Colleges cancel classes and international travel to minimize risk of coronavirus
by Varsha Rammohan, Managing Editor
March 11, 2020
As more information is released about the closure of universities and colleges around the United States, this article will be updated with the latest news. Check Harker Aquila for continuous coverage. This article was last updated on March 11 at 7:30 p.m. As the United States sees more cases of...
Judge rules in favor of Harvard in affirmative action battle
October 21, 2019
In the midst of college application season, the results of a lawsuit claiming that Harvard University discriminates against Asian American applicants has sparked conversation among upper school students, a majority of whom identify as Asian American. The judge in the trial, Allison Burroughs, ruled on Oct. 1 in fa...
Editorial: Scandal reveals flaws in admissions process
April 25, 2019
Last month, federal prosecutors charged over fifty people for their involvement in a college admissions scandal in which, among other illegal practices, parents of college applicants allegedly paid large sums of money to falsify standardized test results or have their children recruited for sports t...
Justice Department indicts fifty people in nationwide college admissions bribery scandal
by Kathy Fang, Nicole Chen, and Arushi Saxena
March 13, 2019
The Justice Department indicted fifty people yesterday for involvement in a nationwide conspiracy to commit fraud in order to secure spots at elite universities as recruited athletes and to falsify college entrance test exam scores, according to documents released Tuesday by the U.S. Attorney’s Office...