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Graduations can be a real handful
Present diploma. Smile. Shake hands. Repeat — 528 times. Over and over, Occidental College President Jonathan Veitch handed a diploma to a graduate and shook a hand. Some walked quickly across the stage while others moseyed — creating an...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, East Carolina University, White House, Graduation, Education
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Marge Brumis, 1925-2013
A volunteer at Brookfield Zoo for nearly three decades, Marge Brumis often went the extra mile in her role as one of about 300 docents that engage visitors in conservation education by interpreting animal exhibits. "She was a remarkable woman and...
Tags: Brookfield Zoo, Allentown, Loyola University Chicago
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READER SUBMITTED: West Hartford Resident Elected Chair Of Connecticut Convention And Sports Bureau
West HartfordPeter J. Berry, CAE, has been elected the chair of the Connecticut Convention and Sports Bureau (CTCSB). He will replace Robert F. Flynn, who will complete three years of leadership in that position on June 30. "Peter Berry has been a tremendous advocate...Tags: Conservation, White House, Waterbury, Colleges and Universities, Environmental Issues
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List of scholar athletes for Broward County schools
Archbishop McCarthy AMANDA SAXTON: Top 10 percent; FSU; Maverick Scholar Athlete, National Honors Society; track, cross country Boyd Anderson KALI DAVIS-WHITE: Class rank 123; FSU; volleyball, cross country, state track champion Calvary Christian...Tags: Politics, American Legion, Government, Broward County Athletic Association, National Government
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READER SUBMITTED: Mercy High School Announces Valedictorian
MiddletownSr. Mary A. McCarthy, RSM, president of Mercy High School and Mrs. Melissa Bullock, principal of Mercy High School have announced that Alexandra Femc is the 2013 Valedictorian, having attained the highest academic average in her class. Alexandra is the...Tags: Middletown, Science and Technology, High Schools, Gymnastics Clubs, Human Interest
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Commencement speakers: Conservatives need not apply
We have once again entered the college commencement season, which means we'll soon be reading about uplifting graduation speeches delivered by prominent Americans. Or at least by prominent liberal Americans. It's becoming increasingly apparent that...
Tags: The New York Times, Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politics, Barack Obama, Government
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World science map grim for Latin America
The highly respected Nature Scientific Reports journal has just published a map of the world's leading science cities, and it looks pretty bad for emerging countries: It shows the planet's northern hemisphere full of lights, and the south almost solidly...Tags: Science and Technology, Mexico, United Kingdom, Technology, Colleges and Universities
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College Town Shuttered: Not Easy For Students Locked Down In Boston
The Hartford CourantSpring is the high season of college life in Boston, with Frisbee on the Common and sun-bathing on the Esplanade, but students were finding it a very different place Friday as they stared out their windows from the dormitories where they were locked down....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Shootings, Public Transportation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Students
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Did brotherly bond play role in Boston bombings?
NEW YORK (AP) — It's a vexing puzzle about the Boston Marathon bombings: The younger of the two accused brothers hardly seemed headed for a monumental act of violence. How could he team up with his older brother to do this? Nobody knows for sure,...
Tags: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Research, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Sports
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Spring heat rises in Baltimore, and so does city violence
As record heat baked Baltimore, a wave of violence unfurled across the city: six shootings and eight people wounded over a period of less than eight hours. The first shots were fired around dinnertime Wednesday, and the violence continued until after...
Tags: Patapsco, Social Sciences, Inner Harbor, Murder, Iowa State University
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Deerfield High chess champ shares skills with youngsters
For most schoolboy chess players, approaching a chess board with Jonathan Kogen in the other chair is like a rookie NBA player confronting Michael Jordan in his prime, crouched and ready. Kogen, a 17-year-old junior at Deerfield High School, is a...
Tags: Game Playing, Education, Deerfield, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), High Schools
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A rational response to Sandy Hook
President Obama has vowed to do everything in his power to prevent another Sandy Hook. "Because what choice do we have?" he asked. "We can't accept events like this as routine." Unfortunately, such events are far more random than they are routine....
Tags: Assault, Barack Obama, Politics, ABC (tv network), Jared Lee Loughner
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