Faculty members at Morehouse College, one of the country&#8217;s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), are worried about a planned commencement speech by President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> planned for next month amid student protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
Kendrick Brown, the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the college in Georgia, wrote an email to staff that said he &#8220;received an inquiry from concerned faculty about rumors they were hearing about President Biden’s selection as the 2024 Commencement speaker,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-speak-morehouse-college-commencement-rcna148870" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to NBC News</a>.
A virtual meeting was planned for Thursday &#8220;to extend an opportunity for faculty with different perspectives on the selection of our Commencement speaker to ask questions and make comments,&#8221; Brown wrote, adding that students &#8220;also will engage&#8221; with college President David Thomas. He concluded, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/joe-biden-morehouse-college/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per CNN</a>, &#8220;Please know going into this conversation that the College does not plan to rescind its accepted invitation to President Biden.&#8221;
The speech is <a href="https://twitter.com/Morehouse/status/1782917316457488412" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scheduled</a> to happen on Sunday, May 19, on the college&#8217;s Century Campus. It would come as Biden is running for another term in the White House and polls show that young, black voters are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-campaign-performs-damage-control-as-black-voters-break-away" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not as energized</a> about him as they were in 2020 and may be warming up to former President Donald Trump. Biden also has plans to <a href="https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2024-04-23/west-point-biden-commencement-cadets-army-13634051.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speak</a> at West Point&#8217;s graduation on May 25.
Morehouse students <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19sfxl1eZWg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who spoke with WXIA-TV</a>, an NBC affiliate in Atlanta, shared mixed reactions to the commencement speech plans. One sophomore reportedly told the news outlet that he does not support the president speaking at the college, citing the Biden administration&#8217;s support of Israel amid its months-long fight against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. &#8220;At the end of the day, this is kind of like something that&#8217;s on his political agenda to kind of maybe get more young, black voters,&#8221; he added.
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As reported by <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/biden-speak-morehouse-commencement-election-year-spotlight-front-109536560" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the Associated Press</a>, Morehouse alumni circulated a letter that was critical of the decision to let the president speak, alluding to the U.S. stance in the Israel-Hamas conflict. The letter said Morehouse should &#8220;reconsider its attachment&#8221; to Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who attended the school and held the stance that &#8220;war is a hell that diminishes&#8221; humanity, if it does not rescind its invitation to Biden.
Anti-Israel protests have sprung up on college campuses around the country, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/demand-a-refund-critics-slam-columbia-univ-as-anti-israel-protests-force-hybrid-classes-until-years-end" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Columbia University</a>, leading to arrests and suspensions. Biden <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/22/biden-condemns-anti-semitic-protests-and-absence-of-palestinian-empathy-too-00153709" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on Monday that he condemns the &#8220;anti-Semitic protests.&#8221; He added, &#8220;I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.&#8221;
Biden has been <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/politics/biden-gaza-protesters.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confronted</a> by protesters at past events in the months since Hamas launched deadly attacks on Israel on October 7 of last year. One rally was repeatedly <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-interrupted-protesters-dozen-campaign-rally-rcna135372" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disrupted</a> by  protesters in January. In March, pro-Palestinian demonstrators interrupted the president&#8217;s remarks, leading Biden to say they <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/26/us/politics/biden-gaza-protesters.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;have a point.&#8221;</a>
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So far, the White House has not given any indication that Biden will skip the commencement speech at Morehouse. His deputy press secretary, Andrew Bates, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/joe-biden-morehouse-college/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters on Tuesday that the &#8220;president looks forward to speaking to graduates on their special day and thanking their parents, friends, and loved ones for all of their support.&#8221;

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“Dirty Jobs” host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mike-rowe">Mike Rowe</a> weighed in on the future of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/colleges">higher education</a>, saying he believes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gen-z">Gen Z</a> will become &#8220;the next toolbelt generation.”
The 62-year-old recently appeared on Fox News’ &#8220;One Nation with Brian Kilmeade” to discuss a recent Wall Street Journal report highlighting increased enrollment into vocational training programs.
Kilmeade asked Rowe to comment on the data, which comes from the National Student Clearinghouse. It showed a 16% increase in overall enrollment for vocational-focused community colleges compared to 2022. The Journal also noted an increase of 23% for students pursuing construction jobs and a 7% rise in students enrolled in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) and vehicle repair.
While the “Dirty Jobs” star said he wasn’t “ready for the victory lap” after seeing the data, he said that he believes Gen Z is more willing to consider trades, which he believes is positive.
“The color of collars is no longer the thing it used to be,” Rowe said, referencing the classification of blue-collar versus white-collar workers. “I just don’t think it matters.”
“The idea that the generation that has become the biggest target for entitlements and a lack of work ethic… I mean, these guys are an easy target. They’re snowflakes, essentially. But… we’re the clouds from which the snowflakes fell. And whatever you want to say about Gen Z, they will be the next toolbelt generation. Because the evidence demands a verdict,” he continued. 
The Discovery Channel host went on to mention the exorbitant cost of college as a significant driver for the switch. 
“And these kids have been around, and they’re seeing $94,000 a year at Tufts,” he went on. “They&#8217;re seeing all of the craziness… Brown and Dartmouth and Harvard. They&#8217;re seeing a $52 billion endowment at Harvard. They&#8217;re seeing all the craziness that&#8217;s constantly in the headlines,&#8221; Rowe said. &#8220;And they&#8217;re just saying, &#8216;Look, why do I want to start a career in a major I haven&#8217;t even declared yet and go that far into debt to pursue a job that probably doesn&#8217;t even exist, when we got 10,000 other jobs over here… that don&#8217;t require a four-year degree?'&#8221;
At another point in the conversation, Rowe mentioned how he finds it interesting that in the past, people worried about blue-collar jobs being replaced with technology, but now, with the popularity of AI, more are concerned about white-collar industries changing.
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&#8220;The automation thing, you know, it&#8217;s funny — not ‘ha-ha’ funny, but interesting that the idea that the robots are coming to displace all of these so-called blue-collar jobs that have been around for 15 years,&#8221; Rowe said. &#8220;Now it&#8217;s AI, and the target is more white-collar jobs.&#8221;
&#8220;Look, plumbers are not going to be outsourced,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Electricians, steam fitters, pipe fitters, the people my foundation tries to assist — they have a level of job security that the article in the Journal is referencing, and it&#8217;s a big deal, because those jobs have always been here for the last 20 years, as long as I&#8217;ve been doing this, they&#8217;ve been open, and it&#8217;s starting to tip where we&#8217;re literally turning a tanker around with regard to perceptions.&#8221;

