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University of Florida Point Guard Sarah Lowe Named 2006 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar of the Year by Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 17, 2006 Contact: Ralph Newell, (703) 385-2981, ext. 3013Hilary Hurd Anyaso, (703) 385-2981, ext. 3044 FAIRFAX, VA. — Diverse: Issues In Higher Education magazine has chosen Sarah Lowe, a 5’7” point guard from the University of Florida women’s basketball team, as its female Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar of the Year.             […]
March 16, 2006
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Sports
Universities Looking at Ways to Curb the ‘Sophomore Slump’
Universities are looking at ways to curb the “sophomore slump”…
March 14, 2006
Sports
Central Michigan and Reebok Team Up to Design Athletic Apparel
Rather than rushing out and buying the latest athletic gear, students at Central Michigan University are helping design it. Reebok, one of the leading athletic apparel companies in the world…
March 8, 2006
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Sports
Literary License or Libel?
Officials at Texas A&M-Commerce University want Walt Disney Co. and the makers of the film “Glory Road” to apologize for inaccurately linking…
March 8, 2006
Sports
Fight Song for New Hampshire Hockey Team
“Black Betty,” a rock song used to rally fans at University of New Hampshire hockey games for about a decade, is no more…
March 8, 2006
Students
Duke University Toughens its Drug Testing
Duke University has strengthened its policy for student-athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, school officials announced recently…
March 8, 2006
Sports
Former Kansas Community College Coach
A former community college basketball coach is the latest to be sentenced in a wide-ranging criminal investigation that has already snared eight coaches and led to the…
March 8, 2006
Sports
Colorado College Professor’s Olympic Medals Prediction 93 Percent Accurate
An economics professor’s Olympic medals predictions have once again scored high marks for accuracy — even though his formula doesn’t consider individual athletes’ abilities…
March 7, 2006
Students
NCAA Hits 99 Sports Teams With Academic Penalties
Ninety-nine teams at 65 schools produced failing marks under the NCAA’s new academic measurements and could begin losing scholarships next fall…
March 2, 2006
Sports
Several Dozen Protest Ladies Basketball Coach at Penn State Game
About three-dozen people chose the final home game for Pennsylvania State University’s Lady Lions basketball team as the venue for a protest against…
February 28, 2006
Sports
NCAA: Mississippi College Can Keep Choctaws Nickname
The NCAA has ruled that Mississippi College will be allowed to keep its Choctaws nickname without fear of penalty because a local tribe has endorsed its use…
February 22, 2006
Leadership & Policy
Panel Discusses Exploitation, Academic
When a professional sports team loses a player in the middle of the season, it’s almost always because the player…
February 22, 2006
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Sports
Iraq War Veteran Preparing to Resume
While many other star high school athletes set their sights on college football, Timmy Bailey signed with a different recruiter…
February 22, 2006
Students
Celebration or Placebo?
“I hate Black History Month.” Such reads the title of a 2001 essay posted on…
February 22, 2006
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Students
Grants & Awards
Brandeis University (Mass.) received a $25 million donation from Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro for a new 175,000-square-foot science center. The $154 million facility will be named the Carl J. Shapiro Science Center. The donation matches the largest in school history, also given by the Shapiro family for the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Campus Center. […]
February 22, 2006
Leadership & Policy
Historically Black Allen University Drops Football Program
Allen University has dropped its football program because the small, historically Black college can’t afford the $1.4 million annual price tag, school officials say…
February 21, 2006
Sports
Fight Song for UNH Hockey Team Banned as Potentially Racist
“Black Betty,” a rock song used to rally fans at University of New Hampshire hockey games for about a decade, is no more…
February 13, 2006
Sports
Duke University Toughens its Drug Testing Policy for Student-Athletes
Duke University has strengthened its policy for student-athletes who test positive for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs, school officials announced recently…
February 12, 2006
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