Alex Nester is an intern at the Washington Free Beacon and will begin a fellowship with The Public Interest in September. She graduated from Hillsdale College this spring with a bachelor of arts in economics.
Welcome back to Campus Insanity, a weekly roundup of the craziest developments at our nation's 4,000-plus institutions of higher education.
#ShutDownDC released three maps showing a series of "demonstrations"—protests targeting Republican officials and attempting to block access to sites across the capital city—it has planned for election week. 
A Pittsburgh, Pa., election official said Wednesday that the U.S. Postal Service has potentially lost thousands of mail-in ballots, CBS 2 Pittsburgh reported. 
A New Hampshire Democrat seeking state office in next week’s election was arrested and charged on multiple counts of domestic violence last year, Patch reported Wednesday.
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti (D.) asked top aide Rick Jacobs to take a leave of absence after three new sexual misconduct allegations against him surfaced last week, the Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday. 
Democratic Senate candidate Sara Gideon dodged a question at a debate Wednesday night about why she refused to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against a Democratic colleague.
Animal-rights activist group PETA is demanding a federal prison accommodate Ghislaine Maxwell's vegan diet to prevent her from "contributing to suffering." 
A Democratic state assemblyman in Las Vegas is under investigation for allegedly misusing campaign funds and violating Nevada law by living outside of the district he represents.
At least 30 police officers were injured in Philadelphia on Monday night—including one sergeant who was hit by a truck—while responding to anti-police riots.
The New York City Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Aid Society filed a lawsuit against New York City mayor Bill de Blasio (D.) and other city officials for their "unjustifiable" response to anti-police riots this summer. 