Las Vegas Sun The Clark County Government Center is seen Friday, Sept. 27, 2013. Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 | 2 a.m. Editor’s note: Candidates receiving the Sun’s endorsements are listed in bold type. NEVADA BOARD OF REGENTS The Sun will preface our endorsements here by saying the most important vote regarding […]
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USATSI In a year that is truly unlike any other in college football, we have hit a period of confusion and disagreement as it pertains to ranking teams. No. 1 Clemson remains the top team in the new Coaches Poll after improving to 2-0 with a 49-0 win against The […]
The college football season moves quickly, and the celebration from Boston College’s impressive 26-6 win over Duke on Saturday has already died down in Chestnut Hill. The Eagles have already turned the page, and begun their preparation for Texas State out of the Sun Belt conference, their home opener on […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Washkewicz Hall, home to Cleveland State University’s College of Engineering, has been awarded LEED Gold certification, the second highest of four levels of certification established by the U.S. Green Building Council, the university said in a news release. Load Error The LEED system, short for Leadership in […]
Getting off to a strong start on their own field has become the norm for the Florida State Seminoles. The squad has posted a 30-9 all-time record when opening a season at home, including an 18-3 mark since 1975. The Seminoles will look to improve upon those numbers when they […]
WILLIAMSPORT — The 80-year-old owner of Sports Beer Brewing Co. reportedly has registered website domain names containing “Penn State” as the university’s trademark infringement suit against him winds through federal court. In a filing Monday in U.S. Middle District Court the university identifies the new sites as “pennstatenittany.beer” and “pennstatehappyvalleybeer.com.” […]
For obvious reasons, the thought of a fall college football season coming off without a hitch is a tenuous one. The number of coronavirus cases on campus is spiking with the return of (non-athlete) students, and practices throughout the country have been altered or stopped altogether because of it. We […]
At least a dozen athletes have tested positive at the University of Mississippi, with classes set to resume there next week. It comes as COVID-19 concerns spread across college campuses nationwide. Michigan State is the latest university to scrap in-person classes. “I think time will tell whether this is the […]
First, the University of North Carolina. Now, North Carolina State University. A day after university officials in Chapel Hill decided to pivot to online classes after at least four clusters of outbreaks of COVID-19 in student living spaces, the Raleigh university reported its first cluster of positive cases that included some of […]
Election Day is quickly approaching and more than 235 million Americans will be eligible to vote, according to an estimate by Shonel Sen of the University of Virginia’s Demographics Research Group. Combine that with a historic voter turnout in the 2018 midterms and a global pandemic, the 2020 presidential election […]
The temptation, while watching Jesse Moss’ and Amanda McBaine’s endlessly compelling documentary Boys State, is to look upon our nation’s youth and despair. This immersive piece of verite —like the filmmakers’ previous work, The Overnighters, the film makes you feel as if you are experiencing it in real time—chronicles the […]
It takes a strong person to live in South Dakota. The harsh winters, the isolation of rural parts of the state, and the uncertainty of relying on Mother Nature to provide a livelihood in agriculture are all reasons some may choose to avoid living in the Mount Rushmore State. But […]
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL — Despite reprovals from the Florida Department of Education, the Hillsborough County School District is moving forward with its plans to offer online learning only for four weeks following the start of school on Aug. 24. Following the school district’s 5-2 vote Thursday, Florida Education Commissioner Richard […]
Doug Pensinger/Getty Colorado State University football players say the school’s athletic department downplayed the dangers of the novel coronavirus by pressuring them to disregard safety guidelines and forgo testing. According to ESPN reporter Myron Medcalf, multiple CSU football players claim they were told to ignore potential coronavirus symptoms after a […]
The coronavirus pandemic continues to spread throughout the U.S., with over 4 million cases in the country as of late July. In the wake of COVID-19, states must now decide how and when schools should reopen for the upcoming academic year, weighing the risks and benefits of having children return […]
CONCORD, CA — If the Mt. Diablo Unified School District and its neighboring school districts want to hold classes in schools instead of online this fall, state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan on Tuesday outlined the state’s waiver process for K-6 schools. Contra Costa County is currently on California’s COVID-19 coronavirus […]
ROHNERT PARK-COTATI, CA — If the Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District wants to hold classes in schools instead of online this fall, state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan on Tuesday outlined the state’s waiver process for K-6 schools. Sonoma County is currently on California’s COVID-19 coronavirus “Watch List.” Pan, the former […]
MARTINEZ, CA — If the Martinez Unified School District wants to hold classes in schools instead of online this fall, state epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan on Tuesday outlined the state’s waiver process for K-6 schools. Contra Costa County is currently on California’s COVID-19 coronavirus “Watch List.” Pan, the former health […]
UNION CITY, CA — If the New Haven Unified School District wants to hold classes in schools instead of online this fall, State epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan on Tuesday outlined the state’s waiver process for K-6 schools. Alameda County is currently on California’s COVID-19 coronavirus “Watch List.” Pan, the former […]
Senator Jeanne Dietsch Age (as of Election Day) 68 Position Sought Senate District 9 Party Affiliation Democrat Family Husband, Bill Kennedy; daughter, Eva; son-in-law, Justin and son, Ethan. Does anyone in your family work in politics or government? No Education Masters in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; B.S., […]