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☆ How universities are cracking down on a swell of tension months into student protests over Israel’s bombardment of Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Dakin Andone | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Soon, dozens more students protesting the monthslong assault on Gaza were arrested at New York and Yale universities. Ash told CNN he was one of 20 students arrested following a sit-in on November 8. The charges were later dropped, according to the Brown Daily Herald, but 41 students arrested the following month in similar circumstances still face charges, which protesters now want dropped. Separately, the referendum on the BDS resolution “did not move forward because of potential conflict with federal and state laws,” the university told CNN in a statement. Police then were aggressive, Agrawal told CNN.

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☆ My daughter and I toured 9 colleges together. It was a great bonding experience that brought us closer together.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Andrew Flannery | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Last year, my daughter and I took several trips to tour nine colleges. AdvertisementAfter viewing nine colleges together, I watched as my daughter came out of her shell. AdvertisementThe trips to colleges brought my daughter and me closer togetherAt each school, I bought a hat and my daughter bought a sweatshirt or T-shirt. Throughout it all, we found ourselves, already a tight father-daughter duo, getting closer because of the experience. Searching for a college can be nerve-racking, but we realized it could also be a fun bonding experience.

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☆ Meghan Bobrowsky — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-24 | by ( Meghan Bobrowsky | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Meghan BobrowskyMeghan Bobrowsky is a technology reporter in The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco bureau. She covers breaking news across the tech industry and explores emerging trends affecting digital consumption, including around social media, the metaverse and virtual reality. She also writes about disruptions in the digital advertising industry that have impacted companies such as Snap and Meta. Meghan previously held roles at the Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the San Francisco Chronicle and the Sacramento Bee. Meghan is from Davis, Calif., and graduated with a degree in politics from Scripps College, part of the Claremont Colleges Consortium.

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