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August 30, 2010

Strippers with College Degrees

George Leef

If this is accurate, about 25 percent have college degrees. I'm not aware of any college courses that teach this particular field of endeavor, but that will probably happen in time.

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August 30, 2010

Fall Academic Questions Articles Available Online

Ashley Thorne

NAS has posted three articles from the forthcoming fall issue of Academic Questions at NAS.org. They are: How Scholarships Morphed into Financial Aid by Jackson Toby Scholarships should be bas......

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August 30, 2010

University Speaker Series: Arab Feminism, Black Feminism, and "A Southern Queer Love Story"...No Commment

Ashley Thorne

A program on gender and diversity at the University of Richmond will explore "emancipatory ideas of social justice" this fall.

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August 27, 2010

A Commencement Address Worth Hearing

Glenn Ricketts

If you're like me, you probably find the run of commencement addresses tedious, politically tendentious and aesthetically bereft. Well, I've finally found one that's worth listening to.......

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August 27, 2010

Readers Answer "Why Did You Choose Your College?"

Ashley Thorne

Last week we started a new "Question of the Week" series. Our first question was Why did you choose the college you attended/attend? Readers answered via email, Twitter, and website comments: John D.......

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