Associated PressStudentsGunman Killed 21 at Virginia Tech Before Being KilledBLACKSBURG, Va. A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing 21 people in the deadliest campus shooting in U.S. history. The gunman was killed but it was unclear if he was shot by police or took his own life. CNN, however, is reporting the death toll at 31.April 15, 2007SportsState Takeover Of Texas Southern University Proposed By GovernorHOUSTON The governor proposed a state takeover of beleaguered Texas Southern University and called for the resignations of the regents at the historically Black school.April 15, 2007StudentsSallie Mae To Stop Loan Perks to College OfficialsNEW YORK The nation’s largest student loan provider will stop offering perks to college employees as part of a settlement announced Wednesday in a widening probe of the student loan industry.April 12, 2007Leadership & PolicyIU Reconsiders Gym’s Name Over Segregationist LettersBLOOMINGTON, Ind. Indiana University officials are considering whether to keep the name of a longtime school trustee on a gymnasium following a student newspaper article about 1940s letters in which he advocated racial segregation.April 12, 2007HomeProsecutors Drop Charges in Duke CaseRALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina’s top prosecutor dropped all charges Wednesday against the three former Duke University men’s lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a Black exotic dancer at an off-campus party, saying the athletes were innocent victims of a “tragic rush to accuse” by an overreaching district attorney.April 11, 2007Leadership & PolicyDine College Blends Two Cultures in LearningA herd of sheep graze peacefully outside the library of Dine College on a recent afternoon as a student casually strolls by with a laptop case in his right hand. The image is symbolic of the school’s purpose: to provide a balance between traditional Navajo knowledge and Western education.April 10, 2007SportsImus Show Suspended, Takes His Lumps on Sharpton’s ShowNEW YORK CBS Radio and MSNBC both said they were suspending Don Imus’ morning talk show for two weeks following his reference last week to members of the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.”April 9, 2007HomeMaryland Lawmaker Says In-state Tuition For Immigrants Would Take Seats From Black StudentsBALTIMORE A veteran member of Maryland’s Legislative Black Caucus said Saturday that he opposed a bill that would provide in-state college tuition rates for illegal immigrants because it would take seats away from Black students.April 8, 2007StudentsAt Conservative Black Colleges, Gays Struggle To Find Their VoiceHAMPTON, Va. So lured was April Maxwell by the promise of the Black college experience, with its distinct traditions and tight-knit campus life, that she enrolled at Hampton University in 2001 without even visiting the waterfront campus.April 5, 2007SportsRemembering A Legend: Eddie Robinson (1919-2007)RUSTON, La. Eddie Robinson used to say that he coached each of his players like he wanted them to marry his daughter. On Wednesday, one of those players, Super Bowl MVP quarterback Doug Williams, announced that the history-making former head football coach of Grambling State University had passed away at the age of 88.April 3, 2007Previous PagePage 491 of 569Next Page