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Mike Rowe Reacts To Rise In Skilled Trade Enrollment, Calls Gen Z ‘The Next Toolbelt Generation’

Mike Rowe Reacts To Increase In Skilled Trade Enrollment, Calls Gen Z 'The Next Toolbelt Generation' 

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Columbia University in New York City moved to remote learning on Monday because of safety concerns stemming from pro-Palestinian protests that have unsettled the Ivy League school&#8217;s <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2024/04/for-the-first-time-people-were-truly-afraid-antisemitism-hits-boiling-point-at-columbia-university/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish population</a> as the Passover holiday is set to begin.
Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, announced the move in a <a href="https://president.columbia.edu/news/statement-columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-4-22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> calling for a &#8220;reset&#8221; after a rabbi for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap" target="_blank" rel="noopener">urged</a> Jewish students to go home due to the &#8220;extreme antisemitism and anarchy&#8221; that the university and New York Police Department could not contain.
&#8220;To deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps, I am announcing that all classes will be held virtually on Monday,&#8221; Shafik said early Monday morning. &#8220;Faculty and staff who can work remotely should do so; essential personnel should report to work according to university policy. Our preference is that students who do not live on campus will not come to campus.&#8221;
Shafik said school officials will try to resolve the situation in the coming days. &#8220;That includes continuing discussions with the student protestors and identifying actions we can take as a community to enable us to peacefully complete the term and return to respectful engagement with each other,&#8221; the president added.
Shafik also claimed in her statement that tensions at her school &#8220;have been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not affiliated with Columbia who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas.&#8221;
The New York Times reported that students have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/us/columbia-university-protests-classes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">erected tents</a> on a central campus lawn at Columbia and insisted they would not leave until the university meets their demands, including divestiture from companies that have ties to Israel, which is fighting a war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip after Hamas committed deadly attacks in Israel last October and took people hostage.
Over the past week, police arrested more than <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/nyregion/arrested-columbia-students-suspended.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">100 students</a> at Columbia University for refusing to leave. Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and a Barnard student, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photos-show-ilhan-omars-daughter-arrested-for-refusing-to-leave-anti-israel-encampment-at-columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detained</a> and later said she had been suspended along with others over their activism.
CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper reported on Sunday that Rabbi Elie Buechler, who is <a href="https://columbiabarnardhillel.org/staff/elie-buechler/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">part</a> of the Orthodox Union&#8217;s Jewish Learning Initiative On Campus and works with the Hillel group for Columbia and its partner school Barnard College, warned students to stay home.
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In response to “horrific” scenes of antisemitic harassment at and around campus, the Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia/Barnard sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290+ Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it’s safe again for them on campus: <a href="https://t.co/uqAntEICLv">pic.twitter.com/uqAntEICLv</a>
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&#8220;What we are witnessing in and around campus is terrible and tragic,&#8221; Buechler wrote. &#8220;The events of the last few days, especially last night, have made it clear that Columbia University’s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students’ safety in the face of extreme antisemitism and anarchy.&#8221;
He continued, &#8220;It deeply pains me to say that I would strongly recommend you return home as soon as possible and remain home until the reality in and around campus has dramatically improved. It is not our job as Jews to ensure our own safety on campus. No one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school.&#8221;
Tapper said Buechler&#8217;s warning was sent to 293 primarily Orthodox Jewish students as a personal message in response to the &#8220;just horrific&#8221; videos of &#8220;protesters on campus calling for Jews to be killed, just off campus Jews being yelled at to &#8216;go back to Poland,&#8217; text messages I&#8217;m getting constantly from Jewish students about how unsafe they feel.&#8221;
Over the weekend, President <a href="https://twitter.com/HerbieZiskend46/status/1782166786563092763" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>, House Speaker <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1782164781002113290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Johnson (R-LA)</a>, New York City Democratic Mayor <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1782169499774377999" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a>, and other leaders issued statements condemning acts of anti-Semitism that have been witnessed on campus and beyond.
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Cas Holloway, chief operating officer at Columbia University, <a href="https://publicsafety.columbia.edu/news/enhanced-safety-measures-morningside-campus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Sunday &#8220;enhanced safety measures&#8221; that included an increase in police patrols, private security, and tighter ID checks at campus security to address the &#8220;gathering of large crowds on campus and around the Morningside perimeter are causing considerable disruption and distress.&#8221;
Shai Davidai, an assistant professor in the Management Division of Columbia Business School, <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1782376674530570610/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> plans on social media to have a peaceful sit-in on Monday morning at the so-called &#8220;Liberation Zone&#8221; where protesters have set up camp. He encouraged people to bring Israeli and American flags in an effort to create a &#8220;safe space for Jewish and Zionist students on campus and standing up against terrorism.&#8221;

