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Courtesy of Sewanee: The University of the South Sewanee: The University of the South finished the in-person portion of the fall semester with 16 positive cases among students. The liberal arts college in Tennessee credits its relatively low case numbers to weekly required COVID testing for the approximately 1,600 students on campus combined with a “bubble” approach that largely prohibited students from leaving campus except for essential activities such as medical appointments. Students had to formally request approval from the dean of students' office for any off-campus trips, and a stu...

In North Pole, Alaska, Santa Claus is a bastion of blue on a city council as red as Rudolph’s nose Published December 15, 2020 Share on Facebook Print article First things first: Yes, Santa Claus is his legal name. It’s on his government identification, and the mail that arrives at his apartment. A long time ago, he was called Thomas O’Connor. He doesn’t answer to that name anymore. If someone shouted it in the North Pole Safeway, “I wouldn’t even turn my head,” he says. This Santa Claus is a 73-year-old medical-marijuana-using, Bernie-supporting vegetarian monk who lives ...