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3 shot at Phoenix community college; 2 critical
Officials say three people were shot Thursday afternoon at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, and two of them were critically injured.
A witness said the shooter had been fighting with another man in a computer building. The gunman seemed to be directing his shots and not firing randomly, said student Yessenia Lara, 18.
"I saw someone get punched and then I heard three shots after that. Everybody basically ducked, and the shooter got away," Lara said, adding that the victims were yelling in pain.
A 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were in critical condition, while a 17-year-old boy was in stable condition, said Mark Faulkner, a division chief for the Phoenix Fire Department. No other information on their injuries was available.
The victims were taken by firefighters to a county hospital, Faulkner said.
There was no information on the person responsible for the shooting, which happened around 4 p.m. MST.
An electronic sign outside the school said all classes were canceled Thursday and students could be seen leaving the campus calmly.
Television footage showed police clustered outside a building.
Situated at the base of Phoenix's South Mountain, the college has more than 8,000 students. Most students are seeking associate degrees and certificates of completion.
Officials reached at the college didn't immediately have any information on the shootings.
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Steppin' Frat
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first intercollegiate African-American fraternity founded on the campus of Cornell University in 1906. A fraternity based on service and brotherhood, it also has one of the most solid, innovative, and energetic step groups. A Phi A. Step. Recognize. Alpha Phi Alpha is the first intercollegiate African-American fraternity founded on the campus of Cornell University in 1906. A frater... more
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With no frills or tuition, a college draws notice - NYTimes.com
If only there were more colleges in the US like Berea that don't charge tuition and target low-income families.
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Where you sit in class: what it means
An in-depth, completely unscientific study by incredimazing.com has determined the meanings behind your general choice of seat location in lectures and college classes. I'm a second-row sleeper: "good intentions, bad narcolepsy", and that, I'm afraid, really nails it.
Where do you sit? An in-depth, completely unscientific study by incredimazing.com has determined the meanings behind your general choice of seat locatio... more -
Samantha Power: Message to Graduates: "Be a Good Ancestor" Video
Samantha Power delivers an inspiring and honest speech, one that truly speaks to young people...
"You can be the generation that makes this country energy independent; you can be the generation that wipes out malaria in the developing world; you can be the generation that summons global resources to halt genocide in Darfur and beyond; you can be the generation that deals with the scourge of terrorism and its causes; and you can be the generation that ends extreme poverty. My generation and our predecessors haven't been responsible caretakers. But you can be. In John F. Kennedy's inaugural address he observed that Americans were daunted by the mortal challenges of the Cold War and the nuclear age. But he declared, "I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation.""
-Samantha Power Pitzer College Commencement Speech
Huffington Transcript of speech:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samantha-power/message-to... Samantha Power delivers an inspiring and honest speech, one that truly speaks to young people... ... more -
Samantha Power: Message to Graduates: "Be a Good Ancestor"
Samantha Power delivers an inspiring and honest speech, one that truly speaks to young people...
"You can be the generation that makes this country energy independent; you can be the generation that wipes out malaria in the developing world; you can be the generation that summons global resources to halt genocide in Darfur and beyond; you can be the generation that deals with the scourge of terrorism and its causes; and you can be the generation that ends extreme poverty. My generation and our predecessors haven't been responsible caretakers. But you can be. In John F. Kennedy's inaugural address he observed that Americans were daunted by the mortal challenges of the Cold War and the nuclear age. But he declared, "I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation.""
-Samantha Power Pitzer College Commencement Speech
Video of Speech:
http://www.pitzer.edu/commencement/# Samantha Power delivers an inspiring and honest speech, one that truly speaks to young people... ... more -
Beer Pong gives you herpes
According to the Center for Disease Control reports of the virus are up 230% in people ages 17 - 21. This increase is due to sharing cups while playing beer pong.
