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Study finds rich not as compassionate as poor
The more money you have, the less compassionate you are. That's coming from a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
They looked at more than 300 college students who came from various economic backgrounds. The students...Tags: CNN (tv network), Human Interest, Students, Teaching and Learning, Education
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Facebook CEO turns 28: Does age matter?
NEW YORK (AP) — Don't let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zuckerberg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO. Facebook's chief executive turns 28 on Monday, setting in motion the social network's biggest week ever. The company is expected to start...Tags: Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Business Enterprises, Social Media, Eric Schmidt, Yahoo! Inc.
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USC, Berkeley mishandling sex crimes against women, Allred says
Attorney Gloria Allred announced Wednesday that complaints were filed against Swarthmore College, Dartmouth College, USC and UC Berkeley, alleging the colleges failed to follow federal laws regarding sex crimes. Allred said the colleges are not...Tags: Dartmouth College, University of California, Los Angeles, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Assault
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Complaints filed against USC, UC Berkeley over rape reporting
Students and activists joined together Wednesday to file complaints against colleges and universities nationwide, alleging that the schools have failed to follow federal laws, including those involving the reporting of sexual assaults and discrimination....Tags: Dartmouth College, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning, Assault, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Cal State trustees appoint new Cal State L.A president, others
William A. Covino, a veteran Florida and California administrator, was named Wednesday as the new president of Cal State L.A., becoming the first new leader of the El Sereno campus in 33 years. Covino’s selection was among a slate of...Tags: Politics, California State University, Long Beach, California Polytechnic State University, Columbia University, Political Fundraising
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Activists accuse colleges of not responding to sexual assault complaints
Students and activists joined together Wednesday to file complaints against colleges and universities nationwide alleging that the schools have failed to follow federal laws, including those involving the reporting of sexual assault crimes and...
Tags: Dartmouth College, University of California, Los Angeles, Teaching and Learning, Assault, Colleges and Universities
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Her job: Stopping wage theft
SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...
Tags: Urasawa, Lawyers, Dan Logue, University of California, Los Angeles, Punishment
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The triumph of progressivism: Graduation 2013 and 1968
Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities. But many of you are cynical about politics. You see...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Bodies of Water, Philosophy, Martin Luther King Jr., Rivers
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: Politics, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Financial Aid, University of California, Irvine
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Fed's Williams does not comment on economic outlook, policy
Reuters(Reuters) - San Francisco Federal Reserve President John Williams did not comment on the outlook for the U.S. economy or monetary policy in an address on Monday to students graduating from the University of California, Berkeley. Although the U.S. economy...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, Federal Reserve
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Oakland police struggle to rebuild — using fewer resources
OAKLAND — It was a quiet evening by this city's standards, and still the police emergency lines were lighting up. As screams rang out behind her, a caller said her neighbor was being beaten. A woman reported that a front door down the street had...
Tags: Trials, Prosecution, William Bratton, Laws, Los Angeles Police Department
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Reagan the Berkeley basher
Responding to Seth Rosenfeld's May 10 Op-Ed article linking then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan's harsh condemnation of student protests in the 1960s to the eventual decline of the University of California system, reader Bruce Bates wrote in a letter...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, FBI, Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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