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How many presidents have been under 5'8?
Per ChatGPT.
Several U.S. presidents were under 5'8" in height:
James Madison: He was the fourth President of the United States and stood at around 5'4" (163 cm).
Martin Van Buren: He was the eighth President of the United States and was approximately 5'6" (168 cm) tall.
William McKinley: He was the 25th President of the United States and was about 5'7" (170 cm) in height.
Harry S. Truman: He was the 33rd President of the United States and was around 5'8" (173 cm) tall.
Y'all got me completely thrown off now, I can't tell if I'm really seeing it or just imagining it, but his arms look way too high up on his body like his legs are disproportionately long for that height. This is the Donald Trump debate diaper all over again.
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Muufukka’s campaign really came and went like a mid trap album. 
Get this swine bitin ass douchebag faghot the fukk outta my sight already 
New College of Florida dropout rate spikes, retention rate falls amid DeSantis' transition
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New College of Florida dropout rate spikes, retention rate falls amid DeSantis' transition
Steven WalkerSarasota Herald-Tribune
Published 4:10 a.m. ET Oct. 12, 2023Updated 12:09 p.m. ET Oct. 13, 2023
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New College of Florida lost more than twice the normal number of students it usually does between fall semesters this year, according to a report sent to faculty from the college's provost Wednesday.
The college also had "by far" the lowest retention rate of first-year students in the college's history, at 64.9%, Interim Provost Brad Thiessen wrote. The drop in retention rate and the spike in the departure rate followed the dramatic overhaul launched by Gov. Ron DeSantis early this year with the appointment of six new members to the board of trustees, who fired the sitting president and appointed former DeSantis education commissioner Richard Corcoran as president.
Between fall 2022 and the start of the 2023-24 academic year, Thiessen said 27% of New College's 691 students left the school, the equivalent of about 186 students. That compares with 13% and 14% the preceding two years, respectively, according to the report, or about 93 students per year.
Despite the spike in departures from New College, its total enrollment for this fall was 733 students, 41 more than the previous year. The college enrolled a record number of incoming students for this semester at 325 students, an increase of 137 students from the previous year, according to the college's posted fact book.
The swelling enrollment followed the departure of more than a third of faculty after the spring 2023 semester. In April, the trustees voted to deny tenure to five faculty members who had been scheduled to receive it.
New College spokesperson Nathan March said the metrics were "remarkably unacceptable" and showed the need for the new leadership to intervene.
"The real story is despite the difficult circumstances New College found itself in, overall enrollment increased by more than 40 students and we achieved record enrollment for first-time students - breaking past 300 new students for the first time in the school’s 63-year history," March said. "New College will be the best liberal arts school in the country."
Amy Reid, the head of the Gender Studies department at New College and faculty representative on the board of trustees, said the retention numbers combined with the loss in faculty were indicative of the challenges facing the college. The school's leadership needs to express a clear vision to students, she said.
"I hope that the administration is going to be able to articulate a clear and inspiring vision for the college," Reid said. "And that goes beyond just saying, 'Being the best.'"
The tumultuous last year at New College
Gov. Ron DeSantis talks during his bill signing ceremony of new legislation impacting the state's colleges and universities in May, held at Sarasota's New College of Florida. Thomas Bender/Herald-Tribune
Corcoran and the board members are tasked with transforming New College into a more classical liberal arts school, akin to the Christian, conservative Hillsdale College in Michigan.
The school's leadership moved quickly to dissolve the college's diversity department, abolish the gender studies program, fire an LGBTQ librarian and deny tenure to the faculty members set to receive it.
Meanwhile, in this year's U.S. News and World Report rankings of top liberal arts colleges in the country, New College dropped 24 spots compared to the previous year to No. 100.
Corcoran also has established an athletics department to drive up enrollment numbers, which increased first-year enrollment to a record figure. However, increased enrollment came with a decrease in overall grade point average and test scores, which had historically helped the school earn a national reputation as a top public liberal arts college.
Student-athletes were given priority in housing assignments as the college shuttered dorms on campus due to mold issues. The influx of students combined with the restricted housing supply has caused a housing crisis on campus, pushing most new and returning students who aren't student-athletes into living at off-campus hotels.
The board also approved plans to demolish the Palmer, Reichert and Knight buildings.
