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Cornell Greek life should end if found unsafe, school president says

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Greek life at Cornell University should be ended permanently if leadership can't be convinced that fraternity gatherings there can be safe, the school's president, Michael Kotlikoff, said at a contentious meeting of the Faculty Senate on Wednesday night.

"I really appreciate the sentiment of a lot of faculty and a lot of leadership of the university that have said to me it's time for Greek life to go," Kotlikoff said at the meeting. "I do think as an academic institution we should study things, make decisions based on data and fact."

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ASU parts ways with hockey coach following player collapse

Arizona State University announced Thursday that it has reached a "mutual agreement to part ways" with hockey coach Greg Powers, nearly two months after 21-year-old sophomore Matthew Mayich collapsed during a workout and had to be put on life support. "The university and Sun Devil Athletics are grateful for Coach Powers' work to establish ASU as a Division I hockey program and for his service over the past nearly two decades," ASU said in a statement. The school said it has hired Dave Hakstol as head hockey coach. Hakstol had previously been an assistant coach for the Colorado Avalanche in the NHL.

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Feds probing suspicious letters to election officials, lawmakers

Washington — Federal investigators said Wednesday that they are looking into "suspicious" letters mailed to state election officials and congressional offices, some of which contained unknown substances. The FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service are investigating the "suspicious mailings," according to Brendan Donahue, the deputy chief inspector at the USPIS. Donahue told reporters that some letters have contained an unknown substance and that they were sent to "various addresses nationwide," including "secretary of state offices and the related election offices."

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Winter may bring snow and rain to some drought-stricken U.S. states

NOAA's winter outlook, released Thursday, centered on temperature and precipitation forecasts for the U.S. from December to February. El Niño , a shifting climate pattern dictated by ocean temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean, influences weather around the world. Forecasters said it's going to play a significant role in how Americans experience the upcoming winter. Although El Niño is considered the "warmer" phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation cycle, opposite the "cooler" La Niña, that doesn't necessarily mean its existence will lead to milder winter weather across the board, experts said.