Alex Kargher wrote a lovely ode to study days, with a sonnet-based rhyme pattern.
Briefs from campus: Reindeer Rock Show, and the city's problems with extending the Metrorail line to Dulles airport
Former AU researcher Gao Zhan pleaded guilty to exporting technology to China in U.S. District Court Nov. 26. Gao, who is no longer with the University, had been held captive by China and charged with espionage from Feb. 11 to July 25, 2002.
Adrienne Brown has sent out more than 40 resumes and been on four job interviews recently. But if she doesn't land a job by the time she graduates from Michigan State University next month, she'll be working as an office assistant at a campus dorm. Brown, 22, is one of thousands of college seniors searching for jobs in a tough labor market.
While Congress authorized the construction of a National Museum of African American History and Culture Nov. 20, the question of where to put the new museum remains. Smithsonian spokeswoman Linda St. Thomas said the museum is in the beginning stages, and what the museum will contain is unknown.
The Association of International Educators, said in its report, released Nov. 18, that sending more college students abroad, especially to developing countries, can remedy this problem. Former Illinois Sen. Paul Simon, who heads up the organization's Strategic Task Force on Education Abroad, along with former Education Secretary Richard Riley, requested money to send 500,000 students to other nations, and give them need- and merit-based scholarships.
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