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Jul 13, 2011
Inside Higher Ed - The thought of college only ever crossed Wil Young’s mind in the sense that he thought he had no chance of going. He’d been expelled from high school in Texas for using drugs on campus, and never walked at graduation. “After that,” he says, “I was really kind of turned off of the whole education thing and was really down on myself and really shameful. I didn’t think I had a shot of going back to school.”
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Jul 13, 2011
Yahoo! Sports - So you want to give your pecs, arms, back, and legs a workout, huh? Few things give you a more natural workout than a good climb up a rock face. You work your muscles, feel the thrill of danger (controlled, hopefully, by a good harness and a trusty belay), and get the feeling of accomplishment of conquering a hard slab of nature.
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Jul 12, 2011
The National Jurist - It’s the time for the annual law school dean shuffle. Several schools recently announced new deans, including Texas Tech University and George Washington University.
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Jul 12, 2011
Market Watch - Students from throughout Texas will compete for science scholarships at the 2011 ExxonMobil-sponsored Texas FFA Agriscience Fair in Lubbock, Texas, on July 13. The competition will be held at the Texas Tech University United Spirit Arena in conjunction with the 83rd Annual Texas FFA Convention taking place July 11-15. As the largest state FFA convention in the nation and the largest youth-led convention in Texas, this year's meeting is expected to attract more than 10,000 people.
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