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C0ff raS 73 la Spring 77 ( 45 be to ration top grades “I think it's tremendously ' j ' ' fes significant dial ftinceton is MWto8piingW‘‘':iM 24 doing this and Ido drink it will have a ripple effect" said tJ Bradford P Wilson executive Fas 82 io Spring 07 director of the Natimial Associ- ' ahon of Scholars a group that has spoken out against grade e inflation and also a teacher at Princeton “What goes on at the premiere institu- ap 'tions sets the standard of quali- ty for every institution in die - WftWh ‘ h - w v n' " Stem a- "" " - ?J v-r- y y 1 - ''v' ' jn WASHINGTON ' ' (AP)— country” So far most schools that have tried to stem grade inflation have little to show for it Harvard University criticized several yearsago for allowing more than 90 percent ofits students to with honqrscut back its honors degrees but has not ordered faculty to lower or limit grades Grade inflation seems to date to Vietnam War era when many professors were reluctant to flunk students and consign diem to draft said David Brenemandean of the Curry School of Education at the University of Viiginia : Racing with tiirie to honor veterans Conscious of the rate at which Woiid War II veterans aris dying project leaders at the National World Wsr H Memorial site said they hope to have the facHty open by the laatweek In Aprt The dedtoatkm ceremony le on May 292004 : r "vli Vietnam Vstarana - -- dfcdi-gradu- ate f a '"1' CONSTITUTION WE ever-dwin-t- he - Teen gets 10 years in pnson for role in aborted killing spree plot -- j : j— sup-pll- : ed taanetlttrfdimwoa'tbe “WmVifi’t ISZcU nufbdAllmlklheo3ier NakMlMiIlbetwerathe able to make the dedication V Fifty-si- x smaller granite p5r “ of 18 violations on six Gear lars adorned with two bronze :‘ Channel statipns:WBGG in A wreaths form the oval shape Rut Lauderdale Fla WTKS-of the memorial and encircle a FM in Cocoa Beach Fla WTEX-FMi- n sunken plaza and pool The and KIOZ in San Diego WfR state m pillars represent eadi Tia°d!alfye aUof the cooAttpn dleuntoabasteLU Mete AffiMrs v Tne i than 17 milnon pounds —- and 385000 a year: Fewer than 4 working on the lani around the memorial Equal in size to the length of a foodMll field 0k mrotor- - million will be alive at the time of the dedication Owenby led reporters on a dw Diririct of Cohimbia : x ail5 't‘ AS rasa Ani ' i Eas-- 'V ' t J- i "fn - r- in Pittsburg WSDS-F- M - Thunday A ‘ - bronze is in place y1 aHF' ' over-the-- air w'ne rinte u teptowu' : ftaiLiiiigtiieiiKi CAMDEN NJ IAP) m Acfled TV killing ipiie last mama was tolnic Thondqr to 10 yea u pmontfcrtcltag judge fantasy than anything' Authorities said Matthew Lovett now 19 the guns arid the pUm to shoot three other v teens in Ms hometown thro kill at random before driving away in a stolen car v But the spree never happened Lovett said at Thursday’s sentencing that after he Cody Jack- son arid Christopher Olson approached a passing motorist July 6 and the motorist sped off they changed their minds about going ahead with v v their plan “We decided to go home back my house We realized we were in the wrong We were just stupid” Lovett said “It was ' more fantasy than anything ” 1 In a statement posted on his Web site Stem said he was not surprised He diaracterizeddiefine as furtherance of a M witch hunt” egaiiut him by the Bush)' I administration “It is pretty shocking that governmental interference into our rights and free speech takes place in the UjS” he said “It’shiud to reconcile : this with the 'land of the fiee’ and the ‘home of the brave” The FCC investigation was prompted by a listener in Fort LaudodaleFhL'whoc(mi- - v plained about a Stern program that included discussion df sex acconanied by flatulence sounds Federal law bars radio statelevitions and sion channels from airing references to sexual and excrie- tory functions between 6 am and 10 pm when children may be tuning in The rules do not apply to cable and satellite duumels or satellite mfio' NATIONAL WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL Construction crews are work--' ing day and night to put the finishing touches on the World War II Memorial so the site can soon be opened to the public— eqiecially die veter-ans of that era who are dying by the hundreds each day Thememorial won’t be cated until May 29but project organizers deoded it should untrfficially open as soon as possible so tkiri the y dling number of men and women who served and were part-tim- ) t V': v - ' v:! f v gnaadwrlDutiM : rf f:i vetceat o “ “ “ A'OearChan- yean at Princeton upftom 31 Since'' nel suspended "percent in the ' ' 1998 the New Jersey school : ‘ V nao imwtfi fawi lr has been encouraging its fjncuT-A visilor looks A the field of 4000 sculpted gold stars adorning an located wal granite ri stations that ty to crack downbutmarfcs western end of the WOrld War II Memorial on Thursday Each 4Vnch star represents 100 tave kent rising Finally ' lives lost in the war Work on the memorial Is in the final stage of dean-u- p American and project lead-PrincM dministraiora derid- - 31 percent In Vy i v1' A-pl- us : ' rt Federal regulators Thunday proposed $(93000 in indecent1 cy fines against dear Channel rv for shock by jock Howard Stern1 ‘ The FCC cited the nation’s f' hugest radio chain for 18 ii q “ - '' v- ifines?:fop ’’V-t- &' t : - 'jyf : vn? 't ' 1 ( v College grades have been creeping Steadi-f- y BQSTON (AP) ' ly ripward for 30 yean but Princeton Urijvenity may try to v ! break the trend by rationing the number of A’s dial can be ) x' awarded The proposal has academes wondering already about Athe possible impact A otherschoois In what would be the strongest measure to combat grade ' i inflation by an elite university t Princeton faculty will vote later U would “ondl ®" When excellence is v each academic departrequire ' award A ment an to or per for the COlirSe V for no more than 33 upriLtnniunivenay ja'pefccm of ts grades percent of grades awarded In : f--! iFCCiposesfe - : ' Store-Wid- Friday e Savings! ' e i I : 1 Trees and Shnibs ?i j reg 109” TwE&!a V-S 2 cu ft i:b ' ' fi’ V‘ ' - : ' v X J i ': h ’r J v )?' ? P ortrAbout 5 Piiemieir Cflu Swt !? ' v- " ' ' 9s iS- - ' I v 'T v' ‘j - Park v ’y “ ""Salefe Ir- ' v w? 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