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If you got 'em, you can't smoke 'em
KIAHAt least not on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The UT System Board of Regents made the UT flagship the fourth UT school to ban tobacco use. That’s all tobacco use, son. That means you can’t smoke, dip or chew. UT already had a...Tags: Cancer
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Supreme Court will hear case on affirmative action at colleges
Los Angeles TimesThe Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on the future of affirmative action at the nation’s colleges and universities, agreeing to hear an appeal from a white student in Texas who seeks an end to "racial preferences" in college admissions. The...Tags: Clarence Thomas, Minority Groups, Antonin Scalia, Elections, Anthony Kennedy
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Supreme Court to Debate Affirmative Action in Higher Education
The Supreme Court announces it will consider new limits on racial preferences in college admission processes. The announcement comes as a new case is filed by a white student who says the University of Texas at Austin denied her admission because of... -
Forget Texas, Florida needs to go its own way
Gov. Rick Scott's fixation with all things Texas is on the verge of moving from harmless emulation (his signature black cowboy boots embroidered with "45th Governor") to unchecked obsession.
Scott has looked to Texas Gov. Rick Perry when formulating...Tags: Government, Rick Perry, Executive Branch, Petroleum Industry, Politics
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Supreme Court to revisit affirmative action college admissions like that decided in 2003 in University of Michigan case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas. The court said Tuesday it will return to...Tags: Louisiana State University, Trials, University of Michigan, Washington, DC, Samuel A. Alito
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To Keep Research Funding, Universities Mull Tobacco Ban
Texas Tribune
Despite polls showing overwhelming public support and endorsements from celebrities like Lance Armstrong, efforts to establish a statewide workplace smoking ban have fallen flat in recent sessions of the Texas Legislature. But a state...Tags: Texas Tech University , Financial Aid, Science and Technology, Research, Human Rights
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Connecting Through Smartphone Games
When we showed up to the University of Texas at Arlington, there was this fear that no one would be playing Words with Friends during the lunch break. That fear quickly disappeared.
“We have little challenges, competitions, and see who wins,&...Tags: Zynga Inc., Google Inc., Words With Friends (game), Scrabble (game)
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UT-Austin Unveils Plan to Boost Graduation Rates
Texas Tribune
Updated, 5:30 p.m.: UT-Austin President Bill Powers issued a campus-wide email this afternoon acknowledging his receipt of the task force’s recommendations to boost the school's four-year graduation rate to 70 percent by 2016....Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Judith Zaffirini, Education
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Sugar Land dental office provides Valentine's smile
KIAHDo you want a Valentine's gift that will really make you smile? No, we're not talking about the roses or candy you're receiving from Prince Charming. How about free Valentine's dental care instead? The Fix dropped by Made Ya Smile, where more than...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Health
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Hightower High School: Zach Lee
MISSOURI CITY, Texas -- Zach Lee of Hightower High School is focused on preparing himself for the game of life.
"I'm very competitive. Whenever everybody is down, like on the baseball team, I try to pick them," said Lee.
The senior plays center...Tags: Bill Young, Baseball
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Despite Reform, Violence Rises Among Youths at Juvenile Lockups
Texas Tribune
GIDDINGS — On a rainy February day, teenage boys wearing elastic-waisted khaki pants and white T-shirts, many of them heavily tattooed, walked in single-file lines across the Giddings State School campus. A few of them lifted black...Tags: Sexual Assault, Juvenile Delinquency, College Sports, Prisons, Justice System
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Ricky Williams has found peace with the Ravens
On the eve of the NFL playoffs, Ricky Williams was standing in front of his locker with a book in his hand when a reporter approached him and started to ask a few questions. The reporter wanted to talk about what an interesting and strange trip his career...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Houston Texans, Ray Rice, College Sports, Joe Flacco
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