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Columbia University Moves To Remote Learning As Campus ‘Rancor’ Puts Jewish Students On Edge

Columbia University Moves To Remote Learning As Campus 'Rancor' Puts Jewish Students On Edge

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Defense attorneys for the 29-year-old man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022 say cellphone evidence places the suspect away from the area where the murders took place.
The suspect, who is not being named by The Daily Wire, plans to use cellphone tower data to show that he was out driving on the night the students were killed, but never went near their off-campus home, ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/kohbergers-alibi-disputes-location-night-idaho-student-killings/story?id=109369315" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
&#8220;[The suspect] was out driving in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2022, as he often did to hike and run and/or see the moon and stars. He drove throughout the area south of Pullman, Washington, west of Moscow, Idaho,&#8221; Anne Taylor, the suspect’s lead attorney, wrote in a new court filing.
To back this up, the defense plans to call an expert witness &#8220;to show that [the suspect’s] mobile device was south of Pullman, Washington and west of Moscow, Idaho on November 13, 2022; that [the suspect’s] mobile device did not travel east on the Moscow-Pullman Highway in the early morning hours of November 13th,&#8221; according to the court filing.
For this reason, the defense claims, the suspect’s car could not be the one seen on video surveillance driving on the Moscow-Pullman highway on the night of the murders.
The suspect has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of burglary relating to the killings of Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, in the college town of Moscow, Idaho.
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Part of the evidence that led to the suspect’s arrest, mentioned in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-how-police-captured-the-man-suspected-of-killing-four-university-of-idaho-students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously unsealed</a> probable cause affidavit, showed that police were able to narrow the timeframe of the crime to between 4:00 a.m. and 4:25 a.m. and reviewed video footage taken in the area in the time before and after the murders are believed to have occurred. Video showed a white Hyundai Elantra without a front license plate (front license plates are required in Washington and Idaho, but not in Pennsylvania, where the car was registered) in the area between 3:29 a.m. and 4:20 a.m.
The vehicle can be seen passing the off-campus residence three times before returning a fourth time around 4:04 a.m. and attempting to turn around on the road. The vehicle was next seen around 4:20 a.m. traveling away from the direction of the off-campus residence at high speed, heading in the direction of a road that eventually leads to Pullman, Washington, where the suspect attended Washington State University (WSU).
Video footage from the WSU campus showed a white Hyundai Elantra leaving the area and heading toward Moscow at around 2:53 a.m. At around 5:25 a.m., this vehicle was again observed on five cameras in Pullman and the WSU campus.
Police pulled records for white Hyundai Elantras registered at WSU on November 29 – just over two weeks after the murders were committed – and found one belonging to the man who was eventually arrested. Police reviewed the owner’s Washington state driver’s license and determined he matched the suspect’s physical description provided by one of the surviving roommates.
Police matched the suspect to the vehicle through two previous traffic stops in the months before the murders. They also learned that the suspect registered his car in Washington and received Washington plates on November 18 – five days after the murders.
Police also reviewed cell phone data to show the suspect’s phone did not ping any cellular towers near the crime scene during the relevant timeframe, but an expanded examination of cell phone data showed the phone stopped reporting data to the network at around 2:47 a.m. At that time, the white Elantra was leaving Pullman and heading toward Moscow. The phone next pinged at 4:48 a.m. in an area south of Moscow, heading back to Pullman. Cell records also showed that the suspect left his home in Pullman around 9:00 a.m. on November 13 and traveled back to Moscow.
Cell records dating back to June 2022 showed the suspect’s phone was in the crime scene area on at least 12 occasions before the murders – all but one in the late evening or early morning hours.

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Suspected Idaho Killer’s Defense Claims Cell Phone Data Provides Alibi On Night Of Killings

