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RenegadeMonster said:
Speaking of tuition, last week there was a story about a university suspending / expelling several students after they violated COVID policies by having a hotel party.

Tuition was something like $29,000 and will not be refunded to the students. That's a costly mistake.

Student's do have the option to appeal the suspension.
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If it was these kids, good. Fuck em. Gotta love my brother's alma mater.

www.wcpo.com

Miami student threw 20-person house party a week after COVID-19 diagnosis

An Oxford police officer asked him if he should be quarantining. The answer: "Yeah. That’s why I’m at my house."
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RenegadeMonster said:
Speaking of tuition, last week there was a story about a university suspending / expelling several students after they violated COVID policies by having a hotel party.

Tuition was something like $29,000 and will not be refunded to the students. That's a costly mistake.

Student's do have the option to appeal the suspension.
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Hope they had a good time at the party!
 
Djxfactor511 said:
If it was these kids, good. Fuck em. Gotta love my brother's alma mater.

www.wcpo.com

Miami student threw 20-person house party a week after COVID-19 diagnosis

An Oxford police officer asked him if he should be quarantining. The answer: "Yeah. That’s why I’m at my house."
www.wcpo.com www.wcpo.com
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www.buzzfeednews.com

11 Students Have Been Suspended From Northeastern Without A Tuition Refund For Violating COVID-19 Policies

The students, who paid an estimated $36,543 in tuition for the semester, were given 24 hours to leave their dorms.
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It might have been this University, and the tuition is 36k :oops:
 
Reports of the first deaths of teachers are coming in now that schools have resumed. Here is one such report.

apnews.com

South Carolina 3rd grade teacher, 28, dies from COVID-19

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina third grade teacher who was last in her classroom less than two weeks ago has died from COVID-19, officials at the Richland 2 School District said Wednesday.
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What really irks me is seeing discussion about this on Facebook. Someone responded with.

A lot of people in a lot of different professions have passed away from COVID-19. This is a pandemic and to be expected. Why should teachers get to refuse to work if I and people of many other professions have to go to work. They all should lose their jobs for not showing up to work.
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Teachers striking and being ordered to return to the classrooms because of illegal work stoppage are still happening here in MA. 3 schools had to cancel yesterday that I know of because teachers were striking. The school districts are "deeply disappointed in the teachers action" calling it an illegal work stoppage. Teachers in those 3 school districts are expected to be ordered back in the classrooms today as happened in at least a dozen other other school districts so far. So far the court orders have not came out favorable to any teachers / teachers union all calling the strikes and refusal to return to the classroom until these minimal safety requirements are met as illegal work stoppage.

11 towns had protests by teachers ordered back into the classroom last night on the town commons. Teachers were out protesting the schools decision to resume in person classes through hybrid learning models and calling for 100% remote learning until minimum safety requirements are met.
 
Some of you may remember last week that I said my town failed to extend our mask ordinance which I believe only ever applied to grocery stores and pharmacies. They voted 5-4 in favor, but for the 1st vote on a renewal, a 2/3 majority is required, so it failed.

Since last week, a petition was started in support of the extension. It garnered almost 13k signatures. A similar petition against only received 1500. The mayor said he didn't stop getting calls all week in support of extending the mandate.

They voted again at the meeting last night. Of course, a similar number of people for and against the ordinance showed up to the meeting, several of whom "suggested the ordinance would encourage pedophilia and sex trafficking."

The penalty for not wearing a mask is a $25 ticket. None were issued in the two months the previous ordinance was effective.

The town council was in no way swayed by the outpouring of support in favor of the mask ordinance and voted exactly the same. Luckily, on a second vote a simple majority is sufficient for passage.

I will be voting against all of the against voters, who did not change their vote when the town made it clear that they disagreed with them, if a slightly reasonable alternative is presented.
 
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dhodo said:
I will be voting against all of the against voters, who did not change their opinion when the town made it clear that they disagreed with them, if a slightly reasonable alternative is presented.
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This is enraging. They represent, or are supposed to, represent the people. When the people are against something you’re supposed to side with the majority of the people. If you’re actively against the will of the voters then what are you doing in public service?
 
wokeupnew said:
This is enraging. They represent, or are supposed to, represent the people. When the people are against something you’re supposed to side with the majority of the people. If you’re actively against the will of the voters then what are you doing in public service?
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Thanks, this is exactly what I expressed to my wife earlier tonight. Infuriating.
 
debianlinux said:
We all know politics is self serving and corporate interests these days.
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Sure but this is an industry-less town. These town council members have day jobs. We have a tourist industry for adjacent areas, but that law shouldn't impact it at all, it might even help. I really don't understand their position and there don't seem to be businesses lobbying for it either. The biggest market here other than tourism is real estate, which has been running the town for some time and it is not impacted either.
 
My nephew went back to Jamestown Univ in North Dakota a couple weeks ago, after spending the summer with his parents, who don’t think masks work, that covid is going to magically go away on November 4th because it’s a Democratic plot to stop Trump from being re-elected.

He was back at school for 3 days, temp 103, cough, sore throat. COVID positive. He’s a healthy athletic 19 year old, so I’m sure he’ll be alright. But can I admit that I felt a smidge of vindication, and am hoping his QAnon believing mom, dad, and grandpa are worried to death?
 
dhodo said:
They voted again at the meeting last night. Of course, a similar number of people for and against the ordinance showed up to the meeting, several of whom "suggested the ordinance would encourage pedophilia and sex trafficking."
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Is this some ridiculous Qanon crap? Because it sounds like ridiculous Qanon crap. These people do not belong in government. They are disillusioned cultists.
debianlinux said:
We all know politics is self serving and corporate interests these days.
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In our corporate oligarchy, we trust.
 
nolalady said:
Is this some ridiculous Qanon crap? Because it sounds like ridiculous Qanon crap. These people do not belong in government. They are disillusioned cultists.

In our corporate oligarchy, we trust.
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Yeah, that's what I assumed as well. That's all it said in the article I read. Upsetting that the town council seemed to give them the same weight as doctors who showed up based on their votes.
 
The MBTA just released some numbers on Commuter Rail ridership.

In the months of July and August Commuter Rail ridership was only 10% of what it should be compared to previous years. This shows that roughly 90% of commuters into the City of Boston still are not commuting by Public Transportation.

Those that do have to commute a driving, and plenty of parking is available in Boston as a lot of businesses have yet to return to the office.
 
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