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Evoking Vietnam clash, University of Wisconsin students to protest Halliburton visit

MADISON Wis. The memory of William “Curly” Hendershot is alive and well on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Mormon leader congratulates ‘stone-cold sober’ students at Brigham Young

PROVO Utah It was the ultimate pat on the back for a teetotaling student body: Mormon church leader Gordon B. Hinckley told Brigham Young University students they are “blessed” to attend the No. 1 stone-cold sober school.

Hampton University hosts Jena 6 awareness rally

Hampton, Va. – Several Hampton University student organizations will host a Jena 6 awareness event on Thursday, Sept. 20 at noon in front of the Hampton University Student Center. There will be a moment of silence for the Jena 6, poetry and monologue readings and a petition-singing booth.

State launches online high school

LONDONDERRY N.H. Starting in January, New Hampshire will have an online charter school for high school students.

Illinois State University compromises, students won’t fail for wearing flip-flops

NORMAL Ill. Flip-flops and jeans will no longer mean a failing grade for marketing students at Illinois State University.

North Dakota lawmaker: Be cautious with university presidents’ homes proposals

FARGO N.D. A proposal to build a new home for the North Dakota State University president might not sit well with the public, even though private money would fund the estimated $900,000 cost, a state lawmaker says.

Student seeks charter for Hispanic fraternity at Radford

RADFORD Va. Stung by slurs when he arrived on campus as a freshman, Yanil Escobar is spearheading an effort to have the first Hispanic fraternity chartered at Radford University.

University of Mississippi Fraternity Appeals Suspension

JACKSON Miss. A University of Mississippi fraternity asked school officials Tuesday to lift a one-year suspension that was given after a student said he was assaulted and called a racial slur at a party.

Racial division still among struggles in Little Rock school district

LITTLE ROCK Much like 1957, 2007 has proven to be a highly divisive year for the Little Rock School District but the developments this year pitted a black-majority school board against the district’s black superintendent, rather than a battle over integration.

Nation’s largest school district wins top public education award

NEW YORK The nation’s largest school system has won the country’s top prize in public education that honors an urban district with the greatest student improvement and most success reducing achievement gaps among the poor and minorities.

Columbia student union nixes controversial anti-illegal immigration speaker

NEW YORK Jim Gilchrist, founder of the anti-illegal immigration Minuteman Project who was forced off a Columbia University stage last year, will not be coming back for a return engagement at the school.

Funeral for UM student who fell from tree scheduled for Thursday

JACKSON Miss. Bradley Jameson chose to leave his native Texas for the University of Mississippi because he wanted to attend school “in a community that was all about the college.”

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