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In a sudden reversal, Harvard College will reinstate its standardized testing requirement, meaning students will once again have to take the SAT or ACT to be accepted.
The surprise decision <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/4/11/harvard-sat-act-admissions-requirement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">comes</a> after Harvard previously said it would remain test-optional through the class of 2030. The Ivy League school first introduced the test-optional policy during the pandemic.
The new policy means any undergraduate applicants who were not planning on taking a test may have to work quickly to get their tests scheduled before the application deadlines later this year.
“Standardized tests are a means for all students, regardless of their background and life experience, to provide information that is predictive of success in college and beyond,” Harvard&#8217;s Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Hopi Hoekstra said in a <a href="https://www.fas.harvard.edu/2024/04/11/return-to-required-testing/">statement</a>.
“More information, especially such strongly predictive information, is valuable for identifying talent from across the socioeconomic range,” Hoekstra said. “With this change, we hope to strengthen our ability to identify these promising students.”
The decision also comes after several other Ivy League universities, Yale, Dartmouth, and Brown brought back their testing requirement as well. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology also <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/stuart-schmill-sat-act-requirement-0328" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reinstated</a> its standardized test requirement back in 2022.
At least two Ivy Leagues, however, have <a href="https://admissions.cornell.edu/policies/standardized-testing-policy#:~:text=Cornell%20University%20Extends%20Test%2DOptional,SAT%20or%20ACT%20exam%20scores." target="_blank" rel="noopener">extended</a> their test-optional policy — Cornell and Columbia, which said its new policy is <a href="https://www.highereddive.com/news/columbia-university-becomes-first-ivy-league-institution-to-go-permanently/643947/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">permanent</a>.
Despite optional testing, the majority of Harvard undergrads have submitted standardized test scores anyway, the school said.
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In announcing the new testing policy, Harvard referenced a Harvard-affiliated study that found SAT scores are a stronger predictor of college success than a high school student&#8217;s grade point average.
After COVID restrictions were lifted, Ivy League schools were criticized for extending the suspension of their test requirement. At the same time, others praised the move saying it could help more minorities get accepted to prestigious schools.
The argument that standardized testing hurts minority students has become more popular in recent years.
In 2020, the entire 10-school University of California system <a href="https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/university-california-board-regents-unanimously-approved-changes-standardized-testing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> to permanently get rid of standardized tests. The move came after a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/us/sat-act-uc-lawsuit.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> from students claiming the tests are racist and biased against disabled students. New York University, George Washington University, and University of Chicago have also joined the ranks of those that <a href="https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/colleges-that-dont-require-sat-or-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allow</a> students to skip the tests.
However, others argue the tests actually help minority students.
Harvard economist David Deming, one of the economists behind the Harvard study, <a href="https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/4/11/harvard-sat-act-admissions-requirement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the tests are the “fairest admissions policy for disadvantaged applicants.”
“Not everyone can hire an expensive college coach to help them craft a personal essay. But everyone has the chance to ace the SAT or the ACT,” Deming said.

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The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), which governs sports at more than 240 small colleges, announced a new policy on Monday banning trans-identifying male athletes from playing on women&#8217;s teams.
The NAIA Council of Presidents <a href="https://apnews.com/article/naia-transgender-ban-ad422f3a86ebcc4db618750c6a5d1c5f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approved</a> the new policy unanimously, 20-0, during its annual convention at its headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.
The college athletics organization explained that it supports &#8220;fair and safe competition&#8221; for all its athletes and said Title IX ensures &#8220;separate and equal&#8221; opportunities for female athletes.
&#8220;Only NAIA student-athletes whose biological sex is female may participate in NAIA-sponsored female sports,&#8221; the new <a href="https://www.naia.org/transgender/files/TG_Policy_for_webpage_v2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">policy</a> states.
Biological women who are taking &#8220;masculinizing hormone therapy&#8221; may participate in workouts, practices, and team activities on the women&#8217;s teams, but they cannot compete against other schools.
Meanwhile, all &#8220;eligible&#8221; student-athletes may compete on male teams, the policy says.
&#8220;Each NAIA sport includes some combination of strength, speed, and stamina, providing competitive advantages for male student-athletes,&#8221; reads the policy. &#8220;As a result, the NAIA policy for transgender student-athletes applies to all sports except for competitive cheer and competitive dance, which are open to all students.&#8221;
The decision comes at the recommendation of a task force the NAIA <a href="https://www.naia.org/transgender/index" target="_blank" rel="noopener">formed</a> in 2022 to examine the trans-identifying athlete issue.
Prior to 2022, the NAIA&#8217;s policy mirrored that of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), the larger organization with more than a thousand schools and the top college football and basketball programs. The NCAA allows trans-identifying men to play on women&#8217;s teams as long as they take cross-sex hormones for a year.
Starting in 2022, however, the NAIA started dealing with each sport on a case-by-case basis when it came to allowing trans-identifying men to compete against women.
After two years, the NAIA&#8217;s task force ultimately proposed banning trans-identifying men from competing in women&#8217;s sports, resulting in Monday&#8217;s policy.
The new policy is set to go into effect on August 1, just in time for next school year.
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“We know there are a lot of opinions, and a lot of people have a very emotional reaction to this, and we want to be respectful of all that,” <a href="https://apnews.com/article/naia-transgender-ban-ad422f3a86ebcc4db618750c6a5d1c5f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> NAIA President and CEO Jim Carr. “But we feel like our primary responsibility is fairness in competition, so we are following that path. And we’ve tried as best we could to allow for some participation by all.”
This school year, the NAIA had 241 schools with 83,000 student-athletes playing for 28 national championships.
Last month, more than a dozen women athletes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/riley-gaines-other-collegiate-athletes-sue-ncaa-for-allowing-men-to-compete-in-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued</a> the NCAA over its transgender policy, including former college swimmer Riley Gaines, who had to swim against biological male Lia Thomas at the 2022 national championship.
Gaines and her female teammates also shared a locker room with Thomas.

