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Shooting victim sues Oregon State fraternity
CORVALLIS Ore. A homeless man shot in the leg by an Oregon State University student has filed a lawsuit against the student and his fraternity.
September 19, 2007
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MSU announces team to assess university’s programs for athletes
BOZEMAN Mont. A 16-member team of Montana State University employees, former athletes and community members is scheduled to meet here Thursday night to begin assessment of the school’s programs and policies that relate to student-athletes.
September 19, 2007
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University of Kansas investigating unauthorized mailing of records
TOPEKA Kan. Records discarded at the University of Kansas were mailed anonymously to three newspapers, prompting a campus investigation Wednesday. It was the second report in two months of such a breach of students’ privacy.
September 19, 2007
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Are Historically Black Colleges Worth It?
Some scholars suggest that the “unique educational services” once provided by HBCUs to Black students have now disappeared.
September 19, 2007
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Evoking Vietnam clash, University of Wisconsin students to protest Halliburton visit
MADISON Wis. The memory of William “Curly” Hendershot is alive and well on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
September 18, 2007
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Mormon leader congratulates ‘stone-cold sober’ students at Brigham Young
PROVO Utah It was the ultimate pat on the back for a teetotaling student body: Mormon church leader Gordon B. Hinckley told Brigham Young University students they are “blessed” to attend the No. 1 stone-cold sober school.
September 18, 2007
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Hampton University hosts Jena 6 awareness rally
Hampton, Va. – Several Hampton University student organizations will host a Jena 6 awareness event on Thursday, Sept. 20 at noon in front of the Hampton University Student Center. There will be a moment of silence for the Jena 6, poetry and monologue readings and a petition-singing booth.
September 18, 2007
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State launches online high school
LONDONDERRY N.H. Starting in January, New Hampshire will have an online charter school for high school students.
September 18, 2007
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Illinois State University compromises, students won’t fail for wearing flip-flops
NORMAL Ill. Flip-flops and jeans will no longer mean a failing grade for marketing students at Illinois State University.
September 18, 2007
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North Dakota lawmaker: Be cautious with university presidents’ homes proposals
FARGO N.D. A proposal to build a new home for the North Dakota State University president might not sit well with the public, even though private money would fund the estimated $900,000 cost, a state lawmaker says.
September 18, 2007
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Student seeks charter for Hispanic fraternity at Radford
RADFORD Va. Stung by slurs when he arrived on campus as a freshman, Yanil Escobar is spearheading an effort to have the first Hispanic fraternity chartered at Radford University.
September 17, 2007
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University of Mississippi Fraternity Appeals Suspension
JACKSON Miss. A University of Mississippi fraternity asked school officials Tuesday to lift a one-year suspension that was given after a student said he was assaulted and called a racial slur at a party.
September 17, 2007
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Racial division still among struggles in Little Rock school district
LITTLE ROCK Much like 1957, 2007 has proven to be a highly divisive year for the Little Rock School District but the developments this year pitted a black-majority school board against the district’s black superintendent, rather than a battle over integration.
September 17, 2007
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Nation’s largest school district wins top public education award
NEW YORK The nation’s largest school system has won the country’s top prize in public education that honors an urban district with the greatest student improvement and most success reducing achievement gaps among the poor and minorities.
September 17, 2007
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Columbia student union nixes controversial anti-illegal immigration speaker
NEW YORK Jim Gilchrist, founder of the anti-illegal immigration Minuteman Project who was forced off a Columbia University stage last year, will not be coming back for a return engagement at the school.
September 17, 2007
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Funeral for UM student who fell from tree scheduled for Thursday
JACKSON Miss. Bradley Jameson chose to leave his native Texas for the University of Mississippi because he wanted to attend school “in a community that was all about the college.”
September 17, 2007
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Harkin says bill will ease student loan debt crunch
Sen. Tom Harkin went to Grand View College on Monday to praise a bill aimed at making college more accessible to low-income students and helping graduates with heavy loan debt.
September 17, 2007
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Study shows US College students have inadequate knowledge of American history and institutions
Students at some of the nation’s top universities have a woefully inadequate knowledge of US history and institutions, according to report released today by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI).
September 17, 2007
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