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S.C. State and Clemson U. Play Historic Football Game
When the final whistle blew, the scoreboard in Death Valley read Clemson 54, South Carolina State 0, but on this Saturday in late September, there was more than a football game being played.
September 29, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Report: Kentucky Schools Need to Help Minorities
The state has made strides in increasing access to higher education for minorities, but major work still needs to be done, according to a report commissioned by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education.
September 29, 2008
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Alaska Natives Question Palin’s Support
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin routinely notes her husband’s Yup’ik Eskimo roots. But those connections haven’t erased doubts about the Republican vice presidential candidate in a community long slighted by the White settlers who flocked to Alaska and dominate its government.
September 29, 2008
HBCUs
Perspectives: Race Not Far From the Surface as Obama Articulates a Message of Transformation.
The recent victory by Barack Obama in the Democratic primary and securing the nomination of his party was supposedly a signal to that party and the nation as a whole that race was a less significant factor in America. That assessment may be premature.
September 29, 2008
Leadership & Policy
SD College to Harness Wind for Power
Sisseton Wahpeton Community College plans to erect two wind turbines to generate power, a move that will make the campus more environmentally friendly and cut electrical costs.
September 29, 2008
Native Americans
UC Riverside Hosting Indian Conference
Health issues, language preservation and improving archaeology practices in California will highlight the 23rd annual California Indian Conference on Friday, Oct. 3, and Saturday, Oct. 4, at the UC Riverside Palm Desert Graduate Center, university organizers announced.
September 29, 2008
Native Americans
UA Navajo Roommate Case Ends in Guilty Verdict
A young woman accused of stabbing her roommate to death in their University of Arizona dorm room could be sentenced to life in prison after being convicted Sept. 19 of first-degree murder.
September 29, 2008
Native American Channel
Native Americans
Book Details Seminole’s Gaming Experience
Gaming wealth has brought unimaginable wealth and altered the lifestyles of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, often considered among the most traditional of American Indians, an anthropologist writes in a new book.
September 29, 2008
Native Americans
17 Tribal Colleges Win Grants
Seventeen tribal colleges have been awarded $4 million through the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development Tribal College Grant program to buy equipment, build or renovate classrooms, make repairs and finance improvements.
September 29, 2008
Native Americans
UCSD Plans Native American Day Celebration
The 2008 California Native American Day Celebration is being held at the University of California at San Diego, UCSD announced.
September 29, 2008
Community Colleges
Alabama Board Bars Undocumented Students from Community Colleges
The state board of education passed a new policy denying undocumented students admission to Alabama’s two-year colleges on Thursday, despite one board member’s calls to delay it for more discussion and four of the nine members being absent.
September 28, 2008
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Native Americans
Study Looks at Tribal Health
A medical study led by a University of Oklahoma health researcher shows that American Indians have more strokes and a higher fatality rate from their first stroke when compared to Whites and Blacks.
September 28, 2008
Native Americans
‘Indecent’ Dress, Lewd Conduct Banned at JSU
Jackson State University students are expected to behave and dress in a manner that represents the university in a positive way.
September 28, 2008
Native Americans
Ellis Island Adding Histories of Indians, Slaves
Ellis Island is expanding its story of U.S. immigration history, including for the first time Native Americans and African slaves and adding modern arrivals.
September 28, 2008
Opinion
An Inspiration For Us All
A few weeks ago, I was talking with a good friend of mine about the acceptance speech that Barack Obama delivered in Denver. We both watched the speech at different locations and commented on how Obama’s was so inspiring, emotive, sincere and downright “on the money in his message!   I am a generation X […]
September 25, 2008
Leadership & Policy
New Study: Men’s Football, Basketball Programs Limit Other Men’s Sports, Not Title IX
Another men’s college wrestling program is discontinued and familiar accusations fly: it’s the fault of Title IX and money being spent on women’s sports. Time and again critics point to Title IX as the reason for cuts in men’s sports.
September 25, 2008
Leadership & Policy
Iowa College Apologizes for Offensive Typo
The president of an Iowa college says he’s sorry about an unfortunate and offensive typo in a school handbook.
September 25, 2008
Students
Obama Effigy Found Hanging From Ore. Campus Tree
Officials of a small Christian university say a life-size cardboard reproduction of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was hung from a tree on the campus, an act that outraged students and school leaders alike.
September 25, 2008
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