NCAA Stands by Tough Academic Standards for Freshmen
At the San Diego convention NCAA presidents reaffirmed support for Proposition 16 style eligibility rules. The plan requires high school GPA 2.5 with 13 core courses and SAT 700 or GPA 2.0 and SAT 900, replacing the prior 2.0/700. Proposition 16 aims to start August 1996 amid debates on fairness to poorer and minority students.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA
San Diego
University of Washington
Washington State University
Letters Raise Cable Rates And Channel Choices In Aiken
Aiken residents critique Palmetto Cable now Intermedia Cable for rate hikes and limited channel lineups. The writer says the county should act, citing excess shopping channels and lack of educational picks.
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Palmetto Cable
Aiken County
Aiken
Michael R. Howard
Intermedia Cable
Palmetto Cablevision
Letters Policy for The Aiken Standard
The paper invites signed letters with full contact details for verification and reserves rights to edit. It discourages libelous or in poor taste submissions and outlines address and contact requirements for Letters to the Editor. The writer urges Citizens to prefer trust and decorum over sensational tabloid headlines.
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Aiken
Aiken Standard
P.O
S.C
Concord
Aiken Jaycees Raise Over 6000 For Christmas Tour
The Yule Project raised six thousand dollars for the Aiken Jaycees annual Christmas shopping tour. The funds purchased clothing coats shoes and educational toys for 50 disadvantaged children in Aiken. Generous donors include Kmart Children's Place Council on Aging Domino's Pizza Pepsi Cola DST sorority Eckerd Drugs Aiken Standard and Bob Addy.
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Aiken Jaycees
Aiken
Kmart
Children’s Place
Council On Aging
Domino’s Pizza
Pepsi Cola
DST Sorority
Eckerd Drugs
the Aiken Standard
Bob Addy
Aiken Standard Publication Details and subscription info
The notice lists mailing address and office hours for the Aiken Standard with subscription rates, delivery times, switchboard and fax numbers, and instructions for news tips. It notes the newspaper is published by Aiken Communications Inc. and provides post office details and ISSN.
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Rutland Drive
P.O
Aiken
S.C
Aiken Standard
Dial
Aiken Standard - Pbm
Aiken Communications Inc
P.O. Box
Family values and denial in American life
Myrne Roe argues that genuine family values require addressing poverty and abuse. She contrasts secure homelife with urban and rural hardships, urging loving teaching of values, government support, and attention to homeless and hungry children rather than denial and stigma.
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Nelson Family
The
Huxtables
Brady Bunch
America
Rebuilding civic life through everyday neighbor contact
Bill Bishop argues in a Journal of Democracy essay that long term decline in civic clubs and public participation stems from social fragmentation. He highlights Putnam, Jacobs, Tupelo’s example, and calls for environments that support face to face interaction to rebuild trust and community life.
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Lions, Elks
B&pws
Harvard University
Robert Putnam
Journal of Democracy
Putnam
Wal-Mart
Washington Post
George Will
Will
America
Jeremy Rifkin
Peter Drucker
The
Atlantic
Drucker
Putnam’s
Michael Schudson
Jane Jacobs
Stoops
Jacobs
Tupelo
Miss
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Scott B. Hunter
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Charles O. Grice
Sue S. Brown
Ellen C. Priest
Andrew D. Morgan
Aiken, S.C
Channel Choice
Yule Project
Home County
Post Office
Myrneroe
Myrne Roe
Wichita
Kan
Eagle
Bill Bishop
Lexington
Herald Leader
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