Nearly 5,000 people, most of them young men or teenaged males, spent last weekend in Dallas killing one another in the bloodiest fashion possible.Aside from the occasional caffeine overdose, however, every one of the participants walked away without a scratch. A few even returned home with tens of thousands of dollars in prize money.The event […]
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FBI agent speaks out against Attorney General
Coleen Rowley, the Minneapolis FBI agent who accused bureau headquarters of bungling chances to foil the Sept. 11 attacks, is criticizing the Bush administration for "whittling away our civil liberties."Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
How fast is too fast? 3-year high school option begins in fall
Beginning this fall, Florida high school students might miss opportunities under a new state law that gives them the option to graduate in three years by skipping physical education, arts classes and most electives.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
San Francisco Schools Set New Healthy Food Standards
With the beginning of the fall school semester, the San Francisco Unified School District is setting a bold new standard for healthy school food. While many school districts around the nation are raising standards for food, San Francisco may be the first to adopt a "no empty calories" policy. The standard not only sets maximum […]
'Technikons belong in apartheid's rubbish'
SOUTH AFRICA: It is now possible to graduate from Nelson Mandela University, after Minister of Education Kader Asmal announced the new names of tertiary education institutions in South Africa. And technikons will also be given a new moniker, after he declared that the "name technikon be thrown into the rubbish bin of undistinguished apartheid measures."Posted […]
Feds Push Reforms at High School Level
In an effort to improve the nation's high schools, the Education Department has kicked off a campaign to get states to offer more rigorous courses and demand more of students before they go to college or work. The campaign will include a series of regional meetings on high school improvement, grants to help students prepare […]
RaGe Against Your Enemies
To many hackers of the underground world he was once known as TinY, but don't let the name fool you, with the click of a button he can instantly have 35 plus people monitoring your every online movement.Posted by: SoulRiserSource Article
Updates
Some of the stuff I wrote in some of the non-school opinions have been bugging me for some time, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I think I was sticking a bit too much to what my parents think of those things... for just in case they ever read it :P So […]
Plan for school confession
UK: Communing with God on school grounds is the best way to put youthful sinners back on the straight and narrow, claimed the popular bishop of Limassol, Athanassios, who made the suggestion. The sanctuary of a confessional, he said, would provide "instant relief" for anyone caught smoking or missing a class. (So missing class is […]
Top terrorist hunter's divisive views
A highly decorated general who is one of the leaders of a secretive new Pentagon unit formed to coordinate intelligence on terrorists and help hunt down Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and other high-profile targets has a history of outspoken and divisive views on religion - Islam in particular. People like this give Christianity a […]
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