MIT freshmen struggle with writing as standards rise
Mass Institute of Technology reports about three quarters of freshmen must study writing courses or receive tutoring. Only 17 percent bypass the requirement via a two hour essay, with 7 percent proving competency through advanced placement exams. The shift in standards sparks debate over college writing education.
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Ambridge
Mass
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Leslie Perelman
Michael Barboza
Lamesa
Texas
Jacqueline Joyce Royster
Ohio State University
Santa Fe Trail symposium draws hundreds to Kansas towns
About 400 people attended a four day Santa Fe Trail Symposium in Larned and Great Bend Kansas, sponsored by the Santa Fe Trail Association. Attendees included amateur historians like George Elmore and John LaVerna who shared a passion for the historic 780 mile route between Independence Missouri and Santa Fe New Mexico.
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Arned
Kan
Kansas
Larned
Great Bend
George Elmore
Fort Larned
John
LaVerna Dick
Goessel
John LaVerna
Santa Fe Trail Association
United States
Independence
Santa Fe
N.M
Joseph Marshall
Marshall
Walter
Diana Reed
Yorba Linda
Calif
Fort Lamed
Santa Fe Trail Center
Estefans Involved In Fatal Wake Collision Near Miami Beach
A man on a personal water craft died after colliding with a Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan boat off South Beach. Howard Clark 29, a Howard University law student, was killed. passenger Tisha Greene 22 was hospitalized with head injuries. The Estefans were unharmed as Captain Mike Lamphear noted the wake boarding may have been reckless but not their fault.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Gloria Estefan
Emilio
Estefans
South Beach
Howard Clark
Howard University
Washington, D.C
Tisha Greene
Mike Lamphear
Florida Marine Patrol
Emilio Estefan
Lamphear
Seven tops weekend box office over Showgirls
Violence wins at the box office as Seven debuts with 14.5 million, topping NC-17 Showgirls with 8.3 million. Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman star in Seven, while Showgirls aimed for up to 1,000 screens in its wide NC-17 launch amid heavy hype. MGM distribution chief Larry Gleason comments on the opening despite mixed reviews.
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Los Angeles
Seven
Brad Pitt
Morgan Freeman
Larry Gleason
MGM
Reagan illness draws family closer as Patti Davis reconciles
In New York Newsweek reports former President Reagan, 84, disclosed Alzheimer's disease last November. Nancy Reagan notes illness reshuffles priorities and Patti Davis says reconciliation began before the disclosure, recounting notes from Reagan and affirming love. In Radnor Paul Reiser discusses edging Mad About You with an edgier tone. In Memphis Elvis Presley Enterprises aims to expand Graceland influence by restoring Hunt-Phelan home, planning limited tours and a March 1996 restoration.
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Reagan
Patti Davis
Newsweek Magazine
Nancy Reagan
Davis
Playboy
Memphis, Tenn
Beale Street
Elvis Presley
Graceland
Elvis Presley Enterprises
Hunt-Phelan
Ulysses S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Presley
Bill Day
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