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• Six states considering concealed carry on campus

  Amanda Seitz - Fix Contributor •February 4, 2011

  Proposed concealed carry legislation has propelled gun law debates into the forefront of campus debate in the aftermath of the Tucson massacre.

• Student groups petition against new Washington D.C. noise ordinance

  Will Frey - Fix Contributor •February 3, 2011

  A new law passed by the District of Columbia city council has made it illegal for a person to make an “unreasonably loud noise between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m."

• Brooklyn College reinstates professor after controversy

  FIRE •February 3, 2011

  Public colleges and universities have a responsibility to safeguard their institutional academic freedom even when it becomes difficult politically.

• Condi Rice, George Shultz endorse return of ROTC to Stanford

  Autumn Carter - SFPA Contributor •February 3, 2011

  In a letter delivered Wednesday to the Faculty Senate’s Ad Hoc Committee on ROTC, Rice and Shultz called for ROTC’s return to campus.

• LGBT groups push to alter college admissions applications

  Iuna Dones - Daily Trojan •February 3, 2011

  USC has no plans to give students a direct way to identify as LGBT, despite a national push to add such options to applications.

• Interview with a U.S. student abroad who was in Cairo during protests

  College Fix Staff •February 3, 2011

  Students were basically without food and money in the days leading up to evacuation, with schools and the Embassy threatening students to get to them to leave.