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J. Michael Hoffman, 67
J. Michael Hoffman was born July 25, 1944, in Hagerstown, Md. He departed this life at home in Colorado Springs, Colo., on July 24, 2012. Mike grew up in Hagerstown, graduating from North Hagerstown High School in 1962. He attended Franklin & Marshall...Tags: Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, University of Colorado at Boulder, Anthropology, Arts and Culture
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Tom Firey: Do we want good laws or laws that seem good?
In August 2010, 19-year-old Daniel Schatz ran his pickup truck into the back of a tractor-trailer on Interstate 44 near Gray Summit, Mo. The collision set off a chain-reaction accident with two school buses, killing Schatz and a 15-year-old bus passenger,...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Justice System, Insurance, Health, Cell Phones
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Police bust 'Occupy Wall Street' protest, demolish tent city
Associated PressHundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City in the pre-dawn darkness Tuesday, evicted hundreds of demonstrators and demolished the tent city that was the epicenter of a movement protesting what...Tags: Police Arrests, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice System, Manhattan (New York City), Michael Bloomberg
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'Aftershock' is an excellent economic analysis
For a long time, I have been a fan of Robert Reich, former secretary of labor and now professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He also is seen frequently on political talk shows. Reich's recently published book,...Tags: Employees, Washington (U.S. state), Lobbying, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Activists accuse colleges of not responding to sexual assault complaints
Students and activists joined together Wednesday to file complaints against colleges and universities nationwide alleging that the schools have failed to follow federal laws, including those involving the reporting of sexual assault crimes and...
Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Sexual Assault, Sexual Misconduct, Colleges and Universities, Sex Crimes
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Complaints filed against USC, UC Berkeley over rape reporting
Students and activists joined together Wednesday to file complaints against colleges and universities nationwide, alleging that the schools have failed to follow federal laws, including those involving the reporting of sexual assaults and discrimination....Tags: Los Angeles Police Department, Sexual Assault, Sexual Misconduct, Colleges and Universities, Sex Crimes
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Cal State trustees appoint new Cal State L.A president, others
William A. Covino, a veteran Florida and California administrator, was named Wednesday as the new president of Cal State L.A., becoming the first new leader of the El Sereno campus in 33 years. Covino’s selection was among a slate of...
Tags: California State University, Long Beach, California Polytechnic State University, Science, Social Sciences, Sociology
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The triumph of progressivism: Graduation 2013 and 1968
Many of you soon-to-be college graduates are determined to make the world a better place. Some of you are choosing careers in public service or joining nonprofits or volunteering in your communities. But many of you are cynical about politics. You see...Tags: Social Issues, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Education, Martin Luther King Jr., Philosophy
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Her job: Stopping wage theft
SACRAMENTO — Julie Su doesn't back down from fights when she thinks employers are cheating their workers. In her two years as California's top labor law enforcer, Su has taken on scores of unscrupulous businesses. As state labor commissioner,...
Tags: Immigration, Justice System, Theft, Lawyers, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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Immigration: A wider better welcome mat
As an immigrant and an engineer, I know the magnetic pull that the United States exerts on anyone who dreams of a career in science. From the time I watched NASA technicians on television during the first lunar landing in 1969, I resolved to get the...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Ford Motor Co., NASA, Politics, Personal Data Collection
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Oakland police struggle to rebuild — using fewer resources
OAKLAND — It was a quiet evening by this city's standards, and still the police emergency lines were lighting up. As screams rang out behind her, a caller said her neighbor was being beaten. A woman reported that a front door down the street had...
Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Los Angeles Police Department, Theft, Layoffs and Downsizing, Shootings
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Reagan the Berkeley basher
Responding to Seth Rosenfeld's May 10 Op-Ed article linking then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan's harsh condemnation of student protests in the 1960s to the eventual decline of the University of California system, reader Bruce Bates wrote in a letter...
Tags: Education, Ronald Reagan, Teaching and Learning, Students, FBI
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