Black IssuesHomeBe Smart When Sending E-mail to the MassesBe Smart When Sending E-mail to the MassesIf you’re online, you’ve undoubtedly received “spam” — unsolicited, untargeted bulk e-mail, typically ads for illegal “Make Money Fast” pyramid schemes, pornographic pay Web sites, quack health care remedies, or other come-ons of interest only to the gullible or desperate.Spam, which conjures up images of fatty, low-cost luncheon […]October 25, 2000HomeGrant Will Allow Students to Work with NASAGrant Will Allow Students to Work with NASA LOS ANGELES Following the high-profile failure of its Mars probes, NASA has developed a $2 million, four-year grant that will employ college students in a search for ways to keep computer equipment safe in space. NASA will hire 12 students from California State University Northridge to study […]October 25, 2000Leadership & PolicyUniversities Refuse to Block Napster AccessUniversities Refuse to Block Napster AccessMADISON, Wis. Officials at nearly a dozen universities across the country say they won’t block students from using the embattled online music-sharing software Napster, despite a demand from a lawyer for two musicians. Howard King, attorney for Dr. Dre and Metallica, sent letters to several university officials last month demanding […]October 25, 2000HomeVirginia Tech Protecting Its NameVirginia Tech Protecting Its NameBLACKSBURG, Va. Virginia Tech is banning registrants of Internet domain names from using the university’s trademark names in their Internet addresses. The 1999 Anti-Cyber Squatting Act gives trademark owners the right to dominion of their trademarks on the Internet, and federal law requires trademark owners to enforce and protect the use […]October 25, 2000SportsVirtual University Getting A Piece of Athletic ActionVirtual University Getting A Piece of Athletic ActionFRANKFORT, Ky. Kentucky Virtual University, the state’s electronic portal to a higher education without lecture halls, dorms or bad cafeteria food, has a sports franchise. There are already T-shirts from the KVU Athletic Department, and there will be a logo after its selection by an online poll of […]October 25, 2000HomeNewer, Better, Faster: DSL Service Makes it Easy to Link to University NetworkNewer, Better, Faster: DSL Service Makes it Easy to Link to University NetworkPITTSBURGHLike many college administrative staff and faculty members, Kristen Kurland, a senior lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz School for Public Management, used to rely upon conventional telephone dial-up access to connect her home computer to the campus computer network. Kurland, who hasn’t […]October 25, 2000Recruitment & RetentionStaying Power: Colleges Work to Improve Retention RatesStaying Power: Colleges Work to Improve Retention RatesBy Hilary HurdHAMPTON, Va.T wo years ago, Wilbur Powell was a first-semester freshman. He slept too much, watched too much TV and was not excited about the classes he was taking. By the end of the semester, he had a 1.3 grade-point average. Rudea Downs also was a […]October 25, 2000HomeBattling for the BestBattling for the BestBlack schools experience a renaissance in recruiting high-achieving studentsBy Ronald RoachWASHINGTONWhen Leslie Broadway was applying to colleges, he had enough confidence in his academic record and athletic accomplishments that he concentrated all his energies on securing an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy. But when a knee injury in January of […]October 25, 2000StudentsExtra Credit, Extra CriticismExtra Credit, Extra CriticismAdvanced Placement courses are increasingly being viewed as indicative of minority equity — and the indicators don’t look good. By Pamela BurdmanOAKLAND, Calif.Massanda D’Johns has always planned to go to college, and now the Castlemont High School senior isn’t taking any chances. Castlemont, in Oakland, Calif., offers six Advanced Placement courses, and […]October 25, 2000African-AmericanAt Home with Toni MorrisonAt Home with Toni MorrisonToni Morrison Society Event Draws Scholars from Around the World to Honor the Literary LegendBy Hilary HurdLORAIN, Ohio A pproximately 130 scholars from around the globe gathered for three days in Lorain, Ohio, last month for one purpose: to honor and celebrate Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison and her work.The second biennial […]October 25, 2000Previous PagePage 350 of 431Next Page
