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Well, this is awesome but I’m honestly most excited about being featured at a table with Goldlink. @washingtonian
Kate McGee Balagia
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Kate McGee Balagia
@McGeeReports
Investigative editor at @OpenCampus. @TexasTribune alumna. Past life in public 📻 in IL, DC, TX, NV, NY. mcgee@opencampus.org
- NEW: Texas A&M University says Kyle Rittenhouse has not been admitted as a student this summer or fall. Rittenhouse said on the Charlie Kirk Show Friday he would be going to Texas A&M.
- Replying to @McGeeReportsRittenhouse made a similar claim about Arizona State University — only for officials there to later say that he had never applied. bit.ly/3mfClMq
- UPDATE: Kyle Rittenhouse now says he is attending Blinn College this year after Texas A&M said he was not accepted for the summer or fall. A Blinn spox said he has applied but has not yet enrolled.
- New: a bill has been filed in Texas to prohibit counties from putting a polling place at a college or university. It follows another bill filed earlier that would require counties to put a certain # of polling places on college campuses depending on enrollment size.
- The Texas Senate is debating SB 16, which prohibits a professor from forcing a student to adopt a certain political belief. Sen. West is grilling Sen. Hughes to present evidence of this issue happening in Texas. He is unable to do so. #Txlege
- Replying to @McGeeReportsTexas players also said an athletic official told them he received emails from alumni threatening their future job prospects in TX. Former Longhorn Caden Sterns tweeted earlier that alumni said players should look for jobs outside of TX if they didn’t participate in the Eyes.”
- Replying to @McGeeReportsBut students are not backing down. Dozens of students who give campus tours to prospective Longhorns are refusing to work this week over a dispute about a plaque with “The Eyes of Texas” lyrics hanging in the Admissions Welcome Center.
- Texas A&M put a prof on leave for allegedly criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a talk. @DrBuckinghamTX daughter was in the class. Buckingham called Patrick. He called @tamusystem. Within hrs, prof was on leave. W/ @James_Barragan
- New: UT football players were told in a meeting with athletic officials they must stay on the field for the Eyes of Texas going forward b/c donors were upset.
- NEW: The @TAMU faculty senate executive committee passed a resolution today reaffirming support of tenure & academic freedom and standing with @Faculty_UT #txlege #txed
- Last night, I was reminded of the intimacy of radio when my boyfriend spent the better part of the evening refreshing @NPRKelly's twitter to make sure she was okay in Iran. "I spend every afternoon with her," he said.
