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Bangladesh Attack Underscores that It’s No Summer of Freedom for U.S. College Students

070516_Bangladesh2016? It’s been no freedom summer. If anything, it’s been more like a summer of terror.

And we’re not talking sharks.

From Orlando, to Turkey, to Bangladesh, the news of another violent outburst has marred the season those in higher ed usually associate with down time.

Professors on holiday. Students on exciting internships. They all come back in the fall.

No one is supposed to die at the hands of our modern-day nemesis, global terrorism.

But as officials name the victims of the hostage situation in an upscale café in Dhaka, Bangladesh, three U.S. college students have been identified.

Tarushi Jain, 19, was a student at the University of California, Berkeley. She was visiting her father, a businessman in the garment trade.

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