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1917 — Composer Scott Joplin and “King of Ragtime,” dies. In the 1890s, he became a well-known pianist in Chicago and St. Louis. In 1899, His “Maple Leaf Rag” launched a national frenzy for ragtime music. He also composed “The Entertainer.” |
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Efforts
on track for SACS visit One
self-study committee is nearly finished with its assessment report
and four others are on track in the university’s efforts to
renew its accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools, said Alan Shepard, director of the SACS self-study. |
Class
promotes purple M&M candy color People
driving through the intersection of University Drive and West Cantey
Street late Tuesday afternoon might have seen a life size purple
M&M in white tights standing on the corner promoting the “Purple
Reigns in 2002” campaign. |
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Texas
Supreme Court decides state champion |
Harvard
struggling to bring Outkast to campus |
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Sharon
stands firm with Israeli military efforts JENIN,
West Bank — From a West Bank army base overlooking the scene
of the deadliest fighting in Israel’s 13-day-old offensive,
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Wednesday delivered a blunt message:
Israel will not pull back until Palestinian militias are crushed. |
OPEC
will keep output steady despite Iraq’s withholding of oil LONDON
— OPEC has no plans to pump more oil to replace the crude Iraq
is withholding from the market, reasoning that the recent spike
in oil prices will ease once violence between Israel and the Palestinians
abates, the group’s top official said Wednesday. |
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Shuttle
docks with station; new equipment to be added |
Nine
arrested in attacks, assassination attempt Chapel opened for public to pay last respects to queen Justice Dept. says growing number of incarcerated slows |
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