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Rest in peace: Naval Academy midshipman recovered in Chilean lagoon after an apparent hiking accident, officials say
Read full article: Rest in peace: Naval Academy midshipman recovered in Chilean lagoon after an apparent hiking accident, officials sayThe body of a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman was recovered Sunday morning in Chile after he appeared to have lost his footing during a hike and then fell over a waterfall, according to the United States Naval Academy.
Student files class-action lawsuit against UT-Austin, saying online education last year wasn’t worth the tuition
Read full article: Student files class-action lawsuit against UT-Austin, saying online education last year wasn’t worth the tuitionA student is suing The University of Texas at Austin and its regents in a class-action lawsuit, calling the online education options offered during the start of the pandemic inferior and “drastically different” from typical in-person instruction. The suit is seeking compensation for the named plaintiff, Anissa Reyes, and any other students who paid their tuition expecting an “in-person, hands-on education” but had their classes moved online in spring 2020. The suit asks for a prorated refund proportional to the time spent online as a result of the pandemic. UT-Austin had over 51,000 students enrolled at the start of the 2019-20 academic year, including students who already took online-only classes. AdAttorneys filed a class-action lawsuit in January against Rice University, seeking damages for students whose classes were disrupted in the spring.