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House Committee to Advance Bill Reforming Truman Scholarship
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A House committee will likely pass a bill to reform a taxpayer-funded scholarship that critics call a “talent pipeline for the Democratic Party and liberal activist organizations,” a committee…
It’s ok to use sports as an escape from politics
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Break out those ice skates and get to work this week, people. There's a lot to get done. We'll start today by talking a little bit about what's going on in…
26 Charged With Rigging College and Chinese Basketball Games
NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (Reuters)—Pennsylvania federal prosecutors on Thursday announced charges against 26 people for allegedly rigging bets on college and Chinese professional basketball games, the latest case to accuse athletes…
6 ways sports and politics will collide in 2026
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Try something new in the new year, even if it seems remarkably silly at first glance. Commiserations to everyone else who failed to win any of their five fantasy football…
Trump’s tariffs are making sporting goods more expensive
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! It's still not too late to break out your ugly Christmas sweaters and coordinate with your friends. Is Christmas ruined because of tariffs? Probably not, because the…
How Woke Policies in Higher Ed Impact K-12 Education
A recent report from Defending Education has found that more than half of collegiate social work programs appear to embed anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion standards into their core competencies, admissions…
Washington professor has a right to mock ‘land acknowledgements,’ court rules
A decade ago, the University of Washington (U.W.) adopted an official statement that "acknowledges the Coast Salish peoples of this land, the land which touches the shared waters of all tribes and bands within the…
Private equity funding college sports is better than higher student fees
Hello and welcome to another edition of Free Agent! Keep your helmets on this week, it could be a bumpy ride. Let's talk about everyone's favorite evil bogeyman, private equity funding, and how it's slowly…
Conservative Student Shot Dead at Brown University
The vice president of College Republicans at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island was shot and killed over the weekend. Ella Cook, a sophomore at the university, was attending an economics study session with a group…
15 killed in Hanukkah attack at Bondi Beach, Australia; 2 killed in Brown University shooting
A mass shooting at Bondi Beach: Two gunmen opened fire in Australia, at Bondi Beach, in an attack targeting Jews on the first evening of Hanukkah, killing 15 and injuring many others. The two gunmen were a father in his…
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