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University of Iowa steps up monitoring of students abroad
Summer Schoop stayed up all night Sunday to watch President Obama inform the world about the slaying of Osama bin Laden. The University of Iowa junior, who is studying abroad in Seville, Spain, said she streamed Obama's speech online after she saw the news on Facebook and Twitter.
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22 fires set following bin Laden’s death in Morgantown, West Virginia
A total of 22 intentionally set fires took place around Morgantown Sunday night and early Monday morning, as West Virginia University students took a break from the imposing finals week to celebrate Osama bin Laden's death. The fires began at 11:42 p.m.
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Alabama tornadoes receive same disaster ranking as Katrina, 9/11
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said Sunday that the federal government has classified the state’s recent tornadoes as a category one natural disaster, which was the same ranking given to the results of Hurricane Katrina and 9/11.
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Smartphone users try to preserve privacy in the digital age
Privacy — in the good old days, it meant you didn't have to let soldiers freeload in your own house. In 2011, it means that you take Apple to court for tracking your location without your consent via your smartphone.
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Tornado wreaks havoc in south
About 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, an EF-5 tornado ripped through Tuscaloosa, Ala., leaving many residents homeless and destroying businesses on McFarland Boulevard and 15th Street. "There were people stuck under debris and yelling for help," University of Alabama student Adam Melton said.
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Arizona Gov. Brewer vetoes guns-on-campus bill
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill on April 18 that would have allowed guns to be carried in public rights of way at public universities and community college campuses. The Arizona House of Representatives had previously approved the measure in a 33-to-24 vote.
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Auburn tree poisoner assaulted after court appearance
After waiving his preliminary hearing in court Wednesday, Harvey Updyke Jr., the man accused of poisoning the Toomer’s oaks, told the Opelika Police Department he was assaulted in the parking lot of Tiger Express on Hwy. 280 in Opelika.
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Hooked on hook-ups
Even though the University was an all-male institution at its opening in 1825, young Cavaliers interacted with local and visiting women often at weekend social functions.
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Column: Protecting the dignity of discourse on campus
In early 2010, the disruption of talks by major officials was all the rage on university campuses, even as these outbursts inspired greater measures of outrage amongst the broader student body. In January, General David H.
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