Scared of playing beer pong now? The CDC gives this great suggestion for safe ponging, “Flip cup is great because each individual has their own cup. If it’s absolutely necessary to play beer pong, use the waterfall method. Many young adults, when asked if they practice safe pong, responded that they rinse the ball after it bounces off the table.”
Get tested and play safe. According to the Center for Disease Control reports of the virus are up 230% in people ages 17 - 21. This increase is due to sharing... more -
Get A Degree In Reality TV
It’s not uncommon for aspiring actors to audition for reality TV shows, hoping a spot on Big Brother or The Real World will get them noticed by a casting director and catapult their career into, well, reality. But now there are people who don’t really aspire to be actors who play roles, they just want to be cast as themselves because they want to be famous, if only for one season of I Love New York. As one such person said, “I see that [reality TV] would fulfill the reason why I want to get into acting in the first place. I have that desire to express myself, to get what’s inside outside and there’s no more raw, real way than reality television.” A few enterprising people have opened schools or started offering classes in cities such as New York and London, teaching people how to be on a reality TV show. Robert Galinsky, an acting coach, performer, and producer, opened the New York Reality Television School after helping someone prepare for Animal Planet’s The Groomer Has It. He shares “eight commandment of reality television,” which include “show confidence not cockiness,” “say ‘yes’ as often as possible” (the reason for all of the hookups on The Real World?), and “never say ‘I am an actor.’” During the class, five TV cameras film the students’ every move to prepare them for the intensity of starring on a show.
Maybe one day, reality TV will become a major at colleges and become such a popular career path that everyone will be on a TV show, and shows will consist of people sitting on the couch watching other reality TV shows. Let’s pray this doesn’t happen though, because even watching Justin Bobby burp on The Hills was more exciting. It’s not uncommon for aspiring actors to audition for reality TV shows, hoping a spot on Big Brother or The Real World will get them n... more -
Students See World During 'Gap Year' : NPR
As many high school graduates spend time this summer getting their new laptops and linens to take to college, others are getting their passports and heading off on a kind of sabbatical. A growing number of students are taking what they call a "gap year." It's a break from the academic grind and a chance to explore the real world.
What do you think of Gap years? Are you on one? What're you doing? As many high school graduates spend time this summer getting their new laptops and linens to take to college, others are getting their... more -
College degree doesn't pay?
A four-year college degree, seen for generations as a ticket to a better life, is no longer enough to guarantee a steadily rising paycheck.
A college degree may not take you as far as you'd expect. However, WSJ's Jennifer Merritt reports on a few fields where a bachelor's degree still remains a worthy investment.
Just ask Bea Dewing. After she earned a bachelor's degree -- her second -- in computer science from Maryland's Frostburg State University in 1986, she enjoyed almost unbroken advances in wages, eventually earning $89,000 a year as a data modeler for Sprint Corp. in Lawrence, Kan. Then, in 2002, Sprint laid her off.
"I thought I might be looking a few weeks or months at the most," says Ms. Dewing, now 56 years old. Instead she spent the next six years in a career wilderness, starting an Internet café that didn't succeed, working temporary jobs and low-end positions in data processing, and fruitlessly responding to hundreds of job postings.
The low point came around 2004 when a recruiter for Sprint -- now known as Sprint Nextel Corp. -- called seeking to fill a job similar to the one she lost two years earlier, but paying barely a third of her old salary.
In April, Ms. Dewing finally landed a job similar to her old one in the information technology department of Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., where she relocated. She earns about 20% less than she did in 2002, adjusted for inflation, but considers herself fortunate, and wiser.
A degree, she says, "isn't any big guarantee of employment, it's a basic requirement, a step you have to take to even be considered for many professional jobs."
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Trends in Education, SalariesFor decades, the typical college graduate's wage rose well above inflation. But no longer. In the economic expansion that began in 2001 and now appears to be ending, the inflation-adjusted wages of the majority of U.S. workers didn't grow, even among those who went to college. The government's statistical snapshots show the typical weekly salary of a worker with a bachelor's degree, adjusted for inflation, didn't rise last year from 2006 and was 1.7% below the 2001 level.
