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A stronger euro makes for poorer traveling students

by Nathan Halverson
Published September 18, 2002

A depreciating dollar and slumping economy have left students interested in studying abroad with some tough choices. The euro is up more than 15 percent on the dollar over the past two years, which means...

Nasty weather galvanizes artillery-wielding hailbusters

Published September 18, 2002

LONGXIAN, China (L.A. Times) - They are the Charlie's Angels of rural China. When the weather is nice, they daydream about pink lipstick and pretty things to wear. When the weather turns nasty, they snap...

George Washington U. professor sues McDonald’s

Published September 17, 2002

WBy Kathryn Bangs The GW Hatchet George Washington University ASHINGTON (U-WIRE) - Overweight Americans might already blame fast food meals for their size, but after a George Washington University professor...

South Korea’s Kim has an unhappy ending

Published September 16, 2002

SEOUL, South Korea (Washington Post) - This should be the golden year for Kim Dae-jung, insist those who remain loyal. His final year as the president of South Korea, they say, ought to be filled with...

Normalcy returns to Afghanistan

Published September 13, 2002

KABUL, Afghanistan (L.A. Times) - Twelve months ago, when she heard that terrorists had slammed planes into the World Trade Center, Jamila Omar had no idea that her own world, thousands of miles away,...

Rats may hold key to human aggression

Published September 13, 2002

WBy James Gibby The Lariat Baylor University ACO, Texas (U-WIRE) - Sometimes the human brain can work too well and the results can be less than desirable. Dr. Brad Keele in the psychology department at...

New program to help track foreign students

Published September 12, 2002

CBy Rosalio Ahumada The Orion California State University at Chico HICO, Calif. (U-WIRE) - To help address homeland security issues, the California State University system will use a new software program...

U. Arkansas international students feel visa pressures

Published September 12, 2002

FBy Amber Hutchinson Arkansas Traveler University of Arkansas AYETTEVILLE, Ark. (U-WIRE) - A huge slice of America has changed, not withstanding tighter background checks and visa restrictions for international...

Washington: a symbol of security

Published September 11, 2002

WASHINGTON (Washington Post) - As assistant secretary of the Navy during World War I, Franklin Roosevelt consented to the construction of massively ugly military office buildings on Washington's Mall. Decades...

A year after Sept. 11, blood banks run dry

Published September 10, 2002

PBy Jamay Liu Brown Daily Herald Brown University ROVIDENCE, R.I. (U-WIRE) - A year after the rush to donate blood following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, blood reserves are at a critical low, according...

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