Archive for October, 2008

You Don’t Know Jack (o’-Lantern)

Forum for Students to Raise Financial Concerns

The economic crisis facing the nation is beginning to hit home for many Boston University students, whose concerns include the ailing job market, the financial security of their families, and their ability to cover tuition costs.

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Smashing Pumpkins Again!

Cat Vampire and Candy Corn Top Costume Contest

Click on the slide show above to get spooked by the CELOP Halloween costume contest.

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Berkeley students weigh in on the ‘08 election

Interest in the presidential election is running high at UC Berkeley, where more than 9,000 new voters registered this year. In the final days of the campaign, nine undergraduates share their views — on the issues, indecision, political disagreement, citizenship, making history, and more. With audio clips

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Restoring citizens’ confidence in the vote

California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, speaking at UC Berkeley Wednesday, described a “top to bottom” review of county voting systems — along with other reforms, recent and future, to the state’s election system.

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Finding a College Scholarship for a Single Mother

Women dream of having a happy and fulfilled family life. But sometimes reality can really hurt, and the fairy tale world ends with a snap of a finger. And very soon, you’ll find yourself raising your kids alone without the help of your

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ACC begins implementing strategic plan on high-risk drinking

The Alcohol Coalition Committee (ACC), a group of students, faculty and staff appointed last year to address high-risk drinking among undergraduates, is continuing its work this year.

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Nelson, Petta awarded prestigious Packard Fellowships

Celeste Nelson, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, and Jason Petta, an assistant professor of physics, have been chosen to receive the highly selective David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Fellowships for Science and Engineering.  

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Study finds ageism more prevalent than racism among presidential voters

An ongoing study by UCLA and Stanford University researchers of 20,000 registered voters has found that far more of them would vote against Sen. John McCain because of his age than would vote against Sen. Barack Obama because of his race.

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