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Reflecting on a Season of Winners and Losers

Reflecting on a Season of Winners and LosersBlack athletes, both college and professional, often get a bad rap for their unseemly conduct outside of the arena or stadium. While they may gain praise for a slam dunk, a mean pitch or a winning time in the 100-meter dash, in many cases — and sometimes justifiably […]

April 25, 2001

Mississippi College Board Votes to Support New Flag Design

Mississippi College Board Votes to Support New Flag DesignJACKSON, Miss.The state College Board has added its weight to groups pushing to retire the current Mississippi flag in favor of a new design, saying failure to act could hurt the economy and cost future NCAA postseason tournaments. “It is a virtual certainty we would lose these […]

April 11, 2001

National Student-Athlete Day Gives Top Billing to Academic Achievement

National Student-Athlete Day Gives Top Billing to Academic AchievementORLANDO, Fla.Just as March Madness draws to a close, student athletes will again be the center of national attention, this time for their academic and civic achievement. On April 6, campuses around the country will observe National Student-Athlete Day for the 14th consecutive year. Some in college […]

March 28, 2001

A Mission Critical Task: Training African Americans for Institutional Advancement Leadership

A Mission Critical Task: Training African Americans for Institutional Advancement Leadership One day while resting after my exercise workout, I noticed youngsters around the ages of 5 to 7 carrying tennis rackets as big as their little bodies. Accompanying these children were their parents who appeared to be devoted to their children’s achievements related to the […]

March 28, 2001

Leadership & Policy

North Dakota School Divided Over ‘Fighting Sioux’ Nickname

North Dakota School Divided Over ‘Fighting Sioux’ NicknameGRAND FORKS, N.D. The University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname is dividing the campus in a dispute involving administrators, students, American Indians and a major contributor for an $85 million hockey arena. Opponents say the nickname demeans American Indians, and they contend it undermines the university’s efforts […]

March 28, 2001

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Getting Paid, but Paying The Price

Getting Paid, but Paying The Price Playing guarantee games can be a bittersweet experience for Black college teams competing in NCAA Division I men’s basketball.These games are a godsend to smaller Division I schools looking for an avenue to fatten their athletic budgets. College basketball titans such as North Carolina, Stanford and a growing number […]

February 28, 2001

Collegiate Athletic Organization Says Future Events in Mississippi Are On the Line With Flag Vote

Collegiate Athletic Organization Says Future Events in Mississippi Are On the Line With Flag VoteJACKSON, Miss. Members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association say they may move regional events from Mississippi if voters do not choose a new flag April 17. The NCAA is considering requests not to schedule postseason competition in states that fly […]

February 14, 2001

Faculty & Staff

Other Types of Campus Crimes

Other Types of Campus CrimesIt is often said that our campuses reflect the society from which the students come and that, given some of the communities where our campuses are located, it is unrealistic to presume that they can be immune from crime. Indeed, when crime erupts on our campuses we usually react with, “How […]

February 14, 2001

Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs

Paige Pledges Support for College Access ProgramsBy Charles DervaricsDr. Roderick Paige, Bush’s choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs “are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.”Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a leading Black lawmaker, […]

January 31, 2001

Paige Pledges Support for College Access Programs

Paige Pledges Support for College Access ProgramsBy Charles DervaricsDr. Roderick Paige, Bush’s choice for Education Secretary, has pledged support for GEAR UP, TRIO and other college access programs for the disadvantaged, saying, these programs “are imperative in closing the national achievement gap between disadvantaged students and their peers.”Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa., a leading Black lawmaker, […]

January 31, 2001

Professional Appintments

Professional AppintmentsJimmy Arrington has been appointed assistant vice president of enrollment management at Delaware State University. Previously Arrington was director of admissions at Kentucky State University. He earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in education, focusing on student personnel services, guidance and counseling, from Tuskegee University. Herman R. Frazier has been […]

January 17, 2001

Educators Praise Paige’s Record on Behalf of Urban Schools

Educators Praise Paige’s Record on Behalf of Urban SchoolsWashingtonPresident-elect George W. Bush nominated earlier this month Houston School Superintendent Roderick R. Paige to be education secretary.The choice of Paige, 67, who will be the first African American education secretary if confirmed, drew support from educators and specialists who have watched him raise test scores and […]

January 17, 2001

Women’s Basketball Coach Fired, Accused Of Discriminating Against Black Players

Women’s Basketball Coach Fired, Accused Of Discriminating Against Black Players Tampa, Fla.University of South Florida’s women’s basketball coach Jerry Ann Winters was fired last month. Winters was accused of mistreating and segregating Black players. The university upheld a finding there was “reasonable cause to believe” a player was dismissed from the team in retaliation for […]

January 3, 2001

NCAA Study Shows Graduation Rates Increasing for Black Student-Athletes

NCAA Study Shows Graduation Rates Increasing for Black Student-AthletesIndianapolisThe National Collegiate Athletic Association in its annual graduation rate survey released last month, reported that overall graduation rates for Division I student-athletes who entered college in 1993 remained steady, continuing a trend established after higher initial-eligibility standards became effective for entering freshmen in 1986.Their study also […]

December 6, 2000

Lawyer Says He’ll Take Ole Miss Confederate Flag Ban to Supreme Court

Lawyer Says He’ll Take Ole Miss Confederate Flag Ban to Supreme CourtJACKSON, Miss. A lawyer for a White supremacist group says he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw the University of Mississippi’s ban on Confederate flags at athletic events. Nationalist Movement lawyer Richard Barrett says the prohibition violates his First Amendment right to […]

November 8, 2000

Virtual University Getting A Piece of Athletic Action

Virtual University Getting A Piece of Athletic ActionFRANKFORT, Ky. Kentucky Virtual University, the state’s electronic portal to a higher education without lecture halls, dorms or bad cafeteria food, has a sports franchise. There are already T-shirts from the KVU Athletic Department, and there will be a logo after its selection by an online poll of […]

October 25, 2000

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women’s Basketball Team

Second Lawsuit Alleges Disparate Treatment of Black Women on University of South Florida Women’s Basketball TeamTAMPA, Fla. A second former player has filed a federal lawsuit claiming racism by the University of South Florida women’s basketball coach. Avia Lee, 23, claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court last month that she was dismissed […]

October 25, 2000

First Major Football Webcast May Lead to Revenue Boon

First Major Football Webcast May Lead to Revenue BoonLINCOLN, Neb.I t wasn’t hard to predict the outcome of the Sept. 2 football game between the University of Nebraska’s top-ranked team and unranked San Jose State.But the folks at FOXSports.com were predicting their own victory — that their live Webcast of the NCAA Division I-A match […]

October 11, 2000