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2 days ago | thecollegefix.com | Daniel Nuccio

Atmospheric scientist and University of Missouri Professor Anthony Lupo recently discovered the Midwest Missouri Weather page he maintained on Facebook for more than five years had “vanished” with no clear indication of why. The scholar told The College Fix it was taken down after he debated a follower regarding whether the Show-Me State’s busy tornado season was due to La Niña or climate change.

6 days ago | thecollegefix.com | Dave Huber

ANALYSIS: The Padilla situation ‘explains why political violence is becoming more accepted … particularly on the far right’A pair of political science professors are not happy with the way the Trump administration has handled recent protests against some of its policies. Boise State University’s Charlie Hunt believes the “forcible removal” of Democratic California U.S. Senator Alex Padilla from Dept.

6 days ago | thecollegefix.com | Dave Huber

OPINION: They want her ‘extreme reconciliation’ or resignation for ‘disheartening’ remarksTwo students and a teacher at a Milwaukee, Wisconsin high school are demanding the resignation of the school board president — because she condemned the school’s low ACT scores and said teachers need to do better.

6 days ago | thecollegefix.com | Dave Huber

Cynthia Nixon previously had started a five-day hunger strike, but quit after just two“Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon’s daughter is joining an “indefinite” hunger strike for Gaza in Chicago, which reportedly includes a pair of University of Chicago academics. Seph Mozes, formerly known as Samantha until her transition to male several years ago, is an “observant Jew” according to Nixon, and part of the Chicago Jewish Voice for Peace’s strike which began Monday, the New York Post reports.

1 week ago | thecollegefix.com | Jennifer Kabbany

Several Florida Republican lawmakers are calling on University of Florida trustees to be more transparent in their pending presidential search and interview several candidates before settling on a top contender. The demand comes on the heels of the Florida Board of Governors earlier this month voting against confirming Santa Ono as UF’s next president — going against a unanimous decision by UF trustees.