Debate Over Race Neutral Admissions Shapes Higher Ed
A report argues race neutral policies in nine states can sustain minority presence in public universities through outreach and class based criteria. Critics say California, Florida, Texas show diversity declines without race based consideration and lawsuits like Fisher v Texas continue.
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California
Richard Kahlenberg
The
Century Foundation
University of California
Kahlenberg
UCLA
California- Berkeley
Michigan
Washington
Nebraska
Arizona
New Hampshire
Florida
Texas
Georgia
University of Texas
Abigail Fisher
University of Michigan
Hilary Shelton
NAACP
Border Patrol Agent Killed Near Naco Arizona
A Border Patrol agent, 30 year old Nicholas Ivie, was shot and killed during a patrol near Naco Arizona close to the U S Mexico line. A second agent was wounded but stable. Investigators pursue multiple shooters as FBI and Cochise County authorities probe. Ivie served since 2008 and lived in Sierra Vista with his wife and two daughters.
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Naco
Ariz
Border Patrol
Arizona
U.s.-Mexico
Nicholas Ivie
Tucson
FBI
Cochise County
Jeffrey Self
Customs and Border Protection
Arizona Joint Field Command
Ivie
Sierra Vista
Brian Terry
Chuck Grassley
Terry
Bisbee
Federal Immigration Agencies
U.S
Carol Capas
George McCubbin
National Border Patrol Council
Provo
Utah
Todd Davis
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Benefits seen in low dose hormone use for women
A four year study of 700 healthy women within three years of menopause found that starting low dose estrogen therapy or a skin patch improved symptoms and did not raise heart risk. The trial did not assess breast cancer risk and overviews caution use only for severe symptoms at the lowest dose and shortest time.
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JoAnn Manson
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston
Wyeth
Pfizer Inc
Bayer
NYPD Turns to Facebook to Curb Gang Violence Surge
NYPD will expand cyber policing and double its gang unit to 300 investigators as authorities say a new generation of gangs uses social media to boast, taunt, and threaten violence. Brooklyn suspects posted court documents with names to intimidate informants and a Rockstarz member was mocked in online posts.
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Mexico
Terry
New York
Facebook
New York Police Department
Raymond Kelly
NYPD
the Bloods
Brooklyn
Rockstarz
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Associated Press
Supreme Court
Anthony Kennedy
Fisher
Halley Potter
University of Washington
University of
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Washington, D.C
Clarence Thomas
Antonin Scalia
John G. Roberts
Anthony M. Kennedy
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sonia Sotomayor
Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito Jr
Elena Kagan
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