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Naval Academy Graphic Novel to Aid Recruiting
The Naval Academy released a graphic novel Thursday to attract minority students and applicants from areas that don’t send many students to the college, using sharp drawings, tales of saving the world and sound-effect words such as “FZZZZZZZ” and “FZAAAAAAT.”
May 10, 2009
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‘Class of Katrina’ Graduating, 4 Years After Storm
In the months after Hurricane Katrina swamped the University of New Orleans campus in August 2005, the basketball team had to practice across the state line in Texas and played its entire season on the road, winning just three games.
May 6, 2009
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AKAs Seeks End of ‘Old South’ Days at ‘Bama
Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority are asking the University of Alabama to end the annual “Old South” celebration staged by a White fraternity.
April 30, 2009
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Affording Others the Full Law School Experience
When Anthony Welters attended law school, he spent so many hours at his off-campus jobs that he never truly felt connected to the campus community.
April 29, 2009
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Course Watch: Healthy and Eco-friendly Living
Along the same lines as first lady Michelle Obama’s efforts to plant a White House vegetable garden to promote healthy eating and eco-friendly living, Alfred University (N.Y.) offered a course this semester titled “Eating Locally, Thinking Globally.”
April 29, 2009
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3 Va. Men Hurt in Shooting at Hampton University
A former Hampton University student armed with three guns followed a pizza delivery man into the student’s former dorm early Sunday, shot the delivery man and a dorm monitor, then turned the gun on himself, university officials said.
April 26, 2009
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Civil Rights Pioneer: Education and Service Key to Ending Discrimination, Injustice
The arc of Cleveland Sellers Jr.’s life has taken him from rural South Carolina to the Ivy League, where he earned a master’s at Harvard University, through the civil rights movement into the first-ever campus shooting in the United States, to exile in Greensboro, N.C., and academia in Columbia then back home to the place where it all started — Denmark, S.C.
April 20, 2009
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Asian American Lawmakers in California Charge UC Admission Change Harmful to Asians
As it prepares to turn answer to a California legislative panel, the University of California is defending changes in its new admissions policy that the school says will broaden the eligibility pool for applicants.
April 19, 2009
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SAT-optional Will Trend Take Off or Sputter?
If you’re one of those students afraid standardized test scores don’t paint the full picture of your potential, your options are growing.
April 19, 2009
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University of Texas Students Rally Against Campus Gun Bills
On the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech shooting rampage, about 300 University of Texas students marched to the state Capitol to protest bills that would allow concealed firearms on Texas college campuses.
April 16, 2009
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In Memoriam: Dr. John Hope Franklin (1915-2009)
Warm, generous, compassionate, a giant among American historians,” is how one University of Chicago colleague of Dr. John Hope Franklin remembers him.
April 15, 2009
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Expanding the Conversation
Hispanic law reviews provide an outlet to address Latino issues overlooked by other law reviews.
April 15, 2009
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No Degree, but ASU Names Scholarship for Obama
Stung by criticism of its decision not to award President Barack Obama an honorary degree when he makes a commencement address next month, Arizona State University announced Saturday it will rename a scholarship program for the president.
April 12, 2009
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University of Central Arkansas Cancels Step Show Over Hazing
The University of Central Arkansas has canceled an annual step-dancing show that draws thousands from across the country amid allegations of hazing at the fraternity that organizes the event.
April 9, 2009
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University of New Hampshire Makes Progress in Increasing Diversity
After more than a decade spent recruiting and building a support base for minority students, the University of New Hampshire remains a very White school in a very White state.
April 8, 2009
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College Officials Strategizing to Ensure Fall Enrollment in Tough Economy
With the economy in a slump, admissions officials scramble to ensure admitted students actually enroll in the fall.
April 7, 2009
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Haddon Selected as University of Maryland Law School Dean, Marking First for an African-American
University of Maryland officials last week announced the appointment of Phoebe A. Haddon as dean of the University of Maryland School of Law, effective July 1, 2009. Haddon, who will be the ninth dean and the second woman in the position, will be the first African-American to serve as the dean of the University of Maryland system’s only law school.
April 5, 2009
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Lapchick on a Mission: Focusing on the Student in Student-Athlete
As the best of men’s college basketball converge in Detroit this weekend for the Final Four and the women’s game faces its National Championship test in St. Louis, it’s appropriate to take a moment and remember that these incredible players are students.
April 2, 2009
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