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More Top Universities Offer Free Classes Online

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 11.19.2012 | College

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Seventeen leading universities in the U.S. and abroad will start offering free cyber courses through the online education platf...

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Food 101: Why College Students Should Learn How to Cook

Will Levitt | Posted 08.31.2012 | Taste

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Too many students leave college without any knowledge of how to cook for themselves. Learning how to microwave instant ramen is not a cooking skill. When we enter the real world, we need to be able to provide for ourselves.

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The Best Colleges For Making Friends

Posted 02.28.2012 | College

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Some colleges just have a better atmosphere for making friends. It can be fairly easy to feel like a cog in a big machine at a large public univer...

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Prosecutor Holds Results On Wesleyan Suspect Psychiatric Exam

AP | Posted 11.13.2011 | College

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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A Connecticut prosecutor on Tuesday declined to release the results of a recently completed psychiatric examination of a man...

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Negativity and Partisan (De)Mobilization in the 2010 Midterms

Michael Wolf | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Very few subjects stir interest like negative campaigns; voters dislike them; political consultants adore them; and political scientists scrutinize them. Two contradictory points are evident.

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The Study Drug Problem

Daniel Luzer | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Read More: Drugs, Mental Health, College, Concentration, Stimulants, Adhd, Cheating, Ritalin, Anxiety, Wesleyan, Exams, College News

Oh, Ritalin. Such an important part of college were you. Little and round and white, the source of, and solution to, so much anxiety during exam periods. And now colleges are cracking down.

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Wesleyan Acceptance Rate Drops 7% In 2 Years

wesleyanargus.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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The "Wesleyan University Class of 2014" Facebook group is abuzz with excitement, and this year's members have reason to be thrilled--admission for the...

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Wesleyan Student Stabbed By Samurai Sword

boston.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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Wesleyan University officials say a student who was accidentally stabbed by a prop samurai sword during a student-produced play has been released from...

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Top 10 HIPSTER Schools

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Looking to up your coolness quotient? Maybe a hipster school is for you. Though definitions of the modern-day hipster are often debated, we'll go with...

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COLUMN: Can't Hold It In? Just Don't Go On The Stairs, Please

Wesleyan Argus | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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COLUMN: In Defense Of Britney Spears

The Wesleyan Argus | Kara Perez, Contributing Writer | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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Let's be real: everyone grew up with a deep love for the original princess of pop, Britney Spears. When she hit the music scene at the tender age of 1...

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COLUMN: Who, Exactly, Is Justin Bieber?

The Wesleyan Argus | Jocelyn Spencer, Pop Culture VultureWednesday, February 24 2010, 11:06 Pm | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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If you're an obsessive Twitter user like I am (follow me! @jocelynhope. I'm awesome.), you're probably wondering who the hell this Justin Bieber kid i...

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Wesleyan Sues Former Investment Officer

The Wesleyan Argus | Rob Wohl and Ezra Silk, Editor | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

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Wesleyan University has brought a lawsuit against former Vice President of Investments and Chief Investment Officer Thomas Kannam and nearly twenty ot...

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Wesleyan Offers College Education To High-Security Prisoners

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

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With shrinking endowments and funding cutbacks, most colleges would be wary of launching new initiatives. But two months ago, the New York Times repor...

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Johanna Justin-Jinich: Wesleyan Student Killed In Shooting

AP | KATIE NELSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — A disguised gunman fatally shot a Wesleyan University student while she worked at a popular bookstore near campus Wednesday ...

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Higher Education Will Struggle Through the Recession

Brian Farkas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Writing separate but nearly identical letters to their respective communities, countless college presidents across the county have recently admitted: "We're out of money."

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Prominent Right Wing Coward Smears Obama for Not Considering Military Service

Tony Hendra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

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So why did one of the nation's pre-eminent draft-dodgers pick Obama as the one candidate to slime? Could it be the reflexive racism that drives all neo-conservatives?

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What's More Important to Honor our Military: Better Leadership or Another Sunday Speech?

Harold Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Wesleyan, Iraq, Patriotism, Military, William Kristol, Barack Obama, Politics News

Whatever Kristol means, he is fighting a culture war that ended many years ago. There is no ideological or partisan divide when it comes to caring about Americans in harm's way.

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