Paul Musgrave, political science, is interviewed in a news story about people who have deactivated their Facebook accounts. He says he made the move at the beginning of this year because he became perturbed by the misinformation that was spreading on the site during the 2016 election and the revelations about the site’s relationship to Cambridge Analytica. 

Paul Musgrave, assistant professor of political science at University of Massachusetts Amherst, praised Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter for "treating voters as neither super-sophisticated DC insiders, nor as people who can't be trusted to make up their own minds, but rather as people who are curious and intelligent but who aren't experts in DC process."

Tenzin Dawa Thargay, a 2018 graduate and the student commencement speaker, has been awarded a 2019 Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship. The fellowship, funded by the U.S. Department of State and administered by Howard University, supports extraordinary individuals who want to pursue a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. Fellowships are awarded in a highly competitive nationwide contest.

By BRAD POLUMBO - College students must realize that only conservatism can save higher education Total student debt hit an astronomical $1.48 trillion this year. The average graduate now leaves school with $40,000 in loans hanging over his head. So is it really a surprise that Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) won over millions of young people in 2016? After all, he campaigned on student-loan bailouts and “free college.” Many students desperate for an answer now support this agenda — in the hope of escaping crushing amounts in debt.