What's happening

What's happening
Tahoe Daily Tribune - Oct 04 6:14 AM
Do you need assistance helping your student plan for college? Join us for College Prep Senior Parent Night on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the South Tahoe High School library.

T and A in Afghanistan
Stars and Stripes - Oct 03 4:06 PM
While T and A in the States has decidedly sexual connotations, the phrase refers to something very different in Afghanistan. Nearly all Afghan women can be seen in cities and villages wearing the traditional burqa a full-body-length gown that covers just about every bit of female skin.

Sexual-harassment suit goes to court
Lowell Sun - Oct 04 1:57 PM
BOSTON -- Ann Marie Porto said she began getting concerned about sexual harassment and voicing her complaints with teachers, when her nephew was in first grade in 1995.

Faces in the heart
The News-Courier - 38 minutes ago
Grethel Harlow says the faces of little Guatemalan children keep coming back to her more than a month since she returned from a mission trip to that country.

Clinic Reaches Out to Low-Income Patients
RedNova - Oct 03 10:46 PM
By Nathan Welton, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif. Oct. 1--A new clinic in San Luis Obispo is offering reproductive and preventative medicine for low-income patients, some of whom qualify for free care.

What's at Stake: The New Supreme Court
CNN.com - Oct 03 5:59 PM
Set your VCR to record the CNN Presents Classroom Edition: What's at Stake: The New Supreme Court when it airs commercial-free on Monday, October 10, 2005 from 4:00-- 5:00 a.m. ET on CNN.

Intervention Programs Cut Risky Sex Acts
RedNova - Oct 04 11:34 AM
Community-level intervention programs for young adolescents delay early sexual intercourse, Yale University scientists say. Researchers also determined such programs increase condom use and reduce the risky sexual behavior that can result in sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS.

User-friendly HIV testing
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Oct 03 12:13 AM
No blood tests. No needles. And within two weeks, students can find out if they are infected with the HIV virus. Last week, West Virginia University became the fourth higher education institution in the state to offer the orally administrated HIV test.

Sexual assault story stirs up issues
Greeley Tribune Online - Oct 02 12:08 AM
A STORY WE PUBLISHED about a man charged with a misdemeanor of sexual assault last week stirred up some strong feelings, but not for reasons we anticipated.

Columbus district criticized on notification in recent incidents
Journal-News - Oct 04 12:16 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio Current Ohio law doesn't require school districts to mention potential teacher misconduct to the Ohio Department of Education, provided there is no evidence a law was broken.

"Mr. Condom" says Thailand has returned to ignorance: AIDS is back
USA Today - Oct 03 6:24 AM
Thailand was once considered a model in the fight against AIDS, but the man behind that success says the country of 63 million has returned to the days of ignorance and that the disease is making a deadly comeback.

Nonprofit expanding help to abuse victims
Northwest Herald - Oct 02 11:03 PM
McHENRY Adult victims of sexual assault or abuse in McHenry County now have a new place to turn for help Pioneer Center.

The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
Massachusetts Daily Collegian - Oct 03 9:02 PM
The Not Ready for Bedtime Players and the Health Education Department of University Health Services would like to thank Erin Dunlop for her support and response to Greg Collins' editorial in which she addressed many of the inaccuracies of this column.

A D V E R T I S E M E N T
The Union - Oct 04 4:14 AM
There is no doubt about it. Our peaceful, friendly mountain community, far away from the Pacific Ocean, is, nevertheless, receiving a direct hit from an approaching tsunami ... one that will flood our small community as assuredly as Hurricane Katrina consumed New Orleans.

A WIN FOR THE KIDS
New York Post via Yahoo! News - Oct 04 3:00 AM
The new teachers contract announced yesterday at City Hall is a major victory for New York City's public-school children and a sound defeat for defenders of the status quo.