Trump Pardons Miami Investor Charged in College Admissions Scandal [NY Times]

 The flava:

How Mr. Zangrillo came to be pardoned is unclear. Representatives for two people the White House listed in support of its action — the billionaire investor Thomas J. Barrack Jr., a close friend of Mr. Trump’s and a U.S.C. trustee, and Sean Parker, a co-founder of Napster and early president of Facebook — said that they had not been involved.

“Mr. Barrack had nothing whatsoever to do with Mr. Zangrillo’s pardon,” a spokesman said. “He never intervened and never had discussion with anyone about it. All reports to the contrary are patently false.”

A spokesman for Mr. Parker said he did not know Mr. Zangrillo, had not advocated for him, and did not know how his name had ended up on the White House’s list.

Mr. Zangrillo has not donated to Mr. Trump and does not have a long history of political contributions.

The article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/trump-pardon-robert-zangrillo-varsity-blues.html

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WHO SPEAKS AND WHO LISTENS: Revisiting the Chilly Climate in College Classrooms [Mccabe & Lee]

Abstract

Almost 40 years ago, scholars identified a “chilly climate” for women in college classrooms. To examine whether contemporary college classrooms remain “chilly,” we conducted quantitative and qualitative observations in nine classrooms across multiple disciplines at one elite institution. Based on these 95 hours of observation, we discuss three gendered classroom participation patterns. First, on average, men students occupy classroom sonic space 1.6 times as often as women. Men also speak out without raising hands, interrupt, and engage in prolonged conversations during class more than women students. Second, style and tone also differ. Men’s language is assertive, whereas women’s is hesitant and apologetic. Third, professors’ interventions and different structures of classrooms can alter existing gender status hierarchies. Extending Ridgeway’s gender system framework to college classrooms, we discuss how these gendered classroom participation patterns perpetuate gender status hierarchies. We thus argue that the chilly climate is an underexplored mechanism for the stalled gender revolution.

Jennifer J. Lee, Janice M. Mccabe. WHO SPEAKS AND WHO LISTENS: Revisiting the Chilly Climate in College Classrooms. Gender & Society, 2020; 089124322097714 DOI: 10.1177/0891243220977141

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