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The Ohio State University Told It Can't Trademark 'The'

6:43am September 12, 2019

OSU, short for The Ohio State University, proposed trademarking hats and shirts that drop most of the school's name and just read "the." But the U.S. Patent and Trademark office said "no."

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California Could Radically Alter Amateur Rules In College Sports

6:51am September 11, 2019

by Tom Goldman

The California State Assembly is on the verge of passing a law that would make it possible for the state's college athletes to be paid for the use of their images to market products.

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University Of Tennessee Is Selling Bullied Boy's T-Shirt Design

6:57am September 10, 2019

A Florida grade school had a college colors day. One student got teased for wearing a homemade T-shirt representing the University of Tennessee. UT made the kid's design official.

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Senate Democrats Hold A Press Conference On Election Security

The Staggering Weight Of Student Loan Debt

5:04pm September 09, 2019

Twenty percent of American adults are in debt from their — or their children's or grandchildren's — education.

Director Of MIT's Media Lab Steps Down Over Ties To Disgraced Financier

11:37am September 09, 2019

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to MIT graduate student Arwa Mboya, who had been demanding MIT Media Lab Director Joichi Ito resign after it was revealed he had financial ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Whistleblower On MIT And Epstein

11:51am September 08, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Signe Swenson, a whistleblower who revealed the extent of Jeffrey Epstein's involvement in donations for MIT.

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MIT Media Lab Director Resigns Over Reported Epstein Ties

5:13pm September 07, 2019

by David Folkenflik

Joichi Ito has resigned as director of the MIT Media Lab after a New Yorker article detailed the lengths to which the Lab concealed funds received from Jeffrey Epstein.

Ronan Farrow On MIT And Jeffrey Epstein

11:42am September 07, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Ronan Farrow of The New Yorker about Jeffrey Epstein's financial ties to the MIT Media Lab.

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Alex Lafargue takes his son, 9-year-old Alongkorn, to his new school. Alongkorn's former charter school was closed for having low test scores.

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Closing A Failing School Is Normal, But Not Easy, In Charters-Only New Orleans

9:26am September 06, 2019

by Jess Clark

NOLA Public Schools doesn't actually run any schools. What the district does do is decide each year which schools to grant new charters to and when to take them away.

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Applicants stamped with a "denied" stamp.

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Congress Promised Student Borrowers A Break. Education Dept. Rejected 99% Of Them

10:36pm September 05, 2019

by Cory Turner

When a loan forgiveness program for public servants wasn't working, Congress created a temporary fix. A new report shows that the program didn't fix much.

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