Sen. Cotton Introduces ‘SECURE CAMPUS Act’ to Stop Chinese Spying at Universities
Bill would prohibit Chinese nationals from receiving visas for graduate or post-graduate studies in STEM fields.
“Allowing China unfettered access to American research institutions is akin to granting Soviet scientists access to our critical laboratories during the Cold War.”
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Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced a bill to stop the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from conducting espionage on American college campuses.
According to a press release from his office, Sen. Cotton re-introduced the “SECURE CAMPUS Act” on April 22. The bill would “prohibit Chinese nationals from receiving visas to the United States for graduate or post-graduate studies in STEM fields and would ban participants in China’s foreign talent recruitment programs and Chinese nationals from taking part in federally-funded STEM research.”
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Ordinarily, I try to shy away from writing about stories that pop up in college newspapers, no matter how egregiously bad they might be. These are journalism students, after all, so I tend to grade their anti-gun nonsense on a bit of a curve. However, I was pleasantly surprised today to see some actual journalism being done by a couple reporters for the
Daily Egyptian, which is the student newspaper for Southern Illinois University. Reporters Jason Flynn and George Weibe pose a simple question about violent crime and Illinois gun laws; “If the [firearm] mortality rate is so low why does the state have such high firearm related arrest rates?”
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The Zonta Club of Lincoln awarded three Women’s Career Scholarships this month. Carmalita (Carly) Martin of Lincoln attending Bowling Green State University to seek an Accounting degree, Jaycie Doerr graduating from Mount Pulaski High School will attend Western Illinois University majoring in Journalism and Emma Buenrostro, also graduating from Mount Pulaski High School, who will attend Illinois State University with teaching as her major.
The Women’s Career Scholarships were possible as a result of Logan County residents contributions to the Zonta Club of Lincoln’s Virtual Turkey Dinner held this Fall. The 56th Annual Sit Down Dinner was cancelled due to Covid-19 attendance limits of 50 people when typically 1,000 to 1,200 attendees are served.