Uloop Morning Scoop: Truck Terror in NYC and (ugh) Bad College Student Costume Choices

8 DEAD AS TRUCK TERROR STRIKES NYC

Eight people were killed and at least 11 injured on Tuesday when a driver plowed a pickup truck into a bike path along the Hudson River in Manhattan.

The New York Times reports, “The rampage ended when the motorist – whom the police identified as Sayfullo Saipov, 29 – smashed into a school bus, jumped out of his truck and ran up and down the highway waving a pellet gun and paintball gun and shouting ‘Allahu akbar,’ Arabic for ‘God is great,’ before he was shot in the abdomen by the officer.”

Investigators found handwritten notes in Arabic near the truck that appeared to declare allegiance to the Islamic State but have found no direct ties to ISIS. Vehicles have been used as weapons in attacks in other cities, including London.

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3 DARTMOUTH PROFESSORS UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR ‘SEXUAL MISCONDUCT’

New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald announced yesterday that three Dartmouth professors — Todd Heatherton, Bill Kelley and Paul Whalen — all of whom work in the Ivy League school’s psychological and brain sciences department, have been placed on paid leave  according to New Hampshire Public Radio via NPR.

“Initial reports of the allegations emerged last week, after The Dartmouth, the college’s student newspaper, asked school officials about the case. At the time, the college said the three were on leave “pending the conclusions of ongoing investigations into allegations of serious misconduct,” reported NPR.

TODAY IN A TWEET

Seems like only yesterday you were complaining how hot is was in your dorm room and now… it’s November.

A new month won’t bring anything new if you keep doing the things you’ve been doing in d old month.
Let you mind be renewed.#HappyNovember

— Ms Gupta???????? (@African_Spring) November 1, 2017

COLLEGE STUDENTS MAKE RACIALLY INSENSITIVE HALLOWEEN COSTUME CHOICES. AGAIN.

Will they ever learn?

College of Charleston officials are investigating what the New York Post reports were social media images shared by students that “showed a racial slur written on someone’s bare skin, while another showed a student wearing an orange jumpsuit with the name ‘Freddie Gray,’ whose death in Baltimore police custody sparked a riot amid complaints about police brutality against black suspects. The caption said ‘ur going to jail tonight.’”

The images apparently showed a graduate from an elite private school student in Baltimore.

At Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, officials “are investigating after a photo surfaced that appeared to show a student dressed as former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick with a gun pointed at his head,” according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

They might have the right idea at Texas A&M, though, where, according to a report from The Blaze, “The Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Resource Center at Texas A&M University is helping students choose just the right Halloween costume this year — all revelers have to do is follow a handy-dandy flowchart titled, ‘Is My Costume Culturally Insensitive?’”

AND FINALLY, 4 AMAZING PROGRAMS TO HELP YOU TAKE NOTES IN CLASS

Tamiera Vandegrift from Florida State University is all over the fact that finals — and winter break — are only about six weeks away (yikes!).

So now is the time to get your study habits together and finish the semester strong. As she writes, “With a million and a half things happening over your head, you need to have something to help you ground yourself and get organized. When you’re facing a full course load, clubs, leadership positions, and (gulp) internships, you need something compact and structured on your side, something digital.”

Read about all 4 programs here. 

It’s a new month. Your head is filled with knowledge. Go out and do Wednesday right!

And remember, you can use Uloop to find a part time job on your campus, connect with a tutor or get a head start on housing for next year.