Robert Torte

Bush Announces Education Bill

Posted 5:09 a.m. Jan. 28 By Robert Torte U-WIRE (DC BUREAU) President George W. Bush recently set aside partisan politics to work with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Ma.) on the newly signed Education Reform Act. The new law is designed to hold public schools accountable for how well their students are doing by requiring annual testing. […]

Dating abuse most common form of student violence

Posted 4:35 p.m. Oct. 29 By Robert Torte U-WIRE Washington Bureau Dating abuse is the most common form of violence on campus today, according to the Feminist Majority Foundation, a group focusing on domestic violence awareness during the month of October. One in three women are victims of dating abuse, not including cases of sexual […]