Dropping Out Of The Electoral College Posted: 11 months ago by 2manyusernames
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.
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Sneak Peak of New Fashion Line "The Row" Posted: 2 years ago by briananicole
For those of you who haven’t heard, Mary Kate and Ashley (yes, the Olsen twins), are in the process of launching a new high-end fashion line called “The Row.”
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Law Would Bypass Electoral College Posted: 7 months ago by buddha
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?
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Ever Wonder Why College Tuition Goes Up Every Year? Posted: 12 months ago by 1krazykorean
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.
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SoCal college offers YouTube class Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
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.
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Divorce costs popular professor his job at college Posted: 7 months ago by doggylives
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
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10 Steps to a Fascist America Posted: 2 years ago by Fascha
An article from the Guardian. It's a little hysterical in sections, but worth a look.
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Colorado DoE Working to Kill Bill Providing Free College Tuition to Decorated Combat Vets Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
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.
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Highschool Students Forced to Choose Major Posted: 1 year ago by joshdb
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.
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Want A College Course Without Going To College? Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
Now on Google Video: a college class in Anatomy and Physiology.
Quite interesting
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50 States in 10 Minutes Posted: 2 years ago by gnikgnok
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.
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Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip as Gift to Attend College Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
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
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College Drinking Games Lead to Higher BAC Posted: 11 months ago by sparklyeyedgal181
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.
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US Military Bases Around The World Posted: 11 months ago by 2manyusernames
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.
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Controversy at one of the finest College arenas Posted: 1 year ago by jennyca
The NCAA wants to demolish my college team's hockey arena. They want to put it out of business and wipe it off the face of college sports.
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10-year-old college sophomore credits ‘willpower’ Posted: 6 months ago by bevissimo
Moshe Kai Cavalin likes to tell about the time his father took him to take his college entrance test. The administrators told his dad he couldn’t bring an 8-year-old with him into the test room. His father told them the boy was going in alone — because he was the one taking the test.
not the kid in this picture.
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Ten Strangest College Mascots Posted: 1 year ago by NESBYNICCOLO
and if those aren't strange enough I present Scrotie(NSFW PIC) and the EvergreenGeoduck pronounced gooey duck. which kind looks like scrotie coming out of a clam.
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Teen Graduates High School, College In Same Week Posted: 6 months ago by dollyllama
An Iowa teen is graduating from college just one week after graduating from high school.
*This is jaw-dropping, he was preemie and they weren't sure he'd develop normally. He started taking college courses at 14.
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College courses via cell phone now available in Japan Posted: 12 months ago by mitzuzake
Is Japan's futuristic cell phone culture too cool for school? Not according to Softbank, a Japanese cell phone service provider who just began offering college courses on the company's cell phones.
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Honorary Degrees are stupid Posted: 1 year ago by moodymiss
The editorial claims that honorary degrees make a mockery out true degrees. As a college student, I think this is a valid claim. College is hard, no?
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Va. court upholds women's college move to coed Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
Yet another all-female college had to face financial reality and open their doors to men as well as women. As usual whenever an institution tries to stop the prejudice and bigotry of the past, they get sued by the female students & alumni trying to stop the integration. The same women who sue all-male institutions forcing them to take on women.
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