Pembroke Pines, Fla. — With Election Day just three weeks away, President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden concentrated Tuesday on battleground states both see as critical to clinching an Electoral College victory, tailoring their travel to best motivate voters who could cast potentially decisive ballots. Biden was in Florida […]
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SATURDAY Night Live fired Morgan Wallen for breaking Covid-19 guidelines after the country star kissed fans at a massive college party. The 27-year-old was set to make his debut on the NBC variety show as a musical guest on this weekend’s upcoming episode. 7 The country singer confirmed he was […]
Choir rehearsals are going swimmingly at Luther College in Decorah, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Like everything else, the college shut down in mid-March, but music instructor Mark Potvin, who conducts the Norskkor of freshman and sophomore men and the Cathedral Choir of sophomore men and women, continued some virtual rehearsals […]
Online trolls suck and video games rule. Eric Smith is a successful young adult author AND he’s a literary agent for P.S. Literary Agency. He’s a pretty busy guy but word on the net is that he’s never too busy to fight cyberbullying and talk about food on Twitter. It […]
Instead of spring fever, fests and flings, March unceremoniously treated college students to a swift one-way ticket back home. My freshman arrived at our local airport COVID-free, but tearful and disappointed beyond consolation. This global pandemic affected everyone and everything we knew, and the daily tally of lost lives broke […]
When you were dreaming about being in college, attending via Zoom was probably not what you had in mind. I know it must be frustrating, but the current state of affairs will come to an end at some point. In the meantime, you can make the best of your extended […]
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Sarah Ortbal, a sophomore at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, said there was little supervision for quarantined students in her dorm complex. (Wes Frazer/The New York Times) Across the United States, colleges that have reopened for in-person instruction are struggling to contain the rapid-fire spread of coronavirus among tens […]
The NBA bubble has held. So has the NHL’s double bubble. The WNBA and MLS, no leaks. In this unprecedented landscape of sports in a pandemic world, one indisputable fact has emerged: bubbles work. Thousands of tests, minimal to no positive COVID-19 test results. So as the NCAA gets set […]
We like you and we’re interested, but we want to see you play live. The head coach will be coming out to see you. I look forward to watching you on the AAU trail this summer. Mid-level college basketball prospects hear some version of these phrases over and over from […]
The head coach will be coming out to see you. Mid-level college basketball prospects hear some version of these phrases over and over from programs in conversations with coaches throughout high school. The fate of their careers, delivered in the form of an official offer, is often determined by their […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Chase Gaines wishes he could get more young people in North Carolina to answer their front doors and take his GOP flyer. Rick Hart longs for the days where he would wake up at 6 a.m. to prep for a day of campaigning in the streets […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention attempted Thursday to clarify controversial coronavirus testing guidelines published earlier in the week that said people with no symptoms “do not necessarily need a test” even if they were exposed to an infected person. And college football, certainly, is going to look different […]
Photo credit: Staff From Bicycling Unless you have a legit reason to bring a car with you to school, chances are good the only vehicle you need at college this year is a bicycle. Many campuses are all-inclusive or close to downtown, meaning everything you need access to is within […]
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. One thing is clear as students return to some college and university campuses amid the coronavirus pandemic: It will be very tricky to get this right. Public health experts are concerned that attempts to start in-person classes too soon […]
When Bailey Hedges requested where she wanted to live on campus this fall during her first semester at the University of Pittsburgh, staying in a hotel wasn’t an option. Until it was. The university followed up with Hedges, 18, after she submitted her initial on-campus housing application to find out if she’d […]
While scientists around the world rush to find a vaccine for COVID-19, researchers in San Francisco developed an antiviral nasal spray that could fight the coronavirus. Coronavirus infections have spiked in Texas as the state surpassed the 500,000 case marker Tuesday. While state hospitalizations have decreased, Gov. Greg Abbott said gatherings […]
While scientists around the world rush to find a vaccine for COVID-19, researchers in San Francisco developed an antiviral nasal spray that could fight the coronavirus. Coronavirus infections have spiked in Texas as the state surpassed the 500,000 case marker Tuesday. While state hospitalizations have decreased, Gov. Greg Abbott said gatherings […]
Sometimes, there are no good options. Sometimes, the choice is only between horrendous and devastating. The entire 2020 college football season sits on the precipice of oblivion. Teams and conferences alike are wrestling with the question of postponing or canceling their most precious, prized and valuable asset. They’re balancing questions […]
Nebraska’s Scott Frost is one of many coaches angling to play this season. (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) Sometimes, there are no good options. Sometimes, the choice is only between horrendous and devastating. The entire 2020 college football season sits on the precipice of oblivion. Teams and conferences alike […]
Matthew and Audrey Lorence at their home in Needham, Mass., July 28, 2020. (Katherine Taylor/The New York Times) Maureen Rayhill of Seattle sounds like a public health official as she describes the current process for coronavirus testing, rattling off research she’s done on in-person testing centers versus mail-order companies and […]
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Whether college means in-person or online classes this year, great coffee can help students get up and running. Make it easy to get a fix with a quality coffee maker. At Consumer Reports, we test both full-sized and single-serve coffee […]