Colorado native Joe Curnow, a junior in Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy, is joining 17 other students for a trip to Des Moines sponsored by the School of Education's Service Learning Certificate Program.

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It is a popular day trip for school children studying their history.

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He did have a roommate for that weeklong trip: school mascot Johnny Thunderbird and his costume.

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Joe Tidmarsh, 16, was among 50 pupils from St Edmunds Catholic School who visited Arran for a geography field trip.

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Craft held the ball until he had no other choice, then swished a 3-pointer with a half-second left Sunday for a 78-75 victory over Iowa State, sending the Buckeyes to a school-record fourth straight trip to the round of 16.

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Guan's father, who introduced his son to the game when he was a toddler, picks him up after school every day for the one-hour trip to Lion Lake.

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One recent morning, boys and girls carrying tablas, xylophones and guitars shuffled noisily between classrooms, as members of the school's orchestra crammed in a wood-paneled room for rehearsals ahead of their U.S. trip.

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It was "a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet with one of the world's most successful and knowledgeable businessmen, " according to Anne Thimsen, a second-year student who organized the trip for 27 MBA classmates at the University of Iowa's Tippie School of Management.

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