Associated PressHealthSenate Passes Economic Recovery PlanObama wants school funding restoredFebruary 10, 2009Community CollegesPlan to help more students transfer to UC, CSULeaders of California’s three higher-education systems are launching an initiative to increase the number of community college students transferring to the state’s four-year universities.February 5, 2009Leadership & PolicySurgeon Ready for Challenge as Head of UT SystemDr. Francisco Cigarroa, a pediatric transplant surgeon, is preparing for his toughest challenge ever.February 3, 2009HomeHouse Quickly OKs $819B Economic Stimulus BillIn a swift victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House approved a historically huge $819 billion stimulus bill Wednesday night, filled with new spending and tax cuts at the core of the young administration’s revival plan for the desperately ailing economy. The vote was 244-188.January 28, 2009LatinxImmigrants’ Son Struggled for Legal StatusFernando Guadarrama was 12 when he decided he couldn’t stay in America illegally any longer.January 27, 2009LatinxParent Complain That Pep Talks Singled Out Latinos, BlacksParents of black and Latino students at Camden County’s Eastern Regional High School complained to the school board last week that the school may have been discriminating by scheduling pep talks just for minority students.January 27, 2009HomeMontana Professor to Study End-of-life Care on ReservationsA Montana State University nursing professor has received a nearly $107,000 grant from the Lance Armstrong Foundation to better understand the needs of dying patients on the Blackfeet Reservation.January 26, 2009SportsNorth Carolina State women’s basketball coach diesNorth Carolina State women’s basketball coach Kay Yow died Jan. 24 in Cary, N.C., after a two-decade fight with cancer. Yow was 66. Yow announced earlier this month that she would not return this season after she missed four games because of an extremely low energy level. Yow was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987; in […]January 25, 2009LatinxHispanic Student Heads to Washington to Be Congressional PageWhen Glance High School student Jose Echevarria arrived in Oregon at age 9 he spoke no English and had no political favors to call in.January 20, 2009LatinxLawyers Help Stranded Peruvian studentsThree work-experience exchange students from Peru were supposed to spend their three-month break from college working in retail, perfecting their English and discovering a new part of the world.January 20, 2009Previous PagePage 284 of 569Next Page