In September, the college had at least two federal civil rights complaints filed against it. One complaint, which the U.S. Department of Education opened for an review that Corcoran called "not an investigation", involved a lack of disability access on the college's website. As of late last month, the college had settled this complaint with the department.
A separate complaint filed to the department two days earlier alleged an ongoing trend of discrimination against "protected groups" such as LGBTQ+ students, and the creation of a hostile environment toward those students. The agency has not responded to inquiries about whether it is investigating that complaint.
Follow Herald-Tribune Education Reporter Steven Walker on Twitter at @swalker_7. He can be reached at sbwalker@gannett.com.
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Ron DeSantis’ money problems are worse than you think
The Florida governor is going to have to find new big donors — fast.
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Known for His Pointed Questions, a 15-Year-Old Is Ejected From a G.O.P. Event
Quinn Mitchell, an aspiring journalist from New Hampshire, was escorted out of a G.O.P. candidate summit on Friday, though he was later allowed to return.
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Known for His Pointed Questions, a 15-Year-Old Is Ejected From a G.O.P. Event
Quinn Mitchell, an aspiring journalist from New Hampshire, was escorted out of a G.O.P. candidate summit on Friday, though he was later allowed to return.
It was the type of tough question a Republican presidential candidate might get on a Sunday morning talk show, only the person asking it was 15: Quinn Mitchell wanted to know if Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida believed that former President Donald J. Trump had violated the peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021.
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lol at this clown show. Over a quarter of the student body left, so they made up for it by seriously reducing academic standards and then trying to brag that they had a huge 1st-year class, when that only happened because they admitted kids they wouldn't have taken before.
And then making it so only student-athletes can live on campus.
lol at this clown show. Over a quarter of the student body left, so they made up for it by seriously reducing academic standards and then trying to brag that they had a huge 1st-year class, when that only happened because they admitted kids they wouldn't have taken before.
And then making it so only student-athletes can live on campus.
Trump told his fans they 'don't have to vote' and should 'watch' other voters instead
The four-time indicted Trump also told reporters in New Hampshire that he "was never indicted."
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Trump told his fans they 'don't have to vote' and should 'watch' other voters instead
Matthew LohOct 24, 2023, 12:02 AM EDT
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign event on October 23, 2023 in Derry, New Hampshire. Scott Eisen/Getty Images
- Former President Donald Trump told his supporters they "don't have to vote" for him.
- He said they should instead "watch" other voters, alluding to his false election fraud claims.
- "You don't have to vote, don't worry about voting," he told his New Hampshire fans.
Former President Donald Trump told supporters at a New Hampshire rally that they don't need to vote on election day next year.
Instead, they should spend their time keeping an eye on other voters, he said.
Speaking at the Monday event in Derry, Trump once again alluded to his baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him.
"So we have to be careful, you gotta get out there and you got to watch those voters," Trump said. "You don't have to vote, don't worry about voting. The voting, we got plenty of votes, you gotta watch."
Trump, who often campaigns and fundraises off a debunked claim that the 2020 election was rigged, in his speech criticized current voting requirements in the US and called for more counter-fraud measures in national elections.
Trump secured the GOP nomination in New Hampshire in the 2016 and 2020 primaries, but subsequently lost the state to Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden in the presidential elections.
When asked to comment on the former president's Monday statements, a spokesperson for Trump told Insider: "He was clearly talking about election integrity and making sure only legal votes are counted, and not letting what happened in 2020 happen again."
The 2024 campaign team for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who's competing with Trump for the GOP nomination, seized upon the former president's remarks about voting.
"This is the type of talk that loses elections," wrote DeSantis' press secretary, Bryan Griffin, on X.
During his speech, Trump also compared himself to South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela, and cast himself as a victim in the four criminal indictments and other civil trials he's facing.
"I don't mind being Nelson Mandela because I'm doing it for a reason," he said.
The former president has been slapped with 91 felony charges since March.
Before the rally, he denied that he had ever been indicted, though he's personally appeared in court to plead not guilty to the crimes he's been accused of.
"This is all Biden stuff, all of these indictments that you see. I was never indicted, you practically never heard the word, it wasn't a word that registered," he told reporters.
He had visited New Hampshire's state Capitol that day to officially file the paperwork for his GOP nomination bid.
A spokesperson for Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside regular business hours.
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