April 29, 2009
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The person who contracted swine flu in northern Indiana is a student at Notre Dame University in South Bend, officials said Tuesday. CBS 2’s Derrick Blakley reports.
Original Article: Indiana Swine Flu Patient A Student At Notre Dame (CBS 2 Chicago)
April 29, 2009
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ATHENS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio University says a student fell from a fourth floor window in a dormitory and is hospitalized.
Original Article: Student hurt falling from 4th floor of Ohio dorm (22 WSBT South Bend)
April 29, 2009
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April 29, 2009 — Washington University in St. Louis’ Office of Student Accounting will switch from paper to e-billing for the upcoming 2009-2010 school year.
Original Article: Billing to go green in the Office of Student Accounting (Washington University in St. Louis)
April 29, 2009
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Hempfield spirit wear will be available for purchase online by mid-June in a venture designed to bring additional revenue to the school district.The school district and Philadelphia-based University Promos, in an agreement reached with the help of Market Street Sports Group, are teaming up to sell c…
Original Article: Hempfield spirit wear going online (Lancaster Online)
April 29, 2009
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Kansas City – Grantham University ( www.grantham.edu ), an online university serving working adult students around the world, today announced Walter “Cal” Smith as its 2009 Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) Outstanding Graduate.
Original Article: Grantham University Recognizes 2009 Outstanding Graduate (dBusinessNews.com)
April 29, 2009
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison is returning to a first-come, first-served policy for student football tickets. Last year, the school tried a lottery system, but after feedback from students, the lottery was scrapped.
Original Article: UW alters student ticket policy (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
April 29, 2009
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( University of Rhode Island ) Online shoppers increasingly depend upon consumer-based rating systems that vendors like Amazon.com and eBay use to rate products and sellers. But those rating systems are easily manipulated. To detect these unfair ratings, a team of engineers from URI has developed several algorithms that can serve as a defense against collaborative, profit-driven manipulations of …
Original Article: Patent pending on URI engineers’ system for combating manipulation of online product ratings (EurekAlert!)
April 29, 2009
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The University of Wisconsin has scrapped its one-year trial of a lottery system for student football tickets, returning to a first-come, first-served policy. Notably, the policy does not guarantee a specific number of seats for each class, nor does it contain any preferences for upperclassmen.
Original Article: Wisconsin Badgers football: Student ticket lottery system scrapped (The Capital Times)
April 29, 2009
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EMMITSBURG, Md. — Police say a Mount St. Mary’s University student was improperly running in a traffic lane when she was struck and killed by a pickup truck near the campus in Emmitsburg. Frederick County Sheriff’s Lt. Tom Winebrenner said today …
Original Article: Cops say Mount St. Mary’s student at fault in jogging death - Delaware Online
April 29, 2009
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The office of the chief medical examiner says a George Washington University sophomore found dead in her dorm room in January died of acute alcohol intoxication. Nineteen-year-old Laura Treanor of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., was found …
Original Article: College student from Hudson Valley died of alcohol intoxication - Times Herald-Record
April 29, 2009
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This is a near-daily digest of college news and notes from around the state, from the Journal Sentinel and other papers. You’ll find this round-up here at School Zone. Tips? Send them here . Cardinal Stritch drops Cousins Center purchase: Cardinal …
Original Article: College notebook: Students flock to journalism despite industry woes - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
April 29, 2009
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It’s slim pickings for Student Government president and vice president this year. By a narrow margin among The Guardian editorial board, The Guardian endorses Joel Parker and Dan Thomas for SG president and vice president. The role of SG is to …
Original Article: The Guardian endorses Parker/Thomas for SG president, vice president - Guardian Online
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