International Business News - Students http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif In the past year, 30 percent of U.S. high school students have stolen from a store and 64 percent have cheated on a test, according to a new, large-scale survey suggesting that Americans are too apathetic about ethical standards. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/186366-students-dishonesty.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081130/lie-cheat-and-steal-high-school-ethics-surveyed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081130/lie-cheat-and-steal-high-school-ethics-surveyed.htm Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:27:12 EST The singing, dancing Atlanta students who scored a viral video hit with their catchy debate rap during the election hope to capture President-elect Barack Obama's attention with a new tune. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081126/rapping-atlanta-students-making-new-song-for-obama.htm Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:48:40 EST A little over a quarter of the 70,000 people who died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May have been identified, a Chinese official said Friday, as authorities rushed to prepare stricken areas for the coming winter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/china-19-000-victims-identified-from-may-quake.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:55:45 EST China acknowledged Friday for the first time that more than 19,000 schoolchildren were among the dead in the massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/179301-china-earthquake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/china-says-19-000-students-died-in-may-earthquake.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/china-says-19-000-students-died-in-may-earthquake.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:19:51 EST Chinese students are enrolling in U.S. universities in record numbers, encouraged by aggressive recruiting combined with China's booming economy and growing middle class. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/their-economy-booming-chinese-students-head-to-us.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:01:59 EST State media says a truck driver killed 4 people and injured 20 by driving into a crowd of high school students coming out of class in southern China. The official Xinhua News Agency said Thursday the male drive was shot dead by police after the incident in the city of Zhuhai in Guangdong province. Three of the injured were in a critical condition and in comas, it said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081105/4-people-killed-after-truck-driver-rams-students.htm Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:51:41 EST At least four students from a suburban St. Louis middle school face punishment for allegedly hitting Jewish classmates during what they called "Hit a Jew Day." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081024/mo-students-face-punishment-for-hit-a-jew-day.htm Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:18:12 EDT At least four students from a suburban St. Louis middle school face punishment for allegedly hitting Jewish classmates during what they called "Hit a Jew Day." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081023/mo-students-face-punishment-for-hit-a-jew-day.htm Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:21:51 EDT Officials say six middle school football players have been injured when antifreeze from a broken water hose sprayed on them northwest of Dallas. The Sanger Middle School students were getting off their school bus after an out-of-town game when the hose broke Thursday night. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081017/6-texas-students-hurt-by-spraying-antifreeze.htm Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:32:35 EDT On issues such as abortion, gay marriage and religion, college students shift noticeably to the left from the time they arrive on campus through their junior year, new research shows. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081013/study-peers-not-profs-influence-student-views.htm Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:50:12 EDT A Pennsylvania teen charged with killing a Mexican man has lost a bid to be sent to private school on the taxpayers' dime. Brandon Piekarsky is charged with third-degree murder in the July beating death of 24-year-old Luis Ramirez. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/immigrant-death-defendant-complains-about-school.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:15:02 EDT Three seventh-grade girls at a school in Monroe were ordered to strip to their underwear while a teacher investigated the alleged theft of $42, their parents charge. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/girls-strip-searched-at-mich-school-parents-say.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:57:59 EDT It's nothing to LOL about. Students these days often have ready access to marijuana, alcohol and tobacco but they don't feel comfortable talking about the ramifications. So, some of the nation's government scientists went to the computer chat room Tuesday to make it a little easier for them. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/146992-students-drugs.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/scientists-go-chatting-to-hear-kids-drug-concerns.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/scientists-go-chatting-to-hear-kids-drug-concerns.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:58:14 EDT The chancellor of Liberty University has an ambitious plan to get the 10,500 students at the evangelical Christian college registered to vote in Virginia, a swing state that could be crucial to victory in the presidential election. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/falwell-college-wants-students-to-vote-locally.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:32:41 EDT Her first week of classes at Northern Illinois University made it clear to freshman Miraynda Castro that she wasn't beginning her college career at just any campus. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/124542-niu-students-return.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/life-goes-on-but-fears-remain-at-shooting-campus.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/life-goes-on-but-fears-remain-at-shooting-campus.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:07:45 EDT Authorities in Pennsylvania say a fourth teenager has been charged in the fatal beating of a Mexican immigrant. Schuylkill County prosecutors charged the teen in juvenile court Friday with aggravated assault, ethnic intimidation and other offenses. His name and age are not being released. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080906/4th-pa-teen-charged-in-killing-of-immigrant.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:15:58 EDT Two small-town teenagers charged with murder and ethnic intimidation in the beating death of a Mexican man were granted bail Tuesday. Schuylkill County Judge William Baldwin set bail at $50,000 each for Brandon Piekarsky, 16, and Colin Walsh, 17. The two, who are white, are charged with third-degree murder in the July 12 beating of Luis Ramirez in Shenandoah. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/defendants-in-pa-immigrant-slaying-granted-bail.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:22:14 EDT Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111697-immigrant-killing-students.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/pa-teens-ordered-to-trial-in-immigrants-death.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/pa-teens-ordered-to-trial-in-immigrants-death.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:44:01 EDT Three teens were ordered Monday to stand trial in the beating death of an illegal immigrant from Mexico after a friend of the defendants testified that the victim was sucker-punched and kicked in the head during a late-night, epithet-filled melee. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/111650-immigrant-killing-students.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/court-protests-halt-hearing-in-immigrant-killing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/court-protests-halt-hearing-in-immigrant-killing.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:05:11 EDT British police have arrested a 19-year-old man in connection with the fatal stabbing of two French students in London. Police say the man was taken into custody on Wednesday in Margate, 75 miles (120 kilometers) south east of London, and is being questioned. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080806/new-arrest-regarding-killing-of-french-students.htm Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:36:53 EDT