Center

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 13, 2022 6 Comments

“It’s time that we amplify our voices. We want to be an anti-racist and anti-sexist university.”...

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Temple U. Students Robbed at Gunpoint in Off-Campus Apartment

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 12, 2022 10 Comments

"You never think it's going to happen to you, but when it does, it's like a shock"...

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Point Park U. to Cunduct Campus ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Audit’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 11, 2022 5 Comments

"The fact that they are forcing [DEI] into the hiring process and syllabus construction of courses shows clearly that this school is not supporting inclusion by forcing policies that are not universally agreed with"...

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U. Pittsburgh Student Newspaper: Elon Musk Makes Twitter an ‘Unsafe’ Environment

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 10, 2022 9 Comments

"Bigoted people will feel empowered to abuse Twitter to spread hateful rhetoric with the lack of regulations"...

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PA’s Luzerne County Polls Open Until 10 PM Because Machines Ran Out of Paper

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 08, 2022 18 Comments

"It shouldn't be this way, but that's how it is. They ran out of paper. Why? I don't know."...

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court: Undated Absentee and Mail-In Ballots Can’t Be Counted

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 01, 2022 50 Comments

"The Pennsylvania county boards of elections are hereby ORDERED to refrain from counting any absentee and mail-in ballots received for the November 8, 2022 general election that are contained in undated or incorrectly dated outer envelopes."...

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Required Course at West Chester U. Allegedly Teaches ‘First-Year Students to Resent White People’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 01, 2022 6 Comments

"teaches students to resent white people and conditions them to feel guilty about being white"...

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Legal Insurrection Foundation Files Brief Opposing Pennsylvania Attempt To Punish Lawyer Speech It Deems “Discriminatory” or “Harassing”

Posted by Johanna Markind on October 28, 2022 6 Comments

PA’s Disciplinary Board appealed to Third Circuit after district court enjoined Rule 8.4(g) as an unconstitutional encroachment on free speech....

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First Post-Debate Poll Puts Dr. Oz Three Points Ahead of John Fetterman in Pennsylvania

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 28, 2022 22 Comments

"In a breaking poll from InsiderAdvantage Republican Mehmet Oz leads Democrat John Fetterman in a tight race for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat"...

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NBC’s Dasha Burns on Fetterman’s Debate: ‘It was Very Similar to the Conversation That We Had’

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 27, 2022 25 Comments

"And of course, we posted the entire interview online as well after we conducted that so folks can go back and look. He is clearly still struggling with some of those issues."...

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Nexstar Fires Back at Fetterman Who Blamed the Caption System for His Performance

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 26, 2022 45 Comments

"In fact, Nexstar's production team went to extraordinary lengths to ensure the effectiveness of the closed captioning process, and to accommodate several last-minute requests of the Fetterman campaign."...

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‘Painful to Watch’: Even Blue Checkmark Twitter Found Fetterman’s Debate Performance Horrible

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 26, 2022 40 Comments

"This is painful to watch regardless of one’s politics."...

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Failed Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Warns GOP has Plan to Steal 2024 Election

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 25, 2022 84 Comments

The paranoia: "Right-wing extremists already have a plan to literally steal the next presidential election and they’re not making a secret of it."...

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U. of Pittsburgh Student Govt Board Demand Resources to Survive Without Roe

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 25, 2022 5 Comments

"This decision will negatively impact the 19,000 students who call our campus home and has already caused far-reaching panic and fear"...

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