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The Weekend: Off-Campus Crusades

The Weekend:  Off-Campus Crusades
* In honor of NASCAR Day, make your way over to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Students from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) will be car testing and racing on the track as part of their curriculum for “From Indy to the Carolinas.” 

* As previously reported, Jerry Springer will be at Northwestern Law’s commencement c

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Reasons NOT to Crash Carnegie's Graduation

Reasons NOT to Crash Carnegie's Graduation
Al Gore only has time to speak at one college graduation this year (and sorry, it's probably not yours). Let's just hope this speech goes more smoothly than the one in '07...

This week, Al Gore is wresting himself away from his TV station, venture capital firm and quest to educate the world about the science behind global warming -- just long e

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Latest comment by Anonymous: The first 'anonymous' response is spot on. Gore did graduate cum laude and he was a non-degree student at Vanderbilt Divinity, and only left Law school when he was elected

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Party to Crash: Carnegie Mellon's Graduation

Party to Crash:  Carnegie Mellon's Graduation
Don’t you wish you went to Carnegie Mellon? 
No? Ok, me neither. But I have to admit, their commencement speaker and list of honorary degree recipients at this year’s graduation ceremony is pretty damn impressive.

First, former Harvard student (1969), U.S. VP and 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore will provide the school’s 111th commencemen

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Latest comment by Anonymous: I was there, sitting in the crowd, as our daughter waited to be acknowledged along with her class. It was, at first, cloudy, windy, and quite cold. All I could think was....."where the hell is global warming when

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