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When Are Cancer Cases More Than Coincidence?
Eight women who work in literature building at UC San Diego have had breast cancer since 2000. Two died. Walkout planned to demand action against "cluster" in facility university insists is safe.
Questions on Tuition for New GI Bill
Department of Veterans Affairs publishes a preliminary list of the maximum tuition and fees it will cover in each state, and some of the numbers are eye-poppingly high.
New Challenge to Gun Limits on Campuses
Suspension of student at Western Oregon U. leads to calls to end firearms ban at colleges and universities in the state.
Colleges Seek to Save Student Aid Experiments
In last days, Bush administration killed program designed to encourage financial aid innovations; 100-plus colleges urge Education Department and Congress to restore it.
Too Christian or Too Narrow?
Wiley-Blackwell suspends sale of four volume, 3,000 page encyclopedia on Christianity, pending post-publication review. Editor sees anti-religious bias; publisher and others see major problems with the substance of the work.
The Liberal Arts, Abroad
Outposts of liberal learning are popping up worldwide, often based on adaptations of an American model.
'The Company He Keeps'
Although he isn't a fraternity brother, Nicholas L. Syrett has immersed himself in the world of Greek history. Syrett, an...