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05.11.2009 4:13 pm

Ashcroft met with some boos at Truman, but otherwise fairly peaceful

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Source: Kirksville Daily Express

There were some boos. Some people turned their backs. And others held up newspapers over their faces. But other than that, according to the Kirksville Daily Express, it was a fairly peaceful scene during former U.S. Attorney…

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04.24.2009 11:13 am

Ashcroft’s selection to give commencement speech at Truman State ruffles some feathers

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

It wouldn’t be graduation season without commotion about some a commencement speaker or honorary degree recipient. Last year, of course, it was Washington University students and faculty who got into a tizzy about Phyllis Schlafly’s honorary degree.

This year, the controversy…

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01.07.2009 4:42 pm

Missouri leaders remember Kent King, the state’s top education official

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Leaders from across the state remembered D. Kent King, Missouri’s education commissioner, today:

“I just never saw him down; he was always cheerful. He never retreated from anything. He fought this illness for such a long time, very courageously.” - Jean…

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