Archive | September, 2011

Okla. school official tweets: Educators ‘dirtbags’

by Justin Juozapavicius, Associated Press TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma’s schools superintendent said Thursday that her chief of staff calling school administrators “dirtbags” in a personal Twitter post was a “poor choice of words” — but called a lawsuit targeting parents of special-needs children that prompted the comment vindictive and “groundless.” In her Sept. 7 [...]

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Hundreds protest ‘diversity bake sale’ at Berkeley campus

by Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times (MCT) BERKELEY, Calif. — Hundreds of students packed the University of California, Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on Tuesday to express their views on the use of race and gender in university admissions decisions — and to weigh in on the tone of the debate. The dialogue in this bastion of [...]

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Students arrested in SAT cheating case in NY

by Frank Eltman, Associated Press GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (AP) — A prosecutor in New York is investigating whether students in other districts on Long Island took part in a cheating scam on college entrance exams that resulted in the arrest of seven current or former students at a prestigious high school. The arrests were made [...]

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College buzzing about energy drink sales ban

by Holly Ramer, Associated Press DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — The University of New Hampshire’s short-lived decision to ban the sale of nonalcoholic energy drinks has created more buzz than the caffeinated beverages themselves. Within four days of announcing it would ban the sale of Red Bull and three other drinks, the university first delayed and [...]

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In the Huddle Sept. 28, 2011

Watch the third episode of “In the Huddle” with Jack McGuire for the Fall 2011 semester.

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This Week in SGA Sept. 28, 2011

Watch the third episode of “This Week in SGA” for the Fall 2011 semester.

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Editorial: Fast approaching due date encourages new rules for study

by Rachel Engel October is going to be a busy month for me. I have a 15-page paper due for one class, an oral presentation that needs to be delivered for another, several photography projects to complete, and I have to give birth on the fifth. Talk about a packed schedule. I planned it this [...]

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Aggie Showstoppers: Getting ready to hit the floor

by Rashmi Thapaliya With the fall semester rolling on in full swing, the student organizations on campus have started to gear up. Aggie Showstoppers is one of them. Aggie Showstoppers is a student organization on campus and its area of focus is dance. There are two different parts of the organization, which include a committee [...]

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