The Chronicle of Higher Education
3 October 2019
If You Get Hit by a Bus, You
Get Free Tuition. Wait, What?
[…] A pervasive myth found on campuses […] says that
if you get hit by a bus, your university will give you free tuition. It’s a
decades-old legend thriving like a weed in the crevices of college dorm rooms,
dining halls, and libraries at colleges in Georgia, Ohio, Virginia
— and just about everywhere else. In all of those cases, officials have
roundly assured students that it’s just not true. Nonetheless, the college
rumor mill keeps feeding the same myth. […]
Miranda Sun, 28 August 2019: “Yesterday, I finally
achieved what every single college student in America has dreamed of, yet can
only hope will happen to them. That’s right. I got run over by a bus on
campus.”
Daily Echo [Bournemouth, UK]
5 October 2019
Claims dogs are stolen from
Tuckton are fake, say police
CLAIMS that dogs are being stolen by a gang in a
Nissan van and used as bait are simply rumours, police say. Posters have gone
up in Tuckton Gardens warning that dogs are being snatched from their owners. Reports
have also circulated widely on social media that dogs have been stolen during
walks at Hengistbury Head. […] One claims a ‘lady in a white Nissan van’ is
using ‘two ropes’ to snare dogs. Others say the ‘gang’ are striking “all along
the coastline from Hengistbury Head to Branksome, and probably all in-between”.
[…]
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News.com.au [Australia]
7 October 2019
Woman claims to have found
needle in grapes bought from Aldi supermarket in Melbourne’s west
A needle spiked through a grape has reportedly been
found in a Victorian Aldi shop, weeks after similar suspected contamination of
strawberries. Chloe Shaw posted to Facebook on Sunday that she had made the
discovery and contacted the retailer and police. “Grapes I purchased today from
ALDI Caroline Springs. Please check all your grapes before eating especially if
your giving them to your kids,” she posted alongside two photos of a halved
green grape with a metal spike inside. […]
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WKYC-TV [Cleveland, OH]
3 October 2019
Fairlawn Police: No facts to
support human trafficking claims at mall
FAIRLAWN, Ohio — You may have seen similar stories
circulating on social media about a mother confronting women at a mall who
drugged and were trying to kidnap her daughter. The Fairlawn Police Department
is sending a warning: Be careful what
you post. “She heard it from her husband’s co worker’s friend of a friend and a
long list of other people that had told the story and that’s where she got her
information,” says Officer Allison Ross. […]
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