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Section: Demographics
Disabilties
Translating Disabilities in Foreign Countries
Students with disabilities have long felt that studying abroad was an impossible dreamâŚ
February 7, 2007
African-American
Book of Note: A History of Black Women in the Ivory Tower
In 1850, Lucy Stanton graduated from Oberlin College and made history as the first Black woman to earn a college degreeâŚ
February 7, 2007
Latinx
Minority-Serving Institutions Find New Technology Advocates
When the new U.S. Senate opened for business in January, it didnât take long for minority-serving colleges to find a new sponsor for aâŚ
February 7, 2007
Asian American Pacific Islander
Overshadowed
Ask the average person what comes to mind at the mention of the Black Panther PartyâŚ
February 7, 2007
African-American
Empowering the Black Masses
Up South: Civil Rights and Black Power in Philadelphia joins a growing body of literature on the civil rights and Black power movementsâŚ
February 7, 2007
Students
Perspectives: From âSchool Dazeâ to âStomp the Yard:â Why Black Greeks Must Go
Movies that fail to portray the negative aspects of Black Greek-letter organizations do the public a disservice. More importantly, says Dr. Ricky L. Jones, the organizations themselves need to be held accountable for dangerous hazing, or they must disband.
February 4, 2007
Sports
Got Game
Mary Allison Milfordâs life sounds like that of a typical college athlete. At least, it does on the surface. Three-hour workouts five days a week, long bus rides to weekend games in other states and keeping up with her studies are all part of life for the University of Alabama studentâŚ
January 31, 2007
Sports
The Diversity Lessons the NCAA Can Learn From the NFL
Professional football fans, particularly African-Americans, were instantly ecstatic that for the first time two National Football League teams led by Black coaches will be facing each other in the nationâs most popular annual sporting event. The event shows how far the NFL has come with respect to diversity among head coaches, and how far collegiate sports still lags behind.
January 31, 2007
Students
Scholars Weigh in On College Parties That Mock Black Stereotypes
From Connecticut to Colorado, âgangstaâ theme parties thrown by whites are drawing the ire of college officials and heated complaints from Black and White students who say the antics conjure the worst racial stereotypes.
January 31, 2007
Students
Clemson University Probes Racist Party
CLEMSON, S.C. â Clemson University President James Barker on Tuesday decried a party where White students mocked Black stereotypes by drinking malt liquor and at least one student dressed in black face.
January 30, 2007
Sports
North Dakota Looking For Opponents Whoâll Play Despite Nickname
GRAND FORKS, N.D. In trying to schedule games with NCAA Division I opponents, the University of North Dakota is finding resistance to its Fighting Sioux nickname.
January 30, 2007
African-American
Perspectives: âGet Overâ Slavery Comment Helps Apology Cause
When Virginia state legislator Frank D. Hargrove said Blacks âshould get overâ slavery, he unwittingly gave new life to the movement for an official apology to African-Americans for slavery.
January 28, 2007
Students
Message To College Papers: Leave Racial Satire Alone
Recent parodies of Blacks and Asians in college newspapers in the name of satire have been met with condemnation, including journalism scholars who say free-thinking future journalists need to âgrow up and put on their thinking caps.â
January 28, 2007
Students
MLK Day Party With Malt Liquor, Faux Gang Apparel Causes Uproar on Texas Campus
STEPHENVILLE, Texas Known for its award-winning rodeo teams, Tarleton State University is a usually quiet campus nestled in the stateâs biggest dairy community. But that wasnât the case Thursday, a day after more than 400 people attended a campus meeting to discuss a Martin Luther King Jr. party last week that many here found racially offensive.
January 25, 2007
Students
âStomp the Yardâ A Success in the Box Office, But Drawing Criticism on Campus
âStomp the Yard,â the No. 1 box office film for two weekends running, may be popular among the general public, but raises concerns among active Black Greeks.
January 25, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Ethnic Fraud?
For American Indian scholars, securing a job in higher education can sometimes be as simple as checking a boxâŚ
January 24, 2007
African-American
Airmen Outrage
Airmen Outrage I do not know what to make of the recent uproar over the outstanding record of the Tuskegee Airmen (see âHistorians Question Record of Tuskegee Airmen,â Jan. 11). So what if there may be evidence that they lost a plane or two? Abraham Lincoln did not free the slaves; George Washington did not [âŚ]
January 24, 2007
African-American
Books of Note
Check out the âessential reading listâ for students during Black History Month, put together by Dr. Karla HollowayâŚ
January 24, 2007
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