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The Patriot (Courtesy of GMU) Mel Gibson as Sir William Wallace (Paramount Pictures) Ever since George Mason University announced last week that its athletic department had parted ways with longtime mascot Gunston -- a shaggy green creature of uncertain species and low student-approval ratings -- our region has breathlessly awaited news of his replacement. Last night, he was introduced at the basketball home opener against Brown, leading the team out to the court. Ladies and gentlemen ... The Patriot. Hmm, okay. This might take some getting used to. The Patriot takes his fashion cues from the university's namesake, a Founding Father and one of the architects of the Bill of Rights, with a Colonial-era jacket and pants and a three-cornered hat, but in the school colors of green and gold. So he's different from George Washington University's mascot, The Colonial ... how, exactly? It's that Incredible Hulk jaw and
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Free bikes or bike-sharing programs have cropped up on campuses nationwide, aimed at reducing traffic and parking shortages on campus and improving community building.
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A Ball State University group wants students to have the right to carry concealed weapons on campus to protect themselves in case of an attack.
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With full scholarships and a strong support network, three students from low-income immigrant families enter the world of educational privilege and widened opportunities. What impressed Joel Argueta first about Harvard-Westlake School was his locker -- a wide, ample affair that holds his backpack and all of his books. There's also a student lounge with comfortable couches, where he does homework and meets with new friends. "Overall," he said, "it is spectacular."
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Plans for a £300m college "super campus" in Glasgow are unaffected by the credit crunch, a funding body says.
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Western Kentucky University was locked down for about three hours Wednesday after reports of gunmen on campus, but officials said they could find no evidence that shots had been fired.
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Students at Manhattan College — a Catholic liberal arts school that prohibits premarital sex on campus — reacted to the president’s suggestion that they start an abstinence club.
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LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - Two people were shot and killed and a third wounded on an Arkansas university campus on Sunday night, according to university and hospital officials.
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A shooting at the University of Central Arkansas killed two students and wounded a third person, authorities said early Monday. The campus was in lockdown.
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Two people were reported shot to death and one other injured on Sunday night on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas, in Conway.
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A shooting on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas left one person dead and two people wounded.
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Two people were killed and another wounded in a shooting on Sunday night on the campus of the University of Central Arkansas, in Conway, school officials said.
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Extreme weather results in a number of leaks at a £37m super campus just weeks after it opens.
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Two people were killed and one wounded in a shooting at the University of Central Arkansas on Sunday, according to a hospital spokesman.
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A shooting that left two students dead at the University of Central Arkansas did not appear to be random, authorities said Monday as the school's president pronounced the campus secure.
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Two people were killed and one wounded in a shooting at the University of Central Arkansas on Sunday, according to a hospital spokesman.
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The Yahoo-owned open source messaging software firm Zimbra announced Tuesday that it's taking its act into the cloud. Universities and other educational institutions can now access the Zimbra Collaboration Suite via Yahoo's worldwide infrastructure. Formerly, Zimbra was managed by users on-premise; however, now they can choose a delivery method.
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A prosecutor says four men have been charged with two counts of capital murder and other felonies in a shooting at the University of Central Arkansas that killed two students and injured another man.
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A prosecutor said Tuesday that four men have been charged with murder in a shooting at the University of Central Arkansas that killed two students and injured another man.
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School President Lee Todd says that he plans to personally apologize to the Obama family on behalf of the university
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MORRISVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- New York State police say a sticky-fingered college campus policeman was helping himself to more than the free coffee at a convenience store. He also routinely stuffed a pastry into his coat....
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“College towns have such energy. There’s a thirst for knowledge that seems to permeate everyday life.”
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SEATTLE (AP) -- A 61-year-old former University of Washington staff member doused himself with gasoline and set himself ablaze Thursday in the midst of a crowded campus plaza. He died a short time later....
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Four others implicated in attack, which left the large reptile without a head or tail.
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Spokeswoman Pam Reinig says an employee reported hearing a single shot on the campus of the northeastern Iowa school around 11 a.m. Friday.
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Chicago Tribune/WGN-TV Holiday Giving Elizabeth Hubbard and her two children know that the meals they deliver to residents at a low-income apartment in Evanston are appreciated, but they recently discovered their visits mean much, much more.
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Jewish and Muslim MPs are starting a tour of English universities to promote better inter-faith relations between students.
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Alabama’s offensive line is paramount to why the Crimson Tide takes a No. 1 ranking in the B.C.S. standings into its game with No. 16 Louisiana State this weekend in Baton Rouge.
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A report outlines the economic input of a business park and university campus in south west Scotland.
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TRI-CITIES, Wash. (AP) -- The former Washington State University provost who stepped down after seven weeks on the job has been assigned to the Tri-Cities campus....
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\A brawl involving Florida State football players apparently stemmed from bad blood between some of the athletes and members of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity, a university investigator said Thursday.
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Five Florida State wide receivers will miss Saturday night's homecoming game against Boston College for their roles in a midweek campus fight, coach Bobby Bowden said Friday.
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Clemson University police arrested Bobby Robert Talent of Seneca on Friday for possession of an Apple MAC Pro book laptop computer that had been reported stolen on campus Nov. 6
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Newcastle University is to establish a medical and biotechnology campus in Malaysia.
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Crews with the St. John's Regional Fire Department were called to the Memorial University campus on Sunday after a mysterious substance was discovered.
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The coaching legend, who died Monday at 93, built a basketball power at Cal that might have challenged John Wooden's UCLA dynasty if health concerns hadn't forced his premature retirement in 1960. Pete Newell didn't get cheated out of anything -- he died Monday in Rancho Santa Fe at 93.
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