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...study to be published in the March issue of Social Science Quarterly, David Kalist and Daniel Lee, economists at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, find that adolescent boys with unpopular names are likelier than other boys to be referred to the juvenile-justice system for alleged offenses. The researchers conclude that the Ernests, Prestons and Tyrells of America are significantly more delinquent than the Michaels and Davids. Why? (See the top 10 crime stories...
...echo of their hopes that Clinton would take her case all the way to the Democratic National Convention to be held in August in Denver. After the meeting adjourned, women sat on the floor sobbing, while others, like Pennsylvania voter Betty Jean King, 60, a retired teacher from Shippensburg, ranted to television cameras: "If it's not Hillary, I'm voting for McCain. 17 million people voted for Hillary and I'm telling you many of them are going to defect...
...graduation. In February, however, the Stoughs heard that she had qualified for special admission to selective Bard College in Annandale-on- Hudson, N.Y. Under the Bard plan, Carla will owe only the modest annual sum of $3,742, which she would have paid at her local state university in Shippensburg, instead of Bard's normal $14,550. Furthermore, Bard will match any additional financial aid Shippensburg might have offered, so that Carla's actual costs when she starts school in the fall may be, literally, carfare...
...Burg, director of public relations at Shippensburg State College, said his college's committee has come up with three options for students who stand to lose course credit because of Crafton's arrest, to crase the course from their records, to maintain their original grades and take a remedial course, or to reenroll in the course free of charge...
Students at both Shippensburg and Millersville have expressed fear that the credit for Doe's courses would be invalidated, thus postponing their graduations. Committees have been formed at both colleges to decide whether to give credit for the courses...