College-educated workers are more plentiful, more commoditized and more subject to the downsizings that used to be the purview of blue-collar workers only. What employers want from workers nowadays is more narrow, more abstract and less easily learned in college.
To be sure, the average American with a college diploma still earns about 75% more than a worker with a high-school diploma and is less likely to be unemployed. Yet while that so-called college premium is up from 40% in 1979, it is little changed from 2001, according to data compiled by Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal Washington think tank
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Free higher education a possibility for British troops
"Servicemen and women may be able to go to college or university without paying tuition fees when they leave the army, navy or air force under a wide-ranging package of measures announced today.
Under one plan, anyone who has spent six years in the services will have the chance to study for a first foundation or full degree without paying tuition fees when they leave the services. Alternatively, they will be able to study for an A-level equivalent qualification without being charged.
The most severely wounded soldiers will be eligible for compensation worth up to £570,000, up from the previous maximum of £285,000, as well as continuing to receive an annual income, as they do already.
Servicemen and women who suffer less serious injuries during conflicts will receive an increase of up to 80%."
Wow. That is some kind of incentive. Although, with all the stories coming out of Iraq and Afghanistan, is the risk worth a free ride? "Servicemen and women may be able to go to college or university without paying tuition fees when they leave the army, navy or air for... more -
Angst, Lies & Audio Tape
The Antagonist Movement hosts weekly events in NYC's East Village. It showcases local artists such as Brother Mike Cohen who shares his family's dysfunction through live readings and 'zines. Brother Mike incorporates a boombox into his readings and plays old, secretly-recorded tapes of teenage fights with his father. His booklet, Somewhere Between a Punch and a Hand Shake," published by the antagonist press, is a highly-regarded example of antagonist art. antagonistmovement.com The Antagonist Movement hosts weekly events in NYC's East Village. It showcases local artists such as Brother Mike Cohen who shares hi... more
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Students go online to avoid high cost of driving
Students nationwide are turning to online classes to beat the high gas prices. Colleges from "Massachusetts to Florida, Texas to Oregon" have seen an increase in the number of students who enroll in online classes for summer sessions, as much as 50% - 100%. Though some 4-year colleges who have large online programs have seen big increases, the largest surges have been at 2-year community colleges.
Thank goodness for the internet! Students nationwide are turning to online classes to beat the high gas prices. Colleges from "Massachusetts to Florida, Texas to Oreg... more -
10 of the greenest colleges in America
America's institutions of higher learning are some of the best incubators of sustainable solutions to myriad problems, and they are molding and inspiring the bright minds that will inherit the environment from the current generation of polluters.
Hopefully these bright students will help generate the political will it will take to implement these technologies on a national level. America's institutions of higher learning are some of the best incubators of sustainable solutions to myriad problems, and they are mo... more -
ESPN creates the sportscenter for MMA
This is the best MMA show out there right now. I feel as if I am watching Sportscenter every time I tune in. UFC lightweight contender, Kenny Florian is one of the hosts and he is tremendous on it. Anyone who is a MMA fan, should watch this show. This is the best MMA show out there right now. I feel as if I am watching Sportscenter every time I tune in. UFC lightweight contender... more
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Serbian hoops player flees U.S. after assaulting a man who is now in Critical Cond...
A fight over a woman at a college bar between a Serb-born basketball player and another man who was left in a coma has ignited a diplomatic crisis between Belgrade and Washington.
Serbia agreed to cooperate in the case of Miladin Kovacevic, 20, who fled the United States in early June after he was charged in the May 4 assault of a fellow Binghamton University student at a bar in Binghamton, New York.
The fight started May 4, when Bryan Steinhauer, 22, tried to dance with the girlfriend of one of Kovacevic's friends. Witnesses said Kovacevic, who is 6-foot-9, 280 pounds, kicked the 5-foot-9, 130-pound Steinhauer repeatedly in the head as he lay on the ground. Three men, including Kovacevic, were charged with assault and gang assault and held on $100,000 bail, according to police.
