By Peter Lucas | April 17, 2019 at 1:43 am It’s a good thing that Sen. Elizabeth Warren is opening a presidential headquarters in Charlestown. At the rate she is lagging in the race among the posse of panderers running for the Democrat nomination for president, she will need all the support she can get, beginning in her home state. So, maybe she should consider also opening headquarters in Worcester, Springfield, Lowell and New Bedford. If she can’t dominate the field in Massachusetts, where can the former “American Indian” win? She has not only fallen behind in the polls; she is behind the leaders in raising campaign money as well. Rather than campaigning in Mississippi, Warren would be better advised to pay attention to Massachusetts. She was not elected to run for president, but to serve in the Senate. The recently released Massachusetts statewide Emerson College poll conducted in April showed Warren, the state’s senior senator, running third, behind … [Read more...] about Elizabeth Warren’s best move is to drop out of race
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I-Team: New Jersey College Student Gang-Raped at Party Speaks for First Time
A New Jersey college student who was brutally gang-raped at a fraternity party while bystanders videotaped it in 2014 is telling her story for the first time in an exclusive interview. The woman said she now wants to share what happened to let other women who have been assaulted know they're not alone. "I need to hold my ground," said the woman, who asked to keep her identity hidden in the interview with News 4 New York. "I need to say this is where I said, 'It's not OK what happened, and we need to do something about it.'" The woman, who was then a 19-year-old student at Ramapo College, said she only remembers taking a few shots in the kitchen at the party from that night. She blacked out and woke up the next morning in a stranger's dorm room. Virginia Gov. Shown in 1984 Photo of Blackface, KKK Robe "I was completely naked," she said. "All my clothes were folded on a desk next to me. And there were two boys I didn't know in the beds across from me." She immediately … [Read more...] about I-Team: New Jersey College Student Gang-Raped at Party Speaks for First Time
Rural students put off by perceived weaknesses of college
Published 12:00 am PST, Saturday, November 24, 2018 In this Oct. 18, 2018 photo, Jose Alvarez, right, speaks with Eastside High School student and Take Stock in Children participant Jakari Spikes, 17, in Gainesville, Fla. Rural students are far less likely than urban and suburban peers to go to college, and the divide is growing deeper in places across Florida. Alvarez is a student advocate for Take Stock in Children, he spends the majority of his days talking to students about college options and graduation. (Tailyr Irvine/Tampa Bay Times via AP) less In this Oct. 18, 2018 photo, Jose Alvarez, right, speaks with Eastside High School student and Take Stock in Children participant Jakari Spikes, 17, in Gainesville, Fla. Rural students are far less likely than ... more Photo: Tailyr Irvine, AP … [Read more...] about Rural students put off by perceived weaknesses of college
Experimental treatment helps 2 out of 3 peanut allergy sufferers, study finds
Sometimes, Ellis Glover would be forced to leave her friends and sit at a lunch table where no one was eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches."I wanted to sit with my good, good friends, but I couldn't," the 10-year-old said. "If you're a kid and you have a food allergy, it's harder on you. You're missing out on a lot of stuff other children can have. I always want to try peanut stuff."Mom Monica Glover said the family discovered Ellis' peanut allergy when she was about 3. The tipoff: a skin reaction around her mouth after she was given food with a small amount of peanuts in it. "We were lucky to have discovered it that way. That was a mild reaction," Glover said, and a doctor confirmed the allergy through tests.The discovery was "distressing," Glover said. Accidental exposure to peanuts has happened, resulting in "severe stomach cramps and vomiting," she said. "Essentially, we have to live in fear all the time of Ellis being inadvertently exposed to peanuts and having a reaction … [Read more...] about Experimental treatment helps 2 out of 3 peanut allergy sufferers, study finds
University of Minnesota worries about drop in out-of-state numbers after nonresident tuition increases
Fewer freshmen from outside the state are studying on the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus this fall after two years of double-digit nonresident tuition hikes. The number of new students from states that do not have reciprocity agreements with Minnesota dropped by a quarter as their tuition rate jumped 15 percent, to $28,730 a year. Now, President Eric Kaler is proposing a 10 percent out-of-state tuition increase next fall. That's scaling back an earlier plan to go up another 15 percent, which officials now deem too risky. "We are getting really close to the point where we can do more harm than good," said Vice Provost and Dean Robert McMaster. The U cut its nonresident rate sharply roughly a decade ago in a successful effort to boost its out-of-state enrollment and its national standing. Its recent drive to raise it again — and land closer to the middle of the Big Ten — is complicated by increasingly intense national competition for nonresident students … [Read more...] about University of Minnesota worries about drop in out-of-state numbers after nonresident tuition increases