Archive | Campus Events
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Oxford English Dictionary editor at large describes decades-long process of revision
Since its first publication in 1928, the Oxford English Dictionary — at 20 volumes, the most comprehensive historical dictionary in the world — has only been revised once in 1933, and republished once with supplemental material in 1979.
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Penn State students riot in response to firing of Joe Paterno
In wake of the Board of Trustees' decision to dismiss Penn State President Graham Spanier and head football coach Joe Paterno, thousands of students gathered at Old Main at around 10:30 p.m., shouting chants of "F--- the Trustees" and "We want Joe.
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Students rally in support of coach Joe Paterno
Hundreds of Penn State U. students stood on Old Main's steps, arms around each others' shoulders, singing the Alma Mater, making sure to shout "May no act of ours bring shame," hoping to gain the attention of the administration Tuesday night.
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Former Sen. Russ Feingold addresses corporate influence in American democracy
Former Sen. Russ Feingold spoke about corporate influence in the United States to an audience of about 450 people yesterday afternoon at U. Oregon. The talk was part of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics lecture series and focused on the 2010 U.S.
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Column: Zuckerberg’s closed speech is hypocritical
In the last decade, no one has shaped our culture’s understanding of privacy more than Mark Zuckerberg. He has created a phenomenally successful online service that makes it normal for us to post every detail of our personal information for our friends, families, and the world to see.
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Joe Biden speaks at Pitt on student loan debt
Vice President Joe Biden told a crowd of over 300 people at U. Pittsburgh on Friday that the government must ease the burden of debt on college students.
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Facebook, Zuckerberg “like” MIT
Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg swung by MIT yesterday to talk about Facebook’s corporate culture, what it’s like working in Silicon Valley, and — not surprisingly — why MIT students would make good Facebook engineers.
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Panelists predict third party in 2012 presidential election
A third party candidate might have a much better shot at winning the 2012 presidential election than most citizens believe, experts in campaign media and communications said at the Harvard U. Institute of Politics on Monday.
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Mark Zuckerberg returns to Harvard
Harvard U. dropout and Facebook founder Mark E. Zuckerberg addressed Facebook’s future and the potential for a Facebook office in Boston at a packed press conference at Harvard Monday afternoon. Zuckerberg emerged from the Loeb House, where he was meeting with University President Drew G.