Associated PressSportsLSU Issues Temporary Ban on Hoverboards on CampusBATON ROUGE, La. ― Louisiana State University is temporary banning students from using self-balancing two wheeled scooters, also known as Hoverboards, on campus and campus-run housing. WAFB TV reports the LSU Department of Residential Life issued a statement saying they had made the decision to “prohibit the use, possession, or storage of electronic skateboards including […]January 4, 2016StudentsMore Chinese Students Seeking U.S. Community College DegreesLOS ANGELES ― Wealthy Chinese undergraduates aren’t the only ones looking to get a college degree in the U.S. So are a growing number of Chinese students from lower middle-class families who are enrolling in community colleges. The number of Chinese students in U.S. community colleges has increased from 2,500 in 2007 to more than […]December 29, 2015Faculty & StaffFormer Spanish Lecturer Sues Amherst College Over DismissalNORTHAMPTON, Mass. ― A former Spanish language lecturer at Amherst College alleges in a lawsuit against the school and her ex-supervisor that she lost her job after sticking up for teaching assistants who said they were encouraged to sleep with students to increase enrollment. The suit filed in Hampshire Superior Court by Dimaris Barrios-Beltran seeks […]December 29, 2015StudentsConcordia College Ending Football ProgramSELMA, Ala. ― Another small college in Alabama is shutting down its football program. The Selma Times-Journal reports that board members at Concordia College announced their decision to end the sport on Tuesday. A spokeswoman says the price of travel, equipment and other expenses became too much of a financial stress on the small, historically […]December 23, 2015Faculty & StaffColorado State Professors Get Raises After Salary Equity ReviewFORT COLLINS, Colo. ― Colorado State University has increased salaries for 59 professors after a recent salary equity review. The Coloradoan reports that the review found that 25 percent of full female professors and 11.6 percent of male full professors reviewed weren’t being paid enough. In an email sent to faculty Tuesday morning, CSU officials […]December 23, 2015StudentsUniversity of Kansas Names Director of Multicultural AffairsLAWRENCE, Kan. ― A longtime member of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Kansas has been named permanent director of the department, fulfilling one demand of a student group seeking increased attention to diversity issues at the school. Precious Porras, who was named interim director of OMA in May after the department’s […]December 22, 2015StudentsStudents Work Toward Missouri School’s First Latina SororityCOLUMBIA, Mo. ― University of Missouri students are working to establish the school’s first Latina sorority. Jessica Banuelos, who is studying psychology, has been working for the past two years to establish a chapter of the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority at the school. The Columbia Missourian reports that it was started in 1975 at […]December 22, 2015StudentsE. Tennessee State Identifies Certain Restrooms as Gender-neutralJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. ― East Tennessee State University has updated some restrooms in academic buildings and residence halls with signage that identifies them as gender-neutral restrooms. The university’s Associate Vice President for Facilities Management Bill Rasnick tells the Johnson City Press that the restrooms with the new signs had previously been restrooms that were not […]December 21, 2015News Roundup2 Kansas Fraternities on Probation for HazingLAWRENCE, Kan. ― Two fraternities at the University of Kansas are on probation for hazing. The Lawrence Journal-World reports documents obtained through an open records request show Delta Tau Delta and Phi Beta Sigma were placed on probation this spring. Hazing at Delta Tau Delta occurred in fall 2014, and hazing by Phi Beta Sigma […]December 21, 2015Leadership & PolicyEastern Michigan University Getting New Interim PresidentYPSILANTI, Mich. ― Eastern Michigan University’s board has appointed a retired school official as its interim president. The appointment of Donald Loppnow was approved Monday by the Ypsilanti school’s Board of Regents and it is effective Jan. 8. Loppnow previously served Eastern Michigan University for 40 years as professor and provost ― and twice as […]December 21, 2015Previous PagePage 152 of 569Next Page