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Indie Rocker To Paul Ryan: 'Dude, Listen To The Lyrics'

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 08.20.2012 | Entertainment

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Stars have been making their sometimes-dancey, sometimes-depressed brand of relationship-centric music for over a decade now, so it's a bit jarring to...

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'Home Alone' Film Producer Signs On As Quinnipiac Mentor

AP | Posted 09.08.2011 | College

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HAMDEN, Conn. — A film producer and director whose work includes the hits "Home Alone" and "Mystic Pizza" has signed on as a mentor for students...

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Emma Watson Says She Wasn't Bullied At Brown, Might Study Abroad

AP | Posted 06.29.2011 | College

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- "Harry Potter" star Emma Watson is denying media reports that she was bullied out of Brown University. In a statement posted on h...

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Pa. Gov. Tells Colleges To Drill For Oil To Make Up Budget Shortfalls

Posted 06.29.2011 | College

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Could the key to higher education budget woes lie beneath the earth's surface? It could, at least according to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett. At a ...

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Student Charged In Tyler Clementi Suicide Seeks To Have Record Expunged

AP | GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 06.29.2011 | College

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HADDONFIELD, N.J. — A former Rutgers University student accused of watching a surreptitious webcast of a classmate's same-sex liaison is seeking...

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Students Occupy A Building To Protest Rising Tuition

nytimes.com | LISA W. FODERARO | Posted 06.28.2011 | College

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Demanding a tuition freeze, better wages for workers and a greater voice for students, about a dozen undergraduates at Rutgers University on Wednesday...

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Former Hartwick College Student Sues; Says He Was Beaten By Frat, Dressed As A Pimp

Posted 06.25.2011 | College

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A former Hartwick College student is suing the school claiming he was the victim of fraternity hazing. During a ritual at the Alpha Delta Omega fra...

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Penn Student To Minority Applicants: Don't Go Here

Posted 06.20.2011 | College

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A Penn student wrote in a recent Daily Pennsylvanian column that he would "not recommend" that other minorities attend the university due to racially ...

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Republicans Step On Traditionally Democratic Turf At Ivy League Schools

The Boston Globe | Joan Vennochi | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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This semester, Brown University is offering a new course on political conservatism. The university said the course is unrelated to current events and ...

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Tyra Banks Attends Harvard Business School

New York Magazine's The Cut | By: | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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Tyra Banks is enrolled at THE most fashionable business school -- Harvard! Banks is enrolled in one of the school's Executive Education programs, a tw...

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NYU Prof Removes The Camera Attached To His Head, Will Now Wear It Around His Neck

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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NEW YORK — A New York University professor says the tiny camera inserted into the back of his head for a yearlong art project has been temporari...

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Obama To Visit Penn State [UPDATED]

HuffPost Citizen Contributor | Kathleen Garvin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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President Obama is scheduled to visit the Pennsylvania State University on Wednesday, Feb. 2, to focus on energy efficiency. The announcement was made...

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6 Million African Americans And The U.S. Immigration Story

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

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Between 1915 and 1970, 6 million African Americans left the only homes they'd known in the American South in search of better lives and opportunities ...

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Racial Breakdown of the LARGEST California PUBLIC Colleges

Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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Students are rallying across the country today in protest of rising tuition fees and increasing budget cuts in public colleges. And it all began in ...

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