Associated PressHomeFormer House leader says Republican presidential candidates skipping black forum make mistakeWASHINGTON The former leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, said Tuesday that top tier Republican presidential candidates are making a mistake by skipping a forum focused on issues of importance to black voters.September 24, 2007StudentsIowa legislator calls for limits to campus credit card offersDES MOINES Iowa An Iowa City legislator called for restrictions on credit card marketing to students at Iowa’s public universities, and the head of the state Board of Regents said the group may seek more information about confidential deals with alumni organizations.September 24, 2007HomeACLU files lawsuit alleging South African scholar kept from United States for political viewsBOSTON A well-known South African scholar and political commentator is being kept out of the United States because he has been a vocal critic of the war in Iraq and the detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, the American Civil Liberties Union charged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.September 24, 2007HomeIrish political party Fianna Fail starts recruitment drive in Northern Ireland universitiesDUBLIN Ireland Fianna Fail, the political party that has dominated politics in the Republic of Ireland for decades, began recruiting university students Tuesday in Northern Ireland its first concrete move into the British territory.September 24, 2007Faculty & StaffUniversity of Chicago tops $2 billion figure in fundraising driveCHICAGO The University of Chicago says it’s surpassed its $2 billion fundraising goal, making it the nation’s seventh campus to raise at least that amount during a capital fundraising campaign.September 24, 2007SportsKupchella releases few details on Buning leaveGRAND FORKS N.D. Surveys such as the one done in the University of North Dakota athletic department before Athletic Director Tom Buning took a four-week leave of absence are routine, UND President Charles Kupchella says.September 24, 2007Leadership & PolicySC educator appointed Coppin State University presidentADELPHI Md. Reginald S. Avery has been appointed president of Coppin State University.September 24, 2007HomeTHE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS: Michigan universities must use research to develop new industriesMichigan’s three research universities are worth a strong investment from the state if they continue to create new economic activity that leads to new jobs.September 24, 2007SportsChowan to join CIAA football conference in 2008MURFREESBORO N.C. Chowan will join the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association as a football-only member beginning next season, school and league officials said Monday.September 24, 2007HomeFormer DePauw president Richard Rosser dies at 78GREENCASTLE Ind. Richard F. Rosser, president of DePauw University from 1977-86 and later president of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, has died at age 78.September 24, 2007Previous PagePage 390 of 569Next Page
