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B.U. Group Lists Racial-Minority Faculty Members So Students Can Take Classes ‘Taught By Professors That Look Like Them’

Matthew McDonald

Minority Connection Initiative, a student group at Boston University, posted a list of 37 minority professors who teach a total of 79 courses on its Facebook page. A freshman expressed mixed feelings, including:  "People should take the classes they want based on their interests and a professor's place of origin or ethnicity shouldn't have an impact on it."

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Deport Illegal Immigrants Who Commit Felonies, Vermont Governor Says

Matthew McDonald

Vermont Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, has been leery of some anti-illegal-immigration steps President Donald Trump has taken. But at a press conference this week, he said illegal aliens who commit "egregious crimes," including drunken driving, should be tossed from the country.

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