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  • July 2008

    • Where to Get Your JD, ASAP

      Time  |  Jul 24, 08 8:02 PM CDT

      Where to Get Your JD, ASAP

      (Newser) - Northwestern University’s law school will offer its JD program, normally a 3-year commitment, in 2 years, a move designed to increase the school's competitive edge and respond to critics who say students with jobs lined up coast through their final year. Northwestern isn't pioneering the approach, but as the first top-tier school to offer a shortened program, other elite universities may follow, Time reports. More »

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      education  • university  • lawyer  • Northwestern University  • law school  • graduation

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Carpe Diem , Yes, But Avoid Stitches, Eh?

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 28, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      Carpe Diem , Yes, But Avoid Stitches, Eh?

      (Newser) - It’s fun, it’s tradition—and it’s off-limits at one British institution. Cambridge's Anglia Ruskin University has asked graduates to refrain from the customary mortarboard-toss, arguing that it damages the hats and is dangerous beside, the Guardian reports, after a student needed stitches recently. Grads-to-be, perhaps predictably, derided the advice as “health and safety gone mad.” More »

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      safety  • higher education  • graduation  • hats

    • Get Out Of School Already, Colleges Urge

      Arizona Republic (Phoenix)  |  May 5, 08 3:26 PM CDT

      Get Out Of School Already, Colleges Urge

      (Newser) - It turns out kids are staying in school … for entirely too long, the Arizona Republic reports. Across the country, colleges are urging students to get in and get out in 4 years. The paper found that just 30% of students graduated state universities in 4 years, a problematic number for legislatures looking to stretch education dollars to the max. More »

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      Arizona  • higher education  • University of Arizona  • graduation

  • September 2007

    • Kanye Prevails in Battle of the Hip-Hop Stars

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 12, 07 10:52 AM CDT

      Kanye Prevails in Battle of the Hip-Hop Stars

      (Newser) - In the much-hyped battled between two music titans, early sales indicate hip-hop fans are going West. Kanye West’s latest album, Graduation, has been outselling rival 50 Cent’s Curtis —by 2 to 1 at one Hollywood store, the LA Times reports — since the two went on sale yesterday. Fitty, 32, famously threatened to retire if West’s album sales bested his. More »

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      hip-hop  • musician  • Kanye West  • album release  • music sales  • 50 Cent  • CDs  • Virgin  • graduation

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