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7. PENN STATE UNIVERSITY.The Penn State cheerleaders perform during a first-round game between Penn State and Wichita State in the NCAA college basketball tournament on Sunday, March 23, 2014, in State College, Pa. Penn State won 62-56.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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4. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY. A West Virginia fan is seen during the NCAA college football game between West Virginia University and University of Maryland in Morgantown, W.Va., Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. (Brian Ach /AP Images)
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1. SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE NY. Syracuse University fans cheer their team against the USF defense during an NCAA college football game, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, in Syracuse, N.Y (AP Photo/Steve Jacobs)
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5. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA-CHAMPAGNE. In this Jan. 6, 2010 file photo, people pass the iconic Alma Mater statue on the University of Illinois campus in Urbana, Ill. Campus historic preservation officer Melvyn Skvarla said Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, the sculpture in the heart of the campus will be removed this summer for repair work. The university plans for it to be back by May 2013. (AP Photo/David Mercer, File)
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6. LEHIGH UNIVERSITY, BETHLEHEM PA. Lehigh University's newly renovated Linderman Library features an atrium with a stained-glass skylight July 17, 2007 in Bethlehem, Pa. Like a number of schools around the country, Lehigh has made a refreshing discovery about libraries: they can do a lot more for a campus than just store old books. (AP Photo/Rick Smith)
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10. UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, GAINESVILLE. In this April 2, 2007 picture provided by the University of Florida, a University of Florida student attempts to climb a greased light pole among a crowd of fans in the streets of Gainesville, Fla. moments after the men's UF basketball team won its second consecutive championship win. The University of Florida can raise a glass to another national title - best party school in the country. The Gators, known for wild celebrations following national championships in football and basketball, wrested the party title away from West Virginia University and beat out the University of Mississippi and Penn State University, in the Princeton Review survey of 120,000 students released Monday, July 28, 2008. (AP Photo/University of Florida, Kristen Bartlett Grace)
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Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald smiles as he answers a question during a panel discussion at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., on April 23, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Actor Richard Dreyfuss, left, at the state Senate in Sacramento, Calif, where he was honored for his work promoting civics education in public schools through the Dreyfuss Initiative. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Alex Stone, a 16-year-old student at Summerville High School, said he was suspended from school and detained by police because of a school assignment in which he wrote he was going to shoot a dinosaur. (WCSC-TV)
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New York City police stand by as a group of students and others gather at the Broadway gate of Columbia University in upper Manhattan, May 8, 1968. Police arrived after the group assembled on both sides of the gate at 116th Street. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
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Police officers break up a scuffle amid demonstrators outside South Boston High School on the first day of a court-ordered busing program to integrate Boston public schools, Sept. 12, 1974. South Boston High is predominantly white. (AP Photo/Peter Bregg)
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New York City police stand by as a group of students and others gather at the Broadway gate of Columbia University in upper Manhattan, May 8, 1968. Police arrived after the group assembled on both sides of the gate at 116th Street. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler)
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Police officers break up a scuffle amid demonstrators outside South Boston High School on the first day of a court-ordered busing program to integrate Boston public schools, Sept. 12, 1974. South Boston High is predominantly white. (AP Photo/Peter Bregg)
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Grayson Murphy, 5, of Pink Hill, N.C., left, listens to his father Hal, right, as he settles into kindergarten on the first day of school Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, at Arendell Parrott Academy in Kinston, N.C. (AP Photo/Daily Free Press, Janet S. Carter)
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healer: Pope Francis greets Lee Ho-jin, father of one of the more than 300 victims of the sinking of a South Korean ferry — most of them high school students — in Seoul. As part of his trip, Francis outlined his desire for greater relations with Asian nations, especially China. (associated press/L'osservatore romano)
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Cheerleaders of Kountze Middle School use their faith-based signs at the middle school football game held at Kountze High School. (Beaumont Enterprise via Associated Press)
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Passersby exit an entrance to the main campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Sunday, May 31, 1998. The university's endowment of nearly $13 billion makes it the richest in the world and, if ranked against Fortune 500 companies it would be in the top 25 percent, The Boston Globe reported Sunday. (AP Photo/Patricia McDonnell)
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Gov. Tom Corbett speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, in Philadelphia. Corbett said Wednesday he will authorize $265 million in advance payments to the Philadelphia school district to allow schools to open "on day one" and help avoid layoffs. He said the money represents early disbursement of funds that the schools would normally receive through the academic year. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)