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Tuskegee grad finds comedy overcomes adversity
MONTGOMERY Ala. Darryl Moore’s fellow humorists call him the “Meanest Comic in the World.”
June 24, 2007
Sports
Barney says CWS enjoyment comes in short bursts
OMAHA Neb. Oregon State players are finding plenty of ways to pass the time away from Rosenblatt Stadium during their trip to the College World Series.
June 24, 2007
Students
Students speak out against university funding cuts
LANSING Mich. A group of university student government leaders from across Michigan on Monday called on state lawmakers to prevent budget cuts that have led to higher tuition rates.
June 24, 2007
Leadership & Policy
College of Santa Fe’s interim president gets the job fulltime
SANTA FE Stuart Kirk, interim president of the College of Santa Fe since mid-May, will serve as the school’s full-time president.
June 24, 2007
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Leadership & Policy
Israel Outraged by British University Union Boycott Calls
LONDON The clubby staff lounges of British universities and the raucous meeting halls of labor unions have long shared a sympathy for the Palestinian cause that has found expression lately with a series of calls for professional unions to boycott Israel.
June 24, 2007
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UC-Berkeley, Tulane Produce Damning Report on Uganda War Crimes
BERKELEY, Calif. A report released by the University of California, Berkeley, and Tulane University has found that as many as 38,000 children and 37,000 adults have been abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) since 1986. The rebel group has been accused of kidnapping tens of thousands of women and children to serve as soldiers, servants or sex slaves in northern Uganda.
June 24, 2007
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Call Centers Serving U.S. Clients Mostly at Home, Says Study
Contrary to what many people think, most call centers serving U.S. customers – service centers in remote locations that handle telephone and Web-based inquiries – are operated in the United States, not in India or other overseas locations.
June 24, 2007
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Math, science teachers expected in demand
FARGO N.D. Some North Dakota schools have had teaching positions open since March with no applicants, a state licensing official says.
June 24, 2007
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Stolen artifacts returned to Kenya after more than 20 years
MOMBASA Kenya A set of wood carvings revered in Kenya as memorials to the dead and coveted on the international African art market has been returned to an East African village after being stolen more than two decades ago.
June 24, 2007
Students
Security expensive for state-run New Orleans schools
NEW ORLEANS Providing security for state-run schools in New Orleans has been expensive.
June 24, 2007
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UA-Fort Smith establishes police department
FORT SMITH Ark. Growing student enrollment at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has prompted the former community college to add an armed police department.
June 24, 2007
Community Colleges
Many with degrees returning to community colleges
GREENSBORO N.C. Many North Carolinians with degrees are returning to community colleges to further their education, largely the result of majoring in a subject that doesn’t bode well in today’s job market, officials said.
June 24, 2007
Recruitment & Retention
Pa. state universities’ chancellor says she’ll step down in 2008
HARRISBURG Pa. The chief executive of Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities gave notice Monday that she plans to resign more than a year from now.
June 24, 2007
Community Colleges
2 Ark. schools want to switch bonds to cover nursing school costs
LITTLE ROCK Two Arkansas universities want to shift money set aside by a statewide bond issue to help fund improvements to their nursing programs, as enrollment and interest climbs in the field.
June 24, 2007
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Western Kentucky Appoints Inaugural Diversity Officer
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. Western Kentucky University has its first diversity officer.
June 24, 2007
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Health
Young Graduates Worst Off Among the Uninsured
TUCSON, Ariz. Congratulations, Shannon Tighe. You are a University of Arizona graduate. But you have no medical insurance.
June 24, 2007
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Black College Enrollment in South Rate Passes Milestone
RALEIGH, N.C. For the first time ever in the South, Blacks are as well represented on college campuses as they are in the region’s population as a whole something not yet true of the country overall.
June 24, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Mississippi Valley State President Lester Newman Resigns
ITTA BENA, Miss. Dr. Lester C. Newman, the embattled president of Mississippi Valley State University, announced his resignation Friday, effective July 15.
June 24, 2007
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