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NAIA College Athletics Org Bans Trans-Identifying Men From Competing In Women’s Sports

NAIA College Athletics Org Bans Trans-Identifying Men From Competing In Women's Sports

Gender

Social Issues

Transgender

Transgender Athletes

Women's sports

Virginia Tech University violated a male student’s due process rights when it gave him just one day to prepare for a hearing on allegations he had sexually assaulted a female student, a court has ruled.
The Iranian graduate student, referred to in court documents as John Doe, said in <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vawd.122877/gov.uscourts.vawd.122877.109.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his lawsuit</a> against the university that he met the female student on a dating app in the fall of 2019, and they had a consensual relationship. It didn’t last, but he said he saw her on campus afterward, and they had a friendly conversation. He also alleges that, at some point, the woman made a racist comment about him, saying he was a “brown guy who smelled very bad.”
On November 20, 2019, the female student asked Virginia Tech administrators to issue a do-not-contact order for John, which it provided. At that time, the female student didn’t want to pursue the matter any further.
Two months later, however, she went back to school administrators and made a formal allegation of sexual assault against John. John wasn’t informed about the allegation until nearly a month later, on February 17, 2020, according to his lawsuit.
On February 28, John met with the school’s Title IX investigator to discuss the student conduct process. On this same day, John received the formal charges against him. On March 3, he met with the school’s assistant director of student conduct to further discuss the process. Just two days later, John was informed that his hearing would take place the next day, which he alleges gave him no time to prepare his defense. He asked for the hearing to be delayed but was denied. He was told he had been made aware of the allegations weeks earlier, on February 17.
At that time, however, John didn’t know the date of the hearing and did not obtain an adviser or legal counsel or procure a witness because he had no idea when they would be needed. It also didn’t give John time to review the school’s investigative report against him so he could mount a defense.
John had to attend his hearing without counsel or an advisor and said in his lawsuit that he couldn’t question witnesses and could not present witnesses of his own. Specifically, John learned that the allegations against him came from an incident with his accuser in an elevator. John said he knew a witness who could dispute the allegations.
John was found responsible for sexual assault and expelled, so he sued. In his lawsuit, John alleges the accuser was convinced to pursue the accusation against him by his former graduate advisor, whom John had made several complaints about. John alleges he was retaliated against after reporting that his advisor had made sexual comments about female students, provided grant money that should have gone to John to a female student, and fraudulently claimed John’s research was funded by grant money.
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While Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski – an Obama appointee – allowed Virginia Tech’s motion to dismiss John’s allegations of a hostile environment, he allowed his lawsuit to move forward on John&#8217;s claims of grant funding and retaliation. The court also found that John’s due process rights could have been violated when the school gave him a one-day notice of his hearing to determine whether he would be expelled.
The ruling was a win for John and could lead to a settlement with the university.
<a href="https://twitter.com/kcjohnson9/status/1775271052513624280?s=43&amp;t=zEuer7j4Ff8TVIcpiUO1KA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">H/t K.C. Johnson</a>

Justice Scales

Student Accused Of Sexual Assault Receives Court Win After University Gave Him One-Day Notice Of Hearing

Courts

Sexual Assault

Title IX

Virginia

Virginia Tech

A university in Illinois has received a grant to promote “racial healing” and will hire a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) consultant to revise its nursing program.
The Department of Nursing at Elmhurst University received a $25,000 grant to hire the consultant to “ensure its Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) curriculum fully integrates diversity, equity and inclusion concepts,” the university said in <a href="https://www.elmhurst.edu/news/nursing-department-wins-25000-grant-to-evaluate-dei-in-curriculum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a press release</a>.
Becky Hulett, director of the school’s MSN and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs, said in the press release that the grant would “help us come up with the concepts we want to measure in our curriculum, how to measure those concepts, then integrate them into our curriculum.”
“We’re hoping to get people more comfortable talking and learning about the intersectionality of our lives and society,” she added.
The grant came from the Healing Illinois initiative, which the state <a href="https://www.dhs.state.il.us/page.aspx?item=128229" target="_blank" rel="noopener">describes</a> as a program “designed to support communities across Illinois to begin or continue the work of racial healing in their communities.”
“The ongoing oppressive and structural tactics that uphold systemic racism and inequities highlight the need for racial healing, and the need to address the underlying systems that have created the conditions where vast racial disparities are allowed to exist,” the website for the program says. “As we move ahead with the work of systemic change, we must also lay the groundwork for community healing, acknowledging the harm done to communities of color and providing the space for healing.”
The Healing Illinois program is set to give out up to $4.5 million in grants to promote “racial healing activities.” The program lists four “major goals” for the initiative:
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<blockquote>Expand opportunities for communities and individuals to begin to heal from the harms caused by racism</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Increase awareness and media engagement focused on racial healing and equity</blockquote>
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Laura Morgan, a retired nurse who works for the non-profit Do No Harm, <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/illinois-university-nursing-program-gets-racial-healing-grant-for-dei-curriculum/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The College Fix that Elmhurst’s announcement was “disappointing.”
“While it’s not surprising to see this type of indoctrination happening in an Illinois university, it’s still disappointing, especially when a private university is accepting public funds to support it,” Morgan told the outlet.
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Morgan also said that &#8220;[w]hile several states have taken measures to remove DEI from their institutions of higher education, Illinois continues to plunge headlong into institutionalizing divisive race-based ideology through its taxpayer-funded entities like the Department of Human Services.”
She also criticized the program for having little to do with nursing.
“This grant contains all the well-worn language about systemic racism and inequity and seeks to create ‘racial healing practitioners.’ This is not nursing; it’s engaging in radical initiatives that seek to create social justice activists rather than nursing leaders,” she told the Fix.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

Illinois University Nursing Program Gets DEI Grant To Promote ‘Racial Healing’

