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John C. Calhoun Gets Heave-Ho At Yale

Matthew McDonald

The South Carolina pre-Civil War advocate of Southern autonomy and slavery has been honored for about 85 years with the name of a residential building on the campus of Yale known as Calhoun College. Now, Yale plans to name the building after a woman who was a pioneer in computer science.

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Canadian Authorities To Freed Schizophrenic Immigrant Who Beheaded Man on Bus: Don’t Do That Again

Matthew McDonald

The man, an immigrant to Canada from China, was found not responsible for the homicide, which he committed after hearing voices to kill the man he was sitting next to on a bus in Manitoba. Now he has been freed outright, after becoming a Canadian citizen four years ago; authorities say he understands the importance of taking his medications.

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