Education

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DeMaurice Smith, the executive director of the NFL Players Association, shown here talking to reporters outside the federal courthouse after a hearing in April, made a graduation speech at the University of Maryland that compared the players' lockout fight against the owners to the detractors the students will face in their future.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Wesleyan University students in Middletown, Conn., pick up cheeses at a co-op in a dorm basement. College students nationwide are becoming more aware of the quality of their food.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama greets graduates, some overcome with emotion, before he delivers the commencement address at the Booker T. Washington High School graduation at Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday.

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President Obama stands Monday with graduate Christopher Dean (right) and Principal Alisha Kiner before he delivers the commencement address at the Booker T. Washington High School graduation at Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tenn. (Associated Press)

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President Obama is greeted by Booker T. Washington High School students Cassandra Henderson (left) and Christopher Dean after stepping off Air Force One in Memphis, Tenn., for private meetings with families affected by flooding and to deliver the commencement address at Booker T. Washington High School. (Associated Press)

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Jens Soering, the son of a German diplomat, was a University of Virginia student when the Haysoms were killed. He is serving two life sentences.

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A California Institute of the Arts student tunes up a robot in preparation for a concert at the school's Walt Disney Modular Theater. The orchestra is composed equally of people and robots, with trained musicians manipulating and instructing the bots.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Lizzie Eggart, a student at the California Institute of the Arts, works on the Egg Babies lighting robot, part of the school's KarmetiK Machine Orchestra. "Depending on what kind of note it is - bass, high note, treble - it will respond with a color," Ms. Eggert explained.

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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton gives the commencement address at West Virginia University Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Morgantown, W.Va. Clinton delivered the commencement address to about 1,000 graduates of the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences. (AP Photo/Dale Sparks)

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Newly-named Maryland men's head basketball coach Mark Turgeon speaks during an NCAA college basketball news conference, Wednesday, May 11, 2011, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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Rep. Austin Scott, Georgia Republican **FILE**

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate, will deliver a major speech Thursday at the University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center. The center is part of UM's medical school, where researchers are "vigorously" pursuing stem cell research.

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Newly-named Maryland men's head basketball coach Mark Turgeon speaks during an NCAA college basketball news conference, Wednesday, May 11, 2011, in College Park, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to sign a bill Tuesday that would make in-state college tuition available to many illegal immigrants. A federal version of the bill failed last year in Congress.

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** FILE ** University of Maryland president Wallace D. Loh (left) and director of athletics Kevin Anderson (right) applauded an emotional Gary Williams during the news conference when Williams officially announced his retirement as the school's basketball coach after nearly 22 years. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Former U.S. Ambassador to China and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. ends his address to graduates of the South Carolina Honors College and the College of Arts and Sciences Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)

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University of Maryland president Wallace Lowe, left, and Director of Athletics Kevin Anderson, right, applaud an emotional Gary Williams during a press conference Friday, May 6, 2011 at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., where Williams officially announced his retirement as the school's basket(...)

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Coach Gary Williams waves to the crowd in the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., during a press conference Friday, May 6, 2011 at which the coach officially announced his retirement. He has coached basketball for the past 30 years, 22 of which have been at the University of Maryland. (Barbara L. S(...)

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University of Maryland students Michael Rossbach, left, a junior, and Andrew Pajak, a sophomore, donned their Maryland shirts to attend a press conference Friday, May 6, 2011 at the Comcast Center in College Park, Md., where Coach Gary Williams officially announced his retirement. "It's heartbreakin(...)

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Hundreds of University of Maryland students and alumni applaud as Coach Gary Williams enters the Comcast Center at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md., on Friday, May 6, 2011 to officially announce his retirement as the school's basketball coach. Many students sported yellow "Garyland" t(...)