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The Mindset List, which was conceptualized at Beloit College in 1998, is an annual list that has served for over a decade as a source of entertainment for millions of people interested in the reading through the youthful and naive eyes of first year college students.

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New York City is just the latest school district to be rocked with a large-scale high school cheating scandal, this one involving state exams and cell phones.

Earlier this year there were also high profile cases of mass cheating in Houston and Long Island.

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A mini-history lesson.

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In one of the most surprising stories of the first half of the baseball season, New York Mets knuckleball-throwing journeyman R.A. Dickey is dominating hitters, having hurled back-to-back one-hitters.

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The thought of a 250-year-old sandwich is enough to turn your stomach. But, worse than that is the thought of having no sandwiches at all. That’s why we  should all join the town of Sandwich in celebrating the 250th anniversary of the invention of the sandwich.

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The National Archives literally house some of our only links to history’s greatest and most significant moments that normally couldn’t be found anywhere else except in the lost annals of time. One of them featuring baseball’s greatest home run hitter showed up on eBay, the only auction site that, as far as we know, doesn’t have a time travel portal.

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Cinco de Mayo is fast approaching. Most folks pull out the guacamole and celebrate with friends over margarita specials at their local cantina, but beyond the revelry of the fiesta, here are a few things you might not know about the fifth of May holiday:

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Just how is the President of the United States actually elected? The popular vote, or through the electoral college? I spoke with University of Montana Political Science professor James Lopach about the issue on Tuesday afternoon.

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Few stadiums or ballparks are treated with as much reverence and respect as the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park. It’s more than just because it’s the oldest park in Major League Baseball’s storied history.

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Every year on April 1st, office water coolers are spiked with white wine and computer mouses are glued to desks. Every year on college campuses, half empty buckets of water are placed on the top of dorm room doors and passed out bros are covered with marker ink. And throughout the world, the sound of chuckling and cackling can be heard echoing across its borders.

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