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Transgender Students Better Accommodated at UCLA
*CNS News reports that coed dorm rooms could be a reality for some UCLA students as soon as next year — but don’t expect campus housing to turn into “Real World UCLA” with strangers of different...
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Struggling Texas HBCU Finds Hope in President
President Michael Sorrell of Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas. *The country focuses on the Big 10 schools and Ivy League as the premiere institutions of higher learning. But, somewhere along the way...
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Tyra Banks Graduates from Harvard Business School
*Tyra Banks on Friday graduated from the Owner/President Management Program at Harvard Business School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Us Weekly reports. Banks, who dropped out of Loyola Marymount...
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Tenn. College Party Erupts in Club Gun Battle, 17 Shot, 1 Killed
Todd Lecarlos, 19, of Lane College was shot and killed during a gun battle at Karma Lounge in Jackson, Tennessee, Sunday Morning, February 26, 2012 *What has happened to the days of a good ol’ after...
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‘Street Squash’ Pushes Harlem Students into College (Video)
*What did you play outside with your friends? Baseball? Basketball? Running Bases? Four Square? Double Dutch? How about Squash? We’re almost certain that your reaction was the same as the youngsters in...
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Should Rich Kids like P. Diddy’s Son Get Scholarship Money?
Justin Combs signing his letter of intent to attend UCLA in the Fall flanked by his mother Misa Hilton Brimm, his grandmother Janice Combs, his maternal grandparents and multi-millionaire dad, Sean...
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7 College Degrees With Highest Unemployment Rates
*Not all college degrees are created equal. This is according to a recent report by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. The major you choose could reduce your chances of...
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Redskins 22-Year-Old Quarterback Robert Griffin is an Icon
*Robert Griffin III has become an icon in the NFL, setting the tone for the season as the star quarterback of the Washington Redskins. Poised on the field, charming in public, and an admirable style of...
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Chicago’s Urban Prep Seniors 100% College-Bound – Again
*With Chicago in the national spotlight for tragic teen shootings, uplifting news continues to come out of the city’s Urban Prep Academy. For the fourth year in a row, all seniors from its Englewood...
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Jay Harris Loses Scholarship to Michigan State with Rap Video Posted on...
Jay Harris, aka Jay Datbull, loses full-ride scholarship to Michigan State University this fall for rap video posted on YouTube, May 14, 2013. *As tuition rises daily at our nation’s universities,...
View ArticleThe Journal of Steffanie Rivers: The NCAA Windfall
*As I sit here watching the NCAA Championship basketball game I can’t help but think past the game itself and to all the money that has been made during this tournament season. From cities such as...
View ArticleMichael Jackson’s Son Prince Graduates from High School (Pics)
*Prince Jackson, the 18-year-old son of Michael Jackson, graduated from high school on Saturday, and Auntie Toya was apparently front and center. “So very proud of @princemjjjaxon YOU DID! And you did...
View ArticleBill Cosby Mocks College Sexual-Consent Rules in 1999 Book
*Bill Cosby continues to be haunted by his own words. The latest blast from his past amid current rape and sexual assault accusations was discovered in a 1999 book aimed at recent college graduates, in...
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The Socialist’s Journal: Quarterly Quick Hits Part 3
*I generally advocate for the importance of diplomacy in foreign relations. So the nuclear restrictions that Secretary of State Kerry negotiated this summer with Iran makes sense to me. At some point...
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The Socialist’s Journal: March Madness
*I have written about the financial problem that major college football and basketball are struggling with. Indeed the annual Division 1 national championship tournament for basketball highlights this...
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Rihanna Announces Global Scholarship Program Through her Foundation
*Rihanna is looking to help financially-strapped students overseas who have been accepted at U.S. colleges. Students from Barbados, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Guyana, and Jamaica are eligible for her global...
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The Socialist’s Journal/ The Prodigy: Esther Okade Taking College Courses at...
*First: I apologize for being a year late to this party. Second: As a former smart kid, I am clearly jealous of Esther Okade. Third: Is this family crazy!! Esther Okade is an 11 year old who is...
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82-year-old Grandpa Starts the Fall Semester at College … with his Granddaughter
*My 77-year-old mother never finished college, and she says that decision is one of her biggest regrets. She went back briefly in the 1990s (GOD that sounds like it was a long time ago!), but dropped...
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Millennials Are Crippled by Student Loan Debt, and It’s Not Going Away
*U.S. student loan debt has reached $1.3 trillion dollars, a figure that surpasses every type of consumer debt besides mortgage payments, and at the brunt end of this sad statistic are Millennials. If...
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94-Year-Old, Hearing-Impaired, Wheelchair-Bound Grandma of 12 Earns College...
*This one’s for all of the procrastinators — present company included! 94-year old, hearing-impaired grandmother of 12, Amy Craton, earned her Bachelor’s degree — and a 4.0 GPA! “You can’t live...
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