Associated PressStudents13 Ball State Fraternities to Go Alcohol-free Until 2018MUNCIE, Ind. — More than a dozen fraternities at Ball State University won’t have events that include alcohol for the rest of the year. Interfraternity Council President Trevor Holland said the decision was made with the university for the safety of their members and the community. “It was a joint decision between chapter presidents and […]October 24, 2017StudentsUniversity Condemns Hate, Defends Richard Spencer AppearanceCINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati board of trustees has condemned hate while defending a decision to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak on campus. The board’s statement Tuesday recognizes the fundamental role of free speech at a public university, saying it should be “the marketplace of ideas.” The board also denounced prejudice and […]October 24, 2017StudentsMissing Freshman College Student Found Dead Near CampusWEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. — New Jersey authorities say a community college student who has been missing for more than a month has been found dead near the college’s campus. State officials say 18-year-old Nick Pratico was last seen on Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor Township campus on Sept. 20. New Jersey State Police […]October 24, 2017News RoundupFormer Daniel Webster College Campus Sold for Nearly $12MNASHUA, N.H. — The former Daniel Webster College campus in Nashua, New Hampshire, has been sold for nearly $12 million to a buyer whose name hasn’t been released. New Hampshire Public Radio reports Southern New Hampshire, which had earlier declined to buy the main campus, bought the airport hangar and tower on the property for […]October 24, 2017STEMStephen Hawking’s Ph.D. Thesis Goes Online, Website CrashesLONDON — Cambridge University has put Stephen Hawking’s doctoral thesis online, triggering such interest that it crashed the university’s website. Completed in 1966 when the renowned physicist and author was 24, “Properties of Expanding Universes” explores ideas about the origins of the universe that have resonated through the scientist’s career. The university says the thesis […]October 23, 2017StudentsWest Virginia University Researcher Lessons Learned in IcelandMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A West Virginia University researcher is working in two counties to apply lessons about peer groups from Iceland where he says teenage use of drugs, alcohol and tobacco has been “virtually eradicated.” Alfgeir Kristjansson, assistant professor in WVU’s School of Public Health, says the island nation pushed to replace unsupervised, aimless leisure […]October 23, 2017Faculty & StaffAssistant Coach Sues Oregon State University After FiringPORTLAND, Ore. — An assistant wrestling coach fired by Oregon State University has filed a federal lawsuit that contends he was wrongly let go. The lawsuit filed in Eugene says Kevin Roberts was falsely accused of allowing or participating in derogatory remarks made by members of the wrestling team toward one of their teammates. The […]October 23, 2017News RoundupHartwick College Program Will Groom Peace Corps VolunteersONEONTA, N.Y. Hartwick College is working with the Peace Corps to create a preparatory program for the overseas agency. The Harwick Peace Corps Prepartory Program will prepare interested Hartwick students for careers or volunteer service abroad. The program being launched Nov. 1 is designed to help students at the college west of Albany, New York, […]October 22, 2017News RoundupNAACP Names New Leader For More Active FutureWASHINGTON — The NAACP turned to an insider Saturday to help bring the nation’s oldest civil rights organization back to prominence. Derrick Johnson, 49, of Jackson, Mississippi, was hired as the NAACP’s 19th president and CEO after having served as interim leader since July and previously as vice chairman of the NAACP board of directors. […]October 22, 2017StudentsCommunity Criticizes University of Memphis in Wake of Sexual AssaultsMEMPHIS, Tenn. — In the wake of two reported off-campus rapes involving students at the University of Memphis, students and alumni challenged and criticized the university’s administration at a sexual assault forum. The Commercial Appeal reports over 100 people attended Wednesday’s campus forum, which saw a line of people waiting to speak when President David […]October 19, 2017Previous PagePage 50 of 569Next Page