Associated PressNative AmericansTribal members receiving an education thanks to gamblingMESA Ariz. One of the payoffs of gambling on the Gila River Indian Community is education paid for by the tribe.June 25, 2007SportsUW-Madison athletic administrator dead at 46MADISON Wis. Services have been scheduled Wednesday for Douglas Beard, a Maine native who became one of the senior administrators of the University of Wisconsin-Madison athletic department.June 25, 2007STEMHopkins gets $48 million for intelligence collection researchBALTIMORE Johns Hopkins University has received a grant from the Department of Defense to develop computer systems to assist military and intelligence agencies process the huge amounts of data they collect.June 25, 2007HomeCoushatta woman, others sentenced in college loan fraud schemeCOUSHATTA La. A Coushatta woman who got student aid and loans for which she wasn’t qualified and filled in forms so others could, too, must spend nearly 3 years in prison and repay $30,500, and two relatives will serve lesser sentences.June 25, 2007StudentsVirginia Tech Inundated With GiftsBLACKSBURG Va. One supportive message came engraved on a 150-pound rock from the Mississippi River. Another was a lime-green hood from a race car bearing Virginia Tech’s logo. A large painting of a tree arrived on a semitrailer from a New York university.June 25, 2007Community CollegesTuition hike at community colleges eyedFAIRFIELD Maine Trustees of the Maine Community College System are expected to consider a tuition rate increase of about 2.5 percent when they meet Wednesday.June 25, 2007Leadership & PolicyRequest For American Indian Presence In UND Search DeniedGRAND FORKS, N.D. The president of the North Dakota Board of Higher Education says the membership of a 16-member committee searching for a new University of North Dakota president will not be changed, despite a request that an American Indian be added.June 25, 2007African-AmericanNumber of Blacks Joining Military DownWASHINGTON The number of Blacks joining the military has plunged by more than one-third since the Afghanistan and Iraq wars began. Other job prospects are soaring and relatives of potential recruits increasingly are discouraging them from joining the armed services.June 25, 2007DisabiltiesState: Students with disabilities improving slowlyALBANY N.Y. Students with disabilities continue to post higher graduation rates and better test scores but still at unsatisfactory rates, state education officials said Monday.June 24, 2007SportsHard Road to Draft for USC Star YoungLOS ANGELES By all rights, Nick Young wasn’t supposed to be a college basketball star. He flunked out of two high schools. His oldest brother died in a drive-by shooting. Now, the Southern California player is set to be chosen in this week’s NBA draft and earn millions of dollars.June 24, 2007Previous PagePage 480 of 569Next Page
