The editor-in-chief of The Daily Free Press, Boston University's independent student newspaper, resigned on Tuesday following the release of the paper's April Fools' Day edition, according to the paper's website. Sophomore journalism major Chelsea Diana stepped down at the request of the organization's board of directors, prompted by a story that made of light of drug abuse and sexual assault by reporting the arrests of "frat dwarves" for the rape of Snow White, the post said. Other stories in "The Disney Free Press" covered content including the arrest of Cinderella for prostitution and the availability of LSD at "Lost Boys fraternity." Diana apologized for the "callous and ignorant" edition in a Monday letter, in which she also wrote that the edition "perpetuated" rape culture, according to The Daily Free Press' website.
On Monday morning, a former student at Oikos University in Oakland, Calif. opened fire on a group of people at the university, killing seven and wounding three more in the most violent campus shooting in the United States since the 2007 rampage at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, The Chronicle of Higher Education reported. The gunman asked students to line up against a wall and began shooting at them. The suspect has been identified as One Goh, a 43-year-old Korean national and former Oikos student, according to The Chronicle. Police know little about the suspect and have not yet determined his motive, The Chronicle reported.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected a suit on Monday that aimed to lift a ban on considering race in admissions decisions at public institutions of higher education in California, Inside Higher Education reported. A case in the U.S. Supreme Court regarding similar considerations at the University of Texas at Austin could establish whether public universities can use race and ethnicity to improve diversity within the student body, according to Inside Higher Ed. Last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that the University of Michigan could not use affirmative action policies in its admission process because it would deprive minority citizens of their rights, Inside Higher Ed reported. A group called the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary has challenged the California and Michigan referenda and suggests that the decisions deny minority citizens constitutional rights to lobby for changes in admissions policy, according to Inside Higher Ed.