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ARDMORE Okla. Oklahoma’s women’s basketball program has completed a fundraising campaign to endow all 15 of its scholarships, OU athletic director Joe Castiglione said Wednesday.
June 26, 2007
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Federal agencies investigate bioweapons exposure at Texas A&M
AUSTIN Federal authorities are investigating the cases of four Texas A&M University researchers who tested positive for exposure to bioweapons agents last year and the school’s delay in reporting the incidents.
June 26, 2007
Sports
2 South Carolina track stars sprint to pros
COLUMBIA S.C. Shalonda Solomon and Natasha Hastings joined South Carolina together and helped each other rise to national champions. So it seemed fitting, three years later, that the two would start their pro careers in tandem.
June 26, 2007
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Gannon, Mercyhurst, make PSAC expansion official
ERIE Pa. Gannon and Mercyhurst formally accepted offers to join the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference on Wednesday, the first expansion in the conference’s 56-year history.
June 26, 2007
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Attorney: LSU has paid settlement money
BATON ROUGE La. LSU has paid former women’s basketball coach Pokey Chatman the $160,000 owed her as a result of a recent contract settlement following her resignation.
June 26, 2007
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US Supreme Court expected to rule on Seattle school racial case
SEATTLE The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue its decision Thursday on the school racial balancing case from Seattle.
June 26, 2007
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ISU panel recommends ‘life skills assistant’ for football team
AMES Iowa A faculty committee has recommended that Iowa State University create a position to offer football players counseling or religious guidance.
June 26, 2007
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NMSU engineers turn to hummingbird for design inspiration
LAS CRUCES N.M. Engineers at New Mexico State University have turned to the hummingbird for inspiration in designing micro air vehicles used in surveillance and tactical reconnaisance.
June 26, 2007
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Light enthusiasts descend on MSU campus to talk optical wonders
BOZEMAN Mont. Scientists from around the world have gathered in southern Montana this week to talk rainbows, halos and glories.
June 26, 2007
Health
UMC’s Jones to serve as president of American Heart Association
JACKSON Miss. Dr. Daniel W. Jones, vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, will take over as president of the American Heart Association on July 1.
June 26, 2007
Faculty & Staff
Biology professor named interim provost at USM
HATTIESBURG Miss. Longtime biology professor Bobby L. Middlebrooks will become interim provost of the University of Southern Mississippi on Aug. 1, USM President Martha D. Saunders announced Wednesday.
June 26, 2007
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Crist drops differential tuition bill veto threat
TALLAHASSEE Fla. State university presidents Wednesday persuaded Gov. Charlie Crist to drop his threatened veto of a bill that would allow three state schools to charge higher tuition than others.
June 26, 2007
Students
Student software finalists get face time with Bill Gates
REDMOND Wash. When Microsoft Corp.’s worldwide student software programming competition began four years ago, many projects that emerged were “fun,” according to Craig Mundie, the company’s chief research and strategy officer.
June 26, 2007
Sports
NCAA to review text messaging legislation
INDIANAPOLIS The NCAA will reconsider three rules, including one that bans coaches from sending text messages to recruits, at its Aug. 9 board of directors meeting.
June 26, 2007
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Sleet to become first black chief judge of Del. federal court
WILMINGTON Del. For Gregory M. Sleet, becoming chief judge of Delaware’s federal court is the latest in a career full of milestones.
June 26, 2007
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Pittsburgh Blacks Among Nation’s Poorest, Most Segregated, says University of Pittsburgh Report
PITTSBURGH The city’s black population is one of the poorest in the nation and black men here are nearly twice as likely as white men to be unemployed, according to an in-depth report released Tuesday by the University of Pittsburgh.
June 26, 2007
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African American FAU student ends round-the-world solo trip, claims world records
OPA-LOCKA Fla. A 23-year-old pilot landed his single-engine plane as onlookers cheered Wednesday, becoming what he says is the youngest person to fly solo around the world.
June 26, 2007
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Trainers warn of risks to athletes with sickle cell trait
COLUMBIA Mo. The growing number of exercise-induced deaths among athletes with sickle cell trait can be curtailed with proper treatment and greater awareness among team doctors and athletic trainers, a national medical group said in a report released Wednesday.
June 26, 2007
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