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The Faerie Month of May: Faerie Festivals and May Celebrations

Stephen D. Winick | Posted 04.22.2013 | Arts
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Stephen D. Winick

Today's Maytime Faerie Festivals, including Spoutwood Farm's May Day Fairie Festival, the Maryland Faerie Festival, and the New York Faerie Festival, are outgrowths of this vibrant May tradition. They feature kings and queens, Maypole dances, flower garlands and beautiful costumes.

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Don't Like the Gender Gap? Women's Colleges Might Just Be the Answer

Elisabeth Pfeiffer | Posted 02.10.2013 | College
Read More: College Gender Gap, Women's Colleges, Gender Gap, Womens Colleges, Colleges Gender Gap, Congress Gender Gap, College News
Elisabeth Pfeiffer

I wasn't perturbed by comments like "Is that a lesbian college?" or "Ew, you'll never see boys!" or "Why would you go to a women's college?" I knew most of my peers thought I was crazy, but I didn't care.

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The Evolution Of The Dorm Room: What's Next? (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Anna Susman | Posted 06.21.2012 | College
Read More: College Dorms, Women's Colleges, The-Most-Beautiful-Campuses, Oldest Colleges, Dorm Rooms, Hbcu, Best College Dorms, Dormitory, Evolution of the Dorm Room, Luxury Dorms, Slideexpand, College News

Many of us remember our college dorm rooms: the bare walls covered in band posters or table cloths serving as tapestries, all in a lame attempt to cre...

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Joy Resmovits

Obama's Barnard Remarks Fall Flat With Some Students

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 05.14.2012 | College
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NEW YORK -- President Barack Obama's commencement address Monday at Barnard College was filled with moments reminiscent of the 2008 presidential camp...

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Women's Economic Empowerment Starts With Education

Patricia McGuire | Posted 05.22.2012 | DC
Read More: Women's Empowerment, Women's Economic Empowerment, Violence Against Women Act, Women's Rights, Violence Against Women, Women's Colleges, DREAM Act, Women's Education, Women's Progress, DC News
Patricia McGuire

Education is the essential foundation for women's economic empowerment. Unfortunately, too many girls and women in the United States, as well as globally, remain under-served educationally.

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Girl Power

Patricia McGuire | Posted 04.29.2012 | DC
Read More: Women's Colleges, Women's Rights, Congressman Robert Morris, Girl Scouts, Women's Right to Vote, Bob Morris Girl Scouts, Girl Scouts of America, Bob Morris Girl Scouts Radicalized, DC News
Patricia McGuire

With Osama Bin Laden and Muammar Gaddafi out of the way, we thought we could at least enjoy spring training without fear. But thanks to the ever-vigilant wingnut industry, we have a whole new face of evil to keep us awake at night.

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Are Women's Colleges Outdated?

Tom Matlack | Posted 06.08.2011 | College
Read More: Good Is Good, Women, Swarthmore, Single-Sex, Barnard, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Coed, Bard, Amherst, Tom Matlack, Women's College, Penn, Single-Sex Schools, Co-Ed Schools, Single-Sex Colleges, Womens Colleges, College News
Tom Matlack

Beyond serving a destination for horny young men, I've always been skeptical about women's colleges.

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