Fears that return of universities could spread virus

 As thousands of UK students prepare to return to University, data now shows the highest number of detected infections of coronavirus is in young people. A leading epidemiologist said today she believes the country is at a "critical moment" in controlling the spread of the virus.

Japanese student rejects apology over university 'sex listing'

While the #MeToo movement has taken a strong hold in Europe and North America the same can't be said about Japan.  Here sexual harassment, assault, misogyny and blatant paternalism are still alive with no end insight.  So, it should unsurprising that a Japanese tabloid would publish a completely sexiest article about which inferred that female students from certain universities where easily lured into hook-up's during drinking parties.         

A Japanese university student on Wednesday rejected an apology by a magazine over a report on how easy it was to coax female undergraduates into having sex after her online petition objecting to the article went viral.

The weekly tabloid magazine, Spa!, caused outrage with an article in late December ranking five Japanese universities on how easy it was to persuade female students to have sex at drinking parties.

Kazuna Yamamoto, an international relations student at the International Christian University in Tokyo, posted an online petition protesting about the article that received over 40,000 signatures in six days

Female students riding trains are often groped while traveling to school. With the most infamous being the Saikyo line in Saitama. 

Why Universities Tolerate Fraternities?

The history of fraternities has a lot of ups and downs — and stretches all the way back to America’s founding fathers. Beyond the hazing and beer chugging, there’s a story that includes changes in higher education and even national politics. So why do colleges keep fraternities on campus? The reason is a web of incentives that make fraternities allies to administrators — despite the negatives they sometimes present.