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(Updated) MCTC had its own menacing studentd

(Updated) MCTC had its own menacing studentd

UPDATE: I’ve put in a call to MCTC and the Minneapolis police to get an update on this case. Police Sgt. William Palmer said his files show no record of it, and college spokeswoman Dawn Skelly said she’s looking into it further. I’m curious under what conditions the student was able to take online classes…
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Did campus officials think Loughner was actually dangerous?

From a Pima College press release quoted in the Tucson Sentinel: A follow-up letter was sent to him October 7, 2010 indicating that if he intends to return to the College, he must resolve his Code of Conduct violations and obtain a mental health clearance indicating, in the opinion of a mental health professional, his…
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How people saw Loughner's menacing behavior

Here’s a mix of accounts from the New York Times, in the Washington Post and Wall Street Journal about how Loughner’s sometimes “menacing” behavior — usually in the form of disruptive outbursts — disturbed some of those in class. Ben McGahee, Pima College algebra instructor: “I was getting concerned about the safety of the students…
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Arizona shooter's Pima College YouTube video

Arizona shooter's Pima College YouTube video

This is what Jared Loughner suspended — his text-based presentation about how Pima College, which he used to attend, is unconstitutional, defrauds its students, has illiterate faculty, etc. It’s obviously the product of an unstable mind — and reads like a series of failed logic exercises.
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Arizona shooter's college behavior issues

Here’s a summary by the Chronicle of Higher Education on Arizona shooter Jared Lee Loughner’s problems in college: Jared Lee Loughner, the 22-year-old suspect in the Tucson, Ariz., shootings on Saturday that left six people dead, including a federal judge, and 14 wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, dropped out of Pima Community College last…
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Notes in the Margins: Tablets, Friday classes and the learning police

College accreditors become learning police The learning police are on patrol, and some college professors say they have been too quick to the draw recently. Accrediting agencies, pressured by the federal government to ensure colleges are properly educating students, have cracked down on the schools to prove themselves. And that pressure will become more urgent…
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State teachers union faces a new political landscape

State teachers union faces a new political landscape

Education Minnesota, which has a better relationship with Democrats, could wield far less clout after Republicans now control both the House and Senate. But no one is counting the state teachers union out yet.
by Tom Weber

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Video: Health care reform — for student consumption

Video: Health care reform — for student consumption

Just FYI, here’s the video that Minnesota State University Student Association leaders are supposed to see today before discussing student health care at a state meeting —  which I’m at now. It’s billed as a fairly accessible by taking a lot of the jargon out of the explanation. Check it out — and maybe show…
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Smoldering cigarette butts caused fire that killed St. Thomas student

TommieMedia reports that fire officials have concluded that improper disposal of smoking materials likely caused the house fire that killed sophomore Michael Larson in December. St. Paul Fire Marshal Steve Zaccard told the college news outlet: “According to the interviews of the survivors, they smoked out there [on the porch]. They discarded the butts in…
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