Illinois University Nursing Program Gets DEI Grant To Promote 'Racial Healing'

Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

Illinois

A George Floyd memorial scholarship open only to “Black or African American, that is, a person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa,” students violates the Civil Rights Act, a federal complaint says.
North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has offered the scholarship since June 2020, and says on its <a href="https://www.northcentral.edu/george-floyd-scholarship-fund/george-floyd-memorial-scholarship-application/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> that the memorial scholarship “is a four-year, full-tuition scholarship awarded to one student each year based on two community recommendations and a written essay.”
William Jacobson, a Cornell Law professor who runs the conservative website Legal Insurrection and founded the Equal Protection Project, filed <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/717276341/Equal-Protection-Project-OCR-complaint-against-North-Central-University" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a complaint</a> with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights in Chicago, alleging the scholarship violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits schools from discriminating based on race.
“The George Floyd Scholarship eligibility requirements are openly racially discriminatory,” Jacobson <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/george-floyd-scholarship-violates-civil-rights-law-federal-complaint/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told </a>The College Fix. “Regardless of the purpose of the racial discrimination, it is wrong and unlawful.”
“NCU needs to come up with a remedial plan to compensate students shut out of the George Floyd Scholarship due to discrimination,” Jacobson added.
In addition to violating the federal Civil Rights Act, the scholarship also violates Minnesota’s Human Rights Act, Jacobson’s complaint alleges.
“Similarly, the [scholarship] defies the civil rights protections of Minnesota’s Human Rights Act, which makes it a criminal offense for an educational institution to limit access to any educational program on the basis of race,” a footnote in the complaint says.
Jacobson also told The College Fix that the Supreme Court’s decision last year on affirmative action should make clear that discriminating based on race is illegal.
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“After the Supreme Court’s decision in [Students For Fair Admissions], it is clear that discriminating on the basis of race to achieve diversity is not lawful,” Jacobson told the Fix. “As Chief Justice Roberts wrote in the majority opinion, ‘[e]liminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.’”
In Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurring opinion on the affirmative action ruling, he stated that it doesn’t “matter if the recipient discriminates against an individual member of a protected class with the idea that doing so might favor the interests of that class as a whole or otherwise promote equality at the group level.”
The Supreme Court <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-issues-landmark-ruling-on-affirmative-action-at-universities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruling</a> was based on allegations that Harvard discriminated against Asian and white students by enrolling students of other races over them, even when the Asian and white students had better test scores.

George Floyd

George Floyd Scholarships, Only Open To Black Students, Are Illegal, Federal Complaint Alleges

Minnesota

Race

Racism

Two weeks after he was last seen in Nashville, missing University of Missouri student Riley Strain’s body has been found in the Cumberland River.
Strain was last seen walking in the direction of the river, and his body was removed from the river around 7:30 a.m. on Friday, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department announced on X.
“BREAKING: The body of Riley Strain was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville this morning, approximately 8 miles from downtown,” the MNPD wrote. “No foul play-related trauma was observed. An autopsy is pending.”
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BREAKING: The body of Riley Strain was recovered from the Cumberland River in West Nashville this morning, approximately 8 miles from downtown. No foul play-related trauma was observed. An autopsy is pending.
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) <a href="https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1771184108825194731?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Strain, a 6-foot-7 finance major, had been missing since March 8 when he was visiting Nashville with fraternity brothers, WKRN <a href="https://www.wkrn.com/news/local-news/nashville/body-found-in-cumberland-river-in-west-nashville-3/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. One of his friends reported him missing the next morning after Strain failed to return to their hotel.
Strain and his friends had been drinking on Broadway Street in Nashville before Strain was told to leave Luke’s 32 Bridge, a bar owned by country singer Luke Bryan, for reasons that have not been disclosed. Family friend Chris Dingman <a href="https://www.newsnationnow.com/missing/riley-strains-phone-power/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas that Strain had been asked to leave not due to any confrontations or conduct, but because it seemed like “he had had enough” to drink.
TC Restaurant Group, which owns and operates the bar, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/22/us-news/body-found-in-nashville-river-amid-search-for-missing-student-riley-strain/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the New York Post that Strain was escorted out of their “Broadway exit at the front of our building” at around 9:35 p.m.
“He was followed down the stairs with one member of his party. The individual with Riley did not exit and returned upstairs,” the group added.
Strain reportedly told his friends he would see them back at their hotel, but 13 minutes later, Strain was captured on surveillance cameras crossing Gay Street, the opposite direction of the hotel and a nearly 17-minute walk from the bar, The New York Post noted.
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Detectives today continue to pursue tips &amp; investigative leads concerning missing person Riley Strain, 22. Strain, wearing a 2-tone shirt, is seen in this video crossing 1st Ave N to Gay St (right to left), at 9:47 p.m. Fri. Have info about him? Plz 📞 615-742-7463. <a href="https://t.co/fE86dlqeOC">pic.twitter.com/fE86dlqeOC</a>
— Metro Nashville PD (@MNPDNashville) <a href="https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1767578348249559347?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Strain can be seen unsteady and seemingly unsure of where he is going in the video, as people pass by.
Shortly after this, Nashville police officer Reginald Young caught Strain on his body cam as the officer was responding to a vehicle burglary. The officer asks Strain how he’s doing and Strain replies “good” and keeps walking, not appearing to be in any kind of distress, the Post reported.
Nashville police said Strain was seen at 9:52 p.m. on Gay Street, according to the Post. A local homeless man also claimed to see a “very, very intoxicated” Strain nearly fall into the river, the Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/18/us-news/very-intoxicated-riley-strain-nearly-fell-into-river-witness/'" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> previously.
The final ping on Strain’s phone came between 10 and 10:30 p.m. near the sheriff’s office and the river, the Post reported. His final text was sent to a woman he was seeing, which said “Good lops [sic]” in response to her asking how he was doing on the trip. It is unclear what Strain meant by the text.
Strain’s bank card was found days later on an embankment of the river where his body was eventually found.

