Saturday, September 6, 2008

Texas

Vote Early, Hillary Urges Texans

Vote early. That's Hillary Clinton's campaign drumbeat in Texas, where starting yesterday and continuing until three days before the March 4 primary, Lone Star voters are allowed to mark their ballots at special locations in their counties. more >>

Morning Buzz: Feb. 20, 2008

Barack Obama racked up his ninth and 10th straight victories last night, defeating Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin and Hawaii. Obama's wins make Ohio and Texas must-wins for Clinton. The two Democratic candidates will debate in Texas tomorrow. John McCain also won convincingly in Wisconsin and Washington State as he continues to press on toward the GOP nomination. more >>

Is Hillary Due for a Comeback?

The must-win firewalls in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas loom large for her candidacy. more >>

Texas Primary Facts and Figures

Compiled by the U.S.News & World Report library staff. more >>

Clinton, Obama Lay Groundwork in Texas, Ohio

Another Super Tuesday more >>

Oil Revenues Help Other States

Minerals help Wyoming, New Mexico, Alaska. more >>

Reaching for the Dream

On the border of Texas and Mexico, an exceptional school. more >>

Karen Hughes's Task Was Impossible

A longtime Bush loyalist returns to Texas after an uphill effort to boost the images of both the president and the country. more >>

Well, It Still Beats Watching That New Caveman Show

Three students from the University of Texas spent 32 hours inside a cave this weekend. more >>

The Nuclear Option

Two new reactors are proposed, as subsidies lure builders more >>

A Foolish (and Trusting) School and Its Money Are Easily Parted

It's not a school president allegedly charging a $100,000 bar tab to the university but a former salesman with a yearbook printing company who pleaded guilty to mail fraud after pilfering more than $400,000 from schools like George Washington University and Howard University. more >>

Will It Soon Be Governor Spellings?

Rumors of a Texas gubernatorial bid by Bush's education secretary sweep through the department. more >>

Trail Mix

Daily updates from campuses nationwide. more >>

Trail Mix

*According to the Brown Daily Herald, Brown University prefreshmen say: Summer reading is fun! (They have to read How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton.). more >>

Trail Mix

*The Cornell University Police Department recovered its replica of the Sleeping Ariadne statue from an unnamed, off-campus fraternity house, according to the Cornell Daily Sun. Estimated value of a goddess of fertility statue: $20,000. more >>

Trail Mix

*UC-Davis is opening its own Robert Mondavi Institute, the California Aggie reports. Best final exams ever?. more >>

Election Eve, From the Incumbent's Perspective

*An incumbent congressional candidate in Texas appears to have spent the eve of his election teaching a tiny graduate seminar very few people attended, the Daily Toreador reports. The topic was not, apparently, "Thoughts on the Advantages of Incumbency. more >>

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