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		<title>Speaking out, not dropping out</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:09:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raquel Sophia</dc:creator>
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		<title>Modern technology breeds misuse of first amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Apr 2011 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Call. Text. Comment. Click. Like. Take a poll. Post a reply. Share with friends. Catching up on worldly events has become as much an exercise in reading as it is in responding. News providers have encouraged (or prodded) us &#8230; <a href="http://thexxfiles.wordpress.com/2011/04/07/modern-technology-breeds-misuse-of-first-amendment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thexxfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5274509&amp;post=489&amp;subd=thexxfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>March Madness: academics, race divide student athletes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raquel Sophia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; With March Madness come the cheers for unexpected victories, the disposal of upset brackets and, if Arne Duncan gets his way, an overhaul of NCAA policy on men’s basketball. In March, the US secretary of education reiterated his January &#8230; <a href="http://thexxfiles.wordpress.com/2011/04/02/march-madness-academics-race-divide-student-athletes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thexxfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5274509&amp;post=480&amp;subd=thexxfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rethinking college break trips: who are they truly serving?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 15:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raquel Sophia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel down Lancaster Avenue, and you will see the entire spectrum of economic statuses. Head westbound, from the inner-city neighborhoods to the Main Line, where Jaguar and Infiniti dealerships replace the stops for the 10 trolley, while children’s boutiques and &#8230; <a href="http://thexxfiles.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/rethinking-college-break-trips-who-are-they-truly-serving/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thexxfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5274509&amp;post=469&amp;subd=thexxfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What &#8220;Tiger Mom&#8221; debate overlooks</title>
		<link>http://thexxfiles.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/what-tiger-mom-debate-overlooks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 03:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raquel Sophia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A month after the Wall Street Journal published an expert from Amy Chua’s memoir, comments – many of them critical – are still pouring into the site. If they continue at the current rate, they will soon number over &#8230; <a href="http://thexxfiles.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/what-tiger-mom-debate-overlooks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thexxfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5274509&amp;post=460&amp;subd=thexxfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diversity requirements lead to false hope, incomplete education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raquel Sophia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a study of 543 institutions of higher learning, 54 percent reported that they had a diversity requirement in the curriculum, and 8 percent said that one is in development. That was in 2000 – before the word “jihad” was &#8230; <a href="http://thexxfiles.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/diversity-requirements-lead-to-false-hope-incomplete-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thexxfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5274509&amp;post=450&amp;subd=thexxfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting class-based problems of health care</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raquel Sophia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the prohibitions of the law, Kermit Gosnell saw opportunity. He and his staff routinely performed late-term abortions – some about five weeks after Pennsylvania’s legal limit of 24 weeks gestational age and others as late as 32 weeks – &#8230; <a href="http://thexxfiles.wordpress.com/2011/01/29/fighting-class-based-problems-of-health-care/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thexxfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5274509&amp;post=444&amp;subd=thexxfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Encouraging Black athletes, discouraging Black students</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Raquel Sophia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Race relations, the dominance of ethnic minorities – especially Blacks – by Whites and the perpetuation of unequal social statuses intersect in the world of competitive collegiate and professional sports. Journalist William Rhoden terms the systematic recruitment and manipulation of &#8230; <a href="http://thexxfiles.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/encouraging-black-athletes-discouraging-black-students/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thexxfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5274509&amp;post=426&amp;subd=thexxfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Losing hope</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Laura Schlessinger said it. Several times. On air. To a caller, in fact. And we flinched each time the clip played on the news program&#8217;s loop. We squirmed in our seats, even though we were far away from the &#8230; <a href="http://thexxfiles.wordpress.com/2010/09/25/deconstructing-the-problem-of-hate-speech-and-slurs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thexxfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5274509&amp;post=397&amp;subd=thexxfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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