Notable USC Commencement Echoes Launch Into Space
USC awarded about 3,300 degrees across two days with NASA administrator Daniel Goldin urging graduates to aim higher. Frances Smith, a 75-year-old great grandmother, earned a liberal arts degree after decades of study and personal hardship. Honorary degrees went to Robert Pearce, Joab Lesesne Jr, and others.
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Columbia
NASA
Daniel B. Goldin
University of South Carolina
Goldin
Frances Smith
Smith
College of Liberal Arts
Robert Ray Pearce
Budweiser
PYA Monarch
Joab Mauldin Lesesne Jr
Wofford College
Mars
Conway
Coastal Carolina University
Sigmund Abeles
John Hope
Weather Channel
Abeles
Myrtle Beach
New York City
Robert Clinger Ill
Clinton
Presbyterian College
Booker T. Ingram
Jay Philpott
Lexington
Dan Hart
Ocean City
N.J
Florence
Francis Marion University
Jennifer Ryan Smith
William H. Blackwell
State Transportation Department Commission
L. Morgan Martin
Christopher James Yahnis
Timber theft prey targets elderly and minority owners
In South Carolina, state officials say unscrupulous timber cutters exploit the elderly and black landowners. Up to half of victims are black and 85 percent over 65, with many being women. Timber fraud cases run about 200 annually, and avoidable cleanup costs further devastate victims. Local officials report victims in Hollywood and surrounding areas amid rising timber sales and post-harvest debris.
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Charleston
S.C
South Carolina
State Forestry Commission
Mike Heath
Heath
Forestry Commission
Commission
Ken Cabe
Herbert Gadson
Hollywood
Charleston County
Gadson
Microsoft settlement predicted for next presidential term
Antitrust experts at NYU predict the Microsoft case would settle after the next president takes office. C Boyden Gray and NYU dean Nicholas Economides outlined outcomes by administration, noting Clinton would face a harder path, Gore or Bush could broker a deal with less aggressive enforcement. Microsoft fees projected at six billion dollars, with limited acquisitions during the dispute.
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Seattle
Justice Department
Microsoft Corp
Clinton Eaves
Microsoft
C. Boyden Gray
Reagan
Bush
Nicholas Economides
New York University
Stern School of Business
NYU
Gray
Gore
Economides
al Gore
George W. Bush
Clinton
Online and on campus, mixed commencement protests rise
Graduation season brings turmoil as speakers spark boos and boycotts from Michigan State to Antioch and Old Dominion. Clinton Gore Bush speakers listed. online ceremonies expand as Jones International University and Connecticut plan virtual commencements for overseas students.
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Jones International University
Pamela Pease
Denver
Michigan State University
James Wolfensohn
World Bank
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
New London
Houston
Monmouth College
Illinois
St. Anselm College
New Hampshire
George W. Bush
Texas
Prairie View A&m University
Cation Almanac
Lesley College
Cambridge
Mass
Farflung
University of Connecticut
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Iated Press
Dad’s Bar
Fred Rogers
Mister Rogers
Marist College
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Ld Dominion University
Norfolk
PBS
Don Marshall
Rogers
John Broderick
Old Dominion
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Philadelphia
Chronicle of Higher Edu
Maureen Faulkner
Danny Faulkner
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Hupe
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