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high school stories: 102 news summaries

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Valedictorians Halted At
Ivy Gates

Rejections hit 90%
at most prestigious schools

Apr 5, 07 8:07 AM CDT
(Newser) -  With competition at top colleges more ferocious than ever, most Ivy League schools accepted under 10% of applicants for the first time, the Times reports. Tony schools like Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and Princeton turned away valedictorians and students with perfect SAT scores and GPAs, much to the shock of... More »

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high school • Columbia University • Princeton University • Yale University • SAT • Ivy League • college • admission • university • Harvard

V-Word Gets
Teens Suspended

"Vagina Monologues" excerpt deemed
too racy for children in audience

Mar 8, 07 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Three high school girls in a New York City suburb were suspended for reciting the word "vagina" in an excerpt of the "The Vagina Monologues" during a school open-mic night. Faculty had instructed the 16-year-old honors students to delete the word, in deference to children in the audience,... More »

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education • Eve Ensler • theater • Vagina Monologues • high school • New York • school

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