Bates College joins shift away from SAT testing
The article notes rising numbers of students taking the SAT and ACT while Bates College in Lewiston Maine leads by not requiring standardized tests. Admissions chief Wylie Mitchell cites essays and interviews over scores as decisive, linking policy to doubled applications and attracting passionate students.
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Maine
Bates College
Liberal Arts College
Bates
Wylie Mitchell
College Board
University of California
Lawrence University
Wisconsin
St. Lawrence University
New York
Brad MacGowan
Newton North High School
Boston
Fairtest
National Association For College Admission Counseling
SAT
Yale
Nicholas Lemann
America
Gaston Caperton
West Virginia
Harvard
Wiliam Fitzsimmons
Fitzsimmons
Jacqueline Smith
Kim Kowalski
Remains of 21 Confederate soldiers buried in Magnolia Cemetery
In North Charleston at Magnolia Cemetery 21 Confederate soldiers and sailors were buried in a mass funeral after remains were recovered from beneath The Citadel football stadium. Clerical delays delayed removal. widows received folded Stars and Bars flags, and volunteers spoke on duty to honor the dead.
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Harleston
S.C. C
Magnolia Cemetery
North Charleston
Citadel
Charleston
Fort Sumter
Vance E. Polley
Sunrise Presbyterian Church
Sullivans Island
Polley
South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
Jonathan Leader
Lynda Perrin
Hunley
James Island
Senate votes on competing minimum wage plans in bankruptcy debate
The Senate plans a vote on raising the federal minimum wage, with Democrats proposing a $2 plus increase and Republicans led by Santorum offering a $1.10 raise in two steps along with flex time. Kennedy backs a $7.25 wage in three steps, while both sides tie the changes to the bankruptcy bill and small business protections.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
Rick Santorum
R-Pa
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Tom
DeLay
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
James Sensenbrenner
Wis
House
Santorum
Kennedy
U.S
Notice to AT&T Customers in West Virginia March 14 2005
The nonrecurring rate for the Service Order New Service Additional Line Charge rises from $24 per line to $65 per line. Public tariff copies available from Robert R. Rodecker in Charleston WV and at the Public Service Commission office. Protests in writing to The Secretary PSC WV. For more information call 1 800 288 2747.
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