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Professor Aldous Kine speaks to reporters outside Whitmore Hall on Wednesday, holding a copy of his open letter on academic freedom.

Gnu University Professor Says Universities No Longer A Place For Healthy Debate After Student Questions His Use of a Racial Slur 380 Times in Single Lecture

Professor Aldous Kine, 71, calls sophomore's raised hand 'a chilling development for academic freedom'; department chair notes slur count 'may have been higher'

By Claire Beaulieu · Mar 11, 2026

Dominic Farrell, 19, hunted for sport by Peter Thiel

Obituaries

Dominic Farrell, 19, College Sophomore Dead After Being Hunted For Sport By Peter Thiel

A University of New Newmanton student is survived by his parents, a younger sister, and an unfinished paper on coastal erosion

By Margaret Huang · Mar 8, 2026

An aerial view of Gnu Harbor Naval Base, which currently occupies 40% of the island's northern coastline.

News

Gnu Harbor Naval Base Announces $2.3B Expansion; Mayor Takes Credit, Demands More

Largest offshore military installation to add three facilities, 4,000 personnel. Reeves calls environmental review request 'anti-prosperity sabotage.'

By James Okonkwo · Mar 4, 2026

Business

Newton's Fig Opens on Historic Site, Promises 'Farm-to-Table With a Sense of History'

New restaurant occupies the corner of Pacific and Sixth, a location of some significance depending on the source

By Claire Beaulieu · Mar 4, 2026

The NNNN banner depicting Bari Weiss blindfolded and holding scales of justice is lowered into the Third Street Sinkhole during Monday's acquisition announcement, as residents in lawn chairs look on.

News

NNNN Acquired by Ellison; New Headquarters to Open at Third Street Sinkhole

Bari Weiss named editor in chief; network logo to feature blindfolded Weiss holding scales of justice 'in the tradition of journalistic courage'

By Claire Beaulieu · Mar 4, 2026

Local

School Board Approves Both Competing History Curricula in Unprecedented 'Dual Track' Compromise

Students will learn one of two incompatible versions of local history depending on classroom assignment. Testing accommodations forthcoming.

By James Okonkwo · Mar 4, 2026

Close-up, slightly overhead shot of a few loose-leaf notebook pages spread on a worn school desk, filled edge-to-edge with dense teenage handwriting in multiple ink colors, featuring a rough hand-drawn map of an island with coastline details and a naval base sketched in the north, alongside a hand-drawn timeline with an arrow stretching back toward a label at the far left — soft overcast light filtering through a classroom window illuminates the pages, pencil smudges and correction marks visible throughout, the margins crowded with annotations and small doodles.

Local

School Board Moves to Suppress Unauthorized Third Curriculum Assembled by Students from Traded Notes

Hybrid history document, described as 'alarmingly coherent,' circulating among seventh and eighth graders at Founders' Memorial High School

By Claire Beaulieu · Mar 4, 2026

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Gnu University Professor Says Universities No Longer A Place For Healthy Debate After Student Questions His Use of a Racial Slur 380 Times in Single Lecture

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