Mixed signals in freshman survey on studying and partying
A UCLA Higher Education Research Institute survey of incoming freshmen finds the class parties less but studies less, with high schools inflating grades. The report notes improved parental views yet concerns about college readiness and calls for renewed focus on academic rigor.
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Higher Education Research Institute
University of California
Los Angeles
Alexander Astin
Quotations Mix Politics and Sports Amid Global Tensions
Secretary Colin Powell asserts sovereign options for action against Iraq ahead of a U.N. weapons report. Buccaneers owner Malcolm Glazer praises coach Jon Gruden after their first Super Bowl win. Lance Cpl Jonathan Davis notes a home-like game view from a Kuwait base with an M16 nearby.
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Iraq
Colin Powell
Europe
U.N
Jon Gruden
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Malcolm Glazer
Bucs
Lance Cpl
Jonathan Davis
Kuwait
Today In History highlights bold events on Jan 27
Thirty years ago the Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris on January 27 1973. Mozart was born in 1756 in Salzburg and Edison patented the electric lamp in 1880. Verdi died in 1901 in Milan at 87. The first all American air raid on Germany occurred in 1943. Leningrad siege ended in 1944. Auschwitz Birkenau liberated in 1945. Nevada atomic tests began in 1951. Apollo One tragedy occurred in 1967 at Cape Kennedy Florida.
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Germany
Pulse Reader Forum contact details
The notice provides contact options for The Pulse Reader Forum including email fax phone and attention lines. It lists editor contact channels and the Garden City Kansas mailing address for submissions. It mentions extension numbers and street address for reader correspondence.
Hispanics changing America beyond a minority label
A Census Bureau finding shows Hispanics surpassing non-Hispanic blacks in number, but the piece argues the term minority oversimplifies a diverse, growing group. It notes affluent Colombian immigrants, poverty among foreign born, and the broad impact across Texas politics, retail, and services, urging nuanced understanding of Hispanic influence.
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United States
South
Florida
America
Colombia
South America
Poland
Europe
California
Southwest
Mexico
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Italy
Germany
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Texas
George Bush
Rebuilding Afghan Schools: Private Drive for Aid
Letter urges private citizens to fund school reconstruction in Afghanistan after 9 11, criticizing official sums of 29 million. Proposes a tax deductible program under SCHOOLS FOR AFGHANISTAN, supervised by a trusted organization, with checks sent to Duane West in Garden City Kansas.
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Afghanistan
al-Qaida
Osama bin Laden
Colin Powell
Coalition
Kabul
U.S
Garden City
America
Europe
Duane West
Commerce Bank
Women Governors Highlight KU Ties and State Political Rank
A KU news release notes Kathleen Sebelius as Kansas governor amid a rare group of female leaders, with two KU alumnae among governors and Kansas ranking high in female state legislators. It also recalls Nancy Kassebaum Baker as a pioneer and contrasts Arizona and Texas with Kansas for female governors.
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Kathleen Sebelius
U.S
Sebelius
Kansas
Arizona
Jane Dee Hull
Harvard University
Harvard
Michigan
Jennifer Granholm
Oregon
Barbara Roberts
Texas
Joan Finney
Bill Graves
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