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Middle Eastern students brave the times, live their lives

Published September 10, 2002

WBy Aaron Beckwith The Eagle American University ASHINGTON (U-WIRE) - The events of Sept. 11 plunged the nation into a cloud of fear, anger and suspicion. Bearing the brunt of this animosity were many...

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...

Energy drinks nothing but a bunch of bull?

Published September 10, 2002

HBy Jane McHugh The Breeze James Madison University ARRISONBURG, Va. (U-WIRE) - When looking for a quick burst of energy, some students will reach for a can of Red Bull. However, others believe that drinks...

Beating Sept. 11 goal, laborers resurrect Pentagon’s outer ring

Published September 9, 2002

WASHINGTON (The Washington Post) - We need a goal, the Pentagon construction worker told W. Lee Evey. It was a few weeks after Sept. 11, and Evey, the head of the Pentagon renovation program, was walking...

Courses in bioterrorism, Islam among most popular on U.S. campuses

Published September 9, 2002

MBy Derek Montgomery Badger Herald University of Wisconsin ADISON, Wis. (U-WIRE) - Students love it. According to President Bush, the "axis of evil" craves it. It's bioterrorism, and it's coming to a classroom...

Cannibalism, high death rates plague U. Wisconsin primates

Published September 9, 2002

MBy Derek Montgomery Badger Herald University of Wisconsin ADISON, Wis. (U-WIRE) - The monkeys are among us. Hidden between the Kohl Center and Camp Randall lies an inconspicuous series of buildings. There...

Report says Hispanic students earning fewer degrees

Published September 9, 2002

ABy Brandi Grissom Daily TexanUniversity of Texas at Austin USTIN, Texas (U-WIRE) - Hispanic students lag behind in attaining college degrees, but enroll at higher rates than most ethnic groups, according...

Powell heckled during World Summit speech

Published September 9, 2002

ABy Natalie Spray Iowa State Daily Iowa State University MES, Iowa (U-WIRE) - Iowa State University students and faculty said activists had good reason to "heckle and boo" U.S. Secretary of State Colin...

Karzai escapes assasination hours after bomb explodes in Kabul

Published September 6, 2002

KABUL, Afghanistan (Washington Post) - President Hamid Karzai narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Thursday evening, just three hours after a powerful car bomb...

Gibraltarians oppose any British concessions to Spain

Published September 6, 2002

GIBRALTAR (L.A. Times) - Jonathan Stagnetto is a true Gibraltarian: very British, of broadly mixed European ancestry and fiercely proud of this territory's unique character. Like many residents here, Stagnetto...