Kovacevic, who had been recruited to play basketball for the university, managed to flee the United States after his mother flew to New York to post bail and a Serbian consular official provided him with a temporary passport.
A Serbian consulate staffer in New York is accused of providing Kovacevic with emergency travel documents that helped him flee the country. The Serbian foreign ministry has recalled two consular officials back to Belgrade for disciplinary action.
"My client has told me he did not flee the country to hide from the justice system," said Veselin Cerovic, the Kovacevic's family attorney. "He does not believe in the justice system in the United States." Kovacevic's parents said their son was threatened and disdained because of his nationality and they felt they had to rescue him.
Steinhauer, who was two weeks shy of graduation, remains in critical condition more than two months after the bar fight. He's unable to drink or eat on his own, according to his parents, who say they are living through their own private hell.
A fight over a woman at a college bar between a Serb-born basketball player and another man who was left in a coma has ignited a diplo... more -
Students want public service academy
Students from across the country have come to the District this week to rally support in Congress for legislation to create a national Public Service Academy that would offer college-bound students free education in exchange for five years of public service.
Bills in the House and Senate call for a school modeled after the four U.S. military academies.
"These students would begin at the ground level - as teachers, or beat [police] officers or low-level administrators," said Christopher Myers Asch, a former AmeriCorps volunteer and author of the proposal.
Public service re-emerged in the public discourse when the presumptive Democratic and Republican presidential nominees began making the issue a key part of their political campaigns.
"Loving your country must mean accepting your responsibility to do your part to change it," said Sen. Barack Obama, Illinois Democrat. "If you do, your life will be richer, our country will be stronger."
He called for more nurses, teachers, soldiers and Peace Corps and AmeriCorps volunteers.
Sen. John McCain, Arizona Republican, said the country "made a mistake" after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks: "Instead of telling Americans to take a trip or go shopping, I think we had an opportunity to call Americans to serve."
"I think this generation is one being called to service in a different way," said Beth Camphouse, 21, a James Madison University student who helped organize the nearly 100 students expected to call upon members of Congress and attend a conference at George Washington University. "People look at a place like West Point and say, 'Wow, people who go here have really made a commitment.' This academy would do the same thing."
Mr. Asch said thinks the attention to public service might work against the legislation, which has sat for months in the House Education and Labor subcommittee on higher education, lifelong learning and competitiveness.
"It's difficult for a bill like this to get oxygen during an election year," he said.
The proposal calls for 5,100 top students from across the country and around the world, as well as a freshman class of 1,300. Students would need a congressional nomination - the same process used by the military academies. Like cadets at West Point in New York and midshipmen at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, students at the proposed service academy would have to wear uniforms.
Supporters want the school in the District and say operations would cost about $205 million a year.
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Underground Fight Club gets some heat on the web.
This is a fight league I found while persuing on the web. It is well done and it was forwarded to me from some friends. I uploaded as many as I could on youtube and I am tranfering over to Current. This is a fight league I found while persuing on the web. It is well done and it was forwarded to me from some friends. I uploaded as ... more
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Binge-drinking proves deadly to college students
"An Associated Press analysis of federal records found that 157 college-age people, 18 to 23, drank themselves to death from 1999 through 2005, the most recent year for which figures are available. The number of alcohol-poisoning deaths per year rose from 18 in 1999 to 35 in 2005."
What do you think about these results?
Is binge-drinking really a major concern?
How can these issues be tackled? Who should be tackling them?
Is this a uniquely American problem? "An Associated Press analysis of federal records found that 157 college-age people, 18 to 23, drank themselves to death from 1999 thro... more -
Sex on Campus
What is the truth about sex on campus? The producer's of the Emmy nominated documentary "Song of Songs," take a nationwide college tour to find out what young people really want out of their relationships today. What is the truth about sex on campus? The producer's of the Emmy nominated documentary "Song of Songs," take a nationwide college tou... more
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