Associated PressNative AmericansStudy Looks at Tribal HealthA medical study led by a University of Oklahoma health researcher shows that American Indians have more strokes and a higher fatality rate from their first stroke when compared to Whites and Blacks.September 28, 2008Native AmericansEllis Island Adding Histories of Indians, SlavesEllis Island is expanding its story of U.S. immigration history, including for the first time Native Americans and African slaves and adding modern arrivals.September 28, 2008Leadership & PolicyIowa College Apologizes for Offensive TypoThe president of an Iowa college says he’s sorry about an unfortunate and offensive typo in a school handbook.September 25, 2008StudentsObama Effigy Found Hanging From Ore. Campus TreeOfficials of a small Christian university say a life-size cardboard reproduction of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was hung from a tree on the campus, an act that outraged students and school leaders alike.September 25, 2008StudentsFalwell College Wants Students to Vote LocallyThe chancellor of Liberty University has an ambitious plan to get the 10,500 students at the evangelical Christian college registered to vote in Virginia, a swing state that could be crucial to victory in the presidential election.September 24, 2008SportsArkansas Sanctions Upheld; Track Titles in DoubtThe NCAA upheld sanctions against Arkansas’ track and field program, although the school still hopes to keep two national titles in question.September 23, 2008HomePoll: Views Still Differ Sharply by RaceSince the nation’s birth, Americans have discussed race and avoided it, organized neighborhoods and political movements around it, and used it to divide and hurt people even as relations have improved dramatically since the days of slavery, Reconstruction and legal segregation.September 22, 2008StudentsFor Ole Miss, Presidential Debate Marks School’s ProgressTwo generations ago, bullets flew and tear gas canisters exploded among the magnolias as segregationists fought federal authorities over the court-ordered admission of the first Black student to the University of Mississippi.September 21, 2008StudentsSuit Filed Against New Mexico State UniversityFour current and former New Mexico State University faculty members and a graduate student have filed a lawsuit in federal court charging university administrators with racial discrimination and unfair professional retaliation.September 21, 2008HomeUniversity of Florida Law School Celebrates 50 Years of IntegrationVirgil Hawkins never reached the promised land in his attempt to gain admission to the University of Florida law school, but he was honored Wednesday as a trailblazer in the fight to open the school’s doors to minority students.September 21, 2008Previous PagePage 297 of 569Next Page