Associated PressStudentsUC Regents Approve Budget That Could Mean Higher Student FeesBERKELEY, Calif. University of California leaders on Wednesday tentatively approved a 2008-09 budget despite objections that the proposal could lead to higher student fees.November 15, 2007HomeDemocrat Barack Obama is Quizzed by Tech Crowd at Google Town Hall MeetingMOUNTAIN VIEW, California When the CEO of Google turned the microphone over to his employees after Barack Obama discussed his tech agenda, one worker who said he had voted for several losing Democratic presidential candidates got right to the point.November 15, 2007African-AmericanStudy: Brutal, Corrupt Police Patrol Black, Latino NeighborhoodsCHICAGO A statistical study by a University of Chicago law professor indicates police officers most often accused of brutality and corruption work in groups that patrol mostly low-income Black and Latino neighborhoods.November 15, 2007HomeBlanco Names University of Louisiana-Lafayette Professor Emeritus State Poet LaureateBATON ROUGE La. Gov. Kathleen Blanco has named a professor emeritus at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette as the state’s next poet laureate.November 15, 2007Leadership & PolicyCollege of Santa Fe Struggles With Budget DeficitsSANTA FE Administrators at the College of Santa Fe are developing plans that could include laying off as much as 20 percent of the school’s faculty.November 15, 2007Native AmericansStanding Rock Tribal Council Rejects Fighting Sioux NicknameFORT YATES, N.D. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council has voted to reaffirm its opposition to the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname and logo, a council member says.November 15, 2007HomeBail Reduction Denied for Delaware State Campus Shooting SuspectDOVER, Del. A defense effort to reduce bail for the suspect in a fatal shooting on the Delaware State University campus was rejected Thursday.November 15, 2007HomeReport: Law Student Sues China’s Government for Censoring Steamy Scenes in Ang Lee MovieHONG KONG China is too cautious about the lust in Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution” or so alleges a Chinese student who is suing the government for asking the Taiwanese director to cut steamy sex scenes from his new movie.November 15, 2007HomeHarvard’s Gates Start Genetic-ancestry CompanyMistakes made by the burgeoning genetic-ancestry industry have prompted Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates to start his own DNA-tracing company, one that he says will be able to take a more refined look at African-American ancestry.November 14, 2007HomeUW-Stevens Point Historian Pleads Guilty to Porn PossessionSTEVENS POINT Wis. A history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point pleaded guilty to a single count of possession of child pornography Wednesday and had a second charge dismissed.November 14, 2007Previous PagePage 349 of 569Next Page
