Black IssuesHBCUsMorehouse Hangs On to Top TitleMorehouse Hangs On to Top Title At Annual Academic ChallengeORLANDO, Fla.For the second consecutive year, Atlanta’s Morehouse College emerged as the National Champion at the 2002 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge (HCASC), an academic competition among the best and brightest students at the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities held earlier this month in Orlando, Fla. […]April 24, 2002StudentsFormer Norfolk State Student Sues Fraternity, Member Over HazingFormer Norfolk State Student Sues Fraternity, Member Over HazingNORFOLK, Va.Michlen Robinson has painful memories of fraternity life at Norfolk State University: paddle swats, punches and a punctured lung.In a lawsuit filed last month in circuit court, Robinson says he was a hazing victim of Phi Beta Sigma on Sept. 21, 2000. He’s suing the national […]April 24, 2002HomeUniversity of South Alabama Officials Dispute EEOC RulingUniversity of South Alabama Officials Dispute EEOC RulingMOBILE, Ala.University of South Alabama officials are disputing a finding that the school discriminated against a group of workers and were expected to reject an offer to settle the case. The school, facing a deadline, was to respond late last month to an earlier report from the U.S. […]April 24, 2002HomePhysics Professor Settles LawsuitPhysics Professor Settles Lawsuit With Prairie View A&M PresidentHOUSTONA Prairie View A&M University physics professor settled the lawsuit he filed claiming Dr. Charles Hines, the school’s president, set out to ruin his career after the physicist criticized Hines, the professor’s attorney said last month. Attorney Gaines West said the settlement agreement is confidential, but that […]April 24, 2002StudentsScholarships to Aid Students With Drug RecordsScholarships to Aid Students With Drug RecordsWASHINGTONOpponents of a 1998 law that denies federal aid to thousands of college students with criminal drug records are trying to work around the law by offering financial help to those affected. A coalition of drug-law reform groups last month inaugurated a scholarship for those denied aid because of […]April 24, 2002Leadership & PolicyHigh Court Passes Up College’s Free Speech CaseHigh Court Passes Up College’s Free Speech CaseWASHINGTONLeaders of a Kentucky community college lost a free speech case that asked the Supreme Court if a college instructor had a constitutional right to use racial slurs in class as part of a discussion on hurtful communication. Complaints about the lesson cost the teacher his job, and […]April 24, 2002StudentsKu Klux Klan Mural to Remain Hanging In Indiana ClassroomKu Klux Klan Mural to Remain Hanging In Indiana ClassroomBLOOMINGTON, Ind.A mural from the 1930s that includes images of the Ku Klux Klan will remain hanging in an Indiana University classroom, despite objections from the university’s Black Student Union (see Black Issues, March. 28). Chancellor Sharon Stephens Brehm announced the mural’s fate late last month, […]April 24, 2002HomeCommunity Groups Address Ethical Concerns of Genetic ResearchCommunity Groups Address Ethical Concerns of Genetic ResearchTuskegee, Ala.Human cloning should be prohibited by federal law with substantial penalties to assure compliance, communities involved in a two-year study told the Alabama Legislature during a special session earlier this month.While communities in Alabama and Michigan involved in the study oppose cloning for the purpose of replicating […]April 24, 2002StudentsMichigan State’s Black Graduation Ceremony CriticizedMichigan State’s Black Graduation Ceremony CriticizedEast Lansing, Mich.Critics are taking aim at a new, optional Michigan State University event that will honor Black graduating seniors next month, saying it is unfair and promoting separatism. In one of several letters sent to the MSU student newspaper, Michael Cykowski, a senior computer science major, wrote: “What would […]April 24, 2002StudentsWanted: New Members for Black Grad Student GroupWanted: New Members for Black Grad Student GroupBy Cheryl D. FieldsWASHINGTONAt the top of the agenda for the annual meeting of the National Black Graduate Student Association, held in Washington at Howard University late last month, was a call for members to get involved in recruitment.Roughly 250 students, a number of whom were undergraduates, turned […]April 24, 2002Previous PagePage 232 of 431Next Page
