Education
Gay Fla. teen charged for underage girlfriend
An 18-year-old Florida cheerleader is facing felony charges that she had sexual contact with her underage, 14-year-old girlfriend, leading gay rights advocates to say the teen is being unfairly targeted for a common high school romance because she's gay. The criminal case against Kaitlyn Hunt is unusual because it involves ...
Louisiana editorial roundup
Recent editorials from Louisiana newspapers: May 20 The Advocate, Baton Rouge, La., on panel nixes accountability: In rejecting a bill to expand public access to the records of the Governor's Office, the House and Governmental Affairs Committee early in this legislative session struck a blow against transparency in state government. ...
North Carolina editorial roundup
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: May 16 The Daily Reflector, Greenville, N.C., on STD bill puts more at risk: If judged only by the stated intent of its sponsors, legislation before the North Carolina General Assembly that would require parental consent for children to have access to a wide ...
UC hospitals say patients safe despite strike
Thousands of workers at University of California medical centers began a two-day strike on Tuesday that prompted the postponement of dozens of surgeries amid reassurances that patients were safe. A union representing some 13,000 hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room scrubs and other health care workers began the walkout at ...
Should we let wunderkinds drop out of high school?
It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college. But now we've got David Karp, who doesn't even have a high school diploma. Karp, 26, founded Tumblr, the online blogging forum, and sold it to ...
Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers
Tribune-Star. May 19, 2013. Waging the 'readiness' campaign Almost every Hoosier who starts college intends to finish. Unfortunately, those who arrive on campus unprepared in key academic areas are far less likely to fulfill that aspiration. The Indiana General Assembly passed one of its more logical, meaningful pieces of education ...
WSU head upset about UW med school recruiting
Spokane will have a four-year medical program with or without the help of the University of Washington, according to Washington State University president Elson Floyd. The Spokesman-Review (http://bit.ly/ZaXMAq ) reported Tuesday that Floyd is disappointed that fewer second-year medical students are enrolled at WSU's budding Spokane campus than expected. He ...
Recent editorials from Texas newspapers
El Paso Times. May 20, 2013. Military 'crisis': Sex crimes seen as epidemic The nation's top military leaders admit that they've failed to check an epidemic of sexual assault and sexual harassment in our uniformed services. "We're losing the confidence of the women who serve that we can solve this ...
Some UMass Memorial nurses plan to strike
Nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center-University Campus are planning a strike after the latest round of contract talks failed to result in a deal. Union officials representing 1,100 nurses spent four hours negotiating Monday, and no negotiation sessions are planned before a strike scheduled to start at 6 a.m. Thursday. ...
UT-Martin to offer nursing degree at Parsons
The University of Tennessee at Martin says it will offer a degree in nursing at its Decatur County location beginning next year. The university says its Parsons Center location will offer a Bachelor of Science in nursing in the fall of 2014. The center will have openings for up to ...
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