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University of Washington students who are enrolled for the fall, but not during summer quarter, will be getting creative within the next couple weeks in an attempt to attain an affordable transportation option this summer.

Whether it is buying the U-PASS from an enrolled student who doesn’t want to pay the $99, having a U-PASS’ed friend replace a “lost” U-PASS or Husky Card and paying them the fee, or printing off a photocopied version of the glossy sticker, less-than-honest students in need of transportation might resort to breaking the rules to save a couple hundred dollars in fares this summer.

It’s not right, but it happens.

Students around the area who rely upon the U-PASS during the school year — but are not enrolled this summer in favor of a local job or internship — will be looking to avoid $90-99 monthly bus-pass fees at any moral cost because there is no way for students who are not enrolled to take advantage of a summer U-PASS.

The reason for this is straightforward: The UW administration subsidizes the public transportation of those coming to campus in an effort to lower the amount of traffic congestion in the area. Although the UW a

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Anna Greene, a teacher who taught in the Provo area, was excited when she discovered the master of education program at Utah Valley University because it had just the focus she was looking for — learning and doing.

In April 2010, Greene was in UVU’s initial cohort of master of education degree graduates. Now, she is preparing to come back to UVU in the fall as full-time faculty. Greene was recently hired as a faculty lecturer and will be teaching 15 credits per semester in the School of Education.

“Because she comes from our own Master of Education program we know she is well prepared to teach, and well informed about the content of her courses,” said Mary Sowder, coordinator for graduate studies in the School of Education. “Her work in the master degree program and her prior teaching experiences at the high school level will help her guide students in making connections between their classroom learning and their own beginning teaching practices.”

Greene said UVU’s program is created for practicing teachers, which she was looking for in a master’s of education degree and was unable to find at neighboring schools. She said UVU te

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Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman announced his candidacy for the presidency on June 21.  In this interview on NPR, University of Utah political scientist Matthew Burbank reviews Huntsmans record and governing style during his five-year tenure at Utahs helm.

Matthew Burbank earned his Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993. Prior to coming to the University of Utah, he taught for two years at Washington State University in Pullman. He is the co-author of two books, Olympic Dreams: The Impact of Mega-events on Local Politics and Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Political Campaigns.  Professor Burbanks current research examines the effect of information and citizen deliberation on individual attitudes on complex policy issues. Professor Burbank teaches courses on American politics, public opinion and elections, and research methods.

A new pro-opposition Libyan newspaper, Mayadin, is the latest of dozens of new media outlets – TV, radio and online – that have appeared inside and outside Libya since February, providing an alternative to the output of the regime’s media machine.

The newspaper enjoys the support of the National Transitional Council (NTC) and opposition figures abroad, according to the London-based Al-Sharq al-Awsat newspaper.

“We have no option but to print it temporarily in Cairo. This is because the forces of Al-Qadhafi burnt and destroyed all print houses in Benghazi, along with the radio and television building. This delivered a deadly blow to the press and media activity,” Mayadin’s editor-in-chief added.

Al-Fayturi said the newspaper’s primary concern is to “document the 17 February revolution in Libya at all political, economic, social, cultural and legal levels”.

He explained that the name Mayadin, which means ‘squares’ in English, “sums up the spring of Arab revolutions”, as all of the revolutions broke out from public squares in Arab cities and capitals.

Speaking on how difficult it is to print in Cairo and distribute in Benghazi, Al-Fayturi said: “We knew in advance that we are running a risk surrounded with problems and hardships.

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Students at Occidental College, where President Barack Obama ’83 first became interested in public service, in a new report analyzed the Obama administration’s relations with five countries gaining international clout and laid out changes and opportunities the United States faces.

Produced under the guidance of Derek Shearer, former U.S. ambassador to Finland under Bill Clinton and now Occidental’s Chevalier Professor of Diplomacy and World Affairs, the 116-page “Obama and the Rising Powers: The Occidental College Report” focuses on five countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Turkey. Twenty-three Oxy students, most of them juniors and seniors majoring in diplomacy and world affairs, give an overview and analysis of the economy, military, government and society, and foreign policy of each country.

“I wanted the students to understand the strengths and weaknesses of these rising countries, to examine the enhanced role they are playing in the international arena, and to analyze how the U.S.

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