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Gender Fluidity, Division of Sexes Leads To Confusion About High School Graduation Gowns

Matthew McDonald

For years, Lincoln Academy, a private high school in Newcastle, Maine, has been having boys wear black gowns and girls wear white gowns at the school's graduation. But a senior who had learned about gender fluidity suggested maybe everyone should wear black, leading to disruption and confusion; she plans to attend Bates College next year and study climate change.

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Student Election Tampering At Elite Prep School Leads To Expulsions, Claims of Race and Sex Discrimination

Matthew McDonald

Three students were expelled from Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire after stuffing the ballot box in favor of a particular candidate for student government president. The losing candidate, who identifies herself as a "woman of color," thinks race and sex discrimination may be afoot; the school says it isn't.

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