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Was asking me whether i was receiving favoritism that they werent. it took me a long time to give her the response in my head that i should have given her at the time, which was, well, im the head of a lot of student activity here. i also work saturday and sunday to help my mom with her finances. im a award winning debater in my school activities. i do things they dont do. so maybe thats the reason, and not the one that youre insinuating. >> you ended up excelling at princeton, and sue ma cum la...

A "u.s.a. today" investigation revealing the v.a. covered up serious medical mistakes and shelled out millions in secret settlements for years. v.a. secretary david shulkin says the organization is reviewing its policy. president trump is working to make it easier to fire careless medical professionals with the v.a. accountability act. students -- christian group is banned from student activity fair. event organizer at oxford university in england reportedly forbid the christian union from setti...

Start of school. that concerns you. why? >> its a really vulnerable time, particularly at the high school levels. we are doing security assessments. we are finding many schools, the custodians are unlocking the doors at 6:00 in the morning due to staff coming in and some student activity. oftentimes, opening too many doors in our opinion. the point is that students are arriving oftentimes before all the teachers and support staff are in place. there is a skeletal staff for supervision. we have a...

Monitor student activity on social media. the school says its money well spent. but, gary b., you say its invading students privacy. >> its invading their liberty. no one likes bullying. bullying is bad. lets stipulate that. but is it -- my question, is it the governments responsibility to stop it? no. it starts with the parents. it starts with peer pressure. once you get the government in there, its like the war on obesity. its nutrition. its exercise. its the whole thing. its government run am...

Peep want to give him money, why shouldnt that happen? that happens in the olympics. 20 or so years ago, the olympics said why should we restrain valuable athletes from making money? michael phelps gets hundreds of millions of dollars in sponsorships. and other swimmers dont. it really doesnt destroy the team usa camaraderie or anything like that. certainly hasnt destroyed the popularity of the olympics. so i think thats a real alternative on the table. you can really make a case for that. >> on...

Fact, now monitoring its students even after they go home. glendale high hiring a firm to screen student activity on social media. the company looks at sites like twitter and facebook and instagram and they say theyre filtering the information to help them prevent situations like bullying or substance abuse or skipping school. glendale superintendent claiming they prevented one students possible suicide as a result of that program. interesting. martha: well an atheist group is now threatening to...

# >> university of missouri is facing criticism for a policy that puts pagans and wiccan festivals on par with christmas and thanksgiving. and hanukkah. and helping them avoid scheduling exams as projects on holidays. (laughter) okay. trace gallagher has the story, trace? dont offend the wiccans. >> reporter: dont offend the wiccans. you send out the guide and dont have a student activity on that day. here is the thing, there are 43 of these major holidays that includes the new wiccan and pagans...

officers responded but have not found anyone matching that description. the sighting was reported outside deitrick hall. a lot of sensitivity right here. we want to make it clear that this is not confirmed, its not a confirmed sighting as of now, but instead authorities are acting on what eyewitness accounts have directed them on. we have kelsey hiter whos on the phone with us, she was the managing editor of collegiate times at virginia tech. so kelsey, what more can you tell us about ...