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Another Campus Rape At Another "Classy" College
We really, really didn't need any more evidence that campus rape is a widespread problem across all sorts of colleges and universities, and that Wesleyan University's problems shouldn't targeted as isolated or unique. But we have it anyway. This time it'...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities
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Former Sen. and Presidential Hopeful George McGovern Dies
CNNSIOUX FALLS, SD -- He was an outspoken critic of one war, but a hero in another. He was a leading Democrat who came from Republican roots. He was a politician who cared more about being on the right side of an issue than on the popular side. George...Tags: United Nations, John F. Kennedy, Elections, Walter Mondale, R. Sargent Shriver
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Student news - May 28
MARION, Ind. — The following area students were among the 2,000 students who received degrees during graduation ceremonies April 28 at Indiana Wesleyan University: - Terry Baker of Hagerstown, who received a Bachelor of Science in nursing. -...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Education, Science, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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Former SD Sen. and 1972 Presidential candidate George McGovern dies
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — George McGovern once joked that he had wanted to run for president in the worst way — and that he had done so. It was a campaign in 1972 dishonored by Watergate, a scandal that fully unfurled too late to knock...
Tags: U.S. Military, John F. Kennedy, Social Sciences, Primaries, Bob Dole
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New Lemony Snicket book a disappointment
I have great respect for Daniel Handler, creator of the wildly popular Lemony Snicket books (and a fellow alum of Wesleyan University), but I couldn't help but feel let down at his newest: "Who Could That Be at This Hour?" When I was finished with the...
Tags: J.K. Rowling
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Oahe irrigation potential remains untapped
When the Army Corps of Engineers floated the idea recently of charging to use some water stored in reservoirs on the Missouri River, Gov. Dennis Daugaard reminded the agency that irrigation promised to the state never happened. "The federal government...Tags: Environmental Politics, Conservation, Science and Technology, Elections, South Dakota Legislature
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Wesleyan's Davison Art Center Featuring the Engravings of Andrew Raftery
Andrew Raftery: Open House Ends Dec. 9, Wesleyan University's Davison Art Center, 301 High St., Middletown, (860) 685-2500, wesleyan.edu/dac It's always fascinating and a bit consoling when an artist, especially one with the delicacy and taste of...
Tags: Real Estate Agents, Davison Art Center, Middletown, Real Estate, Real Estate Buyers
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Studies Suggest There Are Far More Campus Rapes Than The Official Numbers Indicate
It's the stuff of a hideous higher-ed Halloween nightmare: sexual assault, campus fear, rape-culture environments, an ugly federal lawsuit against a prestigious institution, and an ongoing national crisis of violence against women. Earlier this month,...
Tags: New Britain, Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, University of Connecticut, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Sixteen years later, Jeffrey Maier revisits infamous moment in Yankee Stadium
The most despised child in the history of Baltimore sports is all grown up. And, if his beloved New York Yankees falter, he'd like to see the Orioles win the 2012 World Series. Yes, Baltimore — 16 years later, Jeffrey Maier soon could be in your...
Tags: Baseball, American League, Boston Red Sox, Sports, New York Yankees
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Andrew Sarris dies at 83; longtime film critic
Film critic Andrew Sarris began his rise to prominence in the early 1960s when, fresh off an extended visit to Paris, he became a primary spokesman for a theory that would reverberate throughout the cinema world.
Screenwriters and producers may have...Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, William Wyler, David Thomson , Francois Truffaut
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Poet Richard Wilbur helps kick off the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival on June 1
Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Kickoff Weekend June 1-3, Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, (860) 677-4787, hillstead.org. It would be hard to find a more accomplished living poet in the world today than Richard Wilbur. In addition to...
Tags: The Happiest News!, Music, Edgar Allan Poe, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Newspaper and Magazine
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Libertarian says his advantage is independence
South Bend TribuneThis year's election campaigns have included plenty of promises from Democrats who say they'll work with Republicans, and Republicans who say they'll work with Democrats. Joe Ruiz, the Libertarian running for north-central Indiana's seat in the U.S....Tags: Libertarian Party, Voting, Joe Donnelly, Tea Party Movement, Elections
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