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    Jun 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Supreme Court considers landmark equality cases

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law.
    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has devoted decades to giving meaning to the Constitution's promise of equality for all before the law. Now, as the court heads into the final two weeks of this year's term, the justices may be about to close one...

    Tags: Voting, University of California, Irvine, Social Issues, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Justice and Rights

    2. Jun 11, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. Grant Park chorus master readies singers for a busy festival summer

    Having rolled out some pretty heavy artillery to mark the 50th anniversary of the Grant Park Chorus and other musical milestones last summer, what will the 2013 Grant Park Music Festival do for an encore?
    Having rolled out some pretty heavy artillery to mark the 50th anniversary of the Grant Park Chorus and other musical milestones last summer, what will the 2013 Grant Park Music Festival do for an encore? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Almost every...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Millennium Park, Culture, Financial Aid, Grant Park Chorus

    3. Jun 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  3. Philipp Meyer on "The Son"

    In "The Son," Philipp Meyer's sprawling multigenerational saga about a powerful Texas family, the author harvests the state's sad, passionate, often violent history, from its origins as an embattled republic to its present-day condition as an arid landscape sucked dry, literally, by a century of environmentally disastrous cattle ranching and irrigation-based agriculture. Along the way, Meyer — author of the critically acclaimed "American Rust" (2009) — tells the stories of the state's white settlers and their near-constant clashes with Native Americans and Mexicans, including now almost forgotten massacres of Mexican-Americans by Texas Rangers and others along the border in the early 20th century.
    In "The Son," Philipp Meyer's sprawling multigenerational saga about a powerful Texas family, the author harvests the state's sad, passionate, often violent history, from its origins as an embattled republic to its present-day condition as an arid...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, The Wall Street Journal, Social Issues, Customs and Tradition, The Washington Post

    4. Jun 7, 2013 |Story| Hartford Courant

  4. Court Should Uphold Race Factor In College Admissions

    The Hartford Courant
    The U.S. Supreme Court will soon announce its decision in a case that could affect diversity on college campuses nationwide. Given the compelling reasons why diversity is critical on our campuses, the court should uphold its previous decisions that...

    Tags: Connecticut College, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups, University of Michigan

    5. Jun 7, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  5. Helping teen moms delay repeat pregnancies

    Mary Ann Cross was entering freshman year at her Austin neighborhood high school when she had her first child. She was 16 when she had her second child. Now 18, she gave birth to her third two months ago.
    Mary Ann Cross was entering freshman year at her Austin neighborhood high school when she had her first child. She was 16 when she had her second child. Now 18, she gave birth to her third two months ago. When people ask her why she's had so many...

    Tags: Social Issues, Chicago Public Schools, Health Organizations, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Head Start

    6. Jun 1, 2013 |Story| Imperial Valley Press Online

  6. Lerno sisters era ends at Southwest High

    Back in the fall of 2001, Melissa Lerno started school at Southwest High.
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    Back in the fall of 2001, Melissa Lerno started school at Southwest High. Over the next four years she would go on to become one of the school’s greatest athletes and made a name for herself as one of the most dominant pitchers in the Imperial...

    Tags: College Sports, Baseball, Sports, Softball

    7. May 25, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. A third George Bush steps up to the political plate in Texas

    WACO, Texas — On a recent afternoon, as McLennan County Republicans polished off their barbecue, the head of the local GOP worked his way through the group's luncheon agenda. A plaque was presented. A local judge spotlighted. The fertilizer plant explosion in nearby West, Texas, was discussed.
    WACO, Texas — On a recent afternoon, as McLennan County Republicans polished off their barbecue, the head of the local GOP worked his way through the group's luncheon agenda. A plaque was presented. A local judge spotlighted. The fertilizer plant...

    Tags: George W. Bush, Republican Party, Television Industry, Executive Branch, Government

    8. May 1, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  8. reFramed: In conversation with WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY curator Anne Wilkes Tucker

    Framework
    Anne Wilkes Tucker is currently the Gus and Lyndall Wortham Curator of Photography at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston where she has worked since 1976. She founded the Photography Department at the museum that now has a collection of over 28,000...
    9. May 3, 2013 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  9. Cornell Museum at Rollins wins prestigious grant

    The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College has been awarded an Interpretive Fellowship at Art Museums from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The museum is one of only seven recipients nationwide given this honor; the others are the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Frick Collection, both in New York City; the Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the Portland Art Museum.
    The Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College has been awarded an Interpretive Fellowship at Art Museums from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The museum is one of only seven recipients nationwide given this honor; the others are the Metropolitan...

    Tags: Arts and Culture, Rollins College, Museums, Financial Aid, Artists

    10. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. Lil Wayne seizure puts spotlight on rappers' use of 'sizzurp'

    The powerful narcotic popped up on the cultural grid around the turn of the millennium. A Texas producer-remixer named DJ Screw paid homage to its woozy, heavy-lidded high by dramatically slowing down beats and vocals to replicate the drug's sleepwalker...

    Tags: Morphine (drug), Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Disc Jockeys, Lil Wayne

    11. Apr 24, 2013 |Story| Daily Pilot

  11. Robert Langford Montgomery, Jr.

    ROBERT LANGFORD MONTGOMERY, JR.
    ROBERT LANGFORD MONTGOMERY, JR. 1927-2013 Robert Langford Montgomery, Jr., Harvard ’50 mcl, Ph.D. ’56 died on February 26, 2013 in Newport Beach, CA. A navy veteran of World War II, he was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at...

    Tags: University of California, Irvine

    12. Apr 21, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

  12. Gun legislation failure dismays survivor of Texas mass shooting

    Irma Garcia pulled back her sweater to show me where the bullet entered her shoulder and spun her around. It then torpedoed through her body and exited near the middle of her back.
    Irma Garcia pulled back her sweater to show me where the bullet entered her shoulder and spun her around. It then torpedoed through her body and exited near the middle of her back. "I still have problems with it," she said, standing to show me how the...

    Tags: Firearms, Shootings, Behavioral Conditions, Psychology, Personal Weapon Control

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