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Returning Virginia Tech students balance melancholy with hope as fall classes approach
BLACKSBURG Va. Sophomore Dat Hoang was eager to return to Virginia Tech, but moving back Wednesday also brought back memories of the friend he lost in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
August 14, 2007
Students
California students show only minimal gains on annual tests
SACRAMENTO After several years of steady progress, California students made few gains on academic achievement tests last year, according to the latest results released Wednesday by the state Department of Education.
August 14, 2007
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Despite rumors, authorities downplay gang link in triple slayings
NEWARK N.J. The search for the two remaining suspects in the cold-blooded murders of three college students extended down the Eastern seaboard Wednesday, as local authorities continued to downplay any organized gang involvement despite anecdotal evidence that suggests a gang connection.
August 14, 2007
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Four national lab directors tour research corridor
FARGO N.D. The director of one of the country’s top government laboratories says North Dakota is earning a national reputation for research facilities at its major universities.
August 14, 2007
Sports
Southern University, other colleges replace habitats for live mascots
For more than three decades, the campus of Southern University in Baton Rouge, La., was home to thousands of students, a successful football program and one live jaguar in a cramped pen.
August 14, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Bishop State investigation at center of Alabama furor over “fuhrer”
MONTGOMERY Ala. The emotion-charged German title “fuhrer,” usually associated with Adolf Hitler, has created a furor between Democrats and Republicans that could be a buildup to the next race for governor.
August 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
When Presidential and Pastoral Duties Collide
College presidents who also serve as spiritual leaders are criticized for not devoting enough attention to either job.
August 14, 2007
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Growth in ACT Participation Fueled By Blacks, Hispanics
More Black and Hispanic high school graduates are taking the ACT, but they continue to post the lowest composite score averages, according to the ACT College Readiness Report released Wednesday.
August 14, 2007
Leadership & Policy
Colleges Struggle to Quit Rankings Habit
U.S. News & World Report releases its annual college rankings Friday in the face of the loudest and best-organized criticism from educators the magazine has ever encountered. But for all the complaints that the rankings warp college admissions and distract colleges from educating students, U.S. News still has the upper hand. Colleges are having a hard time quitting the magazine’s annual beauty contest.
August 14, 2007
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Four national lab directors tour research corridor
FARGO N.D. The director of one of the country’s top government laboratories says North Dakota is earning a national reputation for research facilities at its major universities.
August 14, 2007
Sports
New Mexico State football team will wear pink for breast cancer research
LAS CRUCES N.M. To most fans, college football is a black-and-blue sport. At New Mexico State, it’s time to think pink.
August 14, 2007
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Nifong complains about NC State Bar’s handling of his ethics case
RALEIGH N.C. When former Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong mailed in his law license last week, he also included a note bemoaning “the fundamental unfairness” of the North Carolina State Bar’s handling of his ethics case.
August 14, 2007
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Ark. ACT results reach record in math and reading
LITTLE ROCK Arkansas high school students reached record scores on the math and reading portion of the ACT college entrance exam this year, but the state still trailed the national composite average on the standardized test.
August 14, 2007
Sports
Legal trouble with Rutgers player only beginning for Imus
NEW YORK On the same day Don Imus settled a lawsuit with CBS Radio after being fired for making sexist and racist comments about the Rutgers women’s basketball team, his legal troubles with one of the players began.
August 14, 2007
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Sports
Pro or not pro? That’s the question among student athletes
NAKHON NAYOK Thailand The clink of a putter and the applause that followed at the 18th hole cut through a symphony of crickets in the dim light of dusk.
August 14, 2007
HBCUs
Thai American returns to her family’s roots at World University Games
NAKHON NAYOK Thailand Three weeks before most of her U.S. teammates arrived for the World University Games, Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana had a homecoming. They’re becoming increasingly poignant every time she visits Thailand.
August 14, 2007
Faculty & Staff
UNH accepts factfinder report in faculty contract dispute
DURHAM N.H. There is a break in the impasse in contract talks between faculty and the University of New Hampshire.
August 14, 2007
Students
Camp gives students taste of traditional native art
FARMINGTON N.M. A dozen American Indian high school students sat in a room, concentrating hard on the beginning of a small loom in front of them.
August 14, 2007
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