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Announcing a weekly ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø video series: ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍøside Chats
We are excited to announce a new series of weekly video conversations with ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø staff where we candidly discuss the top student and faculty rights stories of the day.
In our of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍøside Chats, Will Creeley moderates a discussion about the Anthony Scaramucci controversy at Tufts University with Brynne Madway and Adam Steinbaugh. Afterward, they are joined by Marieke Tuthill Beck-Coon for a conversation about student surveillance at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
New episodes of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍøside Chats will be uploaded to our every week.
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