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Fraternity Expels 3 Linked To Statue Noose, Suspends Ole Miss Chapter

February 22, 2014

By Paresh Dave Los Angeles Times (MCT) The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity said it has indefinitely suspended its chapter at Ole Miss and has expelled three 19-year-old freshmen it said were responsible...

Cedarville University Career Services Certified Professional Resume Writer Laura Lintz leads a workshop for students. Colleges and universities are doing more to survey their students after graduation on whether they are employed or in graduate school.

Top Research Universities Join To Boost Minority Science Faculty

February 20, 2014

By Carla Rivera Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES — As an African-American man pursuing a doctorate in the sciences, Geoff Lovely has sometimes had to overcome a feeling that he didn’t belong...

RedBlueAmerica: Religious Liberty Or Discrimination In Kansas

RedBlueAmerica: Religious Liberty Or Discrimination In Kansas

February 20, 2014

By Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT) The Kansas legislature last week found itself on the verge of passing a bill that would protect any worker — in a private...

With Voters Still Skeptical, Dozens Of Democrats Inch Away From Obamacare

With Voters Still Skeptical, Dozens Of Democrats Inch Away From Obamacare

February 20, 2014

By Anita Kumar McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Mark Kentley is the kind of voter who will help decide the short-term political verdict on the new health care law known...

2016 White House Campaign On Parade As Governors Come To Washington

2016 White House Campaign On Parade As Governors Come To Washington

February 20, 2014

By David Lightman McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — The nation’s governors are coming to Washington this weekend and they’re bringing the 2016 presidential campaign with them. As...

College Textbook Sticker Shock Causes Students To Leave Books On The Shelves

College Textbook Sticker Shock Causes Students To Leave Books On The Shelves

February 6, 2014

MCT NEWSFEATURES By Katy Murphy The Oakland Tribune (MCT) OAKLAND, Calif. — Despite new technologies and a 2012 California law promising college students relief from soaring textbook costs,...

Clay Aiken Just The Newest In Long Line Of Celebs Jumping To Politics

Clay Aiken Just The Newest In Long Line Of Celebs Jumping To Politics

February 6, 2014

Clay Aiken just the newest in long line of celebs jumping to politics By Sean Cockerham McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — At a closed-door meeting once in Boise, Idaho, a group...

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House Backs Controversial Logging At Yosemite

February 6, 2014

By Michael Doyle McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — Salvage logging could speed up on fire-scarred federal land near Yosemite National Park, under an amended bill passed by a divided...

Marijuana

Advocates On Each Side Of Pot Debate Pressure Obama To Take Stand

February 6, 2014

By Rob Hotakainen McClatchy Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — With more than half of all federal prisoners serving time on drug charges, the Obama administration says it’s time to free...

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obamacare birth-control drugs

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obamacare birth-control drugs

November 26, 2013

By David G. Savage Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear another legal challenge to President Barack Obama’s health care law, this time to...

Foreign students continue to flock to U.S. colleges

November 12, 2013

By Jason Song Los Angeles Times (MCT) The number of international students studying at U.S. colleges and universities rose to a record high last year, according to a new study. The private...

Blockbuster to End Domestic Retail, DVD By Mail Services

Blockbuster to End Domestic Retail, DVD By Mail Services

November 12, 2013

DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) today announced that its subsidiary, Blockbuster L.L.C., will end its retail and by mail DVD distribution operations by early-January 2014. The company will close...

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