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• Fewer students buy sodas, sports drinks still a problem: study
• Immigrants Making Gains in Higher Education But Still Lag Behind Overall Population
• Context takes a holiday: Campaign feeds off misleading claims
• 4 Steps to a Successful First Semester of Law School

Fewer students buy sodas, sports drinks still a problem: study Posted: 06 Aug 2012 04:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Half as many adolescents as in 2006 can still buy high-calorie sodas in schools, but other sugary beverages remain easily available onsite, a survey showed. University of Michigan Ann Arbor researchers found the trend in a survey of more than 1,900 public schools, which has grown as the institutions banish sodas from vending machines, school stores and cafeterias. ...

Immigrants Making Gains in Higher Education But Still Lag Behind Overall Population Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:22 AM PDT While undergraduate attainment rates for immigrant and second-generation populations have increased steadily, these groups still lag behind the overall U.S. population when it comes to higher education, a new study has found.

Context takes a holiday: Campaign feeds off misleading claims Posted: 06 Aug 2012 11:03 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When Republican Mitt Romney was in Europe last week, his presidential campaign staged 18 events in one day across the United States, all based on a line that President Barack Obama had uttered a couple of weeks earlier: "You didn't build that." The Democratic president had said those words in describing how business owners need help from society and government -- through mentors, public schools, roads and tax incentives, among other things -- to become successful. ...

4 Steps to a Successful First Semester of Law School Posted: 06 Aug 2012 08:03 AM PDT The class of 2015 will be starting at law schools across the country over the next few weeks. As a new law student (or 1L, in law school parlance), you are likely receiving a lot of advice from parents, friends, siblings, college professors, and your new law school. As such, you may be wondering which tips are the most important to keep in mind during the first few critical months.

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