Inquiry Into Alleged Anti-Asian Bias Expands: The complaint, filed in 2006, has been viewed as significant by critics of affirmative action who argue — as does the rejected applicant — that highly competitive colleges’ commitment to diversity results in differential standards for members of different groups, with Asian American applicants held to tougher standards. [Inside Higher Ed]
Macabre drug cartel messages in Mexico: Some of the communications intended for rivals, officials and the public have accompanied severed heads and been written on bodies. [LA Times]
For hospices, an infusion of youth: At Charlestown-based Beacon Hospice, the largest hospice organization in New England, the number of volunteers in their teens or 20s has increased by nearly 80 percent in the past year. [Boston Globe]
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