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According to a recent survey by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, a watchdog group, 85% of the presidents of schools with major athletic programs feel that compensation for football and basketball coaches is excessive. "The commission is concerned that the commercial values attached to college sports programs are becoming...
Ah yes, the Undergraduate Council. Forgive us. But who can call it a satisfying school year without an appearance made by our governing body? It all began on the night of Nov. 19, when the UC Election Commission decided to "de-certify" the results of the presidential election released that...
For decades, residents of U.S. cities would synchronize their pocketwatches using a giant globe that would descend from a pole in a public space to mark the exact hour. Ochs conceived of an ornate "time ball" that would descend just before midnight to mark the exact end of the year...
So five years after the bipartisan 9/11 commission recommended that Congress and the Transportation Security Agency "give priority attention" to screening passengers for explosives, the practice remains overwhelmingly the exception and not the rule. Only about 40 millimeter-wave devices are in use, at 19 U.S. airports. Standard magnetometers, which...
LUO PING, a director general at China's Banking Regulatory Commission, saying Beijing will continue to buy U.S. Treasury bonds despite concerns about the dollar. China has nearly $2 trillion in foreign-currency reserves --FEBRUARY