AP Classes Provide Strong Challenge Across Aiken High District
Editorial notes AP participation across seven Aiken County high schools shows high pass rates with 68 percent earning college credit from 2001 2002 exams and specific schools like Aiken High and Silver Bluff exceeding state and national averages. It urges more distance education to balance offerings, encourage broader enrollment, and push students to challenge themselves earlier for meaningful outcomes.
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Aiken County School District
Aiken High School
Silver Bluff High School
South Aiken High School
North Augusta High School
Ridge Spring
Monetta High School
Wagener-Valley High School
Frank Roberson
Aiken County
Aiken Standard Letters to Editor Policy
The Aiken Standard invites Letters to the Editor from readers and requests brevity. Submit letters with the writer's signature, mailing address, and daytime and home telephone numbers for verification. Address Letters to the Editor at P O Box 456, Aiken SC 29802, email swallace at aikenstandard dot com, or fax 803 648 6062.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken
8.C
Swallace
Aikenstandard.com
Local Paper Masthead and Staff Roster Details
The Aiken Standard lists staff roles including Publisher Scott B. Hunter Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace Advertising Director Art Zappa Business Manager Ellen C. Priest Production Director Phillip Yates Customer Service manager Letitia Jefferson and Tim O Briant in management.
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Scott B. Hunter
Edlitor
Jeffrey B. Wallace
Art Zappa
Ellen C. Priest
Uncertainty sets in as a city ponders next steps
On the first anniversary of 9 11 New Yorkers reflect on a world in flux. Ambivalence and scrutiny of leaders mix with debates over FDNY recruitment and a national referendum on Iraq. Bush’s UN challenge and Pataki McCall politics underscore a capital of capitalism uneasy about the future.
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Fire Department
FDNY
Emerald Isle
New York
George Pataki
Carl McCall
McCall
Bush
United Nations
Afghanistan
Saddam Hussein
United States
Iraq
France
Life in Kabul a year after war and world events
Alan Geere reports from Kabul on daily life a year after 9 11 focusing on street scenes roundabouts kites birds music and veiled mothers. He notes no vehicle testing and widespread work as Afghans struggle to rebuild amid war memories and foreign presence. The piece contrasts Taliban bans with small everyday freedoms and a food scene reflecting scarce but accessible meals.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Great Massood
United States
World Trade Center
Osama bin Laden
Central Asia
Saddam
Iraq
China
India
Pakistan
New York
Quote on love’s decline from W Somerset Maugham
A compact quotation tracing a great tragedy of fife. The line notes that the true loss lies in men ceasing to love, reflecting Maugham's insight into human passion and vitality.
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Fife
W. Somerset Maugham
Threat from Iraq and Islam in United States
A dramatic alarm urges strong action to defend the United States from Saddam Hussein and rising Muslim populations. It cites alleged growth figures for Muslims, asserts al Qaida presence, and warns of chemical, biological threats from Iraq. The letter attacks Daschle Kerry Leahy, urging support for Bush and political change to protect the country.
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CNN
United States
al-Qaida
California
Michigan
New York
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Saddam
Middle East
America
Congress
Senate
Tom Daschle
John Kerry
Patrick Leahy
Daschle
Bush
Role of women not limited as thought in 1962
A reader contests a 1962 article's claim that women faced limited career paths. She notes she earned a chemistry degree in 1963, worked for DuPont, and cites a Pennsylvania neighbor who studied chemistry in the early 1940s and contributed during World War I. She asserts no guidance discouraged her pursuing chemist, engineer, editor, or publications manager roles.
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Lam
Phebe Davidson
DuPont
Pennsylvania
Armstrong Cork
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