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Native Americans
University of Arkansas to Study Native American Remains
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. ― The University of Arkansas System has been awarded nearly $60,000 in federal funds to aid the study of at least 345 sets of American Indian human remains in its possession. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the National Park Service’s award was announced last week. The grant money will be used for […]
Students
University of Missouri’s Kappa Alpha Fraternity Temporarily Suspended
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri-Columbia says it has temporarily suspended a fraternity after a hazing incident. The university on Monday announced the action against the Kappa Alpha fraternity but provided no details about the alleged hazing that occurred last week. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the action comes after police investigated a […]
Students
Ga. Attorney General Sam Olens Seeking Kennesaw State Presidency
ATLANTA ― Attorney General Sam Olens will interview this week to become president of Kennesaw State University, according to Georgia’s top higher education official. University System of Georgia Chancellor Hank Huckaby said in a letter sent Monday to students and faculty of Georgia’s third-largest university that a committee of the university system’s governing Board of […]
Students
Sen. Ayotte’s Campaign Hands Out Condoms at College Campuses
CONCORD, N.H. ― Republican U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte’s campaign is highlighting a birth control bill she sponsored by handing out free condoms on college campuses. The campaign recently distributed signs to students promoting her campaign that say “FREE CONDOMS” in bold letters. The signs, which are being set up next to tables where potential voters […]
Students
Supreme Court Rejects NCAA Appeal of O’Bannon Case
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the NCAA’s appeal of the Ed O’Bannon case, leaving in place lower court rulings that found amateurism rules for big-time college basketball and football players violated federal antitrust law. The justices on Monday rejected the appeal in a class-action lawsuit originally filed by O’Bannon, a former UCLA basketball […]
Students
CIAA Keeps Basketball Tournaments in Charlotte
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, overwhelmingly comprised of historically Black colleges and universities, announced Friday that it will not move its basketball championship tournaments from Charlotte, North Carolina next February in the wake of a state law that restricts the rights of LGBT people. Stating that “relocation would not be in the best interest” of […]
Students
2 North Carolina A&T Students Dead after Shooting
GREENSBORO, N.C. ― Two students at North Carolina A&T State University are dead after being shot at a campus-area house party. Greensboro Police Department officers responded to a report of shots fired early Sunday and found two injured students at the scene. Both victims died Sunday morning. They were identified as Alisia Dieudonne, a sophomore […]
Students
Egyptian Lawmaker’s Call for Virginity Tests Draws Fire
CAIRO ― A women’s rights group has filed a legal complaint against an Egyptian lawmaker who called for mandatory virginity tests for women seeking university admission, the Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper reported Sunday. It quoted Maya Morsi, head of the state-sanctioned National Council for Women, as saying the complaint demands the expulsion from parliament of Ilhami […]
Students
Missouri Fraternity Suspended Over Reports of Racial Slurs
COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri temporarily suspended a fraternity on Wednesday over accusations of racial slurs directed toward black students, in the latest incident of racial tension that has roiled the campus for nearly a year. The university action followed the national organization of Delta Upsilon fraternity, which suspended the chapter earlier on […]
Students
Student Protests at Mugabe-attended Zimbabwe Graduation
HARARE, Zimbabwe ― Witnesses say a student has been whisked away by unknown people for protesting during a University of Zimbabwe graduation ceremony featuring President Robert Mugabe. An Associated Press photographer covering Thursday’s event says the graduating student held a placard complaining about joblessness in the country. Such stunts have become common at graduation ceremonies […]
Leadership & Policy
Oakland University in Suburban Detroit Won’t Keep President
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. ― Oakland University in suburban Detroit is searching for a new president. The school’s governing board said Thursday it will not renew the contract of George Hynd next summer. He was hired in 2014. Board chairman Richard DeVore says Hynd brought stability to Oakland after a period of “fragmented leadership.” He described […]
Students
Court: Portland State Student Wrongfully Booted over Threat
PORTLAND, Ore. ― The Oregon Court of Appeals has ruled that Portland State University wrongfully expelled a graduate student who was accused of threatening violence. The university banned Henry Liu from campus four years ago after a classmate reported to police that the student was upset with a professor and talked about guns in the […]
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