Associated PressNews RoundupUniversity of Dayton Leader: Street Crowd Assaulted PoliceDAYTON, Ohio — The president of the University of Dayton has scolded students for disrespecting and attacking police who tried to clear a rowdy street crowd during St. Patrick’s Day revelry Saturday near the Ohio campus. In a letter sent to students, university President Eric Spina says he saw some of them shoot fireworks into […]March 19, 2018News RoundupBenedictine University Seeks Selling Campus As One ParcelSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Benedictine University is hoping to sell its Springfield campus as one piece of property, rather than divided into smaller lots for sale. The State Journal-Register reports that the Illinois school is committed to maintaining all of its campus buildings and grounds until they’re sold as one parcel. The university announced last month […]March 19, 2018News RoundupBermuda Police Confirm Body of Missing St. Joseph’s University Student FoundHAMILTON, Bermuda — Police officials in Bermuda are confirming that they have found the body of missing U.S. student Mark Dombroski. Acting Assistant Commissioner James Howard of the Bermuda Police Services declined to provide certain details, include how authorities believe he may have died during a visit to the British Island territory. The discovery of […]March 19, 2018News RoundupMerger of Colleges in Boston To Result in Loss of 100 JobsBOSTON — More than 100 employees of a small Massachusetts college are losing their jobs as a result of a merger with the much larger Boston University. BU announced Thursday that 111 Wheelock College employees— 72 staff and 39 full- and part-time faculty members — will be let go when the merger becomes official June […]March 18, 2018News RoundupLiberty University Plans To Add New Arena To Virginia CampusLYNCHBURG, Va. — Liberty University plans to add a 125,000-square-foot arena to its Lynchburg campus. The new arena will be attached to the Vines Center and used mainly for volleyball and basketball games. It will accommodate 4,000 to 4,500 people. Men’s basketball will continue to play in Vines when attendance is expected to be above […]March 18, 2018SportsUMBC Basks in 15 Minutes of Fame As Cinderella of the NCAACHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the sun rose on the Saturday morning celebration of their unprecedented NCAA Tournament upset, Ryan Odom implored his suddenly-famous basketball team to get some sleep. It was time for family and friends of UMBC to leave the hotel and for the Retrievers to return to their rooms. On any other night, […]March 18, 2018News RoundupPainful Parallels in School Safety Debate in U.S., NigeriaABUJA, Nigeria — Facing different but equally harrowing crises, parents and educators in the United States and northeast Nigeria are debating similarly drastic measures to improve school safety as a painful public reckoning plays out in both countries.As students hold walkouts across the U.S. amid a scourge of mass shootings, President Donald Trump’s proposal to […]March 15, 2018StudentsStudents Around U.S. Stage Huge Walkout Against Gun ViolenceThey bowed their heads in honor of the dead. They carried signs with messages such as “Never again” and “Am I next?” They railed against the National Rifle Association and the politicians who support it. And over and over, they repeated the message: Enough is enough. In a wave of protests one historian called the […]March 15, 2018News Roundup‘Multiple’ Fatalities When FL Bridge CollapsesMIAMI — A pedestrian bridge being built across an eight-lane highway collapsed at a Miami-area college Thursday, crushing eight vehicles under massive slabs and killing multiple people, authorities said. Search and rescue missions were underway. Eight people were taken to hospitals. The exact number of fatalities was not immediately known. “The main focus is to […]March 15, 2018News RoundupUniversity of Illinois Graduate Assistants Approve ContractURBANA, Ill. — University of Illinois graduate assistants have voted to approve a contract agreement with the school, following a strike that forced cancellation of several hundred classes. Graduate Employees Organization co-president Gus Wood tells The (Champaign) News-Gazette that the contract was ratified Friday, ending a strike that started Feb. 26 after nearly a year […]March 14, 2018Previous PagePage 27 of 569Next Page