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[h=4]The Short List: Teen gets into all the Ivys; Rand Paul runs for president; NCAA's bad officiating[/h]Out of the loop today? We've got what you missed on a teen getting into all eight Ivy League schools, Rand Paul running for president and that awful officiating in the NCAA championship game.
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Teen celebrates getting into all 8 Ivys with Chipotle
When Harold Ekeh moved from Nigeria to the U.S., he struggled with English. Guess he figured it out. Ekeh, a senior at Elmont Memorial High School on Long Island, was accepted to all the Ivy League schools (is there a bumper sticker for that?). His grade-point average exceeds 100, his SAT score was 2270 out of a possible 2400, and he was a semifinalist for the national Intel Science Talent Search. His topic: "The role of PARP-1 in MeHg-induced dopaminergic dysfunction and mitochondrial DNA depletion." Say that three times fast. The Ivys — Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Brown, Cornell and Dartmouth — weren't his only gets. He was also accepted at all 13 schools he applied to, including prestigious Johns Hopkins and MIT (he's leaning toward Yale). Ekeh told the New York Post he celebrated getting into all those schools by going to Bible study and Chipotle. "I don't see it as an accomplishment for me. I see it as an accomplishment for my community. I hope it inspires the younger generation, not just in Elmont, but overall," he said. Brilliant and humble. #Winning.
Elmont Up! My boy @ekeh__ Got into al 8 Ivy League schools 💪✊💚
— Panda (@__Tariq_) March 31, 2015
High school teen Harold Ekeh has been accepted to all eight Ivy League schools.Â<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: @CNNMoney)
What else is in #TheShortList:
• Rand Paul kicks off his presidential campaign
• We're still talking about the officiating in last night's Duke-Wisconsin game
• Achoo! Allergy season is upon us
• Paying tribute to Billie Holiday on her 100th birthday
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Rand Paul speaks, D.C. loses power: Coincidence?
We didn't know he was going to literally "defeat the Washington machine." As Rand Paul raged against Washington from a Kentucky stage, widespread power outages hit government and private buildings in the nation's capital. The irony wasn't lost on anyone. The Kentucky senator kicked off his presidential campaign today, putting the GOP and the Democratic Party on notice that he'll stick to his conservative principles with a message rooted in liberty, the Constitution and limited government. Paul is all but sure to have less money and less establishment support than former Florida governor Jeb Bush. He's less charismatic on the stump than New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. His family's story is less compelling than that of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. But Paul is a hero of the Tea Party movement. USA TODAY's Susan Page says Paul is worth watching. Here are four reasons why (and no, his hair isn't one of them).
Officiating in NCAA championship game makes us wonder why we have replay
At some point in the future, Wisconsin players will look back on their run to the national championship game and think about how awesome they played against a string of blueblood opponents in Arizona, Kentucky and Duke. But right now, they're heartbroken by the loss to the Blue Devils that was swayed by some awful officiating. USA TODAY's Chris Chase says Wisconsin has a right to be upset, even though Duke still probably would've won the game. "The officiating was the only disappointing thing about a classic 2015 NCAA tournament," Chase said. "Every game has bad calls, but over the past three weeks, so many of those bad calls came near the end. Would the tournament have turned out differently if competence had been dressed in black and white?" But let's end March Madness on a more upbeat note: If you didn't pay close attention to this year's games — or it was the only thing you paid attention to and now you need to relive it — here are seven of the tournament's most amazing moments.
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USA TODAY Sports' Dan Wolken breaks down what the Blue Devils did to prevail against the Wisconsin Badgers in the national title game.
Pass the Claritin: Spring allergy season is ramping up
The super cold winter was keeping tree pollen at bay, but it looks like it's time to stock up on Kleenex and allergy meds. Spring is springing, so temperatures are rising and flowers and trees are blooming. Yep, pollen season is now upon us after a delayed start. The spring tree pollen season is dependent on winter weather, so the start of it varies from year to year. (The two other prime allergy seasons in the U.S. — grass in late spring and early summer and ragweed in late summer and fall — are dependent on the amount of daylight, so they start and end around the same time each year.) And the experts say that if you've got allergies, it's going to be a tough year. Achoo.
Happy 100th birthday, Billie Holiday
Eleanora Fagan would only live to be 44, but Billie Holiday, as she later became known, would have an impact on jazz and pop music that remains unsurpassed. The jazz great would have been 100 years old today. The emotional breadth of Holiday's singing — her ability to transmit desire and despair with utter clarity, and without sentimentality — was astonishing. Holiday was born into poverty in Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Music Alliance announced today it will be adding her to its Walk of Fame. Here are 100 facts about her sometimes rough life. Quick bites: She struggled with addiction, even serving prison time. Her relationships were often abusive, and her songs reflected the turbulence in her life. She was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1987, years after her death. The U2 song Angel of Harlem pays tribute to her. As a testament to her lasting impact, so do all the songs on this playlist. Give it a listen.
Billie Holiday once said, "If I'm going to sing like someone else, then I don't need to sing at all."Â<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: USA TODAY/AP)
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Contributing: Brian Mansfield, Elysa Gardner, John Bacon, USA TODAY; Dan Wolken, Chris Chase, Scott Gleeson, Eric Prisbell, USA TODAY Sports; Malak Monir, Jessica Durando, USA TODAY Network
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