Standardized Tests Are On Their Way Out
Melanie Arougueti/Staff Writer Universities across the country should be paying attention to the University of California, which recently decided on suspending the SAT and the…
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Boat filled with protected species hits coral reef
Teresa Cerojano/ AP Writer A Chinese vessel that ran into a protected coral reef in the southwestern Philippines held evidence of even more environmental destruction…
Official: Pilot from Florida killed in plane crash
AP Staff Aviation officials say an American pilot and a Canadian technician have died when a small plane crashed as they were doing work for…
Troubled South Africa debates impact of white rule
Christopher Tochia/ AP Writer Few South Africans have the moral stature of retired archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate who campaigned against apartheid…
No bond for US couple accused of kidnapping kids
Mike Schneider/ AP Writer The Florida parents charged with kidnapping their boys after losing custody and fleeing to Cuba by sailboat have been ordered to…
Maduro takes narrowing lead into Sunday vote
Alexanadra Olson/ AP Writer Red-shirted backers of Hugo Chavez’s chosen heir transformed downtown Caracas into a raucous festival on the final day of campaigning for…
North Korea speaking of possible threat to US
Jessica Meszaros/Contributing Writer While students and faculty went about their everyday tasks on Thursday, South Korea’s defense minister announced that North Korea has moved a…
Putin urges peace talks to end Syria ‘massacre’
Vladimir Isachenkov/AP Writer President Vladimir Putin said the civil war in Syria has become “a massacre” that must be stopped through peace talks between the…
Expert: Warlord Kony under pressure to free women
Rodney Muhumuza/AP Staff Writer The fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony is jettisoning women and children in a possible desperate bid to keep his weakened group…
Brazil’s Lula da Silva backs Maduro in Venez vote
AP Staff Brazil’s former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has voiced his support for ruling party candidate Nicolas Maduro ahead of Venezuela’s presidential election….