Campus Informer: Hip Hop with Hamburgers, Student Beer in Local Bars

Campus Progress is bringing back a renewed version of a feature called Campus Informer, a roundup of cool and interesting stuff happening at campuses around the country. Of course, the feature isn't only limited to campuses, since Campus Progress exists for non-college youth and to make higher education more accessible and affordable. If you think something in your area should be included in Campus Informer, just email us at campusprogresseditors [at] americanprogress [dot] org.

• SUNY wants to go Division I, but the process has been fraught with problems. [NY Times]
• Graduate teaching assistants went on strike at the University of Illinois over the protection of tuition waivers. [Inside Higher Ed]
• Spellman College has its first ever pride week. [The Maroon Tiger]
• A Vassar dining hall worker serves a little hip hop with the hamburgers. [The Miscellany News]
• University of Minnesota students brewed some beer; now you can buy it in local bars. [The Minnesota Daily]
• The growing number of students taking remedial courses is rising at the University of Maryland, along with skyrocketing costs. Now, regents are beginning to require a fourth year of math to apply. [The Diamondback]
• The University of Mississippi William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation takes its roundtable on race on the road. [The Daily Miss]
• Green idea: The University of Arizona installs solar panels over parking lots. [Arizona Daily Wildcat]
• New York Times journalist David Rohde talks about his time as a prisoner of the Taliban at Brown University [Brown Daily Herald]

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