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Nursing Students Fight PPE Shortage Amid COVID-19
As the numbers of U.S. COVID-19 cases continue to rise, healthcare workers are experiencing a significant lack of resources in personal protective equipment, impacting those in the medical field including university nursing students. In many hospitals, healthcare workers do not have enough personal protective equipment (PPE) and, in some cases, have resorted to reusing the […]
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COVID-19 Causes Rapid Changes for Student, Staff Lives
On March 19, Lewis’s actions to take COVID-19 precautions changed everyday operations for the remainder of the semester. Students were notified that all face-to-face spring and summer 2020 classes are to be delivered through online learning methods starting March 23. In addition to changing to an online class format, all Residence Halls were to be […]
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Douglas Hodge Receives the Harshest Sentence in College Admissions Scandal
Former CEO of global investment PIMCO, Douglas Hodge, was sentenced to nine months in prison on Friday, Feb. 7. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton also sentenced the 61-year-old to two years of supervised release, 500 hours of community service and Hodge’s must pay a $750,000 fine. Out of the 50 people involved in the college […]
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Fast Food Franchises Offer Employees Education Benefits
As deadlines for scholarship applications approach across the world, fast-food franchises have started to offer scholarships for part-time and full-time employees. However, along with providing students with education benefits, franchises have also discovered that offering these scholarships increase their employee retention, mitigating the need to constantly search for new employees. In addition to helping with […]
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Democratic Contests See Buttiegeig and Sanders Take the Lead
In the first two Democratic contests, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg have been awarded the most delegates from the Feb. 3 Iowa Caucus and the Feb. 11 New Hampshire Democratic Primary. These Democratic contests throughout February allow for voters to watch which candidates they can support as the caucuses and primaries approach in their […]
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Monetary Request for U.S.-Mexico Border Wall Decreases
The Trump administration plans to request $2 billion in new funding for U.S.-Mexico border wall construction as part of a $4.8 trillion proposal. Last year, the administration requested $8.6 billion more for the border wall construction; the significant decrease in the money requested reflects that fewer resources are needed to build the wall. The additional […]
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