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'Too-Fat-to-Graduate' Is Wrong
[ filed under: youth health ] Lincoln University, located in Oxford, Pennsylvania, has created a Too-Fat-To-Graduate Rule that has made people upset. At Lincoln University, students with a body mass index of 30 or above are required to take a ... Comment?
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Fitness is a heavy issue at Lincoln U.
... and Recreation. The issue has brought national and international attention to the small, historically black school in Oxford, Pa., about 50 miles southwest of Philadelphia. Since word of the policy got out just before Thanksgiving, when some seniors ... Comment?
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... Both charges were placed on the stet docket. Timothy Lawrence Wills, 18, of the 300 block of Blake Road, Oxford, Pa. was charged with assault-second degree. Nol pros was entered. Earl Eugene Bell, 36, of the 4000 block of Keppler Place, Camp ... Comment?
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... leaving some innovative Americans to take matters into their own hands. Recently, Lincoln University - located in Oxford, Pennsylvania - came under fire for a graduation requirement which mandates that students deemed medically obese either lose ... Comment?
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Chester farmers market to feed appetite for change
... walking down the street," Sciocchetti said. King, who hails from a small Lancaster County town about 10 miles from Oxford, originally set up shop in West Philadelphia. He came to Chester in June 2005 when a pastor asked if he'd be interested in ... Comment?
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Obese? Then you may want to avoid Lincoln University
Four years ago, Lincoln University, a historically African American school in Oxford, Pennsylvania, instituted a requirement that all freshmen entering the school with a body mass index greater than 30, and thus technically obese, would either have to lose weight over the next four years or take a one-semester health class, "Fitness for Life," in ... Comment?
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Brandywine Valley Fabricators partners with Mitchell Mechanical to add Mechanical Contracting ...
... November 27, 2009 Brandywine Valley Fabricators, Inc in Coatesville PA has partnered with Mitchell Mechanical in Oxford, PA to add to its Mechanical Contracting and Millwrighting Capabilities. Brandywine Valley Fabricators has serviced the Delaware ... Comment?
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Public record for Saturday, Nov. 28
... for a later arraignment. EASTERN ADAMS REGIONAL NOV.15 5:19 a.m. A lost credit card was turned over to police in New Oxford. 9:09 a.m. An alarm at Meadowbrook Auto Sales was sent off by accident in Berwick Township. 4:39 p.m. Police took a written ... Comment?
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... example. The White House bully pulpit can claim credit, or blame, for the poor students at Lincoln University in Oxford, Pa., who found out this week that they are too fat to graduate. Those with a body mass index in excess of 30 (normal is 18.5 to ... Comment?
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... class. Elizabeth Gates for The Daily Beast : Lincoln University, the nation's first historically black college in Oxford, Pennsylvania, has decided that a handful of students won't be getting their diplomas this spring. It wasn't because they were ... Comment?
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Lean Obama, Mean Linemen Can't Beat Fat Lobby: Margaret Carlson
... example. The White House bully pulpit can claim credit, or blame, for the poor students at Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania, who found out this week that they are too fat to graduate. Those with a body mass index in excess of 30 (normal is ... Comment?
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... community is ignoring a more critical issue. Lincoln University, the nation's first historically black college in Oxford, Pennsylvania, has decided that a handful of students won't be getting their diplomas this spring. It wasn't because they were ... Comment?
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Lincoln University singles out obese students for extra graduation requirements
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Graduates with passing BMI's Lincoln University in Oxford, Pennsylvania has begun enforcing a controversial policy requiring students with a body mass index of 30 or more to take a fitness class in order to graduate. Comment?
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You can't be fat if you want to graduate Lincoln University
This is probably going to mortify a few people: More than two dozen seniors at Lincoln University, in Oxford, Pa., are in danger of not being able to graduate this spring - not because theya re under disciplinary probation or havena t fulfilled the requirements of their majors, but because they were obese as freshmen. Comment?
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... $450,000. 858 N. 20th St. , $432,500. Bucks County Transactions not available. Chester County 221 Essex Court, Lower Oxford , $509,858. 912 River View Circle, Phoenixville , $329,500. 930 Prichard Ave., West Goshen , $275,000. 107 Roland Rd., East ... Comment?
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Warren County sewer authority overbilled customers, owes more than $320,000 in refunds
... p.m. Dec. 16 at 199 Foul Rift Road, White Township. The authority provides sewer service to Belvidere and White and Oxford townships. The authority bills the municipalities, which collect from residents. Due to decreased flow, the authority ended up ... Comment?
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... the one thing standing between them and graduation this spring. More than two dozen seniors at Lincoln University, in Oxford, Pa., are in danger of not being able to graduate this spring -- not because they're under disciplinary probation or haven't ... Comment?
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a small farm in Oxford, Pennsylvania, and this summer my wife, Gail, and I decided to install on our modest acreage a flock of guinea fowl. Birds are colorful and entertaining, worthy of cultivating for their own sake, but we had a darker purpose. ... Comment?
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Oxford, Washington townships continuing police merger talks
Oxford and Washington township officials have advanced in talks about merging their police departments to an exploration of grant opportunities to aid a transition. Comment?
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Teen pleads guilty to charges stemm.....
A New Oxford, Pa. teen has pleaded guilty to all charges stemming from a DUI accident that left another teen dead. Comment?
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