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Multi-billionaire couple Bill and Melinda Gates unveiled yet another huge push for education improvement with the help of their substantial resources. They plan to put their money into four distinct areas, with this latest charitable endeavor focusing on helping students to graduate high school and easily access and complete community college.

Schools around the nation continue to spread the green initiative. New York University is hoping to do its part by eliminating the use of plastic bottles.

Last Tuesday’s historic election prompted strong emotional reactions across the nation – both positive and negative. On Wednesday students reported finding offensive racial slurs in an area of campus called the “Free Speech Tunnel”.

Last week California, Arizona and Florida all passed ballot measures banning gay marriage. The vote is especially controversial in California where gay marriage had previously been legalized.

This past Tuesday marked the day of remembrance for our nation’s heroes in uniform

Dartmouth University junior and Democrat Vanessa Sievers was elected Treasurer for Grafton Country in New Hampshire on November 4. Sievers ran against Republican incumbent Carol Elliott who held the position for three years.

University of South Dakota senior, Cody Raterman created The Concrete Narcissist to give a voice to underrepresented viewpoints on campus.

Esha Momeni, a 28 year old graduate student at California State University Northridge, was arrested October 15 in Tehran. As part of her master's degree thesis documenting the women's movement in Iran through the use of different media such as photography and film, she had been filming interviews of volunteers with the One Million Signatures Campaign.

With California, Washington, and Oregon, among other states, voting to legalize the use of medicinal marijuana, it was only a matter of time before schools had to deal with the repercussions.

University of South Dakota senior, Cody Raterman created The Concrete Narcissist to give a voice to underrepresented viewpoints on campus.

In response to the country's economic condition, students and institutions are searching for new ways to cope with higher costs.

With the financial crisis affecting the economy, many have predicted a smaller job market for graduating seniors. Not so, according to Jason Eckert, Director of Career Services at the University of Dayton in Ohio.

Main Street and Wall Street aren’t the only places feeling the effects of the financial crisis. College Avenue is starting to feel the strain of the weakening economy as well – and it’s not all bad. Economics professor Raford D. Boddy of San Diego State is expecting students to be offered far fewer credit cards than in the past, as credit companies tighten their purse strings.

Professor Kerry Laird was asked to remove a quote from the door of his office at Temple College this past week. The infamous quote was that of renowned German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “God is dead” is from The Gay Science.

On the most voted in election in American history Maryland voters passed a referendum to keep those numbers growing.

The annual up-all-night walkathon to fund cancer research, Relay for Life, has kicked off at colleges across the country.

Colorado State University President Larry Penley submitted his letter of resignation to the school’s Board of Governors on Wednesday. Penley’s abrupt move was welcomed by some members of the student government, who made no secret of their dislike for the president’s business practices in the wake of an attempted tuition hike in 2007.

With the United States now trailing other first world countries in education standards and achievement, President Elect Obama has his work cut out for him. NSNS looks at the facts and the road ahead.

The 2008 Presidential race has been called an historic election, and indeed it has been. Not just for African-Americans and for women, but for young people too. According to data released by the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, over 2.2 million young voters turned out to the polls this election, many of whom were first-time voters.

In his acceptance speech last night, President-elect Barack Obama cautioned crowds that, “this victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.” One student from Northwestern University heard him loud and clear.