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  1. "Yule" be seeing fewer updates from @newsfromtengrrl starting today. Less edu in the news as schools close & time for a holiday break!
  2. ‘Nerd’ and ‘Geek’ Should Be Banned, Professor Says - NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/90cGfd
  3. The Buzzwords of 2009 - NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/7bfhSy --Do you "Dracula sneeze"? :-)
  4. Cutting through the din of the dotcom age -- latimes.com http://bit.ly/8rWpq8 --writers faced the challenge of cutting through the noise
  5. Driven to Distraction, Some Teenagers Unfriend Facebook - NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/6nUjrI
  6. Milorad Pavic, Unorthodox Novelist, Dies at 80 - NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/5Zxsgj
  7. Eye on Google - Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/8YN0So --Justice Dept asked to make sure Google doesn't charge exorbitant licensing fees.
  8. Schools adjust how writing is taught in text age | freep.com | Detroit Free Press http://bit.ly/8GNnWY
  9. Class putting lessons to work | coloradoan.com | http://bit.ly/76o0R7 --using writing and communication to persuade community to help others
  10. New spelling rules bring French purists to tears - The Globe and Mail http://bit.ly/5M89F0
  11. Teaching with Primary Sources TPS Quarterly - Fall 2009 (Library of Congress) http://bit.ly/70wiqn
  12. Google Faces New Challenger and Legal Setback in Digitizing French Works - The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8UP9FK
  13. “Twitterdee, Twitterdumb”: Teaching in the Time of Technology, Tweets, and Trespassing - National Writing Project http://bit.ly/8zcG33
  14. Taking Stock: Higher Education and Latinos | EdExcelencia.org http://bit.ly/8wKjHz
  15. Disappearing Jobs - Inside Higher Ed http://bit.ly/6dj9pT --job picture in the humanities is going from bad to worse
  16. Matching Teaching Style to Learning Style May Not Help Students - The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/7aWj9K
  17. Job Slump Worsens for Language and Literature Scholars - The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/64AsPS (Requires Subscription)
  18. Is It Time for Class-Based Affirmative Action? - Chronicle of Higher Ed http://bit.ly/4QgfBB -Main reason stds drop out: they have to work
  19. Sledding, plus writing assignment, should create lifetime memories | The Grand Island Independent: http://bit.ly/8bbVp0
  20. British Professors Protest Plan to Promote Socially Useful Research - The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/8AqQnZ