It's the first edition of Icebreakers News! Each week, Icebreakers brings you the most important higher ed stories you'll need for the week ahead. This week: Morehouse Commencement (0:40), OSU sex abuse (3:17), and severance at USC (6:20). Plus, a new segment titled "Youth Flash" (8:52) to keep you up-to-date on what students are talking about!

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We've got an exciting update for y'all and no, we didn't pay off your student loans. We're expanding and are excited to go on this journey with y'all!

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We're off this week because Liam graduated with his M.S! Enjoy the break, because we sure are!

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Liam discusses the Hofstra professor love letter to a student (0:40), random Commencement speakers (8:10), and the Arizona State-Cengage controversy (11:00).

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Why is dining hall egg salad so flourescent? Seferine Baez joins "Icebreakers" to chat about our go-to Domino's orders (6:50), the worst dining hall food options (17:15), and what if Game of Thrones characters ran a college (20:55)? 

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How small can a small college be until a small college is too small? Zach Tripsas (Boston Architectural College) visits "Icebreakers" to chat about working at a small college (5:58), working in multiple functional areas at once (11:27), and determine the "best" college in MA based off the US News and World Report rankings (19:39)! 

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Liam discusses the Elizabeth Holmes HBO documentary (1:12), the Harvard fencing coach scandal (6:20), the Humans of Higher Ed bracket (14:01), sports bra sexism at Rowan University (17:30), and the terrors of college e-mailing lists (33:25).

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April Fools' Day is a SAPro nightmare, so Happy April 1st! Maddie Kling (Boston College) visits "Icebreakers" to chat about student activities pains, finding student affairs, and play A lotto College Mottos! 

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It's time to decide the Month After February Mayhem champion! Matt Orsi (Bryant University) re-joins "Icebreakers" to determine the college champion from the NCAAM tournament bracket using any information BUT basketball. Also, he calls residence halls "dorms."

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It's the third month of the year and college basketball is beginning its tournament, so it's time for Month After February Mayhem! Matt Orsi (Bryant University) joins "Icebreakers" to determine the college champion from the NCAAM tournament bracket using any information BUT basketball. Part 2 of the challenge is out next week!

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