Tuskegee University president defends dress code amid criticism: ‘Raise the bar, students will reach it’

Tuskegee University President Dr. Mark Brown, a retired Air Force major general, is defending the historically Black university’s renewed emphasis on student dress and conduct standards, saying the policy is aimed at preparing students for the workplace rather than policing personal style.

"If you raise the bar, students will reach it," Brown told Fox News Digital in an interview.

"Why don't we raise the bar? That's what I think we ought to do. We're unapologetic about that part."

After issuing a pre-campus arrival memo requiring a business suit and shoes for business-like meetings and professional dress in the classrooms, as well as barring non-religious head coverings, Brown said he saw that evidence of success during the first days of the school year.

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"I had a wonderful time riding around and walking around the campus on the first and the second day of class," he said. "The bar was raised and it was being reached. "But the same is true as if you lower the bar, or if you go past the mistake and fail to address it: That becomes the standard. And so, you know, we are a university of standards. I believe all of higher education should be a university standards."

The university’s policy has drawn criticism from freedom of expression advocates over restrictions that include bans on items such as durags and bonnets, with some critics framing the rules as "respectability politics."

Brown, however, said the dress code should be viewed as one part of a much broader push toward student success that includes punctuality, attendance, internships, professional certifications, interview preparation and workplace readiness.

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"The focus is how do I make you a professional in whatever space you want to go in?" he said.

"Any higher education institution in the country that's not focused on student success, no matter what type of university that is, is not focused where they should be. That's why we exist. That's exactly why we exist."

The policy itself is not new, Brown said, but Tuskegee is placing "greater emphasis" on it as part of an effort to ensure graduates leave campus prepared not only with a degree, but with the habits employers expect.

"It’s not the world we wish you were going into, it’s the world you’re going to go into," Brown said. "It’s not the way that we wish an employer would perceive you. It’s the way the employer will perceive you."

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Brown said the debate over whether college is worth the cost has put greater pressure on universities to demonstrate that students are being prepared for what comes after graduation.

"What do you want when you send your son or daughter to college?" Brown said. "What do you expect us to do and what do you expect to happen four or five years from now when they graduate?"

Brown said Tuskegee wants students to leave with more than a grade-point average and a diploma.

"We want them job-ready," he said.

He pointed to punctuality as one example of a habit that may appear minor in the classroom but can carry significant consequences in the workplace.

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"Would it be sad for us to allow a student to come to class late, practice that for four to five years, and then find out that no matter how great they were with their 4.0 or 3.8 GPA, it won’t keep them that job?" he said.

Critics have also questioned whether professional dress requirements could place an added financial burden on students. Brown said Tuskegee is prepared to address that concern directly.

About 70% of students on campus are Pell Grant eligible, he said, and the university’s Golden Tigers Community Closet is available to students who need help obtaining professional clothing.

"If a student needs help with that, we’re going to help them," Brown said. "That’s not going to be the barrier between compliance and getting ready. We’re going to remove that barrier."

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The university also plans to bring in a professional several times during the school year to teach students the details of business attire, including how to button a coat and properly wear a tie.

"I really want us to bear down and double click, to use a common term these days, on the fact that we have to care as much about what happens in school as what happens after school," he said.

Brown pointed to the school’s recent employment numbers as evidence that its approach is producing results. He said roughly 70% of students who graduated in May already had jobs lined up.

"Seven out of every 10," Brown said. "That is the challenge. That’s what we should be debating."

Brown is facing criticism from those objecting to Tuskegee's renewed emphasis on its dress code, including the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), a student rights advocacy group, due to restrictions on durags and other clothing associated with Black culture.

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"Tuskegee can’t promise students broad freedom of expression while enforcing a sweeping dress code that regulates ordinary, non-disruptive expression," FIRE Senior Program Counsel Haley Gluhanich told Fox News Digital in a statement. "Preparing students for professional life is a legitimate goal, but it does not hinge on requirements about what adults wear to class or lunch."

"As a private university, Tuskegee may choose to place other values ahead of expressive freedom, but if it does, it should be honest with current and prospective students about the limits of its commitment to free expression," Gluhanich added.

In response to criticism, Brown pointed to Tuskegee’s history, including the Tuskegee Airmen, as an example of preparing students to demonstrate competence even in a society where prejudice exists.

"My race and my ethnicity would have absolutely nothing to do about it," Brown said. "That’s not the subject. The subject is social and economic mobility and student success."

