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Coping with campus coronavirus: U.S. fraternities, sororities give it the earlier long-established try
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Sixteen gallons of hand sanitizer sat in the foyer of the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house at the University of Wisconsin as house mother Karen Mullis reconfigured tables in the dining room to maintain social distancing. Erik Johnson, president of the interfraternity council at the University of Washington, poses outside his…
Coping with campus coronavirus: U.S. fraternities, sororities give it the feeble college are trying
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) – Sixteen gallons of hand sanitizer sat in the foyer of the Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority house at the University of Wisconsin as house mother Karen Mullis reconfigured tables in the dining room to maintain social distancing. Erik Johnson, president of the interfraternity council at the University of Washington, poses outside his…
Lack of faculty soccer a physique blow to fans, companies in Ann Arbor, Michigan
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Reuters) – The loss of college football hurts fans, businesses in Ann Arbor, Michigan FILE PHOTO: A view outside of Michigan Stadium on the University of Michigan campus amid reports of college football cancellation, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S., August 10, 2020. REUTERS/Emily Elconin/File…
U.S. Huge Ten, Pac-12 postpone tumble faculty football, a good deal of sports activities, which ability that of COVID-19
(Reuters) – Two of the five wealthiest U.S. college sports conferences postponed the fall football season on Tuesday because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a critical blow to both an iconic American cultural tradition and a multibillion-dollar entertainment industry. The Big Ten and Pac-12 powerhouse members include perennial national football title contenders like the University of…
Pac-12 joins Great Ten in canceling U.S. college sports plunge season
(Reuters) – The Pac-12 Conference on Tuesday joined the Big Ten in shelving the college football season and all other sports for the remainder of 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the league commissioner said. The Pac-12 – comprising 12 large western U.S. universities including the University of Southern California, Stanford University and University of…
Facing pandemic squeeze, universities hit bond markets for affordable money
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Universities, waiting to see how hard the coronavirus pandemic will hit overseas enrolments and government grants, have gone on a borrowing spree in the bond markets this year that outpaces a rise in companies’ bond sales. FILE PHOTO: Students and pedestrians walk through the Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.,…
Facing pandemic squeeze, universities hit bond markets for cheap money
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Universities, waiting to see how hard the coronavirus pandemic will hit overseas enrolments and government grants, have gone on a borrowing spree in the bond markets this year that outpaces a rise in companies’ bond sales. FILE PHOTO: Students and pedestrians walk through the Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.,…
Scotland axes downgraded exam grades in prelude to doable UK complications
LONDON (Reuters) – Scottish students will have downgraded examination results used to secure university places raised back to original levels set by teachers, as Edinburgh faces anger at a problem caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which could also play out in England. With almost no examinations taking place, teachers graded pupils in key subjects and…
U.S. Expansive Ten postpones 2020-21 football, fall sports season, due to COVID-19
(Reuters) – Two of the five wealthiest U.S. college sports conferences postponed the fall football season on Tuesday because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a critical blow to both an iconic American cultural tradition and a multi-billion dollar entertainment industry. The Big Ten and Pac-12 powerhouse members include perennial national football title contenders like the University…
Trump calls for school soccer to play on regardless of COVID-19 fears
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One as he departs from Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 9, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts(Reuters) – President Donald Trump called on U.S. colleges to proceed with the fall football season amid reports on Monday that it could be canceled because of concerns…
