Valedictorian system sparks debate at Cedar Rapids Washington
Mike Deupree critiques the Washington high school grading policy that grants valedictorian status to any graduate with a 4.0 or higher and weights AP classes. He notes one student reached 4.464 while praising the school but arguing the system erodes the traditional meaning of top grades. He cites California admission debates and warns the trend may dilute excellence. The column appears in The Gazette.
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Mike Deupree
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Fossils Suggest early upright walking by Australopithecus anamensis
Paleontologists in Kenya unveil 38 fossils dating to about 4.2 million years, linking upright locomotion to Australopithecus anamensis while noting primitive jaws and sexual dimorphism. Maeve Leakey and colleagues report in Nature. Alan Walker comments on uneven human evolution.
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Africa
Maeve Leakey
National Museums of Kenya
Nature
Kenya
Gazette promotes agriculture with soybean ink initiative
The Gazette explains promotes agriculture by using soybean ink and recycled newsprint. It urges readers to recycle newspapers at City Carton 4250 Sixth St SW or at their nearest recycling location.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Corrections issued for diabetes readings and appliance references
The new diagnostic cutpoint for fasting glucose is 126 mg/dl after eight hours without calories. An incorrect diabetes reading appeared in Monday's Pharmacy Today. Comments attributed to Amana PR manager and the ADU7000 reference related to an Amana dishwasher, not the horizontal axis washing machine. The Gazette will publish corrections for inaccurate or misleading reports in this space. Phone 398-8313.
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Callista Gould
Amana
Alliant Utilities
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the Gazette
Imported foods: safety questioned as imports rise
A GAO study finds FDA inspection rates low as imports grow, with only 1.7 percent of 2.7 million shipments inspected and 16 000 samples analyzed. The report notes illnesses linked to imported produce and warns of potential risks despite not proving higher danger than domestic goods.
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Ruth Mitchel
West Des Moines
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Few Americans screened for colon cancer amid myths and barriers
A congressional report finds fewer than one in three Americans over 50 are properly tested for colon cancer. Women are as at risk as men, and minorities are under screened. CDC data show 26 percent had stool tests and 29 percent had colon exams in recent years, with guidelines recommending annual stool tests or regular colonoscopies to cut deaths.
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CDC
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