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...given night, the members of OutKast can be found circling their hometown of Atlanta on Highway 285, writing songs while the rest of the city sleeps. Andre "3000" (Andre Benjamin) will caress his giant seedpod of an Afro and hum melodies into a tape recorder while Big Boi (Antwan Patton), his high school friend and rap partner of 11 years, chugs sweet tea and rhymes phrases into his cell phone's digital voice bank. It makes for a pretty picture--best friends who struggled together, got famous together and stayed together--or rather, it would, if Andre...
...Other cities and states already are. Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Chicago are well on their way to building cross-sector alliances to boost local higher education. Though less well-endowed than Boston, these cities reveal a more advanced understanding of the pay-off from thriving universities. States like Colorado, Ohio, Michigan and Arizona have created so-called “university-business-state road maps” to maximize the potential of in-state research institutions. Massachusetts has not. Others are coming after our students, our faculty and our research dollars. When will we wake...
...stop the cycle, the IOP intends to share experience and information with groups such as the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University and the Lowery Institute of Clark Atlanta University to create successful programs to encourage youth participation in politics...
When Erik Soderstrom, a seventh-grader at Inman Middle School in Atlanta, did his back-to-school shopping last month, there were three sartorial imperatives on his list: a pair of black baggy jeans, all-white sneakers and Nike wristbands. "I wear them around my wrists for sports," says the basketball-and football-loving 13-year-old. "But during the school day I wear them close to my elbow...
...Allies". The Saudis "help" fellow Islamic nations by building madrassahs and funding jihad. Pakistan now has close to 50,000 madrassahs graduating thousands of jihadis each year. Where did the money for this come from? The road to jihadi passes through the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Vinod Kumar Atlanta...