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...says Hughes.Other colleges around the country, however, are not turning a blind eye to the power of Facebook to crack down on underage drinking and other illegal activity.Four students at Northern Kentucky University were “fined, put on one year probation, and were forced to attend a class about the dangers of binge drinking” after they were found to have broken rules against drinking in their dorm rooms, according to The Northerner student newspaper. The students at Northern Kentucky join countless other students around the country who are being held accountable for information posted on Facebook.Just...
...Kirkland House residents are expected to attend the movie screening, Pederson added...
...undermined by the practical injustice and inefficacy of such a policy. These grants, available only to those students who are eligible for federal Pell grants, will disproportionately affect students from low-income households—those students for whom federal money is the difference between being able to attend college and being forced into the workforce. For these students, declaring the appropriate major may be the ticket to college...
This disproportionate impact flies in the face of the government’s mission to provide educational opportunities to all those who wish to attend college. Universal education is said to be the way to level the playing field and give those from less fortunate circumstances the opportunity to choose and pursue their own destinies. By limiting the SMART grants to only certain specialized subject areas, this legislation coerces financially disadvantaged students to go into these areas in order to pursue a college degree. While the program naturally advantages those who already intended to pursue these subject areas, it discriminates...
...Kevin Griffey, a 27-year-old mechanical engineer from San Diego, Calif., interrupted the proceedings midway through the day by jumping up and calling Gonzales, at the top of his lungs, a "lazy fascist." Griffey, who was subsequently escorted from the hearing, had attended a protest at the White House on Saturday and wanted to attend the hearing because he felt Gonzales has been misinterpreting the law. "It might be the only opportunity to talk to the Administration," he told TIME after he was taken out of the building. "He might hear what...