Programs in the News (June 2-8, 2008)

October 13, 2008 – 10:48 am

Freshmen go to school on drinking
Pennsylvania State University trustees passed a resolution requiring all incoming freshmen systemwide to take AlcoholEdu for College, an online education program about alcoholic beverages and their effects on the body. — GoErie.com, PA
Public Demand Prompts University of Minnesota to Make Online Class on Alcohol Use Available to All Parents
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An Enchanted Place, Part 2: In Which We Say Goodbye

June 18, 2008 – 5:34 pm

Photo: Galleons Lap by zenitpetersburg
[Click here to read Part One.]
So despite the impending bell, the rush to the bus, the administrative fart in the Church of Wonder with that daily detention announcement over the intercom just when we’d arrived, in our Story, at the Enchanted Place - despite all of that, the children agreed to [...]

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An Enchanted Place, Part I

June 18, 2008 – 5:34 pm

They had already guessed, all wrongly (but that was okay), how old I was when I first read the book I was sharing with them. Their guesses ranged from five to twelve. When I told them that I was in my thirties, and was reading that book as a peacekeeper in Kosovo, where I carried [...]

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Local Attorney Does His Part to Fill Void Left by Educational Budget Cuts

May 26, 2008 – 8:19 am

(Education News and Information) Carlsbad California personalinjury attorney Gordon Levinson has pledged a 3000 charitable donation to the Mission Estancia Elementary School Parent Teacher Association to help mitigate the effects of the largest proposed educational budget cut in California historyTo Gordon Levinson senior attorney and owner of the Carlsbadbased Levinson Law Group the budget cuts [...]

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