Niche ranked colleges based on “key statistics and student reviews using data from the U.S. Department of Education,” including campus crime rate, the local crime grade, alcohol- and drug-related arrests, and residence hall date violence and rape rates. Highly ranked schools like Cairn University are considered to “offer a safe and healthy environment with little or no campus crime, drugs, or alcohol usage.”
You can read the full report at niche.com/colleges/search/safest-colleges/.


The Compassionate Aid in Dying Bill is No Neighbor to Life [From Northeast Times]
In March 2023, Pennsylvania lawmakers introduced the Compassionate Aid in Dying bill (HB543/SB816). The bill is modeled after Oregon’s Death with Dignity Act, which has largely set the framework, in