#calendar::after {
    content: " ";
    height: 1.1em;
    width: 33%;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #61162d;
    transform: translateY(279%);
    left: 67%;
    z-index: 1500;
}
#academics-updated::before {
    content: "";
    height: 1.1em;
    width: 18%;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: #61162d;
    z-index: 15000;
}
#news-section{
    background-image: none;
    background: #61162d;
    box-shadow: inset 0px 0px 20px rgba(0,0,0, .4);
    background-attachment: fixed;
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: center;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    border-top: none;
    border-bottom:none;
}
#news-section::before {
    content: " ";
    height: 1.3em;
    width: 55%;
    background-color: #b5a36a;
    position: absolute;
    left: 45%;
    z-index: 1000;
    transform: translateY(-45%);
}
#news-section::after {
    content: " ";
    height: 1.3em;
    width: 30%;
    position: absolute;
    transform: translateY(-100%);
    left: 0;
    background-color: #b5a36a;
    z-index: 1000;
    transform: translateY(-55%);
}
#news-section h2 {
    font-size: 2.5em;
    text-transform: none;
    text-align: left;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-shadow: 0px 2px 7px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
}
.central-news-container {
  /*! display: flex; */
}
.flex-container-news {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  align-content: space-between;
  /*! height: 100%; */
}
.news-item {
  /*! margin: 1.1em; */
  /*! padding-bottom: 1.5em; */
  background-color: #e3e3e3;
  color: black;
  /*! transform: scale(.95); */
  transition: all .5s;
  /*! height: 100%; */
  align-self: stretch;
  margin: .5em;
  border: 2px solid rgba(0,0,0, .25);
  /*! border-radius: 1em; */
  box-shadow: 0px 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0, .3);
  cursor:pointer;
  display: none;
  width: 50%;
  border-radius: 10px;
}
.news-item.active{
    display: inline-block;
}
.news-item:hover {
  transform: scale(1);
  border: 2px solid #b5a36a;
  background-color: #fbfbfb;
}
.news-item p {
  padding: .6em;
}
.sticky-news-container {
    background-color: #e3e3e3;
    min-height: 380px;
    box-shadow: 0px 2px 15px rgba(0,0,0, .35);
    border: 3px solid rgba(0,0,0, .25);
    cursor: pointer;
    transition: all .5s;
    border-radius: 10px;
}
.sticky-news-container p {
  padding: 1.5em;
}
#news-section .sticky-news-container p > a {
    color: black;
    text-shadow: none;
}
#news-section .sticky-news-container:hover p > a {
    color: #61162d;
}
.sticky-news-container:hover {
    border: 3px solid #b5a36a;
    background-color: #fbfbfb;
}

.news-button-item {
  align-content: space-between;
  width: 66%;
  padding-left: .6em;
}
.flex-container-news-buttons {
  display: flex;
}
.news-arrows-item {
  text-align: right;
  width: 33%;
  padding-right: .6em;
  /*! margin-top: 1.3em; */
  align-self: center;
}
.fas.fa-3x.fa-chevron-left {
  padding-right: .05em;
}

.news-arrows-item .fas {
  transition: all .3s;
  transform: scale(.80);
  cursor: pointer;
}
.news-arrows-item .fas:active {
  transform: scale(.5);
}
.sticky-news-container a {
  font-size: 1.25em;
}
#news-section img{
    border:none !important;
    height:auto;
    border-radius:0px;
    border-radius: 8px 8px 0px 0px;
}
#news-section .news-item p > a {
    color: #222;
    text-shadow: none;
}

@media (hover: hover) {
  .news-arrows-item .fas:hover {
  color: #b5a36a;
  transform: scale(1);
}  
  #news-section .news-item:hover p > a {
    color: #61162d;
}
}

@media only screen and (min-width: 768px){
    #news-section h2{
        font-size: 3em;
    }
    .news-item{
        width: 33.33%;
    }
    #news-section{
        background-image: url(news-dark-bkg.jpg);
    }
}