In Other News: Parents don’t want to name daughters Caitlyn; university accused of hiring snitches

Published 12:15 am Tuesday, May 16, 2017

Editor’s note: “In Other News” is a list of state, national and global headlines compiled by The Daily Citizen news staff. Click on the headlines below to read the full stories. To suggest a story, email the appropriate link to inothernews@daltoncitizen.com. The deadline is 3 p.m.

Don’t call me Caitlyn: baby name plunges in popularity

A year after Caitlyn Jenner announced her new name and gender, the popularity of the name Caitlyn plummeted more than any other baby name, according to Social Security’s annual list of names given most often to newborn girls. In fact, the four names that dropped the most were all variations of the same name: Caitlin, Caitlyn, Katelynn and Kaitlynn. Caitlin, the most popular spelling of the name, fell 542 spots to 1,151 on the list. — Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette

Indonesian Islamic leader says ethnic Chinese wealth is next target

The leader of a powerful Indonesian Islamist organization that led the successful push to jail Jakarta’s Christian governor has laid out plans for a new, racially charged campaign targeting economic inequality and foreign investment. In a rare interview, Bachtiar Nasir said the wealth of Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese minority was a problem. “It seems they do not become more generous, more fair,” the cleric said, referring to Chinese Indonesians. “That’s the biggest problem.” — Reuters

‘Social justice advocate’ or snitch? University of Arizona plan faces backlash

Following bad publicity, University of Arizona officials say they may eliminate the title — but not the job — of student “social justice advocates,” whose duties include reporting “bias incidents” and confronting “insensitive behavior.” It isn’t clear a name change will ease the controversy, with critics deriding the new hires as tattletales and spies. — Phoenix New Times

Miss USA’s remarks on feminism, health care spark controversy

At the start of the Miss USA broadcast Sunday night, most of Twitter was cheering on Miss District of Columbia, Kára McCullough, a chemist who works for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. But during the question-and-answer part of the broadcast she called health care a privilege, not a right, and declined to call herself a feminist, angering some who had cheered her on earlier in the evening. — People

Mother beats son for giving grandmother, not her, Mother’s Day card

Spartanburg, S.C., police say Shontrell Murphy beat her 6-year-old son after finding he made a Mother’s Day card for his grandmother but not for her.  — Atlanta Journal-Constitution