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A mass stabbing at Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing, China, resulted in eight deaths and 17 injuries. The suspect, a recent graduate, was motivated by academic and financial dissatisfaction. This incident follows a series of recent mass casualty events in China, including a deadly car incident in Zhuhai and other attacks in Beijing and Shanghai. An investigation is ongoing.
Robert Arthur Plympton was found guilty of the 1980 murder of Barbara Mae Tucker after DNA from a discarded piece of chewing gum linked him to the crime. Tucker, a 19-year-old college student, was kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and beaten to death on the Mount Hood Community College campus near Portland, Oregon. The case had remained unsolved for over four decades until the DNA evidence led to Plympton's conviction.
A Cornell University student, Patrick Dai, is set to appear in federal court on charges of making antisemitic threats against the university's Jewish community. Dai allegedly posted messages online threatening to kill or injure Jewish individuals, including specific threats against the campus's Center for Jewish Living. The threats were discovered through tracing Dai's IP address. The Center for Jewish Living expressed relief at the arrest and emphasized the need to prosecute such acts of hate. This incident comes amid concerns of rising antisemitism and Islamophobia on college campuses, following recent violence in Israel and Palestine. Cornell University has also faced controversy over a professor's remarks supporting Hamas, leading to his placement on leave. The Biden administration has expressed concern over the increase in antisemitic incidents and announced actions to combat it on college campuses.
Brandon Taylor's latest novel, The Late Americans, follows the intertwined lives of young people, mostly queer men, on a Midwestern college campus. Each chapter is told from the point of view of a different character, and the book is built daisy chain-style. The characters are united by their anger toward social pieties they consider aesthetically unpleasing or illogical. The book's ideas and images linger longer in the mind than its characters do, making it difficult to remember which character had which fantasy.
Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was allegedly assaulted at an event opposing the inclusion of transgender athletes in women's sports at San Francisco State University. Gaines was struck twice and cornered by protestors before being helped by campus police. The university police department is conducting an ongoing investigation into the situation. Gaines has been vocal about her opposition to the inclusion of trans women in women's swimming and her appearance was organized by conservative organization Turning Point USA. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called the attack an "appalling attack on free speech on a college campus."