Vanessa Maltin grew up feeling like she had food poisoning every time she ate. Until well after she turned 21, stomach cramps, diarrhea and gas were routine parts of her life. Then as an intern reporter for the Palm Beach Post in 2004, the George Washington University student was assigned to cover a conference on celiac disease at the National Institutes of Health.
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings on Sept. 26 announced plans to overhaul post-secondary education nationwide by revamping the financial aid process and holding college and universities accountable for student learning. Her announcement came on the heels of a report released the previous week by a 19-member higher education commission formed last year.
Now arriving on platform two: a college education. The University of Montana, in an effort to attract students and promote its new financial aid program, sent officials, faculty, and student representatives on a three-day, whistle-stop train tour across the state earlier this month.
The United States Mint has called for students to apply to its Artistic Infusion Program, which was created specifically for outside artists to contribute to the design of the Mint's coins and medals. Up to six college or graduate-level student designers will be chosen, in addition to 10 new associate designers and 10 current master designers.
"Lose 20 pounds in three weeks." "Drop weight while you sleep." And now, add a "Slim Down Booster" to your smoothie to give your mind and body a boost. Weight loss advertisements are everywhere. Promises of rapid weight loss with minimal effort entice buyers desperate to change their bodies.
Hundreds of students and grassroots activists are expected to unite in Washington D.C. next week for "Northern Uganda Lobby Day", in an effort to address the lack of US involvement in northern Uganda's civil war. Activists will seek to persuade Congress to become more involved in promoting peace in Uganda, as well as to provide more aid for displaced families and rebuilding the war-torn region.
Through a new initiative, the Open Educational Video Lecture Project, Yale intends to make it possible for anyone to have the classroom experience by simply using the Internet. This service will be available for free. Through a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, complete courses, including actual classroom lectures, will be accessible online for free universal access.
"I check it, like, 7000 times a day … mainly to stalk people," said 17-year-old Brianna Russo. "Yeah, I check my email, and go on Facebook," added Kristen Warn, 18, who also uses the popular internet site to "stalk people." The University of Maryland freshmen laughed as they described their obsessive relationship with Facebook.
According to a new poll, 63 percent of young adults are paying "a lot" or "some" attention to candidates in the upcoming November elections. But are the candidates paying attention to them? Young Voter Strategies, a nonpartisan group supporting political involvement by students and young adults, released its own analyses of the annual Battleground poll taken at George Washington University.
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