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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, DEC. 11, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Nov. 15, 2016 photo, students at Warren Township High School's junior-senior Almond Road campus in Gurnee, Ill., from left, Kathryn Haynes, Jaylen Davis and Amanda Middleton were among those who wrote positive messages on sticky notes and posted them on all 2,500 lockers in response to racist graffiti that was found on bathroom stalls at Warren's two campuses the previous week. (Bob Susnjara/Daily Herald, via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, DEC. 11, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Nov. 17, 2016 photo, Melanie Swann, right, listens as seventh-grader Noah Ward, center, talks with classmates during her Developing an Understanding of Self and Others class at West Frankfort Central Junior High School in West Frankfort, Ill. Swann designed the class five years ago to help seventh and eighth-graders develop an understanding of how to deal with people different than themselves. Swann said the last election cycle has often been a topic of discussion. (Issac Smith /The Southern, via AP)
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Maryland guard Jaylen Brantley drives the ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Howard, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2016, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Tennessee's Jordan Bowden on a three-point attempt against Presbyterian at during an NCAA college basketball game in Knoxville, Tenn., on Tuesday, December 6, 2016. (Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
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In this Nov. 8, 2016 photo, David Meyer gestures while in class at Hibbing Community College, in Hibbing, Minn. Meyer is one of several laid off mineworkers from Keewatin Taconite enrolled in the Industrial Systems Technology program at Hibbing Community College. (Dan Kraker /Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 photo, music teacher Jason Lenz shows his guitar class how to finger a chord at Lincoln Southwest High School in Lincoln, Neb. (Ted Kirk /The Journal-Star via AP)
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Dianne Conyers reads with first-graders at Longfellow Elementary in Hastings Neb. Nov. 17, 2016. Conyers is a long term substitute. The district currently has a list of 51 people on standby to serve as substitutes at any given point, which is down by just four from a year ago. (Laura Beahm/The Hastings Tribune via AP)
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Crews work to clear a fallen tree off a teachers' car outside Orange High School in Orange, Calif., Friday, Dec. 2, 2016. Cold Santa Ana winds swept across Southern California on Friday, raising danger of wildfires and toppling trees onto cars, at least one home and onto a busy freeway just ahead of rush hour. (Kevin Sullivan/The Orange County Register via AP)
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In this undated photo, Kristie Wolff holds Thor, a red squirrel she rescued. Wolff, a third-grade teacher at Washington Elementary School in Pocatello, rescued a baby American red squirrel back in August. She nurtured the little fella back to health, and it stuck around. (Josh Friesen/The Idaho State Journal via AP)
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In this Sept. 28, 2016 photo, Penn State senior Mary Krupa plays with "Sneezy" the squirrel on Old Main Lawn in State College, Pa. Penn State students know her as the Squirrel Whisperer, or even Squirrel Girl. Four years after she became an internet sensation, senior Krupa is still placing tiny hats on the ubiquitous rodents that live on campus, and coaxing them to hold miniature props. (Phoebe Sheehan/Centre Daily Times via AP)
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Nearly 1,000 veterans arrived in Amherst, Massachusetts, on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016, to protest Hampshire College's decision to remove the American flag from campus. (Fox News screenshot)
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In this Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, photo, high school student Amellia Sones, 14, who helped organize a Ventura Boulevard protest after the presidential election, poses with some of her signs at her home in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
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Students pass Watts Hall as they return to class following an attack at The Ohio State University campus the previous day, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. Investigators are looking into whether a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University that injured several people was an act of terror. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Students pass Watts Hall as they return to class following an attack at The Ohio State University campus the previous day, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. Investigators are looking into whether a car-and-knife attack at Ohio State University that injured several people was an act of terror. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts and the Crimson Tide are riding the third-longest winning streak in both school and SEC history. (Associated Press)
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Illustration on the problematic Zumwalt class destroyer by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times
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Maryland's Anthony Cowan, left, shoots as American's Charlie Jones defends during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Nov. 11, 2016, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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Maryland's Melo Trimble scores against American during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Nov. 11, 2016 in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)
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In this Oct. 17, 2016 photo, Wilkes University students walk through the campus in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Higher education officials and local leaders in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., say the city has already been reinvented as a college town or is on its way to becoming one, spurred by the opening of a joint college bookstore, downtown movie theater, eateries and bars that lure students from downtown campuses. (Aimee Dilger/The Times Leader via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, NOV. 12, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this Dec. 4, 2104 photo, four students in a welding class work together in Effingham, Ill. Committees working on a plan to build an academy that will train adults and high school students for vocations aren't deterred by the lack of state funding. Wheels are turning and the program's launch is around the corner. Advocates for the Effingham Regional Career Academy are trudging forward. (File Photo/Effingham Daily News via AP)
