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Taliban massacre survivor describes watching as gunmen slaughtered bus passengers because women had been allowed on board... and how she managed to cheat death

A survivor of a 2014 Taliban bus attack in Afghanistan recounts how she survived by smearing menstrual blood on herself and pretending to be dead after gunmen opened fire because women were on board. She later became a journalist, fled Afghanistan, and went on to become the first Afghan woman to climb Everest.

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What Are Schools of Education Teaching Teachers?

The article asks what university schools of education actually teach prospective teachers, hinting that training has little to do with imparting knowledge. It frames the teaching profession as a modern 'priestly caste' that shapes students' worldviews and beliefs.

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University of Texas cutting three race, gender studies majors

The University of Texas at Austin has stopped enrolling new students in three majors: Women's and Gender Studies, Mexican American and Latina/o Studies, and African and African Diaspora Studies. The article presents the move as a conservative victory, quoting multiple right-leaning commentators who praise it while giving a brief defense from a program chair.

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Sorority alumnae take legal fight to federal court after being ‘given a brother’ instead of sisterhood

Kappa Kappa Gamma alumnae are asking a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit challenging the sorority’s 2022 admission of a transgender woman at the University of Wyoming. Plaintiff Allie Coghan says the chapter bypassed normal voting procedures and that national leadership overrode member consent, while a lower court dismissed the case because the private sorority could interpret its own membership rules.

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The British town that became the vape capital of Europe. IAN GALLAGHER visits the grey streets where nearly a THIRD of schoolchildren have smoked drug-infused e-cigarettes and some young girls vape instead of eating

A feature on Blackburn, Lancashire, describes how the town became Europe's vape capital, with more e-cigarette shops per person than anywhere else in Britain and a booming local industry. It highlights concerns over youth vaping, including schoolchildren using drug-infused e-cigarettes and girls vaping instead of eating, against a backdrop of child poverty and post-industrial decline.

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Princeton faculty’s political contributions favored Dems over GOP 98% to 0%, study reveals

A study by Princetonians for Free Speech found that 98% of Princeton faculty political donations in the 2023-2024 cycle went to Democrats, 2% to Independents, and none to Republicans. The article frames the findings as evidence of an alarming lack of viewpoint diversity, citing similar patterns at Harvard and Yale and a Pentagon ban on attendance at Princeton and other elite schools.

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