November 30, 2008
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AMES, Iowa - First-year Iowa State University student Darrin Rahn of Mount Carroll has been chosen by Iowa State University President Gregory Geoffroy to participate in the 2008-09 President’s Leadership Class. Rahn majors in agricultural business and economics.
Original Article: Student picked for leadership class (SaukValley.com)
November 30, 2008
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Kari Schoeneweis will face more than $60,000 in student loan debt when she graduates from Carlow University in spring.
Original Article: Student-loan consolidation choices shrink (Centre Daily Times)
November 30, 2008
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November 19, 2008 — Carianne Noga, a graduate student of art at Washington University, ties tags of hope onto a sculpture outside the University City Post-Office. Noga and fellow student Maya Escobar started soliciting people’s hopes to place on the sculpture.
Original Article: ‘Hope’ springs anew for Washington University grad students (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
November 30, 2008
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It’s a scenario Laura Stout knows well. The Lincoln resident’s tuition at Delaware Technical & Community College was paid through the state’s SEED program, and she earned another scholarship to finish her degree at Wilmington University. Although the …
Original Article: College students in more debt - Delaware Online
November 30, 2008
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With economists painting a gloomy picture of the coming shopping season, some might find it surprising that business is booming and lines are long — just not at the local big-box stores or mall. Instead, people are flocking to area craft fairs in …
Original Article: More shoppers turning to craft fairs for holiday bargains - Portsmouth Herald
November 30, 2008
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DOVER — Chinese exchange student Li Wang said she had heard of Delaware only once before traveling here to study at Delaware State University this fall. “It was on the TV show ‘Friends.’ Ross was trying to name the 50 states,” Wang said, laughing …
Original Article: Chinese students soak up American life at DSU - Delaware Online
November 30, 2008
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The Clinton teenager also thinks it’s pretty “cool” to be a celebrity — but she wishes she hadn’t had to live for 118 days without a heart to become one. D’Zhana, who would be a freshman at Clinton High School now if she hadn’t developed a heart …
Original Article: Clinton teen who lived without heart enjoys new life - Greenville News
November 30, 2008
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From his terrace on Colaba Causeway in south Mumbai, Arun Shanbhag saw the Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel burn. He saw ambulances leave the Nariman House. And he recorded every move on the Internet. Mr. Shanbhag, who lives in Boston but happened to …
Original Article: Citizen Journalists Provide Glimpses Into Attacks - Star News Online
November 30, 2008
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The student who is the Penn State Nittany Lion mascot was charged with driving drunk on campus the morning of the Michigan State football game. Penn State police say James D. Sheep, of Chambersburg, was pulled over at 3:16 a.m. Nov. 22 near …
Original Article: DUI charge for Nittany Lion mascot - Public Opinion
November 30, 2008
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A team of Journal Sentinel reporters spent a year examining the drinking culture in Wisconsin. The team evaluated studies, created and analyzed databases, surveyed Wisconsin residents, tested dozens of drinkers with a breath-testing device, reviewed …
Original Article: Special Reports - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
November 30, 2008
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Cambridge, Mass. Click to enlarge About 100 students at M.I.T. are trading privacy for a smartphone that tracks their calls, messages and movements. Jodi Hilton for The New York Times HARRISON BROWN, an 18-year-old freshman majoring in mathematics at …
Original Article: You’re Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy? - Star News Online
November 30, 2008
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(MOBILE, Ala.) Nov. 24 - Multiple law enforcement sources tell NBC 15 News Jamie Letson has confessed to murdering her friend, Katherine Foster. Foster, 18, was found shot to death near the campus of the University of South Alabama in 1980. Friday …
Original Article: Sources: Woman confesses to murdering USA student - NBC 15
November 30, 2008
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I’ve been covering the annual Wizard of Oz Festival for 17 years. I was still a 20-year-old college student at Valparaiso University working as an intern at The Vidette-Messenger newspaper in Valparaiso in 1991 when my assigning editor called me over …
Original Article: At the End of the Yellow Brick Road - NWI.com
November 30, 2008
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UMM student helps put Senior Center on-lineMorris Sun Tribune, MN - Nov 28, 2008 A new Web site for the Morris Senior Community Center, created by University of Minnesota, Morris student Amanda Granaas, is now online. …
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Original Article: UMM student helps put Senior Center on-line - Morris Sun Tribune