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NCAA bans horse-collar tackle
From wire reportsThe NCAA banned the horse-collar tackle from college football. Following the lead of the NFL and acting on a proposal made by its Football Rules Committee, the NCAA will assess a penalty this season when a runner is yanked to the ground from the inside...Tags: National Football League, Hartford Wolf Pack, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Virginia Tech
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Respect called key to school safety
Sun reporterAfter several well-publicized violent incidents last school year, Baltimore's teachers got a lesson on how building stronger relationships with their students reduces the chance of classroom disruption and increases achievement. "When students have...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Morgan State University, Culture, Sheila Dixon, Minority Groups
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CLASSROOM STARS
Ryan Hall *SCHOOL: Olympia *CLASS: Senior. *GPA: 4.1 weighted *ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS: Football team captain; played varsity football since he was a sophomore; first-team tight end on Reebok Florida Phenoms preseason team; 38th-ranked tight end in...Tags: Joe Williams, Curricula
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Teachers call on students before classes even start
Of The Morning CallIt's about 5:15 p.m. Monday, and Christopher Hey is driving to homes in the Souderton area with Alyce Williams and Jessica Bard. Hey maneuvers his car several hundred feet up a driveway to a home set back from Indian Creek Road in Franconia Township,...Tags: Family, East Stroudsburg University, University of Chicago
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China hopes to attract more US college students
AP Education WriterRALEIGH, N.C. (AP -- China is hoping that American college students watching the Summer Olympics will want to travel there, providing a bump similar to what Australia and Greece enjoyed in 2000 and 2004. But even before the 2008 Games, China was already...Tags: Summer Olympics, Culture, Multi-Sport Events, Purdue University, Colleges and Universities
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Former Gator Jamar Hornsby looking for plea bargain in unauthorized credit card use case
Sentinel Staff WritersFormer Florida S Jamar Hornsby, who faces four misdemeanor counts of unauthorized use of a credit card, will likely seek a plea bargain to avoid trial, according to his lawyer, Huntley Johnson. Hornsby was arrested and kicked off the team in May after...Tags: Trials, Florida Gators, Credit and Debt, Litigation, Wetlands
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Wide receiver Hankerson shines in final Hurricanes scrimmage
South Florida BureauMiami WR Leonard Hank erson had been sort of like a forgotten man throughout the preseason. Tuesday he refreshed everyone's memory. Hankerson, a sophomore, caught three touchdown passes in the Hurricanes' final scrimmage of preseason camp. Hankerson...Tags: Natural Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Randy Shannon, Disasters, Randy Phillips
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Paternalism works in schools
Seated at a solitary desk in the hall outside a classroom, the slender 13-year-old boy with a smile like a sunrise earnestly does remedial algebra, assisted by a paid tutor. She, too, is 13. Both wear the uniform –– white polo shirt, khaki...Tags: Examinations, Culture, Martin Luther King Jr., Real Estate Buyers, Charter Schools
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Survey finds drug use down among Ind. teenagers
Overall drug use by Indiana middle and high school students continued to decline this year, according to an annual survey. Alcohol and cigarette use decreased or held steady for students in 6th through 12th grades, according to the Indiana Prevention...Tags: Health and Safety at School, People, Indiana University, Teen-agers, Addiction
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Some Surprises At Receiver For UConn
Courant Staff WriterAsked what he thought the UConn two-deep chart meant, particularly at wide receiver, UConn senior Ellis Gaulden took a peek and was as quick on the answer as he is on the outside. "Trouble, basically," he said simply. Not for UConn — but for the...Tags: University of Connecticut, Injuries, Randy Edsall, Robert Vaughn
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For some college freshmen, the first day of school comes a bit late
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterLindsey Mathias was confused and disappointed at first when she opened the thick, much-awaited envelope from USC this spring. The letter inside told her she had been accepted to the Los Angeles university but also said she could not enroll until January....Tags: Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities
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More and more colleges say you don't need a dining tray
Sentinel Staff WriterIn college dining halls, the tradition has been to pile it on -- stuffing trays and mouths full of food. Now, many colleges are kicking a staple of college life -- the dining-hall tray -- out of the cafeterias. Why? To go green, save money -- and...Tags: Energy Saving, Palm Beach Atlantic University, Rollins College, University of Central Florida, Cornell University
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