"It’s not that there wasn’t prejudice in the world," Brown said. "There’s prejudice in the world today. There’s going to be prejudice tomorrow."

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He is not dismissing broader debates over culture, expression or discrimination, but he argued that Tuskegee’s immediate responsibility is preparing its students to succeed amid those realities.

"I’m not discarding the debates," he said. "The debates are great. I think America is great because we have debate. But that’s not the purpose of the university in this sense. The purpose of a university is, while the debates go on, to be prepared."

Brown has heard the criticism but has not encountered significant pushback from Tuskegee students. He also said he has received significant positive feedback from leaders at other universities.

"This is not unique," Brown said. "If you go to many universities, they have dress codes, they have these kinds of things. Perhaps we are, at this moment, [placing] a greater emphasis."

For Brown, the larger question is whether universities view their responsibility to students as ending at graduation.

"If we think the degree ends the relationship, I do not," Brown said. "I think the relationship and the value of the time here ends down the road, when that student is getting a return on investment.

"That matters the most for those students who are economically at a disadvantage, who are using education as a springboard to do better," he concluded. "Again, every college president, chancellor – I’ve got to believe – wants that for their students.

"But do we expect them to practice that when they start work? Or isn’t the classroom an extension of that? Isn’t it a laboratory by which you practice these very important skills? I think it is."

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House Republican aims to put Democrats on the record over DSA with resolution condemning socialism

Rep. Jeff Crank, R-Colo., introduced a measure Thursday condemning socialism in all its forms, telling Fox News Digital he wants to use the vote to force moderate House Democrats to take a more public stance against the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

"I keep hearing people like Hakeem Jeffries and others in the Congress saying that they oppose the DSA. Let's see if they're willing to vote for a resolution that would oppose them," Crank told Fox News Digital in an interview on Friday.

Crank's House resolution cites New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s victory as one of the clearest signposts of the DSA’s growing political momentum.

A recent Brookings Institution analysis found that as of August 12, 123 candidates endorsed or recommended by national, state or local DSA chapters had won primaries this cycle. Most were running for local or state-level office.

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Crank described the DSA movement as "anti-American" and "anti-Constitution," arguing that its members are often hostile to free speech, one of the core rights protected by the U.S. Constitution.

He also accused DSA members of being anti-Semitic in their advocacy against Israel, particularly after the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel.

"I would almost say the DSA in some ways is the marriage between socialism, the traditional socialism of Bernie Sanders, and the anti-Semitism of this sort of radical Arab movement," Crank said.

He continued: "If that's a marriage, their child is violence, right? It's violence and intimidation. It's showing up at town hall meetings and trying to shout elected officials down, which, by the way, is completely anti-democratic."

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One recent example of DSA members disrupting an elected official came in February, when San Francisco DSA led a protest at a news conference held by Mayor Daniel Lurie, who is Jewish.

Lurie was announcing a tax-cut proposal when demonstrators repeatedly chanted "Tax the rich." During the disruption, a woman also shouted "tax the Jews," though DSA and other protesters said she was not affiliated with the group.

Crank also took aim at several proposals contained in the DSA's national program, arguing that they undermine "free and fair elections."

His House resolution calls for passage of the SAVE Act — which would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections — while also highlighting the DSA's support for extending voting rights to "noncitizens."

According to the DSA's program, all permanent U.S. residents should have the right to vote, as should incarcerated people and those with criminal convictions.

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The program also calls for abolishing the Senate and replacing the Supreme Court with "a judiciary chosen by and subordinate to Congress."

Crank also criticized the DSA's explicit opposition to capitalism, arguing that socialism has repeatedly failed both in the United States and abroad.

"I find it ironic that many of the people who are pushing socialism or who are involved in the DSA movement, they're people who came here from a different country and now they come here and want to impose... the socialism that they left, that didn't work," Crank said.

He singled out Mamdani as "the first verified failure of socialism," citing his pied-à-terre tax.

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"You're seeing socialism at its worst in places like New York with Mamdani who's saying, 'Well, I am just going to tax anybody who has a big house here,'" Crank said. "Well, people can choose to not have a house in New York. So they leave. It doesn't work."

He added: "He's the first one to sort of get elected, and now he's trying to spread it and get other DSA members around the country elected."

Crank also mentioned Melat Kiros, a 29-year-old DSA member who won her Colorado primary in July after handily defeating Democratic incumbent Diana DeGette.

