<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>Dropping Out Of The Electoral College : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Dropping Out Of The Electoral College : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dropping Out Of The Electoral College]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/45923/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Electoral</a> College of the US has it proponents and its detractors. One possible replacement is the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.nationalpopularvote.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">National</a> Popular Vote <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">(NPV)</a>. Maryland is the first state in the nation to pass laws to enact this system provided enough other states does likewise.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sneak Peak of New Fashion Line &quot;The Row&quot;]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/17973/1/</link><description><![CDATA[For those of you who haven&#8217;t heard, Mary Kate and Ashley (yes, the Olsen twins), are in the process of launching a new high-end fashion line called &#8220;The Row.&#8221;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Law Would Bypass Electoral College]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/57394/1/</link><description><![CDATA[<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.fairvote.org/?page=971" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Does your vote count?</a>  There are lots of <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.fairvote.org/?page=975" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">little known facts</a> about the election process, there are people in the electoral college known as <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.fairvote.org/?page=973" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">faithless electors</a> who don't necessarily vote with their state.  Is the electoral college <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2004/10/10_202.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">indefensible? </a> Many have <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/thepoliticalsystem/a/electoralattack.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">called</a> for the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.bennahum.com/david/2004/09/abolishing_the_.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">abolishment</a> of the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.pww.org/past-weeks-2000/Abolish%20Electoral%20College.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Electoral College</a>.  But what exactly are the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.uselectionatlas.org/INFORMATION/INFORMATION/electcollege_procon.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">pros and cons?</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[SoCal college offers YouTube class]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/35651/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ever Wonder Why College Tuition Goes Up Every Year?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42622/1/</link><description><![CDATA[It costs a lot of money to go to college. It costs even more money to run a college. And it&#8217;s costing increasingly more money to pay college and university presidents&#8217; salaries and compensation packages, with many reaching the million-dollar mark.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Divorce costs popular professor his job at college]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/60033/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>But at Wheaton College, the end of the popular English professor's marriage has cost him his job]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Steps to a Fascist America]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/17692/1/</link><description><![CDATA[An article from the Guardian.  It's a little hysterical in sections, but worth a look.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Colorado DoE Working to Kill Bill Providing Free College Tuition to Decorated Combat Vets]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50926/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A bill that would grant Colorado residents who were awarded Purple Heart or higher medal free college tuition is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com/2008/02/colorado-department-of-higher-education.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">under fire</a> as too costly by people such as David Skaggs of the Dept of Education. The same David Skaggs who <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/education/article/0,1299,DRMN_957_5657370,00.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">proposes</a> having tax payers pay a large percentage of <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://slapstickpolitics.blogspot.com/2007/08/colorado-in-state-tuition-for-children.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">illegal</a> alien's tuition.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Highschool Students Forced to Choose Major]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/31815/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want A College Course Without Going To College?]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/3107/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Now on Google Video: a college class in Anatomy and Physiology. <br/>Quite interesting]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[50 States in 10 Minutes]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12244/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip as Gift to Attend College]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27658/1/</link><description><![CDATA[An Indiana Pizza Hut waitress with dreams of college received a much-needed boost in arriving at that goal: a $10,000 tip<br/><br/><a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/news;_ylt=AlVG0x1pTRTVeeaTNd41tFAuQE4F?ch=68276&amp;cl=3357914&amp;lang=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Watch video</a>]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[College Drinking Games Lead to Higher BAC]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/46333/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The first on-the-scene study of college drinking behavior shows that parties with drinking games result in higher blood alcohol levels.  <br/><br/>In other news, the sky is blue.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Military Bases Around The World]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/</link><description><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Military</a> of the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.defenselink.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">US</a> is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployments_of_the_United_States_Military" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">deployed</a> in many <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/maps/9.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">countries</a>. 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 <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">personnel</a>, and over 369,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[10 Most Worthless College Majors]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/64285/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Very funny and accurate piece on the majors people choose in college and how they won't take them anywhere.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bronx college offers graffiti course]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40604/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Students at the University of New York's Hostos Community College in the Bronx now can enroll in a 19-week class on the street art of graffiti.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Controversy at one of the finest College arenas]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40206/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[10-year-old college sophomore credits &#8216;willpower&#8217;]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/64362/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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&#8217;t bring an 8-year-old with him into the test room. His father told them the boy was going in alone &#8212; because he was the one taking the test.<br/><br/>not the kid in this picture.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten Strangest College Mascots]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/sports/l/33462/1/</link><description><![CDATA[and if those aren't strange enough I present <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://deadspin.com/sports/whimsy/your-all+time-best-mascot-winner-176616.php" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Scrotie(NSFW PIC)</a> and the Evergreen<a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.clubbaseball.org/files/EvergreenState.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Geoduck</a> pronounced gooey duck. which kind looks like scrotie coming out of a clam.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teen Graduates High School, College In Same Week]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/60978/1/</link><description><![CDATA[An Iowa teen is graduating from college just one week after graduating from high school.<br/><br/>*This is jaw-dropping, he was preemie and they weren't sure he'd develop normally.  He started taking college courses at 14.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[College courses via cell phone now available in Japan]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/42888/1/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description></item></channel></rss>