Associated PressHBCUsSpain big surprises in women’s volleyball at University GamesBANGKOK Thailand The Spanish women’s volleyball team is the big surprise at the World University Games, upsetting Russia and Brazil to qualify for the quarterfinals in first place in its group.August 12, 2007SportsMexico, Thailand brawl at World University Games soccerBANGKOK Thailand Soccer players from Thailand and Mexico fought openly on the pitch Monday at the World University Games in a match eventually won by the home team 1-0.August 12, 2007SportsLOUISIANA FOOTBALL ’07: Grambling looks to Broadway to take the Tigers back to the top of the SWACGRAMBLING La. It seems only fitting that Grambling State, renowned for its “road show” that dates back to the late Eddie Robinson’s heyday, should bring in a coach named Broadway.August 12, 2007HomeDeVry Fiscal 4Q Profit Rises 35 Percent, Misses Wall Street EstimatesOAKBROOK TERRACE Ill. DeVry Inc. on Monday said its fiscal fourth-quarter profit rose 35 percent, partly due to higher enrollments, but the for-profit education company missed Wall Street estimates.August 12, 2007HomeIndians criticize No Child Left BehindSANTA FE The No Child Left Behind law fails to recognize native cultures and languages, American Indian officials and educators told a U.S. Senate committee.August 12, 2007Native AmericansAll-Star event seeks to boost college prospects for American IndiansBARTLESVILLE Okla. Carol Conner asks participants in Oklahoma’s annual Indian All-State basketball games the same question every year: How many of them are planning on attending college?August 12, 2007Native AmericansLearning N.C. American Indian culture helps broaden horizonsST. JAMES N.C. The flat coastal plain, punctuated by trailers and cornfields, offers few clues that this is the home of the Waccamaw-Siouans, a little-known American Indian tribe that has lived in southeastern North Carolina since the mid-1700s.August 12, 2007HealthU.S. university donating medical supplies to UgandaDURHAM North Carolina A neurosurgeon at an elite U.S. university has gathered several tons of medical equipment, some of which sat unused at the school’s medical facility, and is planning on donating it to a Ugandan hospital.August 12, 2007LatinxImmigrants use fraction of amount they contribute to Ark. economyLITTLE ROCK A report prepared for legislators says Arkansas pays about $170 million a year to educate, imprison and provide services to immigrants a fraction of the amount, according to a separate study, that they contribute to the state’s economy.August 12, 2007LatinxOre. study cites high drug use among Hispanics trying to adaptPORTLAND Ore. A study led by an Oregon State University sociologist runs counter to some assumptions that Hispanic immigrants tend to bring their drug habits with them to the United States.August 12, 2007Previous PagePage 430 of 569Next Page