"[Kiros] said America deserved 9/11. So tell me why that's different? When you have a bunch of terrorists on September 11th killing Americans because of ideology, how is that different than what Mao did? It isn't. This is the insidiousness of this movement," Crank said.

Crank's resolution similarly draws a line between modern Democratic socialists and past communist regimes under leaders such as Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin, asserting that socialism has led to famine, mass killings and more than 100 million deaths worldwide.

Kiros' comments on 9/11 stem from an interview she did on June 22 with 9News journalist Kyle Clark, who asked her whether she believed the attacks were an "inevitable consequence" of American intervention.

"Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East, which led people to believe that another act of violence was the only response. And again, just like I said before, our responsibility is to get rid of those conditions that lead to violence in the first place," Kiros said.

Crank's resolution will be considered by the House Rules Committee on Monday, and there will be a vote likely sometime next week, the congressman told Fox News Digital.

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Livvy Dunne selflessly passes along three keys to 'Baywatch' slow motion run to NFL quarterback's girlfriend

What good is acquiring knowledge if you can't share it with others? Now, those in the real world who are working with others for a living have run into the person who tries to learn everything for job security purposes.

It doesn’t have to be that way. If you're good at what you do, then it doesn’t hurt to share that knowledge. That's where Livvy Dunne comes in.

She acquired some valuable knowledge about the iconic Baywatch slow motion run and, instead of hoarding it all to herself, she selflessly passed along the three keys to pulling it off to Olivia Ponton.

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The employee/girlfriend of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow wisely turned what she learned from Dunne into content. That's the way of the world these days, it is what it is.

Hey, credit to her too. Ponton could have played around like they were making something special together, never posted the video, and kept the three keys to herself. There's no reason to do that.

Just because you have the recipe doesn't mean you can pull it off like the Pamela Andersons of the world. And out of respect for Pamela and the rest of the Baywatch trailblazers, I'm not about to compare this to what they did.

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It's a completely different era. It's not fair. One is hard fouls on the way to the hoop and the other is a flopping disgrace. But we can find greatness in both.

Let's get back to those keys and the knowledge transfer. After buttering up the former gymnast and MLB WAG with a "Baywatch baddie" compliment, Ponton handed the spotlight over to Dunne.

The keys are as follows:

I don't know about you, but I learned something. My instincts are correct. It's better to pass along the knowledge than to keep it all for yourself.

The sense of job security is a figment of the imagination of the know-it-all who doesn’t share what they've learned. This is a better way.

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EXCLUSIVE: LA ICE director reveals officers followed home, harassed as police fail to help in sanctuary city

EXCLUSIVE: From agents being followed home and harassed to dealing with riots and local police refusing to assist, ICE Los Angeles Field Office Director Thomas Giles gave Fox News Digital an inside look at the daily risks of conducting operations in one of America’s largest sanctuary cities.

Fox News Digital accompanied Giles and a team of ICE officers on an immigration enforcement operation in the Los Angeles area early Thursday morning. In an interview from inside his vehicle during the operation, Giles emphasized that while "it's not going to shut us down and stop us," California’s sanctuary policies put both his agents and the community at risk.

"The sanctuary policies definitely impact our operations in terms of it'd be a lot easier for us to have that transfer of custody in a secure environment," he explained. "So, what it does for us is it sends our officers out into the community, putting our officers at risk and other community members at risk to go out and try to apprehend this individual."

Fox News Digital witnessed ICE arrest six illegal immigrants Thursday morning, including one who had been convicted of assault with a baseball bat and another who had been convicted of illegally re-entering the U.S. multiple times.

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Giles explained that because of ongoing litigation in California, ICE officers are not allowed to knock on a target’s door or even set foot on the area surrounding the property. This complicates enforcement by forcing officers to apprehend targets in public spaces or through potentially dangerous vehicle stops.

He said that "before we had all these sanctuary policies … we were picking up hundreds of people a day at the local jails and bringing them in and processing them." Now, local law enforcement "can't even work with us," which he said "is definitely a big, huge public safety threat."

As an example, Giles pointed to one of the operation’s targets, 20-year-old Honduran national Julio Alberto Aroca-Rodriguez, whom local police had arrested the week before for assault with a deadly weapon using a baseball bat. Aroca-Rodriguez entered the U.S. at an unknown date and location and has been subject to a removal order since 2019. Local authorities declined to honor ICE’s request to hold Aroca-Rodriguez and released him.

