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By Val Bauer Representative Laurie Jinkins HB (House Bill) 1962 is a bill written in order to require private colleges in Washington state to elucidate the rules of the student conduct process for students. The abstract included in the bill is: “AN ACT Relating to disciplinary procedures at private institutions of higher education.” HB 1962 was written by State Rep. Laurie Jinkins, who “represents the 27th Legislative District in Pierce County,” according to the Washington House of Democrats website. The 27th Legislative District includes “East, Downtown, Hilltop, North, Northeast, West,...

By Aidan Regan In 2015, Donald Trump called for a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States.” On Friday, President Trump signed an executive order titled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States.” Following two other immigration-related executive orders, this one suspends all refugees from entry into the United States for 120 days, as well as citizens from seven predominantly Muslim countries—Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen—for 90 days. This includes citizens with visas. The order also suspended green card holders...