Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Where to Learn the Sports Behind the Ivy League Look
Fencing The white jacket may appear civilized, but actual fencing involves lunges, lateral movement and a surprising amount of sweat inside a mesh mask. Fencers Club, established in 1883, is the oldest continuously operating organization in the Western Hemisphere devoted to the sport. Its current home, near the Empire State Building on West 33rd Street,…
Read MoreDefense Department Orders 30 Universities to Audit China Ties
“The U.S. side should abandon the Cold War mentality and foster an open, fair and non-discriminatory environment for educational, scientific and people-to-people exchanges between China and the United States,” it added. Here’s what to know about the raft of policies aimed at curbing institutional ties to China. Order targets primarily Chinese institutions The foreign institutions…
Read MoreDior executive Mathilde Favier killed alongside her movie producer partner Nicolas Altmayer in head-on car crash
A Dior executive and her film producer partner were killed in a head-on car crash in France. Mathilde Favier, 57, and beloved French movie producer Nicolas Altmayer, 61, died in the collision near the commune of Airvault in western France on Monday afternoon, French outlet La Figaro reported. Favier and Altmayer’s Austin Mini car “hit…
Read More20 Years After Virginia Tech, We Can Do More to Keep Students Safe
My family could never have imagined that eight months later, she would be among the 32 people killed in her classroom on April 16, 2007, coming home in a mortuary van. In the years since, mass violence has become a recurring nightmare in American life. Yet every August, millions of parents still make that same…
Read MoreHow to Recover From an Embarrassing Faux Pas
Lizzie Post still remembers the time she walked into a party and an acquaintance greeted her with exciting news: “You had a baby!” “I’m going to the bar,” Post replied. Post, co-president of the Emily Post Institute and Emily Post’s great-great-granddaughter, knew the woman meant well. She had apparently heard that something momentous had happened—it…
Read MoreAmerica’s Water Systems Are Under Attack. We Are Not Ready.
One of those attacks, in Braham, Minnesota, a city of around 1,800 people, affected the functioning of a pump at a water treatment plant and threatened the water supply. Public works crews in the city quickly and impressively isolated the system, restored a backup, and had the water plant back up and running in around…
Read MoreDeadbeat AOC’s student-loan mooching should be a red flag to her 2028 supporters
Betting markets show Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the frontrunner to snag the Democrats’ 2028 presidential nomination. But despite earning $173,000 a year as a member of Congress, AOC refuses to pay back her student loans — a red flag that she has no respect for taxpayers. Her supporters claim her college loans make her relatable. “This…
Read MoreFlorida boater sentenced to life in prison for killing drinking buddy, pushing him into water during marina fight
A Florida boater was sentenced to life in prison for killing his new drinking buddy in a drunken fight that began on his sailboat before spilling out onto the dock and tossing his body into the water. Kamal Padlowski was handed the lifetime sentence on Monday in Hillsborough County Court in Tampa, Fla, for the…
Read MoreArizona teen beaten to death while protecting brother during park soccer match — days before starting college
An Arizona teen was fatally beaten when a neighborhood soccer match erupted into a brawl, and he stepped in to protect his brother — just days before he was set to begin college. Tumusifu Bazirake, 19, was playing soccer against a group of strangers at Sueno Park in Phoenix on Aug. 6 at around 8…
Read MoreFlorida carries out 13th execution this year amid DeSantis’ aggressive death penalty push
Florida executed its 13th death row prisoner of the year Tuesday evening amid the state’s aggressive use of the death penalty championed by Governor Ron DeSantis. William Frances Silvia, 61, who was convicted of fatally shooting his estranged wife and injuring his mother-in-law in 2006, was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m. after receiving the lethal…
Read MoreWisconsin State Fair descends into chaos as brawl breaks out in final hours of annual festival
Sunday Night’s Main Event. The family-friendly Wisconsin State Fair descended into an all-out frenzy as scores of fairgoers threw haymakers and kicks during an out-of-control brawl in the final hours of the annual festival. Seven people were arrested for their involvement in what officials called a series of “disturbances” at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds in…
Read MoreJonquel Jones exits loss with ankle injury in Liberty concern
CHICAGO — Liberty center Jonquel Jones exited Tuesday’s 93-86 loss to the Chicago Sky with a left ankle injury and never returned. Jones appeared to know something was wrong the moment she hit the ground. She pulled her left leg up to her body and held her ankle, grimacing in pain. She eventually was helped…
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