When ICE officers encountered Aroca-Rodriguez on Thursday, they also detained four other "collaterals" identified as illegal immigrants. After making the arrests, the officers quickly relocated because a crowd of anti-ICE agitators had begun to form.

Giles described the treatment of ICE law enforcement officers by many California politicians, the media and members of the public as "degrading to the work that the men and women of ICE do."

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"My officers have been followed home and been harassed, harassed on social media, harassed just personally, and they get in your face and everything else," he said.

He also criticized anti-ICE agitators who wear masks while simultaneously "complaining about us wearing masks but they look the same as we do as well."

Despite this, Giles praised his officers as Americans who "love this country" and "want to support the Constitution."

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"We're out doing our job; we are sworn law enforcement officers. We're out trying to keep the community safe just like other law enforcement officers," he said. "I just think there's a lot of rhetoric out there that a lot of people don't know exactly what we do and we're trying to portray that out to the public."

Fox News Digital witnessed ICE process Aroca-Rodriguez and was told he would remain in custody pending removal to Honduras. Five other illegal immigrants were also processed for removal proceedings during the operation.

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Country singer Kacey Musgraves turns concert into plea for kids whose parents were deported 'unfairly'

Eight-time Grammy award-winning country singer Kacey Musgraves paused the opening night of her "Middle of Nowhere" tour on Friday at Chicago's United Center to ask fans to donate to the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights as her birthday wish, saying the nonprofit helped children whose parents had been deported "unfairly."

"It’s a wonderful organization, and they help give aid — legal aid — and money to children whose parents have been deported unfairly," Musgraves said. "It’s not a political thing. It’s just, these kids need help."

The Chicago-based Young Center describes its work as pairing volunteers with attorneys and social workers to advocate for unaccompanied and separated immigrant children in government custody. Its website lists family unity, release from custody, fair proceedings and children's best interests among its priorities.

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The nonprofit reported serving 1,975 children from 53 countries in 2024 and opening 1,388 new cases. Its 2025 annual report said children's average detention time increased from 30 to 198 days and requests for assistance from detained parents quadrupled from 2024.

Friday’s appeal extended Musgraves’ support for the charity. In April, resale platform Depop announced that 20 pieces from her wardrobe, including clothing from music videos and tours, would be sold in capsule drops. Women's Wear Daily reported that all proceeds would benefit the Young Center.

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In announcing the sale, Musgraves described the beneficiary without discussing immigration enforcement.

"I also adore the fact that the sales are supporting a really beautiful cause," Musgraves said.

Musgraves also invited three brothers, ages 18, 14 and 12, to open three Texas shows in May after their family was released from ICE custody. The mariachi performers' family said they entered through the now-defunct CBP One appointment system in 2023 and sought asylum after fleeing violence in Mexico, KSAT reported.

DHS said the family entered illegally and had been released into the country by the Biden administration.

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Responding to the family’s detention, DHS said federal law required custody while its immigration claims were heard.

"The law requires illegal aliens who show up at a port of entry without valid entry to be detained while all their claims are heard. You can look it up in the statute," a DHS spokesperson told KSAT. "Unlike the previous administration, the Trump administration is not going to ignore the rule of law."

Musgraves' latest remarks came as ICE enforcement reached record levels. Federal sources told Fox News Digital that agents made about 51,000 immigration arrests in July, topping the previous record of roughly 43,000 in June.

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"Every day, the brave men and women of ICE are arresting and DEPORTING dangerous criminal illegal aliens, including gang members, from our country," DHS said.

The Chicago concert launched Musgraves’ North American arena tour, with Midland as the opening act. Official tour listings showed dates continuing through October.

Fox News Digital reached out to Musgraves, the Young Center, Depop and DHS for comment but did not immediately receive a response.

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Why the Rays' Shane McClanahan vs. Orioles pitching matchup looks like a betting gift

I've talked about this before, but there are some games where the line just stands out to you. Normally, it is because you feel like the book is really off about something. In my experience, I've either been a huge winner because of this, or I temper my expectations because I feel like there is something I have to be missing that the books know. That's how I feel about today's game between the Rays and Orioles. The line is off, but maybe I'm missing something. The only way to find out is to throw some cash on it.

