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Aman Walia, a native of India, graduated last week from Bethel High School. He‘ll attend Western Connecticut State University in the fall. Like many students who just finished their senior year at Danbury High School, Einer DosSantos is looking forward to entering the University of Connecticut in the fall. What makes him different than many of his classmates is that DosSantos didn't start to learn English until 3½ years ago. But like all the immigrant students interviewed for this story, his school prepared him to succeed. "I am ready," said DosSantos, who was born in Brazil. "I am ready to...

Friday, October 01, 2004 4:35 pm EDT THE NEWS-TIMES http://news.newstimes.com WestConn panel gives Bush a 'W' http://news.newstimes.com/story.php?id=65394By Fred LucasDANBURY — President Bush clearly won the first presidential debate and stayed on message, while Democratic candidate John Kerry failed to dispel the charge he is a flip-flopper.   That's the verdict of a five-member panel from the Western Connecticut State University debate team, assembled by The News-Times. The panel judged the face-off on a strictly policy debate standpoint."Bush was consistent in saying Kerry was inconsistent," said Tyler Balding, a senior member of the debate team from New Milford . " Kerry doesn't...