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Wheaton College Football Players Accused in 2016 Hazing Face Felony Charges

WHEATON, Ill. — Suburban Chicago authorities say five members of a Christian college’s football team accused of hazing face felony charges. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office announced Monday that the five Wheaton College players are charged with aggravated battery, mob action and unlawful restraint. A judge signed arrest warrants and set $50,000 bonds for […]

Cabrini University, Police Probing Slur on Student’s Door

WAYNE, Pa. — A Catholic university in eastern Pennsylvania and local police are investigating a racial slur written on the dormitory door of a Black student. Sennia Vann says she returned to her dorm at Cabrini University on Saturday night and found the slur written in marker following the words “Go away.” The liberal arts […]

Fraternity Ends Louisiana State Chapter After Student Death

BATON ROUGE, La. — A national fraternity says it has closed its chapter at Louisiana State University while it investigates the death of a freshman who was being considered for membership. A statement Monday on Phi Delta Theta’s website says preliminary results from its investigation of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver’s death found that some members were […]

Swastika, Racist Messages Reported at Drake University

DES MOINES, Iowa — Administrators say a swastika was carved into an elevator on campus at Drake University in Des Moines and a racist message left outside an African-American student’s dorm room in a cowardly attack. The Des Moines Register reports that the message was left on a whiteboard on the door of a first-year […]

A Scholar’s Perspective on the Jemele Hill Controversy

During an exchange on Twitter last week, ESPN reporter Jemele Hill posted the following: “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself w/ other white supremacists.” In agreement with ESPN viewers who condemned Hill’s statement, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee-Sanders chimed in calling Hill’s post a “fireable offense.” For Dr. Karsonya […]

Colleges Monitor Protests in St. Louis

Hundreds took to the street to protest after Jason Stockley, a white former policeman was found not guilty for the murder of Anthony Lamar Smith, a 24-year-old Black man, in December 2011. Local universities have begun responding to the city’s unrest. Since the 1,000 demonstrators began marching through Delmar Boulevard chanting “Black Lives Matter” and […]

Report Urges College Leaders to Discuss Free Speech Issues

College boards should make sure their institutions’ presidents are available to talk to students who want to voice concerns about campus culture and issues of free speech, a new report issued by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges states. Presidents should also initiate communication with such students, according to the report, titled […]

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Jesse Jackson Invokes History to Encourage Voter Participation

“Keep your eyes on the prize” was the message Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. delivered to audience members at George Mason University (GMU) in an effort to inspire social change and increase voter turnout for the upcoming Virginia elections in November. On Friday evening, Jackson spoke at GMU’s Harris Theater as a part of his […]

UC Irvine Chancellor Apologizes After School Rescinds Admission Offers

SAN DIEGO — The chancellor of the University of California, Irvine, says the school has readmitted most of the 500 students whose admission offers were rescinded last month. Chancellor Howard Gillman apologized Wednesday for the “unacceptable distress” caused to students after the campus abruptly pulled the offers for the current fall semester. The Los Angeles […]

White Nationalist Posters Found on Kansas State Campus

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas State is speaking out after posters promoting white nationalism were plastered around on campus. The Manhattan Mercury reports that university spokesman Steve Logback says the posters that appeared Wednesday don’t reflect Kansas State values and are unwelcome. Student body president Jack Ayres said in a tweet that the student government is […]

Notre Dame Policy to Require On-campus Living for 3 Years

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame plans to enact a policy next fall requiring all newly enrolled undergraduates to live on campus during their freshman, sophomore and junior years. University officials told the South Bend Tribune the goal is to strengthen the school’s residential nature. But not all students are happy with […]

Dowell Taylor Named Interim Band Director at Jackson State

JACKSON, Miss. — Dowell Taylor has been named interim director of bands at Jackson State University. President Dr. William B. Bynum Jr. said Thursday that Taylor will officially assume the role Sept. 18. The Clarion-Ledger reports the university fired O’Neill Sanford as band director just before the football season began, saying it was “undergoing evaluations […]

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