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Monica Lozano, left, chair o fthe University of California Board of Regents, discusses the findings of a state audit concerning the office of UC President Janet Napolitano, second from left, during a hearing of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee Tuesday, May 2, 2017,in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers where looking into the audit, conducted by the office of State Auditor Elaine Howle, right, that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Parker Spadaro, right, a student from the University of California, Davis, joined others attending a legislative hearing looking into a state audit of the UC Presidents office, Tuesday, May 2, 2017,in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers where looking into the audit, conducted by the office of State Auditor Elaine Howle, that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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State Auditor Elaine Howle, right, looks over at University of California President Jane Napolitano reads her statement concerning the audit conducted by Howle's office, during a hearing of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers questioned Napolitano about the audit that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Monica Lozano, left, chair of the University of California Board of Regents, and UC President Janet Napolitano, sit in the audience before appearing before the Joint Legislative Audit Committee Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in Sacramento, Calif. Lawmakers where looking into an audit, conducted by the office of State Auditor Elaine Howle, that found that UC administrators hid $175 million from the public while the university system raised tuition and asked lawmakers for more money. Napolitano has disputed the audit's findings.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Middle school teacher Michelle Chavez, 48, of Santa Fe, N.M., right, casts her ballot with a poll worker at Sweeney Elementary School in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, in a citywide referendum. Voters in New Mexico's capital city were deciding whether to add a tax on sugary sodas and other sweetened beverages that would follow the examples of several cities across the country. The proposed tax in Santa Fe would pay to expand early childhood education. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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Pre-kindergarten teacher Shanel Rosetta, 23, of Albuquerque (left, foreground), makes calls to registered voters from a union hall in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, urging them to vote in favor of a tax on sugary sodas and other sweetened beverages. Voters in New Mexico's capital city were deciding whether to add a tax on sugary sodas and other sweetened beverages that would follow the examples of several cities across the country. The proposed tax in Santa Fe would pay to expand early childhood education. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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A line of more than 50 voters snakes though a balloting center in Santa Fe, N.M., on Tuesday, May 2, 2017, as voters decide whether to add a tax on sugary sodas and other sweetened beverages. The tax would follow the examples of several cities across the country. Under Santa Fe's approach, the tax would pay to expand early childhood education.(AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 - In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, The Memory Project founder and director Ben Schumaker views portraits made by high school art students for the project during a shipping effort at the home of his aunt and uncle, Steve and Ellen Broeckert, in Middleton, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 - In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, Middleton High School sophomore Megan Graham works on a portrait of a young boy from the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of The Memory Project in Middleton, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 - In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, Middleton High School student Elora Becker peruses portraits of Bolivian children made by art students at the school for The Memory Project, including her work at lower right, at the high school in Middleton, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 - In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, portraits made by high school students as part of The Memory Project are photographed and packaged at the home of Steve and Ellen Broeckert, pictured at top, in Middleton, Wis. Also working on the effort are Greg and Betty Brault of Stoughton. The couples' nephew, Ben Schumaker, is the director and founder of The Memory Project. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 - In this Thursday, March 23, 2017 photo, Middleton High School sophomore Megan Graham works on a portrait of a young boy from the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of The Memory Project in Middleton, Wis. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)
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In this 2015 file photo, then-Franklin High School senior Luke Kennard poses next to one of the signs that were installed in Franklin , Ohio, honoring his 2014 Ohio' Mr. Basketball honor. In the past few weeks, two of the signs have been stolen forcing the city to take down the others. (Nick Graham/The Journal-News via AP)
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In this 2015 file photo, then-Franklin High School senior Luke Kennard poses next to one of the signs that were installed in Franklin , Ohio, honoring his 2014 Ohio' Mr. Basketball honor. In the past few weeks, two of the signs have been stolen forcing the city to take down the others. (Nick Graham/The Journal-News via AP)
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This photo provided by Microsoft shows the company's Surface Laptop, aimed at students. The Surface Laptop is the first Surface device without a detachable keyboard. (Courtesy of Microsoft via AP)
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Baltimore tech entrepreneur Alec Ross (pictured) announced his candidacy for governor of Maryland late last week by trying to tie Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan to President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, both staunch supporters of charter schools. (Associated Press)
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St. Olaf College students fill Tomson Hall to boycott classes and demand action and dialogue after numerous acts of incidents of racial hate on campus, Monday, May 1, 2017 in Northfield, Minn. Hundreds of students boycotted classes at St. Olaf College on Monday, instead packing an administration building to protest a rash of racist and threatening messages left around campus. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
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St. Olaf College President David R. Anderson iss surrounded by students in the Tomson Hall auditorium that were demanding action and dialogue after numerous acts of incidents of racial hate happened on campus, Monday, May 1, 2017 in Northfield, Minn. Hundreds of students boycotted classes at St. Olaf College on Monday, instead packing an administration building to protest a rash of racist and threatening messages left around campus. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
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St. Olaf College President David R. Anderson is surrounded by students in the Tomson Hall auditorium who were demanding action and dialogue after numerous acts of incidents of racial hate on campus, Monday, May 1, 2017 in Northfield, Minn. Hundreds of students boycotted classes at St. Olaf College on Monday, instead packing an administration building to protest a rash of racist and threatening messages left around campus. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
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St. Olaf College students fill Tomson Hall to boycott classes and demand action and dialogue after numerous acts of incidents of racial hate on campus, Monday, May 1, 2017 in Northfield, Minn. Hundreds of students boycotted classes at St. Olaf College on Monday, instead packing an administration building to protest a rash of racist and threatening messages left around campus. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)