Country Music Bars On Broadway

Body Of Missing Student Riley Strain Found In Nashville River

Death

Nashville

Tennessee

A college in North Carolina recently required student athletes to watch a video that claimed all white people are racist and that people of color could not be racist.
Now, Davidson College alumni are calling on the college to change how it discusses topics like racism with students in the future, The College Fix <a href="https://www.thecollegefix.com/davidson-college-forces-athletes-to-watch-only-whites-are-racist-video/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Not only were student athletes required to watch the film, titled “I’m Not Racist… Am I?” but they were required to do so on a Sunday, outside of normal school hours.
At one point in the film, a clip of which was posted on X by writer Steve McGuire, an Asian student suggests that it’s not just white people who are racist against minorities, but that minorities can be racist against white people. The facilitator then tells her that such acts are “bigotry,” not racism.
“We would also say that it’s only white people that could be racist, that are racist, and that people of color cannot be,” the facilitator goes on to say.
The students in the discussion show little reaction, and another facilitator jumps in to drive the point home.
“Let me tell you what he’s not saying on the second part,” the second facilitator says. “He’s not saying that people of color can’t be bigots, can’t express racial prejudice, can’t try to engage in acts of discrimination against white people, can’t do real, real stupid things filled with hate. We’re saying that collectively, blacks, Latinos, and other groups do not have the power to collectively oppress white people through the use of our systems.”
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“So, are you saying that all white people are racist?”
“Yes.”
“We would also say that it’s only white people that could be racist, that are racist.”
You have to watch this clip from a film Davidson College required all its student-athletes to watch. <a href="https://t.co/Q0STbgZNCB">pic.twitter.com/Q0STbgZNCB</a>
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) <a href="https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1762573807548510570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse (DFTD), a free speech organization run by alumni of the college, told the Fix that students they spoke to who saw the film “found it offensive, divisive, and personally insulting.”
The organization made clear that it “does not object to discussions among teammates or anyone on any topic, including weaponized definitions of racism,” but that compelling students “to do so, guided only by the extremist views of the film producer, is a hazardous way to go about it.”
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The organization also asked: “Will those teammates classified as ‘the oppressed’ and ‘the oppressor’ continue to trust and respect each other?”
The DFTD also began <a href="https://www.change.org/p/join-dftd-in-supporting-student-rights?recruiter=1332072760&amp;recruited_by_id=07b1cd00-d27a-11ee-81eb-cda6e2d784cb&amp;utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&amp;utm_medium=copylink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a petition</a> in February advocating for students’ academic freedom and for the college to stop injecting “controversial ‘anti-oppression’ behaviors” into unrelated courses, such as Spanish and biology.
“We, the undersigned, urge Davidson College to adopt a set of policies and guidelines on student rights that comports with the American Association of University Professor’s statement on academic freedom that guards against the ability of faculty to introduce into their teaching controversial matter which has no relation to their subject,” the organization wrote. “Further, we ask that the college adopt policies that limit the ability of staff or departments to compel students to participate in events or engage in activities that are political or ideological in nature and that are not a standard part of training or education.”
Davidson College told the Fix that the video merely exposed students to different perspectives and beliefs.
“Students encounter many ideas, perspectives, and beliefs about the world at college, and even though a reading or event is assigned, that does not mean that anyone at the college expects students to agree with every idea they encounter,” the college said in a statement. “Learning – and teamwork – is about exploring different ideas, countering with better ones, and expanding knowledge.”

Davidson College

College Forces Student Athletes To Watch Video Saying All White People Are Racist

North Carolina

Once again, progressive forces in the media have seized control of the narrative in college athletics.
A while back we were told we must accept that transgender athletes CeCé Telfer and Lia Thomas were female athletes, because they said so. Now we are being told that the University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, a phenomenal female basketball player, is the NCAA’s new all-time leading scorer (3,685 points) because she surpassed Pete Maravich’s long-standing scoring record (3,667 points).
When I first read the reports, I kept looking for a qualifier that would correctly label her as the NCAA’s greatest all-time scorer in women’s basketball history. So far, however, every bit of reporting I’ve perused — from ESPN to the alphabet media news outlets along with various social media tributes — all celebrate Caitlin Clark beating Pete Maravich’s record. That’s it. No qualifier.
As the proud father of a former women’s Division 1 NCAA athlete, you will not find a more supportive fan of women’s athletics. Indeed, my issue with the trans movement injecting itself into NCAA sports is that it makes a mockery of the entire concept of women’s athletics and neuters Title IX advancements in the NCAA.
Ms. Clark&#8217;s achievement is truly remarkable. And, yes, technically she did surpass “Pistol Pete” as the all-time NCAA basketball scorer. But let us return, once again, to cold, hard reality. 
 
