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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 20, 2000
Page
7
Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene notes William Woods University in Fulton Missouri offers students a $5000 tuition rebate if they turn off the Internet and show they can engage in campus life without screens. The plan uses a point system for attending cultural events and joining groups to earn the rebate.
A provocative column argues Sunday’s Washington march for licensing and registering guns repeats past missteps. It cites Prohibition, the 18th Amendment, and racial violence to warn lawmakers against overreaching gun laws, noting DC bans didn’t stop crime.
The piece links the U S Congress decision on permanent normal trade status for China to economic openings for American farmers and telecoms while highlighting Fudan University president Wang Shenghong as a modernizing voice. It discusses China's higher education limits, globalization, and the need for university cooperation beyond politics, with Wang seeking ties to APRU and global allies.
May 20 publishes a brief almanac feature noting historical events on this date including Levi Strauss patenting blue jeans in 1873 and Amalia Earhart’s 1932 solo trans Atlantic flight starting Newfoundland ending in Ireland. It lists birthdays for Dolly Madison James Stewart Sigrid Undset and others with terse sports and a quotation attributed to John Stuart Mill.
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