But the fact that a harsh debate has broken out among the schools over how to treat the pregnant athlete suggests that no survey is needed. The subsidized student- athlete is essential to a multi-billion-dollar business in the NCAA’s Division I and a lesser factor in Di vision II. In a crude sense, it is first a waste of a school’s investment, al though some schools, the NCAA reports, would sympathetically sus pend the scholarship until the athlete is able to compete again, obvi ously about a year later. A NCAA by-law says a school can reduce or cancel aid to an athlete who is found to have engaged in misconduct, but schools are hardly inclined to call pregnancy a misconduct, in or out of marriage. read more

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Go elsewhere ———————– News Business Market Watch Metro Sports Lifestyle Entertainment Technology Education Mind Our English Columnists Photos Video Clips Last 7 Days 30-Day Archive RSS Mobile Edition What’s Hot Write to Us ———————– MyStar AllMalaysia. WHEN a couple is expecting a child, almost all activities in a house should come to a standstill during this period which is regarded as a vulnerable time for both mother and child. In Vasthu Sastra, the ancient science of construction, an expectant mother must not be exposed to any change taking place in her environment during her pregnancy. In her house, Vasthu recommends that the mother should occupy the south-west bedroom as the first choice, the south (second choice) and west (third choice). The columnist will present a talk on Vasthu Sastra and pyramid science today (July 1) at 3pm at Dewan Tan Sri Dato Soma, Wisma Tun Sambanthan, Kuala Lumpur. read more

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BEIJING — An agriculture vocational school has decided to scrap a new rule requiring all female students to take pregnancy tests amid concerns the tests would violate the girls’ privacy. SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court rejected a plea for the release of Hanwha Group Chairman Seoung Youn Kim , who is jailed on charges of involvement in an assault against six bar workers in Korea. Police say Kim, who heads South Korea’s 12th largest business conglomerate, arranged for gangsters to kidnap and assault six employees of a Seoul bar in revenge for an earlier scuffle between the bar workers and Kim’s son, a student at Yale who was in Korea participating in an exchange program with a local university. SEOUL, South Korea — Dating agencies, both offline and online, are becoming widely accepted among Korean single men and women who are looking for potential partners. read more

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