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Arkansas State U Drops Indian Nickname

JONESBORO Ark. Now that it is dropping the nickname Indians, Arkansas State is free from some NCAA restrictions.

October 29, 2007

University of Illinois Allows Chief Illiniwek Images in Homecoming Parade

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. Chief Illiniwek may be gone, but images depicting the controversial University of Illinois mascot will stick around at least during homecoming.

October 28, 2007

Duquesne Basketball Shooter Gets Up to 40 Years

PITTSBURGH The gunman who wounded five Duquesne University basketball players after a school dance last year pleaded guilty Friday and will spend up to 40 years in prison.

October 25, 2007

University of North Dakota Needs Tribal Approval to Keep Sioux Nickname

GRAND FORKS, N.D. The state Board of Higher Education settled a lawsuit with the NCAA over the University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux nickname, giving the school three years to get tribal approval to keep it.

October 25, 2007

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Division II Chowan moving to Historically Black CIAA

MURFREESBORO, N.C. When tiny Chowan University moved up to Division II a few years ago, it knew it needed the stability that comes with joining a conference.

October 25, 2007

Report: Judge Was in 1960s Student Group With Cartoon Mascot

GRAND FORKS, N.D. The judge hearing arguments in a lawsuit over the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname belonged to a student group in the 1960s whose members wore a cartoon American Indian mascot on their jackets, The Forum reports in a copyright story.

October 23, 2007

Textbook Probe at Alabama Includes All Athletes

TUSCALOOSA Ala. The University of Alabama is investigating the distribution of textbooks to athletes on scholarship in all sports after five football players were suspended for violating rules covering free books for course work.

October 23, 2007

Man Pleads Guilty For Firing at Duquesne Basketball Players

PITTSBURGH One of two men accused of shooting at five Duquesne University basketball players after a school dance last year pleaded guilty and was sentenced to seven to 14 years in prison.

October 23, 2007

CU Sees Rise In Reports Of Staph Infections

BOULDER Colo. The University of Colorado is pulling some equipment from the recreation center following a rise in staph infections among students.

October 23, 2007

Fired Univ. of Louisiana Coach Wins $2 million Judgment in Discrimination case

LAFAYETTE La. The first black head football coach at any major Louisiana university has won a $2 million judgment in a law-suit claiming that the University of Louisiana at Lafayette fired him because of his race, not because his teams lost 80 percent of their games.

October 23, 2007

Just the Stats: HBCU Football Student-Athlete Graduation Rates

Diverse continues its analysis of student-athlete graduation rates, this time focusing on Division I and II football programs at historically Black colleges and universities.

October 17, 2007

HBCU Football Teams Get a Shot at Big Paydays, National Exposure

The common sports phrase “there’s no such thing as a gimme” was never more appropriate than at the beginning of the 2007 college football season.

October 16, 2007

HBCU Football Teams Get a Shot at Big Paydays, National Exposure

The common sports phrase “there’s no such thing as a gimme” was never more appropriate than at the beginning of the 2007 college football season.

October 16, 2007

New Coaches, Pressures Transforming Big 12 Women’s Basketball

KANSAS CITY, Mo. The dean of Big 12 Conference women’s basketball coaches senses big changes coming into his profession.

October 16, 2007

Bad Reception the Least of Sampson’s Phone Problems at Indiana University

Kelvin Sampson has phone trouble. He puts it down due to lousy reception, but by the time NCAA investigators are finished poring over his bill, a weak signal could turn out to be the least of his problems.

October 16, 2007

Indiana University Punishing Basketball Coach Over Improper Recruiting Calls

INDIANAPOLIS Indiana coach Kelvin Sampson will not receive a $500,000 raise and his team will lose one scholarship for next season after violating NCAA-imposed sanctions on phone calls, the school announced Sunday.

October 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Summit: Faculty Challenged to Get Off Athletic Sidelines and Get Involved

Washington, D.C. In response to the recently released Knight Foundation survey showing that higher education faculty care little about college athletics, a group of nationally recognized experts meeting here urged them to rethink their attitudes and lack of involvement.

October 14, 2007

Finally, Shootings Becoming a Distant Memory at Duquesne

PITTSBURGH Duquesne University’s basketball team took the court Friday night without hearing the two words that have dominated any discussion about the Dukes for 13 months.

October 14, 2007