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Education without Borders

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It's not that there are no creative types in higher education. It's that the ladder of modern education requires a level of organization and type-A memorization that often purges the system of the purely creative mind. Think back to high school. Perhaps this is a fallacy, but I remember far more artists, musicians and drama geeks — people who, while they tested poorly and … [Read more...] about Education without Borders

Payson Library Extends Saturday Study Hours to 9 P.M.

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Photo by Madison Harwell Payson Library will be extending its hours until 9 p.m. on Saturdays beginning in the spring 2015 semester. The Student Government Association unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday to fund the staffing costs of this pilot program for one semester. SGA has been advocating for extended library hours since passing an advocation resolution in … [Read more...] about Payson Library Extends Saturday Study Hours to 9 P.M.

We can Defeat the Impossible

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Las Vegas students do not graduate. That is an overgeneralization; nevertheless, in the 2009-2010 academic year, only 52 percent of black males graduated high school, according to the 2012 Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males. In 2011, the Nevada Report Card reported that only 59.34 percent of Las Vegas’ enrolled high school students graduated that … [Read more...] about We can Defeat the Impossible