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The Current Events Bubble

Marlena Bradford | Posted 05.22.2012

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Marlena Bradford

I'm not sure if this is generation-wide, but a good number of my classmates are largely unaware of current events, both foreign and domestic. A prime example of this is the recent Kony 2012 movement.

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UMass Stuns No. 21 Temple In A-10 Tourney

AP | DAN GELSTON | Posted 05.09.2012

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Jesse Morgan started the run with a 3-pointer, and a Chaz Williams-to-Sean Carter alley-oop ended it with a bang. ...

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Super Tuesday: Early On, It's Slow Going At The Polls

The Huffington Post | Andrew Jenks, Jacob Soboroff and Becca Frucht | Posted 05.06.2012

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BOSTON -- It's cold. It's early. And almost nobody is voting yet on the day that every pundit is saying could finally shake up this year's Republican ...

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Victoria Kennedy After Ted Kennedy's Death: Health Care Reform & White House Job Offers

The Boston Globe | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obama administration, grateful for Ted Kennedy's help in pushing the health care law on Capitol Hill and cognizant of [Victoria Reggie Kennedy's] ...

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Raymond Luc Levasseur To Speak At UMass After All

bostonherald.com | Herald Wire Services | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gov. Deval Patrick won't take anymore action to prevent a convicted terror bomber from speaking at the University of Massachusetts Amherst despite his...

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