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‘Under God’?

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

On tonight’s edition of ‘In the Know,’ we’ll be talking about religion and its role in the educational system.
In 2003, Texas passed a law mandating a full minute of morning silence for all grade levels. Although students are allowed to pray during the alloted time, there are other nonreligious activities in which they can engage […]

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In The (k)News 7/30/08

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

900 American Airlines are taking early retirement or going on leave.
Because of that the airline won’t have to furlough 900 workers like it was planning to do.
Rising gas prices forced the airline to start cutting costs… and flight attendants were first on the list. The next cost to be […]

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In the (k)News 07/16/08

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

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About 2500 student here on U-T’s campus had sensitive information exposed online according to a Washington-based watchdog group.
 
U-T learned of the problem all the way back in January and immediately restricted access to the information…which included things like personal tax returns, test scores and social security numbers.
 
However…the Liberty Coalition says that […]

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In The (k)news July 9, 2008

Friday, July 11th, 2008

July 9th 2008

 

Japan hosted the Group of Eight’s most recent policy meeting.
On the docket… figuring out climate change…fighting hunger…and helping Africa.
Advocacy groups say that Africa isn’t getting as much aid as it used to. G-eight nations gave three of the twenty-five billion dollars pledged to African nations. Without addressing how to fix […]

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In The (k)News 7/2/08

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

A new national report from the Allstate Insurance Company shows that Austin drivers are 35 percent more likely to be in an accident than the national average – over ten percent more likely than drivers in Houston, Dallas or San Antonio. Allstate looked at insurance claims for the 200 largest cities in the country and […]

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Star-Spangled Extravaganza!

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Forget the hot dogs and the hamburgers, what you need is a big bite of In the Know kids! Join us this week as we celebrate our nation’s birth. Can you believe that the U-S-of-A is 232 years old?! Man, have we come a long way since then…or have we?
Tonight we will be talking about […]

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In The (k)news 6/28/08

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

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WWYD II

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

This week on In the Know, we are asking you once more: What would you do?
Last week’s show concerning ethical dilemmas was so entertaining that we have decided to come back to this topic.
For instance, what would you do if the person you were seeing revealed to you that they were transgendered? Would that be […]

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In The (k)News 6/18/08

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

U-T’s student government met yesterday to talk about stuff they want to do next year. About 25 students, including SG reps, showed up to the meeting. They didn’t come to any conclusions except that they intend to talk about health care and tuition sometime soon.

City Council is changing the curfew (for minors) from 10PM to […]

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In the Know Wants to Know…

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

This week’s edition of In The Know is all about the hypothetical–what would you do if you were placed in a certain situation, one that required you to make a difficult decision. Would you make an ethical choice or a reasonable one?
For instance, what would you do if your partner told you they had HIV/AIDS? […]

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