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Warriors rising star to make debut at The Crawsover

The Golden State Warriors rising star is set to make his debut at TheCrawsOver Pro-Am.

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Texas A&M leaders’ text messages show desire to counteract perceived liberal agenda in higher education

Some members of the university system’s board of regents said they wanted to promote conservative causes at the flagship campus and resisted efforts to hire journalism professor Kathleen O. McElroy, who they believed would work counter to those goals.

The Texas Tribune

Jamal Crawford offers thoughts on Chet Holmgren’s Rookie of the Year odds

Jamal Crawford thinks Chet Holmgren could challenge Victor Wembanyama for the award.

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Top Texas A&M officials were involved in botched recruiting of journalism professor, who will receive $1 million settlement

A new internal report, conducted by the university system’s office of general counsel, also looked into Texas A&M’s decision to temporarily suspend a respected opioids expert after she was accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a lecture.

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M interim president pledges more transparency after accusations of political interference

In his first comments as interim president, Mark A. Welsh IIII cast recent concerns over political interference in Texas A&M’s employment decisions as “communication breakdowns.”

The Texas Tribune

Suspended Texas A&M professor denies saying Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick believes overdose victims “deserve to die”

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham alleged Wednesday that opioids expert Joy Alonzo told students in a guest lecture that “Your Lt. Governor says those kids deserve to die.” Alonzo denied the claims.

The Texas Tribune

Does Texas A&M’s botched hire spell doom for classroom diversity? Some say yes

Texas A&M University marked its hiring of Kathleen McElroy with great fanfare — balloons, a banner and a signing ceremony

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Texas A&M University System regents name Mark Welsh interim president of flagship campus

The board also gave university lawyers the green light to negotiate a possible settlement with Kathleen McElroy after the university bungled the hiring of the journalism professor.

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M regents could offer a settlement to the journalism professor at center of hiring controversy

The system’s board also plans to formally appoint an interim president after Katherine Banks resigned last week following news that the school changed its job offer to Kathleen McElroy, a Black journalism professor, after outcries from conservative groups.

The Texas Tribune

Faculty worry about Texas A&M’s future after controversies over higher ed politicization

The university has been rattled by two cases in which university officials were apparently rushed into making faculty employment decisions due to political pressure.

The Texas Tribune

A Texas A&M professor was suspended for allegedly criticizing lieutenant governor

Joy Alonzo was suspended and investigated after she allegedly criticized Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a lecture on the opioid crisis. Free speech advocates call the probe "blatantly inappropriate."

WEKU

For Black Aggies, questions over professor’s botched hiring persist after president’s departure

In the fallout from A&M’s failure to hire Kathleen McElroy, students and alumni lament the missed opportunity to revive the university’s journalism program and provide students with mentorship.

The Texas Tribune

Race was a factor in Black professor’s failed hiring, Texas A&M department head says

Hart Blanton, the head of the university’s department of communications and journalism, also said then-President M. Katherine Banks interfered with the recruitment of journalist Kathleen McElroy.

The Texas Tribune

Georgia football has 16 preseason All-SEC selections

Georgia had 9 selections last year, 6 on the first team...

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Texas A&M President Katherine Banks resigns amid fallout from failed hiring of journalism professor

“The recent challenges regarding Dr. McElroy have made it clear to me that I must retire immediately,” Banks wrote in her resignation letter. “The negative press is a distraction from the wonderful work being done here.”

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M president says she didn’t know about job offer changes that led to professor’s botched hiring

M. Katherine Banks told faculty she was unaware of successive, diminished offers to Kathleen O. McElroy, who was recruited to revive a journalism program. Professors demanded an investigation.

Louder

“We used to travel in Clark Gable’s Cadillac, refurbished by Rolls Royce. We had a TV in there, and two bars, just for the band”: Secrets of Rick Wakeman’s excess

Keyboard icon's grandiose live shows lit up the 70s, but behind the pomp and majesty lay bad reviews, heart attacks and near ruin

Evening Standard

From AM to Yeezus: Classic albums celebrating their tenth birthday this year

Arctic Monkeys, Kanye West, Lorde, Haim, David Bowie and others released widely-celebrated albums in 2013

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Mac Engel: Expect Oklahoma’s Bedlam series to follow a similar path set by Texas and Texas A&M

The entire state of Oklahoma is now months away from experiencing what Texas went through for a decade.

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M interim dean resigns after university backtracks on hiring professor to revive journalism program

José Luis Bermúdez, who led the school’s College of Arts and Sciences, will leave his position after a deal to hire respected journalist Kathleen O. McElroy fell apart amid conservative pushback.

The Texas Tribune

A&M faculty leaders decry “appearance of outside influence” in botched hiring of journalism professor

The university announced the hiring of Kathleen McElroy, a Black former New York Times journalist, but later backtracked on its offer amid conservative pushback.

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M recruited a UT professor to revive its journalism program, then backtracked after “DEI hysteria”

The university celebrated its decision to hire Kathleen McElroy to revive its journalism program. She says she’s staying at UT after she felt judged because of her race and gender.

The Guardian - AU

Rugby Championship: South Africa 43-12 Australia in opening Test – as it happened

An Arendse hat-trick and two penalty tries means the Springboks sink the Wallabies in Jone’s first game in charge.

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"There was something about this music" - Eddie Vedder and the magical intensity of of Pearl Jam

How the tragic end of Mother Love Bone and a surfing scientist brought Pearl Jam to life, and an album called Ten

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Future Aston Martin Models To Use Geely Parts, Including Seats

The company already uses some Mercedes components and will get EV tech from Lucid.

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