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Cynics will contend that academics and college athletics will often struggle to co-exist, and in the ultimate win-loss environment victories should be measured between the lines and not outside of them.

One of the big story lines in this year's presidential election is the unprecedented role of outside money.

NAME: James 'Jim' G. Carley AGE AND DATE OF BIRTH: 65 PLACE OF BIRTH: Des Moines GREW UP: Des Moines CURRENT HOME: 2113 Second Ave.

Though Ivy League competition has come and gone, the 2011-12 track and field season is not over for some of Harvard's athletes.

North High School graduated 207 students Sunday at the Drake Knapp Center. They are: Ayan Abdirahman, Norma Alcantara Morales, Yesenia Alfaro, John Althaus, Deven Anderson, Katie Ashley, Marcos Avila, Jade-Amber Bailey, Victoria Baker, DeVinta Balliet, Kelsey Barbour, Dalton Beauchamp, Cathy Beeman, Trista Behrendsen, Brianna Benjamin, Chiquita ... (more)

At the conclusion of the NCAA East Preliminary in Jacksonville, Fl., the Charlotte 49ers women's 4x100m relay has punched a ticket to the NCAA Finals.

Members of Waukee High School’s class of 2012 said they were filled with bittersweet excitement as they gathered for their commencement at Drake University’s Knapp Center Monday.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Rutgers junior long jumper Asha Ruth finished in the top-12 on the first day of competition at the NCAA East Preliminary Championship on Thursday, May 24, at Hodges Stadium on the campus of North Florida in Jacksonville.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- University of Delaware sophomore outdoor track &a Sfield hurdler Latoya James will be the Blue Hens' lone representative when she competes at the NCAA Division Ia SEast Regional later this week at the University of North Florida.

Former Northwestern HS track and field standout Emily Smith graduated last Saturday from College of Charleston with degrees in Business Administration and Hospitality and Tourism.

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Newswise - BINGHAMTON, NY -- Donald Nieman will become the next provost and vice president for academic affairs of Binghamton University.

It's a bit of dA©jA vu for Iowa Governor Terry Brandstad. Monday morning he said, "Teacher leadership will be at the heart of our 2013 legislative package." Education reform was supposed to be one of the key pieces of major reform in the 2012 session, as well.

Educators from around the state will gather for the Iowa Teacher and Principal Leadership Symposium this summer at Drake University.

Gov. Terry Branstad is pushing for ways to place teachers in leadership roles that would also lead to higher pay for those to take on more responsibility such as master teachers or mentors.

Iowa State University this month named its College of Engineering dean, Jonathan Wickert, as provost.

Darrell Robins Lindsey was a bomber pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II and a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor.

May 16 - The three finalists for Miss Iowa Speedway 2012 and the Miss Iowa Speedway Scholarship are Allison Buol, from Marion, IA; Lacey Hamlett, from Cedar Rapids, IA; and Whitney Johnson, from Britt, IA.

Candidate Mitt Romney spoke in Des Moines, Iowa. He promised again to repeal President Obama's health care law.

Monday night in Knowlton Auditorium at Austin High School was all about music. One hundred and thirty-one young musicians from the school's Prep, Concert and Symphony orchestras provided entertainment and a backdrop for an event that included the induction of three past graduates into the AHS Music Hall of Fame, gave parents and friends a review of ... (more)