By PRIYA ANAND The GW Hatchet Consumers owe more on their student loans than their credit cards, according to data released this month by the Federal Reserve. The data found that in June, Americans owed $826.5 billion in revolving debt—which ...
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By PRIYA ANAND The GW Hatchet Consumers owe more on their student loans than their credit cards, according to data released this month by the Federal Reserve. The data found that in June, Americans owed $826.5 billion in revolving debt—which ...
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By THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER University of Arkansas Music piracy is by no means a new issue to college campuses. However, students will find that crackdowns on illegal downloads are heavier and more serious this year than ever before. Spurred on ...
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By MAX JAEGER The Spinnaker The Deep Horizon oil spill has caused an as-yet immeasurable amount of damage to Florida’s ecology and economy, but for U. North Florida’s coastal biology program, and ones like it across the state, the tragedy ...
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By SHANNON FRAZER Kentucky Kernel, U. of Kentucky Despite the rise of powerful businesswomen and working moms, traditional gender stereotypes continue to flourish, especially amongst men, according to a recent study by a Cornell grad student. The study –– supported ...
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By KRISTIN BEAL The Gateway, U. Nebraska-Omaha UWire – “Dude, I love you guys. No homo.” As I was walking across campus the other day, I couldn’t help but overhear a conversation between a few guys. They were talking, laughing ...
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By Ellen Hirst, Daily Nebraskan, U. Nebraska Intense laser physics. Sounds fun, right? Anthony Starace, a professor of astronomy and physics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has had 15 years to appreciate the joy of intense laser physics. His research ...
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Effective treatments and vaccines for HIV have so far been elusive, and UCLA researchers said they do not believe a solution for either will present itself in the next few years. A recent study in Thailand found an HIV vaccine that is 31 percent effective in reducing HIV infection, according to a statement from the National Institutes of Health. But Kathie Ferbas, an assistant professor in the David Geffen School of Medicine who also conducts HIV research, said it is still too early to come to conclusions about the newest HIV vaccine, which is actually a combination of two vaccines previously determined to be ineffective.
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Red Hat President and CEO Jim Whitehurst opened the third year of Fidelity Investment’s lecture series “Leadership in Technology” with his address entitled “The Open Source Opportunity,” Tuesday night in North Carolina State University Engineering Building II. Red Hat is one of the fastest growing and most profitable software companies in the country, and “we do that by giving everything we do away,” said Whitehurst.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald ended The Great Gatsby with the metaphor of boats beating against the current, an image that has become so cliché it seems to have lost all meaning. But it was hard not to think of the passage ...
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(UWire) Out-of-conference games have provided many trap games and losses for the No. 12 Sooners in both the regular season and bowl games the past few years. This weekend’s game against the Tulsa Golden Hurricane, hailing from Conference USA, provides ...
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Tom Savage faked the handoff, turned and fired the ball downfield, then trotted toward senior receiver Tim Brown in the end zone. No jumping, no shouting — just a simple congratulation after a 68-yard touchdown for which the freshman quarterback ...
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The back of a Red Bull Energy Drink claims to “improve performances, especially during times of increased stress or strain, increase concentration and improve reaction time.” That assertion piques the interest of millions who drink the energy drink hoping to ...
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