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The president's Morehouse address
President Barack Obama gave two commencement addresses in one to graduates of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga., last weekend. It would be easy for this conservative to critique the political and social elements of his speech. Instead, I choose to focus...Tags: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Education, Barack Obama, Cal Thomas, Religion and Belief
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Obama: Sexual assault threatens trust and discipline that makes US military strong
Associated PressANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — With a growing sexual assault epidemic staining the military, President Barack Obama urged U.S. Naval Academy graduates Friday to remember their honor depends on what they do when nobody is looking and said the crime has "no...Tags: Barack Obama, White House, Washington, DC, The Ohio State University, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp
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President praises Baltimore native at commencement
If Baltimore native Leland Shelton had bothered to check his email in the hectic day before graduation, he might have avoided a shock during commencement. There he was, one of 500 men in a black cap and gown this week at Morehouse College in Atlanta,...
Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Elections, Barack Obama, Colleges and Universities, Theft
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Why USC and not a black college, Dr. Dre?
I was in Detroit preparing to give a speech last week when the news came across my Twitter feed: "Dr. Dre and music producer Jimmy Iovine donate $70 million to USC to create new degree." As one of the first university presidents from the hip-hop...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Celebrities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Colleges and Universities
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AP News in Brief at 5:58 a.m. EDT
As GOP weighs how best to profit from Obama's problems, Democrats hope it overplays its hand WASHINGTON (AP) — The scandals dogging President Barack Obama are a political gift to Republicans, who could use some good luck after recent election...Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Lebanon, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Hofstra University, AFSCME
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Obama urges Morehouse College graduates to help others
WASHINGTON — President Obama urged graduates of a celebrated historically black college Sunday to use their education to help others and to work for "something larger than yourself," citing the example of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr....Tags: Education, Barack Obama, Washington, DC, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities
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BC-AP News Advisory
Editors: Here are the top stories at this hour from The Associated Press. At the Nerve Center, news producers Karen Mahabir and Amir Bibawy can be reached at 800-845-8450 (ext. 1600). All Times EDT. DEVELOPING — INDIA-CHINA — Chinese...Tags: Meet the Press (tv program), Giro d'Italia, Xavier Becerra, New York Rangers, CBS Corp.
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Obama, at Ohio State, calls on graduates to be active citizens
WASHINGTON — Speaking to the graduating class of Ohio State University in Columbus on Sunday, President Obama called on the students to embrace the school’s motto, “education for citizenship,” and to press the government to act....Tags: Barack Obama, Ethics, Washington, DC, The Ohio State University, Graduation
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Marching for civil rights
What's remarkable about photojournalist Leonard Freed's book "This Is the Day: The March on Washington" (Getty: $29.95), a photo essay documenting the historic Aug. 28, 1963, civil-rights march, is that it includes only one photograph of Martin Luther...Tags: Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Barack Obama, Photography and Video, Washington, DC
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Local colleges ranked among nation's best by U.S. News & World Report
Local colleges including William & Mary, Christopher Newport University and Hampton University are ranked in U.S. News and World Report’s 2013 Best Colleges report. The University of Virginia and William & Mary retained their spots as the No. 2 and...
Tags: Education, Norfolk State University, Teaching and Learning, Students, Christopher Newport University
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Freeman Hrabowski's UMBC legacy grows as he celebrates 20 years as president
The melody of the president's voice, the intensity of his movements gripped Jeremy Brickey's attention, cutting through the monotony of freshman orientation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Honestly though, he thought Freeman A. Hrabowski...Tags: White House, Financial Aid, Teaching and Learning, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Science and Technology
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Central Florida's young black men battle stereotypes
They are more likely to get shot, go to jail, drop out of school, end up in foster care, be abandoned by their fathers and have children of their own while they're still teenagers. Compared with other Americans, young black men have the statistical...
Tags: Minority Groups, Lobbying, Financial Aid, Trayvon Martin, University of Oxford
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