Alaska State Agency Head Quits After Shaming Gun Owner Over ‘Black Rifles Matter’ Sticker

Alaska State Agency Head Quits After Shaming Gun Owner Over ‘Black Rifles Matter’ Sticker

The executive director of Alaska's state agency that tries to prevent discrimination has resigned after using the agency's Facebook page to try to shame a gun owner who had a "Black Rifles Matter" sticker on his pickup truck.

The gun owner, Brent Linegar, owns a plumbing and heating business and had his pickup truck parked near the building that houses the Alaska Human Rights Commission because he was working on the building. That's when the commission's executive director, Marti Buscaglia, saw the sticker.

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Professor Says Harvard Students Too Good To Clean Other Students’ Bathrooms

Matthew McDonald

A Temple University professor of higher education has suggested that a program at Harvard College in which undergraduates clean the bathrooms of other undergraduates for money is demeaning to the workers.

The program, called Dorm Crew, is one of the highest-paying jobs on campus, and is popular with students who need money. The starting pay is $16.25 an hour.

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