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booming energy industry.
• "The energy industry is rapidly growing in our region. Many of our graduates are already hired into the industry and we are well-positioned to expand both teaching and research in this field," school President Heather Wilson said in a statement.
• The Rapid City school is equidistant from three of the largest energy-producing regions in the country: the Williston Basin to the north, the Powder River Basin to the northwest and the Denver Basin directly south. The college announced in April that it was launching a Shale Research Institute with the help of Rapid City-based engineering consultant RESPEC. Shale formations, such as the Bakken in North Dakota, hold oil.
• The new minor in petroleum systems will be available to all Mines and Technology students beginning in the fall, pending approval from the state Board of Regents. Coursework will include drilling and production engineering, fluid mechanics and a field course.
• The school said it likely will add a staff member to support the program, and is looking for someone "renowned throughout industry and higher education."
• The school also is developing a graduate certificate in petroleum systems, which will be open to both graduate students and professionals.
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CNN looks for a substitute when news can't deliver
FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer
• NEW YORK (AP) -- When CNN first signed on, it was greeted by a chorus of skeptics.
• Not just doubt about Ted Turner's vow that his all-news network would be there long enough to cover the end of the world. A bigger question resonated: Was there really enough news to fill 24 hours of airtime, day after day?
• As CNN marks its 34th birthday this month, a harsh truth endures: No, there really isn't, at least not enough to get viewers to stick around awhile. The flow of news doesn't conform to the needs of TV programmers, and there are irksome stretches when nothing much is going on that can satisfy TV's visual demands and keep viewers glued to the screen.
• CNN was able to finesse this in its early years since it had no cable-news competitors. Then new arrivals MSNBC and Fox News Channel faced the same dilemma. But each packed its schedule with hosts who could fashion news into opinion, opinion that would guarantee its like-minded audience a reassuring hour-after-hour TV refuge.
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