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Faculty & Staff

Board of Higher Ed gives tentative nod to president pay raises

MINOT N.D. Members of North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education are raising questions about new pay standards that would make the university system’s campus presidents eligible for hefty salary increases. One president compared the changes to being generous with a team’s coach while shortchanging its players.

OSU files response to motorist’s lawsuit against Sutton

STILLWATER Okla. Oklahoma State University has filed a response to a lawsuit by a Perry woman who was injured in a traffic collision last year with former basketball coach Eddie Sutton.

University of Washington in race with transit and economy for stadium renovations

SEATTLE Todd Turner and Husky Stadium are in a race that has nothing to do with which school in the Pac-10 has the nicest football stadium.

Leadership & Policy

Florida A&M names Harris as basketball coach

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Former Florida State basketball star Eugene Harris was introduced Thursday as the head basketball coach at Florida A&M, although details on his contract with the school remain to be finalized.

20-year-old gets life for killing USC basketball player

BATON ROUGE La. The man convicted of killing a University of Southern California basketball player has been formally sentenced to life in prison, the only sentence possible for second-degree murder.

Pulling the scab off an old wound at wrong time

Four years ago, Donovan McNabb got off to a lousy start and Rush Limbaugh said the media propped him up because it was “very desirous” to see black quarterbacks succeed.

West Virginia coach Rodriguez keeping tight rein on Devine

LOUISVILLE Ky. Even after cutting through Maryland’s defense for 136 yards on just five carries last week, don’t expect to see West Virginia freshman Noel Devine taking any playing time away from star Steve Slaton.

Big dollars on the line this season for ACC’s football coaches

RALEIGH N.C. For any of the football coaches in the Atlantic Coast Conference, winning the league title surely would mean a great deal. Financially, it means the most to Maryland’s Ralph Friedgen.

UAPB faces tough nonconference matchup

Arkansas-Pine Bluff might be looking forward to a nonconference matchup and a chance to regroup.

MSU announces team to assess university’s programs for athletes

BOZEMAN Mont. A 16-member team of Montana State University employees, former athletes and community members is scheduled to meet here Thursday night to begin assessment of the school’s programs and policies that relate to student-athletes.

In Brief: Bats Take Over Texas Southern Dorm

More than 200 TSU students evacuated; Black Manhattan Community College players allege racial attack; and ACE reports minority student college participation rate lags.

Federal agents search Creighton coach’s house

OMAHA Neb. Federal immigration officers have raided the home of a Creighton University assistant softball coach.

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