Associated PressNews RoundupHip-hop Evolution Topic of College LectureRICHMOND, Va. — The University of Richmond will host a lecture and panel discussion examining hip-hop as a social, political and artistic movement. “Sampling Black History: Examining the Evolution of Hip Hop in America” will be held on Feb. 19, 7-9:30 p.m., in the Robins School of Business, Ukrop Auditorium. Panelists are hip-hop producer Hank […]February 8, 2018News RoundupState Acts to Remove Gun Ban from Campus Public SpacesJACKSON, Ms. — It’s guns versus college football in a dispute over where certain Mississippi residents can carry firearms. At issue is House Bill 1083, which would void rules limiting where some people are allowed to carry guns on public property. House Judiciary A Committee Chairman Andy Gipson, the bill’s sponsor, says all it does […]February 8, 2018News RoundupSecret ‘Pig Roast’ Fat-Shaming Sex Contest: Frat in TroubleITHACA, N.Y. — A Cornell University fraternity chapter that held a sex contest that members dubbed “the Pig Roast” in reference to the weight of the women they slept with has been placed on probation for two years. The university said officials launched an investigation of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity last year after reports […]February 8, 2018News RoundupAcademics Alarmed as Libraries Purge Print BooksINDIANA, Pa. – A library without books? Not quite, but as students abandon the stacks in favor of online reference material, university libraries are unloading millions of unread volumes in a nationwide purge that has some print-loving scholars deeply unsettled. Libraries are putting books in storage, contracting with resellers or simply recycling them. An increasing […]February 7, 2018News RoundupStudents Find Body Floating Near CampusBATON ROUGE, La. — A body has been found along the Mississippi River near a college campus in Louisiana. The Advocate of Baton Rouge reports the body was discovered Tuesday afternoon by Louisiana State University students on a field trip near Southern University. The body was found in a pool of water blocked off from […]February 7, 2018News RoundupState Moves to Restrict Student Info SharingRICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation aimed at limiting the distribution of university students’ contact information. The legislation came after a progressive political group used public records requests to get the cellphone numbers of students as part of a get-out-the-vote effort in last year’s election. NextGen Virginia obtained cellphone information […]February 7, 2018News RoundupArizona School Gets Big Grant to Study Mine Safety TrainingThe University of Arizona’s public health college and its mineral resources institute will use a $1.6-million grant to help improve mine safety training. The federal grant, announced Monday, will be used to develop new training methods for mine workers that include computer games. The games will be designed to simulate a real-life mining environment, allowing […]February 6, 2018News RoundupCampus Police Investigating Illegible GraffitiURBANA, Il. — Police are investigating at the University of Illinois after illegible graffiti was spray-painted on several campus buildings. Police are seeking help finding those responsible. Public information officer Pat Wade said the Illini Union, Student Services Arcade Building, Undergraduate Library and Grainger Library were tagged over the weekend. Wade said police can’t identify […]February 6, 2018News RoundupOprah Picks Iowa Grad’s New Tome for Book ClubIOWA CITY – Tayari Jones, a University of Iowa graduate, received a literary blessing Tuesday: her latest book, “An American Marriage,” was chosen by Oprah Winfrey as her latest book club selection. Winfrey announced her selection of Jones’ latest book for the Oprah Book Club in a video posted on her Facebook and Twitter pages […]February 6, 2018News RoundupSelfie with Severed Heads: Prof, Dental Students ChidedGraduate dental school students and a top University of Connecticut orthodontics professor took a selfie with two severed heads used for medical research at a training workshop at Yale University last year – an episode Yale officials called “disturbing” and “inexcusable”. The selfie was taken in June at the Yale School of Medicine during the […]February 5, 2018Previous PagePage 35 of 569Next Page