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Friday, January 12, 2007

A look at the college admissions sweepstakes from both sides: we hear admissions counselors from two local high schools, public and private, and admissions officers from City College and M.I.T., to see if kids are getting the advice they need. Also, Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) reacts to President Bush's new Iraq strategy; and writer and activist Kevin Powell on manhood, nationalism and Martin Luther King.

The Democrats React

Frank Lautenberg, Senator, D-NJ
- on the Democrats' reaction to the planned troop surge.

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The MLK Dreaming

Kevin Powell, Brooklyn-based community activist and author, Someday We’ll All Be Free (Soft Skull Press, 2006)
- on the relevancy of Martin Luther King today and the event LOOKING FOR MARTIN: Are Dr. King and His 'Dream' Still Relevant?

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Getting In

Stephen Singer, director of college counseling at the Horace Mann School, a private college preparatory school in Riverdale, NY
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Jon Roure, director of the CollegeBound, a school-based college counseling service at the Young Women's Leadership Foundation
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Getting In




Getting In

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Sarah Seltzer, a student at Harvard College, Karina Beras a student at Cornell University, and Joelle Menan a student at Health Opportunities High ...

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Getting In




Getting In

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Stephen Singer, director of college counseling at the Horace Mann School, and Jon Roure director at the Young Women's Leadership Foundation, at the ...

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