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University of Missouri’s paying a price for its lame response to last fall’s racial protests

Edit New York Post 24 May 2016
If the University of Missouri thought its concessions to Black Lives Matter radicals would boost its appeal to students, it looks like it made a big mistake. Six months after the radicals garnered national attention with fiery protests against supposed campus racism — and with Mizzou’s school year set to start in August — the ......

Single American women become new citizen category

Edit The Examiner 24 May 2016
It's a fact. For the first time in history, unmarried women now outnumber married women in the United States ... She says that this shift is "a radical upheaval with massive social and political implications because it runs across classes and races." ... "They are staying single because it's okay for them not to be married -- a concept that just a half-century before would have seemed radical ... " ... ....

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Edit Topix 24 May 2016
The news from Pakistan is often bad. Suicide bombers killing civilians. Islamist radicals gaining influence ... ....

City’s vision for a carless Seattle doesn’t match reality

Edit The Seattle Times 24 May 2016
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray’s proposing a radical new way to measure street performance. It’s not what you’d expect ... ....

Project aims for 150 tennis schools

Edit Scotsman 24 May 2016
The School of Tennis programme, run by Britain's leading tennis charity the Tennis Foundation, aims to radically change the way tennis is delivered in secondary schools to make it more relevant and engaging for teenagers ... Firrhill High's head of P.E., Morag Carmichael said. “Being part of the School of Tennis is a fantastic opportunity ... ....

Robert Eyler Named Dean of the School Of Extended and International Education (Sonoma State University)

Edit Public Technologies 24 May 2016
(Source. Sonoma State University) ... [Read More...] ... in Darwin Hall, room 107 ... Upon returning, the 26 subjects of the 2014 book 'Los Otros Dreamers' found themselves outsiders in their 'native' country, many longing to return to the English-speaking land they grew up calling home. On Monday, April 4, DREAMers Club de Sonoma State University hosts a panel discussion with members of that group of 26 in the Student Center ballroom at 4 p.m....

The Supreme Court’s non-decision decision in Zubik v. Burwell (National Organization for Women)

Edit Public Technologies 24 May 2016
(Source. National Organization for Women). The Supreme Court's announcement that it will not rule on Zubik v. Burwell, the challenge to women's access to birth control under the Affordable Care Act, is meant to avoid a 4-to-4 deadlock by sending the issue back to lower courts ... Zubik is the latest attempt by radical religious conservatives to deny women their fundamental right to reproductive health care ... ### ... (noodl. 33756418) ....

Playing at warp speed in zany ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 24 May 2016
Without question the first in line to receive resuscitation should be Timothy Edward Kane, the remarkable actor who gave such a galvanic solo performance in Court’s production of “An Iliad” a number of seasons ago, and is now back full-blast in radically different, fully comic form — juggling plates, accents and diversionary tactics as easily as he improvises quips ... Michael Brosilow). ‘ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS’ ... When ... Info....

Marks & Spencer fashion: From Twiggy to Alexa Chung

Edit BBC News 24 May 2016
Is Marks & Spencer the High Street's equivalent of Marmite? Its clothing certainly divides opinion. Some people think of it as somewhere only their mum or gran shops, while others can't wait to check out the latest Alexa Chung collection ... 1930 saw a radical silhouette change after the loose cuts of the 20s and by 1932 the fitted-but-fluid shapes and longer skirts were completely mainstream.1950s ... 1967 ... This look sums that up ... 2016 ... ....

Theatre review: Shall Roger Casement Hang?

Edit Scotsman 23 May 2016
Shall Roger Casement Hang?. Tron Theatre, Glasgow. Rating ... As Casement and Hall, Benny Young and Stephen Clyde give two near-flawless performances; Hall as the conventional Edwardian Scot outraged by Casement's twin rebellions against the glory of the Empire and the iron code of secrecy about homosexuality, Casement as a radical, dreamer and outsider whose attitudes seem to prefigure our own times, and our own constitutional debate....

Theatre review: Shall Roger Casement Hang?, Tron Theatre, Glasgow

Edit Scotsman 23 May 2016
Shall Roger Casement Hang? . Rating. ***** ... As Casement and Hall, Benny Young and Stephen Clyde give two near-flawless performances; Hall as the conventional Edwardian Scot outraged by Casement's twin rebellions against the glory of the Empire and the iron code of secrecy about homosexuality, Casement as a radical, dreamer and outsider whose attitudes seem to prefigure our own times, and our own constitutional debate ... ....

'My Sh200 Business That Earned Me a University Degree'

Edit All Africa 23 May 2016
[Citizen] Fredrick attracted media attention in 2014 when he won Anzisha prize awards. He was dubbed as 'Freddie the Dreamer' by the international media. Fredrick shared his story with Sound Living on how it all began and his journey after winning the Anzisha award ... ....

Add tunes by Mutual Benefit, Boogie Howser and Keith Urban to your playlist

Edit Canada Dot Com 23 May 2016
Three of our favourite songs.  1. Mutual Benefit, Lost Dreamers. A lush folk-pop ode to restless souls who can’t wait leave the rest of the world behind. “Let’s throw away our phones,” suggests Jordan Lee, also known as Mutual Benefit. From his album, Skip a Sinking Stone, released on May 20.  2. Boogie Howser, Purple […] ... ....
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