The Phillips Foundation announced the winners of $217,000 in merit-based scholarships for academic year 2009-2010 under its Ronald Reagan College Leaders Scholarship Program. Thirteen CN students were among the winners:
UCLA's The Bruin Standard editorAndrew Kreitz won a one-time $5,000 scholarship.
Binghamton University's The Binghamton Review editor Adam Shamah won a renewable $2,500 scholarship.
Yale University's Yale Free Press editor Jake McGuire won a one-time $2,500 scholarship.
Texas A & M University' s The Anthem writer Justin Pulliam won a renewable $2,500 scholarship.
Stanford University's The Stanford Review staffer Christopher Seck Mun-Yin won a one-time $2,500 scholarship.
Hillsdale College's Hillsdale Forum stafferCalvin Freiburger won a renewable $1,000 scholarship.
Duke University's The Gothic Guardian stafferJacob Moroshek won a renewable $1,000 scholarship.
University of Michigan's The Michigan Review editor Julianne K. Nowicki won a one-time $1,000 scholarship.
Vikram Srinivasan, of The Gothic Guardian at Duke University, Erika Barger, of the Georgetown Federalist at Georgetown University, Katelyn Ferral, of The Warrior at Marquette University, Jonathan Slemrod, of The Michigan Review at University of Michigan, and Michael Warren, of The Vanderbilt Torch at Vanderbilt, were all awarded renewed scholarships from last year.
Could the voters that sent Dick Gephardt to Washington 14 times ever vote for a Republican? 2010 would be the year to do it, and Ed Martin says he’s the Republican who can win Missouri’s Third Congressional District.
Traditional calendar students rang in a new school year Wednesday with events that ranged from the serious to the silly. At Root Elementary School in Raleigh, the 500 students started their morning with a rock concert. Principal Drew Ware grabbed his acoustic guitar, "Lisa," and serenaded them over the intercom with a school theme song he wrote to the tune of Hootie & The Blowfish's "Hold My Hand." Students sang along, knowing the words by heart.
What's the difference between a stark jail cell and the comforts of home? For a few lucky Dallas County criminals, the answer is nothing. Under the county's alternative sentencing plan, certain low-level offenders discharge their sentences under ankle-monitored house arrest, giving them the opportunity to keep their jobs, eat home-cooked meals and enjoy the interaction of family and friends.
Triangle college students racing to pick up textbooks this week are saving money through a number of alternatives to the old practice of buying new and used classroom tomes from campus bookstores. Students are increasingly able to rent books for the semester at up to half the list price or to purchase electronic texts on devices such as Kindle, Nook or iPad.
Forget Yankees-Red Sox. How's this for a feud? Tech-savvy New Yorkers are far likelier than San Franciscans to pick BlackBerrys over iPhones, according to a survey released yesterday.
Could the voters that sent Dick Gephardt to Washington 14 times ever vote for a Republican? 2010 would be the year to do it, and Ed Martin says he’s the Republican who can win Missouri’s Third Congressional District.
Traditional calendar students rang in a new school year Wednesday with events that ranged from the serious to the silly. At Root Elementary School in Raleigh, the 500 students started their morning with a rock concert. Principal Drew Ware grabbed his acoustic guitar, "Lisa," and serenaded them over the intercom with a school theme song he wrote to the tune of Hootie & The Blowfish's "Hold My Hand." Students sang along, knowing the words by heart.
What's the difference between a stark jail cell and the comforts of home? For a few lucky Dallas County criminals, the answer is nothing. Under the county's alternative sentencing plan, certain low-level offenders discharge their sentences under ankle-monitored house arrest, giving them the opportunity to keep their jobs, eat home-cooked meals and enjoy the interaction of family and friends.
Triangle college students racing to pick up textbooks this week are saving money through a number of alternatives to the old practice of buying new and used classroom tomes from campus bookstores. Students are increasingly able to rent books for the semester at up to half the list price or to purchase electronic texts on devices such as Kindle, Nook or iPad.
Forget Yankees-Red Sox. How's this for a feud? Tech-savvy New Yorkers are far likelier than San Franciscans to pick BlackBerrys over iPhones, according to a survey released yesterday.