Associated PressRecruitment & RetentionStudents face tougher competition as fewer positions open at Wall Street investment banksNEW YORK Students looking for jobs on Wall Street may find fewer opportunities when investment banks’ recruiting teams visit campuses this fall.October 1, 2007SportsPolice: University of Memphis Student Shot DeadMEMPHIS, Tenn. A University of Memphis football player was fatally shot on campus in what police believe was a targeted attack, and classes were canceled Monday as a precaution.September 30, 2007StudentsGrambling Investigating Pictures of Noose LessonGRAMBLING, La. The Grambling State University president is investigating a case in which adults at the university-run elementary school on campus put a noose around at least one child’s neck and the school newspaper’s publication of photographs of it.September 30, 2007HomeAttorney for ex-Texas Southern President Asks for MistrialThe defense attorney for Texas Southern University’s former president asked for a mistrial Friday after accusing a prosecutor of making inappropriate remarks about the case to reporters.September 30, 2007Leadership & PolicyVisit by Iranian President Was Just the Latest Controversy for Columbia University LeaderColumbia University President Lee Bollinger keeps finding himself in the middle of campus turmoil. He enrolled at Columbia’s law school in 1968, when the campus was convulsed by anti-war protests. He was a dean at the University of Michigan during a struggle over the school’s speech code. Later, as the university’s president, he defended its affirmative action policies all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.September 30, 2007Leadership & PolicyDuke President Apologizes to Lacrosse Players, Families Following False Rape CaseDURHAM, North Carolina Duke University President Richard Brodhead apologized Saturday for not better supporting the men’s lacrosse team and players’ families after three players were falsely accused in last year’s highly publicized rape scandal.September 29, 2007SportsRutgers Professor’s Comments About Minority Student-Athletes Called RacistTRENTON, N.J A longtime critic of Rutgers University’s drive into big-time sports is being criticized over a newspaper article comment that university officials have branded as racist.September 29, 2007LatinxHouse Votes to Expand Health Insurance for Children Despite Bush Veto ThreatWASHINGTON The House voted Tuesday to expand health insurance for children, but the Democratic-led victory may prove short-lived because the margin was too small to override President Bush’s promised veto.September 29, 2007LatinxContractor Sued Over Alleged Harassment of Hispanic WorkersPETALUMA, Calif. A construction contractor was sued based on allegations that a supervisor referred to workers as “stupid Mexicans” and said “Latinos are the slaves of the twenty-first century,” according to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court by U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.September 29, 2007HomeMore Blacks and Hispanics Live in Jail than in College DormsWASHINGTON More than three times as many Black people live in prison cells as in college dorms, the government said in a report to be released Thursday.September 26, 2007Previous PagePage 388 of 569Next Page
