Keep repeating the “development” nonsense when the University drops a tenure line in the math, engineering, biology, basic science, or public health programs.

It’s NOT that outrageous when you consider all of those things AND ignore that the labor pool that actually drives the revenue being pumped into things like conditioning coach salaries and fitness centers is artificially capped from making much more than the scholarship they get. This puts the lie to the argument that…

Nice try, Chris.

$600k is ok for the equivalent of Googling “hard workout”?

Student athlete sexually assaulting passed out/sleeping women without consequence... Sounds like he’s already having the “college experience.”

THIS! She was a slave and therefore had ZERO consent. Hell, consent would be difficult to establish even is she wasn’t a slave, considering the reigning white supremacy of the time and the massive social distance between herself and Jefferson. And to add another grossness to it, Sally Hemmings was his wife’s…

I think it’s important to not censor the uncomfortable parts from the narratives we have about great people. It’s a good reminder of how prejudice and abuse are not just perpetuated by “bad guys”. I’m not a believer, but Christian philosophy helps me reconcile my view of a heroic person with the sins they have…

I don’t count MLK Jr. among these shitty people. Cheating on your wife isn’t cool, but I don’t think of that as something for the public to judge. He didn’t forcibly have sex with or physically harm anyone as far as we know.

Honestly, I don’t know. I struggle hard with things like this and I don’t have an answer. Gandhi was a shithole wife abuser. MLK Jr. cheated on his wife multiple times. Jefferson raped slaves and talked about how great the institution was for making money. So-called “great men” cannot keep their fucking dicks in their…

Open carry does not apply in an airport terminal, even in Texas.

It’s not just pay (it’s mostly not pay) it’s lack of training, and high turnover. If you want effective security, you need teams that drill a great deal.

And in all likelihood, this won’t cause them to rethink any of this bullshit. They’ll just claim they need more money, more equipment, and more men (who will stand around twiddling their thumbs all day).

As others have noted, this headline was almost certainly constructed this way to improve its SEO scoring. People searching on “Michael Phelps” would see this in their search results, which would drive more readers. Fewer people would be searching on “Simone Manuel” (remember, NBC didn’t even show her medal…

NBC= No Black Champions?

“You’re a prison” is such a good comeback.

I see no problem with the underwater cameras, I see a problem with freaking out over seeing a woman’s nipple, especially in this context. They’re not sex objects, they’re athletes competing. This view gives a good look at a sport where a lot more happens under the surface of the water than the casual fan realizes.…

Wait. Is this story heartwarming or heartbreaking? On the one hand, it seems very sweet of the police to cook for these two and offer them a bit of company. On the other, I cannot get my own Italian grandparents (Nonno and Nonna) out of my head. They are alone in their house and I have never cooked THEM pasta! Nonna…

Men’s Swimming Olympic Gold Medals since 1896:

He entered thirteen hundredths of a second behind and handed off to the next leg a full second ahead. In a distance that is usually decided by those hundreths. The guys a swimming god.

Crying? Wow. Mattel sure has stepped up the game with how lifelike their multicultural Ken doll is.