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Criminal Justice Students Experience House Arrest

A classroom debate over just how tough house arrest is has prompted a criminal justice professor at a central Illinois college to come up with what is a punishing assignment.

Leaders in HBCU Community Have Long Debated Institutional Role of Student-Athlete

Following Jesse Owens’ spectacular record-breaking four-gold-medal performance at the 1936 Olympics and Joe Louis’s capture of the heavyweight boxing title in 1937, a number of African-American coaches and journalists argued that African-American colleges should increase their financial support of athletics in hopes of producing more athletes who demonstrated the ability of the race.

Longtime football coach and athletic director Marino Casem, flanked by former players Walter Payton (left) and Gary Johnson, says “the better well-rounded individual is a well-rounded athlete.”

Rutgers Moves to Address Coaching Scandal Fallout

Rutgers University took steps Thursday to publicly address the fallout from the scandal over its men’s basketball coach, announcing an expected independent review and hiring a respected former state attorney general as the new top lawyer for the school.

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Blind Illinois State Professor Teaches Chemistry

Cary Supalo, who lost his sight at age 7 as the result of a rare genetic condition called FEVR, says he believes “in a can-do attitude.”

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Special Report: Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars 2013

Diverse honors the memory of Arthur Ashe Jr. by recognizing the achievements of student-athletes who are charge ahead with academics and athletics.

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Rejection Can Be a Good Thing in the Long Run

One of the recurring stories heard this time year is about the disappointment someone feels because he or she did not get into the college of choice. All is not lost.

Asking Tough Questions: College and LGBT Applicant Identification

This year, however, students may find a new topic area not only on their questionnaires, but also on their initial applications: sexual orientation.

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NCAA Tournament Important to Recruiting — But Not Likely to Rutgers

Anyone want to go to a school that now has a history of homophobia as well as physical abuse of students? Oh, and besides that, the team doesn’t win basketball games.

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Rutgers Commissioning Review of Basketball Scandal

Rutgers University announced Monday that it’s commissioning an independent review of the conduct of fired basketball coach Mike Rice and the way the university handled the situation when it learned that he was kicking and shoving players and berating them with gay slurs in practice.

Whistleblower Sues Rutgers in Abusive Coach Case

A former Rutgers University employee who made public the video that led to the basketball coach’s dismissal and athletic director’s resignation has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the university.

Asking Tough Questions: College and LGBT Applicant Identification

This year, however, students may find a new topic area not only on their questionnaires, but also on their initial applications: sexual orientation.

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More Rutgers Faculty Seek Firings of Administrators in Coach Case

The call from faculty members to oust top Rutgers University administrators grew louder Thursday, a day after men’s basketball coach Mike Rice was fired for mistreating players.

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