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Did Leeds Trinity University Ban Capital Letters to Avoid Frightening Students?

In November 2018, an odd little article about a leaked internal memo at Leeds Trinity University appeared in the British tabloid the Express. According to the story, the university told professors not to use all capital letters in order to avoid “frightening” students: Staff at Leeds Trinity’s school of journalism have also been told to “write in …

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President Trump: Community College is 13th Grade, Not Real College -Fiction!

President Trump: Community College is 13th Grade, Not Real College –Fiction! Summary of eRumor: A tweet from President Trump calls community college 13th grade and asserts it’s not real college and is for dummies. The Truth: President Trump didn’t call community college “13th grade” or say that it was “only for dummies.” That rumor spread …

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