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US News rankings: Solid math or empty statistics?

Published September 26, 2002

TBy Charlie Gasner The Crimson White University of Alabama USCALOOSA, Ala. (U-WIRE) - At a back-to-school press conference in August, interim University of Alabama President Barry Mason dismissed the importance...

Reporter and professor discuss bioterrorism in lecture series

by Josh Linehan
Published September 25, 2002

Sitting alone in The New York Times newsroom last October, covered in white powder and watching figures in biohazard suits approach, Judith Miller came face to face with the debate surrounding bioterrorism. As...

Russia keeps Stalin locked in the past

Published September 25, 2002

MOSCOW (Washington Post) - In August 1942, 16-year-old Aldona Voldynskaya was taken from a Soviet orphanage by Nazi troops and put to work unloading trucks in Germany. This summer, 60 years later, the...

‘Let freedom read’ campaign celebrates banned books

Published September 24, 2002

OBy Kristen Saunders The Maine Campus University of Maine RONO, Maine (U-WIRE) - Libraries and bookstores across the United States will be celebrating Banned Books Week this week. This year, from Sept....

‘Free-speech zones’ popping up on campuses nationwide

Published September 24, 2002

EBy Jan Montry Oregon Daily Emerald University of Oregon UGENE, Ore. (U-WIRE) - When a group of students camped at Johnson Hall in April 2000 to protest the University of Oregon's resistance to joining...

U study shows U.S. obesity cases have doubled since 1980

by Amy Costello
Published September 23, 2002

The prevalence of obesity in the United States has risen drastically over the last two decades. The number of overweight people has doubled since 1980, according to a study conducted by a University epidemiologist. University...

U students travel to Mideast, return with different views

by Elizabeth Dunbar
Published September 23, 2002

Two University students traveled to Israel and the Palestinian territories this summer, bringing back distinct perspectives of the conflicts between the areas. University seniors Katie Bonn and Stephanie...

Universities turn to software to pair potential roomates

Published September 20, 2002

KBy Rachel Myers Daily Kent Stater Kent State University ENT, Ohio (U-WIRE) - Almost anyone who has experienced life with a roommate knows it can sometimes resemble a box of chocolates: You never know...

Boston U. study shows hatred of Americans

Published September 20, 2002

BBy Jennifer Small The Daily Free Press Boston University OSTON (U-WIRE) - Foreign teens around the world view Americans negatively, and these views will likely add to terrorist acts against the United...

24 dead, but alliance endures clash in Colombia

Published September 19, 2002

SEGOVIA, Colombia (Washington Post) - On a cool evening last month, 45 soldiers belonging to Colombia's privately funded paramilitary force piled into the back of a cattle truck for a ride from their mountain...

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