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Iowa to host politician who said 9/11 was conspiracy
University of Iowa officials have not altered their plans to host an upcoming lecture, despite an international organization’s letter decrying the speaker’s stance on the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Richard Falk, a former Princeton professor and U.N.
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Boise State researcher gets dinosaur named after her
Boise State postdoctoral researcher Celina Suarez is one of only a handful of people in history to have her name attached to a dinosaur. Geminiraptor suarezarum, a raptor-like species that walked the Earth about 125 million years ago, was discovered by Suarez and her identical twin Marina.
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Cal Poly Pomona could face $25M cut
In the midst of Governor Jerry Brown's proposed budget and the planned $500 million cut to the California State University system, Cal Poly Pomona could potentially face a $25 million cut to its funding this year. In a Jan.
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Faculty use technology, keen eyes to prevent online cheating
Online classes are a miracle for students juggling family obligations, hectic class schedules and part-time jobs. But taking instructor presence out of the equation has opened up something else — opportunities for students to cheat.
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Shooting threat closes Northern Michigan
NMU closed yesterday, Feb. 2, after university authorities were alerted of a blog that said the author would shoot students on campus and kill more people than the Virginia Tech shootings. The university was evacuated around 8:30 a.m.
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Ivy League schools reconsider ROTC after ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ repeal
After the Dec. 22 repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” — a policy that prohibited gay or lesbian from serving openly in the armed forces — schools across the Ivy League are reconsidering their four-decade-old bans on the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps participation on their campuses.
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Column: Education reform necessary to return U.S. students to the top
U.S. students are falling behind. This statement shouldn't come as a surprise to most, as it's a fact discussed often in recent times. There's even a movie about it, "Waiting for Superman." Clearly, the U.S. education system is broken. The question is how do we fix it? Do we even need to fix it?
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Proposed California budget stirs debate
With California facing a $25.4 billion budget deficit in the next fiscal year, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed on Jan. 10 a budget that slashes state spending by $12.5 billion, including a $500 million cut to the U. California system. The $500 million cut constitutes a 16.
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New California governor proposes cuts to higher education
Newly inaugurated Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget proposal includes plans to slash more than $1 billion from California’s public higher education system, which has long been considered a model for other states.