Word: attendance
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...point of being reclusive. "He might not seem that friendly, but he had a good personality," says Matt Russell, a Detroit Lions linebacker who was Carruth's teammate at the University of Colorado. He recalls that Carruth, who majored in English, shied away from bars, preferring to read or attend the theater. Carruth also avoided the media, often refusing to give any interviews. "In our family, an empty wagon makes the most noise," says his mother Theodry Carruth, explaining his quiet demeanor. She claims he was ready to turn himself in but "fled because he got poor legal advice...
...four-year-old voucher system illegal. Although the program will continue until a higher court makes its ruling, Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. ruled that the voucher program - which allows families to send their children to private schools using public funds - is unconstitutional. Because most of the subsidized students attend religious schools, Oliver said, the vouchers provide taxpayer money for religious instruction. Ohio's attorney general vows to appeal the ruling, and many analysts expect the case to go to the U.S. Supreme Court. "This is a hugely important case," says TIME senior reporter Alain Sanders. "It addresses the fundamental meaning...
...said MIT Dean of Admissions Marilee Jones. Brown, Georgetown and Harvard now allow students to apply to multiple schools under "early action" plans MIT has always permitted early applicants to apply to other schools, Jones said. However, up until this year, early action applicants (who are not bound to attend if they are admitted) to Brown, Georgetown and Harvard were restricted from applying to more than one school...
Pavese says all students embarking on a study or work abroad program are required to attend pre-departure meetings designed to educate them about health and safety in foreign countries...
...week; other more contemplative thinkers might wait until midnight on April 30. Harvard's policy is increasingly rare in the competitive world of admissions, where many schools use an early decision policy to lock in their acceptances and so increase the magic yield percentage of students accepted who actually attend. But the policy is a wise one because it allows students freedom of choice in one of the most important decisions they've probably ever had to make--where to go to college for the next four years...