By Tim Eberly, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Nov. 27--JULIE VEROFF IS CLUMSY -- and she didn't learn how to ride a bike until the week before she shipped off to Stanford University. "I still fell down a lot on my bike my freshman year," recalled Veroff, a 21-year-old senior set to graduate in June.

By Chris Emery, The Baltimore Sun Nov. 20--Two college students with ties to Maryland were among 32 Americans selected to be 2007 Rhodes scholars, it was announced yesterday. They are Casey N. Cep, a senior at Harvard University who grew up on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and Sean A.

By Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan. Nov. 19--A Kansas University senior was not offered one of the two Rhodes scholarships for students in the region after interviews this weekend in Kansas City, Mo.

By DAVID WEBER BOSTON - Parvinder Thiara had just finished his freshman year at Harvard University when his grandfather in India died of infectious diarrhea. The death affected him profoundly.

Thirty-two college students from across the United States, including a Stanford University student who hopes to become a medical researcher, have been selected as Rhodes Scholars for 2006, the scholarship trust announced Sunday.