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...first time in the 2004 Olympics, Argentina remains a stolidly fútbol-crazy nation. The term ‘March Madness’ would likely fall on deaf ears, as each local match between rival clubs carries with it the intensity (and, often, the violence) of a bruising Duke-UNC showdown. Madness, during Argentina’s soccer season, is hardly confined to one month.Sure, Ginobili’s face litters the front page of the sports section even on San Antonio’s off-days. Even Andres Nocioni and the Baby Bulls make a few headlines.But college basketball...
...this season was a four-and-a-half-year senior. Our star earned his degree in biology and earned his stripes in basketball through years of improvement. Other schools perpetually renew their stars and stalwarts and head into each season with a fresh crop of highly-touted freshmen. Duke, UNC, Arizona, and UCLA fans out there (I know you’ve somehow made it into Harvard) might be dumbfounded by this, but I’m happy that the stars of Crimson sports almost always stick it out through four years here, even when Cambridge is far from where...
...free education - books, tuition, and room and board - to students from poor families. Students accepted at Louisville who meet income guidelines will be guaranteed that if federal aid won't cover their costs - all of them - the universities will make up the difference. Schools like Miami of Ohio and UNC-Asheville have adopted similar programs...
...UNC-Chapel Hill began the program in 2003, at first offering the no-loans promise to any student from families earning less than 150% of the federal poverty threshold. Since then it has expanded the income cutoff to 200% of the poverty line, and the school currently has about 900 students attending cost-free. "All of us in higher education have been concerned about access and affordability," said Shirley Ort, director of scholarships and student aid at Chapel Hill. "But we did this frankly to simplify our message. With all the media focus about spiraling college costs, we were afraid...
...Since UNC began offering its no-loans guarantee, about 25 other schools have offered similar programs. Ort said UNC took its lead from Princeton, which in 1998 began phasing in its current no-loans policy for all recipients of federal financial...