New Trends Found In College Fresh
Washington AP report summarizes two decades of campus polling by UCLA on 6 million youths at 550 colleges. Freshmen smoking declined, beer drinking rose. women became a majority since 1978. Political views shifted from liberal to middle of the road, death-penalty support fell, marijuana legalization dropped, and teaching career interest plummeted from 24 to 6 percent.
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Washington
Higher Education Research Institute
University of California
Los Angeles
American Council On Education
Ucla Education
Institute
Alexander W. Astin
Kenneth C. Green
Study Finds Dieting Among Grade School Girls
A University of California survey of 500 girls in grades 4 to 12 at San Francisco parochial schools shows alarming dieting among young children. Ninety-nine percent of 9 year olds report weight concerns, with nearly half of 9 year olds and about 80 percent of 10 to 11 year olds dieting to lose weight.
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San Francisco
University of California
Francisco
Laurel Mellin
Ms. Meilin
Murderer's Appeal On The Burner In Kansas Supreme Court
Arnold L. Ruebke Jr appealed to the Kansas Supreme Court against his murder and kidnapping convictions for the October 1984 Arlington abductions and shotgun killings of 18 year old Tammey Mooney and two toddlers. His attorney argued pretrial publicity biased jurors, while the prosecutor said the evidence was overwhelming. The court took the case under advisement for a December 5 decision.
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Topeka
Kan
Arnold L. Ruebke Jr
Kansas Supreme Court
Arlington
Ruebke
Richard J. Rome
Reno County
Rome
Hutchinson
Francis E. Meisenheimer
Tammey Mooney
Andrew
James Vogelsang
Kansas
Vogelsangs
Ms. Mooney
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Bob Dole
U.S
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Fletcher Bell
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