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Randy Cohen will give the 2008 commencement address at Vassar College

Metropolitan Museum of Art loans Hudson River School paintings to the FLLAC

Vassar earns $1.5 million grant to support the sciences from HHMI

Out of Shape at the FLLAC, 3/14-6/8

Facebook: Images of People in Photographs from the Collection, 6/27-8/10

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U.S. general apologizes for Quran target practice

CNN, Sun, 18 May 2008 09:12:00 GMT

U.S. soldier aims at Quran at police shooting range at Iraqi village Soldier relieved of duty, sent to United States for reassignment Officer apologizes in special ceremony at village Residents... Full Story

The GOP's in trouble. Now what?

Los Angeles Times, Sun, 18 May 2008 08:27:00 GMT

WASHINGTON The bad news has come from Illinois, Louisiana and Mississippi -- a string of unexpected Republican defeats in congressional elections that have prompted GOP leaders to say, with... Full Story

Burmese children 'facing death'

BBC, Sun, 18 May 2008 08:22:00 GMT

Aid agencies are warning supplies are not getting to the areas worst hitThousands of children in cyclone-hit Burma will starve to death within weeks unless food reaches them soon, UK... Full Story

Thousands Flee China Quake Area Over Flood Fears

ABC News, Sun, 18 May 2008 06:20:00 GMT

Two rivers blocked by landslides threatened to flood towns shattered by China's massive earthquake, sending thousands of survivors fleeing Saturday in a region still staggering from the country's worst disaster... Full Story

Beijing cracks down on rumors

Los Angeles Times, Sun, 18 May 2008 04:55:00 GMT

BEIJING Almost as soon as the initial aftershocks stopped reverberating last week, the rumors began. Some say that frogs, insects and other animals fled shortly before the earth shook.... Full Story

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Book Buyback, Tomorrow at 9:00am

Sell your books back to the bookstore for CA$H! If a professor has ordered the book for the fall semester and we need copies, you will get 50% of what you paid. If nobody has ordered the book for the fall, you will get wholesale value. This can range from zero to 30% and is based on supply and demand in the college bookstore market. There is no need for your receipt. In fact, the books don't even need to have been purchased here! Some conditions do apply. Help recycle by selling your books back to the bookstore! Come to the bookstore ...... May 14 - May 21......9am-6pm.

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