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- March 15, 2010 | Lucas Puente
This spring one of the more common news stories has been the destruction of natural disasters. It started with the horrific earthquake in Haiti that killed over 200,000 individuals. The 7.0 strike was the worst to strike that country since 1770 and could not have been located at a worse location, with its epicenter only 10 miles from the... - March 12, 2010 | Tarsi Dunlop
Erika Solanki is a current Sophomore at UCLA. She was recently awarded the Morgan & Helen Chu Outstanding Scholar Award of $3,000 through the UCLA Asian American Studies Center (AASC). This award recognizes Ms. Solanki for having the highest GPA in her entire freshmen class, and the completion of the most... - March 11, 2010 | Reese Neader
April 10, 11: UNC-Chapel Hill Conference events will focus on promoting the themes of Natural Security and Sustainable Security as tools for conceptualizing U.S. grand strategy. On Saturday, workshops will be hosted by progressive foreign policy organizations to highlight special projects and opportunities for... - March 11, 2010 | Kirsten Hill
Back in September we all breathed a sigh of relief as we learned that the House had passed the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA)—the “single largest investment in higher education in history.” The new piece of legislation “would broaden the government’s existing direct-lending program, saving billions... - March 9, 2010 | Casey Maliszewski
This past week, President Obama took the podium along side of U.S. Secretary Arne Duncan, Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and long-time education advocate and current chair of America’s Promise Alliance, Alma Powell to highlight the immense problem that America has: the high school dropout crisis. President Obama’s call... - March 7, 2010 | Imani Strong
“A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him and a child cannot afford to be fooled” —James Baldwin Ebonics or, more accurately, African American Vernacular English (AAVE) came to the forefront of national consciousness with the Oakland Controversy which was an attempt by the school board in Oakland, CA to recognize the legitimacy of AAVE... - March 2, 2010 | Reese Neader
On Feb. 24, the coalition led by Yulia Tymoshenko representing the once vibrant 'Orange Revolution' in the Ukraine was crushed with the election of pro-Moscow Prime Minister Victor F. Yanukovich. Although the results have been confirmed by international observers, Western governments have greeted the decision with concern. As... - February 26, 2010 | Mintaro Oba
As the Tennessee Governor’s School program has shown, partnership between colleges and high schools is an untapped and promising way to address essential curricular reform. The United States Department of Education should recognize curricular reform as an issue of fairness and create incentives for its success. ... - February 25, 2010 | Kyle Ueyama
Last Saturday, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands announced the collapse of the Dutch government. The presence of Dutch troops in Afghanistan proved to be the breaking point that brought down the coalition government including Balkenende's Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) and the Dutch Labor Party (PvdA). There are currently... - February 25, 2010 | Sara John
There has been much uproar from a recent Wall Street Journal article that states the White House has a Plan B for health care that would cover 15 million of the uninsured and allow young adults to remain in their parents' plan until 26. According to a White House pool report, when the validity of such a plan was questioned, Obama's only...
