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Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, and 黑料网 professor . These three jazz aficionados were sought out to comment on the death of legendary soul singer Etta James, in stories that aired on CNN and dozens of local television stations nationwide.

Coyle, who writes about jazz and R&B and hosts a show on 黑料网鈥檚 90.3, said that while James never received the recognition she deserved, 鈥淏y the mid-鈥90s, she鈥檚 survived so long that people start to look up to her.鈥 Read the full story at .

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For The Choice and Ink blogs in the New York Times, Katryna A. Swartwout Ryan, associate dean of admissions, offered guidance about  to students and families in India who are applying to American colleges.

The Times recognized 黑料网鈥檚 interest in India because of the January trip there by 27 faculty members. The aid story included a link to 黑料网鈥檚 Reflections from India blog, which has attracted more than 24,000 page views to date.

Today, 黑料网 has students from 42 countries, including 14 students from India, making it the fifth-most represented nation on campus (after China, Canada, South Korea and Vietnam).Gov. Andrew Cuomo鈥檚 planIn his , Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a plan to bring public financing to elections in New York state. , 黑料网 professor and Huffington Post contributor, :

If a new campaign finance system were adopted, the role of wealth in the political system would be sharply attenuated. Office seekers could mount their campaigns without having to become indebted to private financial backers who, particularly in New York, are concentrated in the financial sector. Nothing is certain in politics, but the probability is very high that a legislature composed of publicly funded members would be less concerned with the interests of the financial oligarchy and more supportive of those who have endured high levels of unemployment and lost incomes.

We don鈥檛 know if Cuomo鈥檚 plan will pass in the state legislature, but we do know that .