Dropping Out Of The Electoral College
Dropping Out Of The Electoral College
The Electoral College of the US has it proponents and its detractors. One possible replacement is the National Popular Vote (NPV). Maryland is the first state in the nation to pass laws to enact this system provided enough other states does likewise. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago
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 It's Official - Barack Obama is the Next President!
It's Official - Barack Obama is the Next President!
Barack Obama is officially the next president of the United States, Congress declared Thursday in fulfilling its centuries-old constitutional duty to certify and tally the electoral college vote from each state. picked by suebe 10 months ago
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 College Grad Working 50 Jobs In 50 States In One Year
College Grad Working 50 Jobs In 50 States In One Year
For three years after college graduation, Daniel Seddiqui struggled to land a job. So he shifted gears and went after 50, one in each state, for one week apiece. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago
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 Law Would Bypass Electoral College
Law Would Bypass Electoral College
Does your vote count? There are lots of little known facts about the election process, there are people in the electoral college known as faithless electors who don't necessarily vote with their state. Is the electoral college indefensible? Many have called for the abolishment of the Electoral College. But what exactly are the pros and cons? picked by buddha 2 years ago
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 Ever Wonder Why College Tuition Goes Up Every Year?
Ever Wonder Why College Tuition Goes Up Every Year?
It costs a lot of money to go to college. It costs even more money to run a college. And it’s costing increasingly more money to pay college and university presidents’ salaries and compensation packages, with many reaching the million-dollar mark. picked by 1krazykorean 2 years ago
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 SoCal college offers YouTube class
SoCal college offers YouTube class
Here's a dream-come-true for Web addicts: college credit for watching YouTube. Pitzer College this fall began offering what may be the first course about the video-sharing site. About 35 students meet in a classroom but work mostly online, where they view YouTube content and post their comments. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago
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 10 Steps to a Fascist America
10 Steps to a Fascist America
An article from the Guardian. It's a little hysterical in sections, but worth a look. picked by Fascha 3 years ago
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 Divorce costs popular professor his job at college
Divorce costs popular professor his job at college
At another college, professor Kent Gramm's divorce from his wife of 30 years might be a private matter known only to friends and close colleagues.

But at Wheaton College, the end of the popular English professor's marriage has cost him his job picked by doggylives 2 years ago
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 Highschool Students Forced to Choose Major
Highschool Students Forced to Choose Major
Highschool freshmen in Florida will be forced starting this Fall to declare a college major from a set a state-approved choices, while students in Mississippi will be able to choose from nine career paths. The states involved support this move and think it will benefit the children. College administrators, who will be teaching the students in the future, say otherwise. picked by joshdb 2 years ago
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 49 States Flunk College Affordability
49 States Flunk College Affordability
Highest grade: C picked by JoshSF49 11 months ago
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 Colorado DoE Working to Kill Bill Providing Free College Tuition to Decorated Combat Vets
Colorado DoE Working to Kill Bill Providing Free College Tuition to Decorated Combat Vets
A bill that would grant Colorado residents who were awarded Purple Heart or higher medal free college tuition is under fire as too costly by people such as David Skaggs of the Dept of Education. The same David Skaggs who proposes having tax payers pay a large percentage of illegal alien's tuition. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago
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 Want A College Course Without Going To College?
Want A College Course Without Going To College? [video]
Now on Google Video: a college class in Anatomy and Physiology.
Quite interesting picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago
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 Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip as Gift to Attend College
Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip as Gift to Attend College
An Indiana Pizza Hut waitress with dreams of college received a much-needed boost in arriving at that goal: a $10,000 tip

Watch video picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago
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 College Drinking Games Lead to Higher BAC
College Drinking Games Lead to Higher BAC
The first on-the-scene study of college drinking behavior shows that parties with drinking games result in higher blood alcohol levels.

In other news, the sky is blue. picked by sparklyeyedgal181 2 years ago
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 50 States in 10 Minutes
50 States in 10 Minutes
That 192 countries quiz was WAY too difficult for us geographically-challenged Plimers(Plimates?)... If your ego needs a boost try one a little closer to home - unless you live in one of those other 191 countries. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago
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 Students Turn to Ancient Languages and English to Pass College Entrance Exams
Students Turn to Ancient Languages and English to Pass College Entrance Exams
A Sichuan student who failed his Chinese-language paper in this year's National College Entrance Examination has secured a university place because he wrote an 800-word essay in Bronze Age oracle bone script picked by suebe 4 months ago
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 US Military Bases Around The World
US Military Bases Around The World
The Military of the US is deployed in many countries. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, The War on Terror. The US has nearly 1.4 million active personnel, and over 369,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago
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 Woman murders two children, brings gun to college
Woman murders two children, brings gun to college
A mother killed her two children and later went to the nearby college she attended and brandished a gun Thursday before handing the weapon to a health counselor, police said.

Just saw this on the News, Aboslutely horrible picked by dork 2 years ago
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 The Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2013
The Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2013
Most students entering college for the first time this fall were born in 1991. For these students, Martha Graham, Pan American Airways, Michael Landon, Dr. Seuss, Miles Davis, The Dallas Times Herald, Gene Roddenberry, and Freddie Mercury have always been dead. picked by Bornbad 3 months ago
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 The way Americans pay for college is a mess. Here's how to fix it.
The way Americans pay for college is a mess. Here's how to fix it.
Paying a huge amount of money upfront or going deep into debt with huge monthly payments as soon as you graduate makes college unaffordable for many. There is a third way. A way that is common in Europe and Australia. It is something that is worth looking at for US colleges. picked by 2manyusernames 8 months ago
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 MacGyver: The College Years
MacGyver: The College Years [video]
Think it's hard being MacGyver? Then try being MacGyver AND a college student at Phoenix University! Watch what happens as MacGyver tries to manufacture a condom using only paperclips and his imagination!

Additional episodes in comments picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago
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