The Tampa Bay Rays are among the best teams in baseball, and they were a team that was predicted to be essentially a .500 team. As of right now, they own the American League East and the best record in the American League. They only need to hold up for another few weeks in order to get to the finish line. The Yankees are still chasing them, despite all the injuries, and the Red Sox are within a reasonable striking distance. They aren't playing great baseball at the moment, having lost three of the last five, but they are still in a good spot.

What is surprising to me about today's game is that Shane McClanahan is on the bump for the Rays, and they are only moderate favorites to beat the Orioles. For the season, McClanahan is 9-6 with a 3.25 ERA and a 1.12 WHIP. Perhaps the reason is that he hasn't been great on the road this season, throwing to a 4.31 ERA in away games. It really isn't the result of home runs or hits. It seems that his control just isn't quite as good. He has 21 walks in 48 innings on the road, compared to 14 in 54 innings at home. The other reason is that he has allowed seven earned runs in 13.2 innings over three starts against the Orioles. However, his best start against them came on the road, when he allowed just three hits in 5.1 scoreless innings.

The Baltimore Orioles are a team we've spoken about frequently in these articles. They didn't get the season they were hoping for, but there is some reason for positivity. Their signing of Pete Alonso was great. Gunnar Henderson has shown good pop, even if he has struck out far too much. But I suppose the best thing to keep in mind is they got some decent returns for the players they traded away midseason. It isn't going to help them this year, but when you're already looking forward to next season, some positivity helps.

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Another bright spot in the dark year has been today's hurler, Brandon Young. For the season, Young is 9-3 with a 3.52 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP. He has been solid at home this year with a 3.39 ERA. Young is a guy the Orioles probably will lean on next season as well. With his numbers, he can reasonably fit into the middle of their rotation and not have any real issues. He has faced Tampa once this season, it was his most recent start, and he allowed four earned runs (three homers) over four innings of work.

When I looked at the pitching matchup I just kind of scratched my head on why this wasn't a -165 or higher game. McClanahan doesn't go overly deep, but the Rays have one of the better bullpens in baseball. Sure, Young should make some adjustments and improve on his performance. However, McClanahan should as well. I just don't see why the Orioles are getting love. I'll temper my expectations a bit in case I'm missing something, but I'm taking the Rays because I think this line is a gift from the books.

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Laken Snelling, ex-University of Kentucky student, pleads guilty to death of baby found dead in closet

A former University of Kentucky student-athlete has pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of her infant son, who was found inside a trash bag in a closet.

Laken Snelling, 22, a member of the university's STUNT team, initially pleaded not guilty before changing her plea on Friday in connection with her newborn's death, FOX 56 reported. She was indicted by a Fayette County grand jury and faced a slew of charges, including abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant.

"I was under a lot of emotional stress and my baby came unexpectedly," Snelling said while crying in court. "And instead of helping him, I ended his life and afterward I cleaned up and didn’t tell anyone."

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When asked by Judge Diane Minnifield how she ended the baby's life, Snelling said: "I deprived him of oxygen."

Commonwealth's attorney Kimberly Baird said that Snelling’s attorney approached prosecutors as plans changed.

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"This was a case that needed to go straight to the grand jury anyway, as opposed to just entering a plea," Baird said, according to the news outlet. "The grand jury returned the indictment for first-degree manslaughter, and then they returned and suggested that offer. We accepted."

Officers in Lexington responded to reports of an unresponsive infant on Aug. 27, 2024, and found the child's remains inside a black trash bag, according to a news release from the city of Lexington. The baby's body was cold.

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Snelling was arrested days later. She told staff at the University of Kentucky hospital that she heard the newborn "whimper" at birth and "guessed" he was alive, according to an affidavit previously cited by FOX 56.

The baby also showed "a little fetal movement," the court document stated. Snelling told investigators that she was awake for 30 minutes after giving birth before passing out on top of the baby. When she woke up, she saw the newborn "turning blue and purple," court documents state.

She believed the baby was dead, so she "wrapped him like a burrito" and laid next to him, saying it "gave her comfort," officials said. At some point, she told her roommates that she was going to see a doctor because she had fainted from not eating.

Afterward, she picked up McDonald’s and went to the student health clinic but "did not go inside," the affidavit stated.

A subsequent search of Snelling’s phone revealed she had deleted labor photos and evidence of the pregnancy, police said.

Snelling faces up to 10 years in prison.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Snelling's attorney and the Fayette Commonwealth's Attorney's Office for comment.

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