" After graduating from Cambridge University with a starred First Class degree, Mandy Kaye has the world at her feet. She achieved the highest possible grade, the only student in her faculty to do so. But she...
Alleged plagiarism outed in Columbia University professor's case--but are there racial overtones? After Madonna Constantine claimed she found a noose hanging on her office door, some have said she manufactured the...
A fossil of an amphibian found in Texas in 1995 appears to have put an end to a lengthy debate about the evolution of frogs and salamanders."The fossilized creature, known as Gerobatrachus hottoni, proves that some...
It will forever be one of those events that you remember where you were when you heard about it. I remember I was back in Vancouver for my spring break from school and I was standing in my kitchen making a cup of...
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The one-year anniversary of the tragic school shootings at Virginia Tech takes place this Wednesday, April 16th, and a group of students at the university is lobbying to be allowed to carry concealed weapons on...
"SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Yellow police tape and wooden barricades no longer block the entrance to Northern Illinois University's Cole Hall, but it remains empty nearly two months after a gunman killed five...
The Emmy Award winning CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television series is the closest many viewers get in following close up to the activities of forensic anthropologists. In real life, these scientists perfect...
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"Medical schools prepare for "silver tsunami"
By Richard C. LewisMon Jan 28, 4:24 PM ET
Just a few years ago, a graduate from Brown University medical school had just an inkling about how to care for the elderly.
Now, Brown and other U.S. medical schools are plugging...
"Among the first educators expected to comply with the state's new mandatory fingerprinting law, some faculty members at Pillow Elementary School in North Austin are putting up a fight.
Nine teachers at Pillow spoke out Wednesday against the new requirement, with seven saying...
A terrible tragedy for all involved:"ATLANTA - The popular president of one of Atlanta's most prestigious prep schools gave a rousing talk to the faculty about the new year. Hours later, he apparently jumped to his death from the eighth floor of a hotel.
Harry C. Payne, 60,...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorUniversity Students looking at getting into the Halls of Political Power join Fraternities, The Conservative Club and it's Blue Banner of Tory Conservativism, which...
The article doesn't give much information. Does anyone know what's going on? Please give us an update."COQUITLAM (NEWS1130) - There is a police presence at Charles Best Secondary in Coquitlam today, but there is apparently no threat to students or faculty. RCMP have...
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UBC Journalism student and NowPublic contributor Cynthia Yoo offers an early look at a report on the rise of racial profiling. It shows how the world is changing due to the so-called War on Terror."BC residents are feeling less safe and facing more discrimination, says...
"The House Speaker said many quarters had voiced concern about the declining sense of nationalism and patriotism among the younger generation in the country because many of them did not care about national problems and even about themselves.
"They do not care about their own...