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The decline in college enrollment among U.S. young adults in the past decades is being driven in part by fewer young men pursuing higher education, according to data analyses by Pew Research Center. Roughly 1 million fewer young men are in college compared to 0.2 million fewer young women in the past decade, Pew senior researcher Richard Fry wrote, citing new data from the U.S. Census Bureau pertaining to 18-to-24-year-olds’ college enrollment data. “As a result, men make up 44 percent of young college students today, down from 47 percent in 2011…” he wrote. “This shift is driven entirely by...

Sexuality expert says animals can be homosexual The speaker elaborated on a concept she called ‘nature culture’ in her talk on animal sexuality The reasons and causes for homosexuality should no longer be viewed only in terms of the long-debated nature-versus-nurture argument, a women’s studies and sexuality expert told a small group in Gerlinger Lounge on campus Monday. Jennifer Terry, a program director and associate professor in Woman’s Studies at the University of California-Irvine, spoke to the 19-person audience on a new concept she refers to as “nature culture.” “Nature and nurture are not separate, but intertwined together,” she said....

ERA activists undaunted by 20-year delay Opponents say the Supreme Court sealed the amendment's defeat in 1982 and efforts to revive it are moot. By JULIE HAUSERMAN, Times Staff Writer © St. Petersburg Times, published January 2, 2003 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALLAHASSEE -- Remember the Equal Rights Amendment? It's back. Twenty years ago, the ERA went down in defeat after a divisive political battle over women's rights and roles in the home and workplace. But now, even though Republicans are in charge of both the state and federal governments, a coalition of women's and civil rights groups is trying to revive the...