user: IN: South Park DESTROYS Penn State
"Penn State prefers to be losing at half time ... because at Penn State ... they like when you're a little behind in the locker room."Boom. Penn State got South Park'd last night -- as Trey Parker and Matt Stone unleashed on the school over the child rape scandal. Joe Paterno was targeted, along with the entire football program. At one point in the show, a social worker discovers a torture chamber in a foster home ... and says to himself, "What have I done? I took you kids from your parents, without even checking in to where you were going. I put innocent children into a dangerous environment. What am I ... a recruitment coach for Penn State???"Check out the entire episode at SouthParkStudios.com.
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OUT: "Penn State prefers to be losing at half time ... because at Penn State ... they like when you're a little behind in the locker room." Boom. Penn State…


IN: NYC public schools top US News best high schools list
New York City public schools dominated the list of top 10 high schools in the state, according to a new report.

The High School of American Studies at Lehman College was named top high school in the state for the third year in a row, according to the annual rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.

City Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña said she was happy to see students and staffers recognized for their hard work.

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“This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the dedication and talent of our educators and school staff,” said Fariña. “I congratulate these schools, and all the deserving educators and school staff across the five boroughs who are building a better future for our city.”

City public schools, including one privately-run charter school, took nine of the top 10 spots.

Kipp Academy Charter School ranked number two, followed by the Brooklyn Latin School and Staten Island Technical High School.

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“It’s wonderful to see so many public schools from New York City on the list,” said Alessandro Weiss, principal of the High School for American Studies at Lehman College. “It’s proof that when a community works together, a school can reach a high level of distinction both within our own city and within New York State.”

At the school - which placed 15 in the national rankings - all students take the Advanced Placement World History exam and U.S. History exam.

But Weiss said the humanities-driven curriculum at his schools is about more than getting high test scores.

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“Our school is a real community effort,” he said. “We have really hard-working students who are bright and motivated but we also have dedicated parents and really talented teachers.”

Other city schools in the top 10 include: the Baccalaureate School for Global Education, the Queens High School for the Sciences at York College, The Bronx High School of Science, Townsend Harris High School and the High School for Dual Language and Asian Studies.

Staffers at U.S. News & World Report examined more than 28,000 high schools across the nation for the annual rankings. They evaluated the schools based on test scores, how they educate disadvantaged youngsters, Advanced Placement results and other measures.

Several celebrated city high schools including Stuyvesant High School and Brooklyn Technical High School didn’t make the top ten list because more students at other schools passed Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams, U.S. News & World Report data strategist Bob Morse said.
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OUT: City public schools scored high on US News & World Report's list of best high schools in New York State.


IN: What Binge Drinking During Adolescence Does to the Brain
Binge drinking during adolescence may interfere with brain development and have lasting consequences on genes and behavior, a new study in rats shows.

In the study, published in the journal Neurobiology of Disease, the researchers mimicked adolescent binge drinking in a population of rats, in order to see how the alcohol affected their brains. The rats, which were 28 days old, were given alcohol for two days in a row and then abstained for two days, alternating for nearly two weeks. Some of the rats in the study were observed into adulthood.

The researchers discovered that the rats that binge drank when they were younger, preferred alcohol to water when they were older and displayed more anxiety-like behaviors compared to rats that didn’t drink. The researchers also noted epigenetic changes in the brains of the rats (changes to DNA caused by chemicals or environmental substances, like alcohol). The researchers believe that some of the rats’ behavior could be explained by these brain changes.

Though the study was in rats and not in humans, the researchers believe it suggests some of the possible effects of adolescent drinking on growing brains, and underlines the potential lasting consequences.

The researchers also found that a cancer drug was able to reverse some of these effects, which may hint at a possible treatment. One of the study authors has a patent pending related to the drug.
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assistant: A new study in rats underlines the consequences of underage drinking