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College plans: Study broadcast journalism at Indiana University.
• Other interests: Member of the National Honor Society. Also competes for the track team, where she throws the discus and shot put and -- in a rarity for a thrower -- runs the hurdles.
"I'm telling you, I hated (the hurdles) during my sophomore year,'' Fergason said. "When I tried out for them, I thought it was the worst thing I've ever done, but I love a challenge.'' .
New Delhi, February 27
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sent notice to the chief secretary and the director general of police, Gujarat, on a recent news report on missing children. Bihar plunges into darkness, courtesy BSEB strike
Patna, February 27
Bihar plunged into darkness since 6 am today for the next 24-hours following statewide strike by over 14,000 workers, engineers and officers of Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) protesting against its restructuring. SC bonanza for HP daily-wage staff
New Delhi, February 27
In a major relief to thousands of daily-wage workers engaged by the Himachal Pradesh Government in various departments, the Supreme Court today said they were entitled to regularisation on completion of 10 years of service and all benefits from the day they are taken into permanent service.
KSU academic scholarships
Steven Urban, $2,000 Medallion Scholarship; Audrey Vandegrift, $2,250 KSU Foundation Campaign General Scholarships; Whitney Vaughn, $1,500 Achievement Award and $250 Home Economics Alumni Scholarship; Curtis Viar, $2,000 Memorial Scholarship Fund; James Viar, $1,500 Achievement Award; Landon Vinson, $700 June D. Hull Sherrid Cancer Center Scholarship and Education Fund, $2,000 Medallion Scholarship, $1,000 Memorial Scholarship Fund and $5,000 Dane G. Hansen Foundation Fund; Andrew Wicks, $6,000 Legacy Award; Robert Wighs, $1,000 KSU Theatre Fund; Patricia Wilcox, $562 Employee Tuition Assistance and $450 Schwan's Sales Enterprises Scholarship; and Sean Young, $2,000 Medallion Scholarship. Smolan: Clinton MacDonald, $2,250 KSU Foundation Campaign General Scholarships; Emily Schneider, $1,000 Genny and Lowell Brandner Scholarship, $1,600 J.E.
Complex GI Bill makes for a rocky road from combat to college
STARKVILLE, Miss. - By the time he completed his four-year stint in the military three summers ago, Frank Wills had gotten used to taking orders, carrying a rifle and taking pictures of the dead as a combat photographer.
He knew how to be a Marine. He hadn't a clue how a Marine becomes a college student.
Neither, it seemed, did anyone else on campus. Advisers at one school Wills attended gave him incorrect information. Officials at a second offered no help at all. Often, he says, he felt like "the new kid who didn't fit in."
G.I. EDUCATION: Veterans' plans aren't easy to gauge
The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, better known as the GI Bill, helped turn a college education into a right of middle-class America. It covered the cost for millions of World War II veterans as compensation for having disrupted their lives to serve.
50,000 to file IT returns again
Setting a record of sorts, traffic cops challaned nearly 1,600 violators in the Feroze Gandhi market here in the last one month. As per rough estimates, total revenue generated was around Rs 16 lakhs. The market is one of the busiest in the city, with a large number of business houses, commercial offices, banks and finance companies located here. Police sources said the market had recently become quite sensitive due to its proximity to the mini-secretariat, police headquarters and the CIA office. Vehicles parked dangerously close to the secretariat wall were a major threat, so vigil in the area was increased. SI Mukesh Kumar got the distinction of challaning nearly 1,000 vehicles. SSP R.K. Jaiswal, who had specially ordered increased monitoring in the market, has awarded him with a commendation certificate given by IG Zonal.
Younger workers enjoy easier transition to 401(k)
When Shirley Hsieh joined IBM in 2004 after earning a master's degree in public policy, retirement benefits weren't on her mind.
She was more interested in the details of her new job, consulting with clients in the federal government and defense industry in Washington, D.C.
"It was a good company. I liked the job they were offering me. It wasn't until the first week of orientation when they were explaining the benefits to me that I thought, 'Oh, this is pretty good,'" she said.
Hsieh, who is 28, got in just under the wire before IBM stopped offering pensions to new hires in 2005.
But her benefits stopped accruing Jan. 1, like those of the rest of the 107,000 U.S. employees with pensions.
She is now enrolled in IBM's beefier 401(k) and will receive 2 percent of her salary as an automatic contribution.
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