Associated PressLeadership & PolicyUniversity of Illinois To Retire Chief Illiniwek PerformancesURBANA, Ill. The University of Illinois will retire its 81-year-old American Indian mascot, Chief Illiniwek, following the last men’s home basketball game of the season on Wednesday.February 18, 2007LatinxStudy: Hispanics in the West Perceive Roadblocks To CollegePORTLAND Ore. Hispanics aspiring to college see themselves as facing more roadblocks than their White counterparts, concludes a study led by a University of Oregon professor.February 12, 2007StudentsMinn. College Investigates Party Where Students Wore Blackface, KKK CostumesST. PAUL, Minn. An off-campus party that asked students to come dressed “politically incorrect” has prompted an investigation by Macalester College officials who learned one student was costumed as a Ku Klux Klan member and another wore blackface with a noose around his neck.February 10, 2007StudentsSUNO Turns To Other Universities For HelpMURFREESBORO, Tenn. More than a year after Hurricane Katrina, Southern University at New Orleans is still operating in a temporary campus of FEMA trailers and waiting for money to rebuild.February 8, 2007HomeSouth Carolina Universities Seek To Preserve The Sound of South Carolina’s BlackHistorians at the University of South Carolina and South Carolina State are recording the oral histories of ordinary Black residents who lived through the Civil Rights movement. As they age, the recording of their oral histories takes on new urgency.February 4, 2007HomeNavajo Officials Have High Hopes For Wireless GridThe Navajo Technical College in Crownpoint is working with staff at the University of California-San Diego’s supercomputer center to develop a wireless grid on the reservation.February 4, 2007StudentsScholars Weigh in On College Parties That Mock Black StereotypesFrom Connecticut to Colorado, “gangsta” theme parties thrown by whites are drawing the ire of college officials and heated complaints from Black and White students who say the antics conjure the worst racial stereotypes.January 31, 2007StudentsClemson University Probes Racist PartyCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson University President James Barker on Tuesday decried a party where White students mocked Black stereotypes by drinking malt liquor and at least one student dressed in black face.January 30, 2007SportsNorth Dakota Looking For Opponents Who’ll Play Despite NicknameGRAND FORKS, N.D. In trying to schedule games with NCAA Division I opponents, the University of North Dakota is finding resistance to its Fighting Sioux nickname.January 30, 2007StudentsCollege Course In Gullah at USC-Beaufort Is Nation’s FirstBEAUFORT, S.C. Research on Gullah culture is a little skimpy, according to one local professor, but he’s hoping to change all that through a class that explores the history of a culture that still lives through the singsong pidgin and practices on nearby St. Helena Island.January 29, 2007Previous PagePage 495 of 569Next Page