First off, during Maravich’s era, there was no three-point line, no shot clock, and no dunking. It was a different game. Second, Maravich played only three seasons for LSU, since freshmen were ineligible to play on varsity teams in the late 60s. But of course, that’s not the elephant in the room. 
There remains one other unavoidable and seminal fact: Ms. Clark is a woman playing against other women. Maravich played against men and not just any men. During his 1967-1970 career at LSU his collegiate contemporaries included the likes of Kareem Adbul-Jabar (Lew Alcindor) (7’2”) and Elvin Hayes (6’9”) and many others known for their tremendous ability on the court. That alone should be enough to end the argument. As impressive as Ms. Clark’s stats may be, they should be calculated on the women’s side of the basketball ledger.
For the legacy media, however, political correctness drives the headlines, like this one from <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/general/video/caitlin-clark-becomes-the-ncaa-all-time-leading-scorer/">CBS Sports</a>: &#8220;Caitlin Clark Becomes NCAA All-Time Leading Scorer.&#8221; <a href="https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2024/03/03/Alone-at-the-top-Caitlin-Clark-sets-NCAA-all-time-points-record/5151709500304/">UPI’s</a> headline reads: &#8220;Alone at the Top: Caitlin Clark sets NCAA all time points record.&#8221; <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/caitlin-clark-breaks-pete-maravichs-ncaa-all-time-scoring-record-185800264.html#:~:text=Clark%20officially%20stands%20alone%20atop,18%20points%20to%20pass%20Maravich." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yahoo! News</a> says she broke the women’s and men’s all-time leading scoring record. “Caitlin Clark breaks Pete Maravich&#8217;s NCAA all-time scoring record”
Yahoo! News does remind us that there are women’s and men’s sports before pivoting back to &#8220;all-time NCAA leader,&#8221; which is pretty typical of the dissonance so many journalists must force themselves to overcome when reporting such landmarks.
Yet, this is not a new phenomenon. 
Many years ago, during an <a href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/534149646#:~:text=GARCIA%2DNAVARRO%3A%20Yeah%2C%20best,MCENROE%3A%20Yeah." target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview on NPR</a>, John McEnroe stated Serena Williams was the greatest female tennis player in history. When the female interviewer suggested dropping gender from the equation, McEnroe refused:
<blockquote>GARCIA-NAVARRO: Yeah, best tennis player in the world &#8211; you know, why say female player?
MCENROE: Well, because if she was &#8211; if she played the men&#8217;s circuit, she&#8217;d be, like, 700 in the world.</blockquote>
When CBS News anchor Nora O’Donnell subsequently asked McEnroe if he wanted to apologize for his remarks, he rightfully refused again. Facts are facts. 
Williams herself has backed McEnroe’s assessment, telling <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hzHBsvj6C0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Letterman</a>:
<blockquote>If I were to play Andy Murray, I would lose, 6-0, 6-0, in five to six minutes, maybe 10 minutes … The men are a lot faster, they serve harder, they hit harder. … It&#8217;s a completely different game.</blockquote>
Ms. Williams, who has more grand slam wins (23) than either Roger Federer (20) or Rafael Nadal (22) — but one less than Novak Djokovic (24) —  clearly does not consider herself in the same league. She understands men’s tennis and women’s tennis are far from the same sport. As such, Serena Williams, along with Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Margaret Court, deserve their own places as the greatest women tennis players in history.
Ms. Clark’s accomplishments are truly remarkable, but truth and accuracy in journalism still matter. Weren’t we recently told by collegiate presidents themselves that context matters? I should think it applies to men’s versus women’s athletics most of all when making superlative claims based on numbers with no qualifiers added.
So look up to Caitlin Clark for her stunning play, yes. And congratulate her, as I do. If her drive and hard work are reflections of her character as a whole, as I suspect they are, she is a role model America’s kids, girls especially, should emulate. But let’s not try to make her into more than she is. Why? Because truth matters. This is a concept the media seem to have left behind in their relentless mission to create rather than report the narrative to achieve their social engineering goals. 
 
We know that Ms. Clark could not compete head-to-head with the man whose record she has beaten. We know this because there is not a woman who could genuinely compete, let alone be a force, in the NBA against the best players of the world on the same court. Otherwise, the NBA would be filled with women too. Instead, they have their own league.
So, unless Ms. Clark’s record was achieved against male players, her stats should not therefore be held up to those of Maravich. Such a qualifier would not relegate women’s athletics to second-tier status.
As the success of women’s tennis has shown, people will still appreciate and marvel at awesome playing in all forms from both sexes. Why can’t we just leave it at that?
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Brad Schaeffer is a commodities trader, author, columnist, and musician whose eclectic body of writing can be found in the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, New York Daily News, Daily Wire, National Review, The Hill, The Federalist, Zerohedge, and others. His latest book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Life-Pits-Rough-Tumble-Exchange/dp/B0CKPNCMQW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=FBF37276B680&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vcOViovcNlulLDwCgSAL69F_A30PW0Mtp0XkDLFpRDI.e73HGuCpMYaPK8os1N9Y87Bb_hElkxrUd2FszkudrUk&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=life+in+the+pits+Schaeffer+book&amp;qid=1705421538&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=life+in+the+pits+schaeffer+book%2Cstripbooks%2C100&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LIFE IN THE PITS: My Time As A Trader On The Rough-And-Tumble Exchange Floors</a> is available on Amazon and soon Audible. 
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