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A day after civil-rights protest, judge denies request to release Jena Six teen

JENA La. A judge on Friday denied a request to release a teenager whose arrest in the beating of a white classmate sparked this week’s civil rights protest in Louisiana.

September 22, 2007

FBI investigating Web site with supposed Jena 6 addresses and phone numbers

NEW ORLEANS The FBI is reviewing a white supremacist Web site that purports to list the addresses of five of the six black teenagers accused of beating a white student in Jena and “essentially called for their lynching,” an agency spokeswoman said Saturday.

September 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Virginia high court to hear disputes over Randolph coed move

RICHMOND Va. The Virginia Supreme Court will hear the appeals of students and alumni challenging the end of 115 years of single-sex education at the former Randolph-Macon Woman’s College.

September 22, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Ohio State gives basketball coach Thad Matta $480,000 raise and adds a year to his contract

COLUMBUS Ohio Ohio State gave men’s basketball coach Thad Matta a raise of almost $500,000, boosting his salary to just under $2.5 million a year, and added a year to his contract to extend it through the 2016 season.

September 22, 2007

Appeals court rules Ohio State must pay O’Brien $2.4 million

COLUMBUS Ohio Ohio State must pay former men’s basketball coach Jim O’Brien more than $2.4 million for his wrongful firing in 2004, an appeals court ordered Thursday.

September 20, 2007

Missouri says it is exceeding school spending requirement

JEFFERSON CITY Mo. State attorneys asserted Thursday that Missouri is far exceeding a constitutional requirement for public school spending as a judge sought to wrap up the lone lingering aspect of a so-far unsuccessful lawsuit by schools.

September 20, 2007

Hergert fights University of Nebraska lawsuit over chicory crop

SCOTTSBLUFF Neb. An attorney for former University of Nebraska Regent Dave Hergert says Hergert shouldn’t be named as a defendant in a University of Nebraska lawsuit over a chicory crop.

September 19, 2007

Protesters Stand Up For Jena 6 and More

Scholars say the cases of the Jena Six, Genarlow Wilson and the Black West Virginia woman who was raped and tortured by White abductors are indicative of a larger problem. In fact, many of the marchers who plan to peacefully protest in Jena today have a sense that there is something much greater at stake — overcoming a legacy of racism and unequal justice, not only in Louisiana, but across the country.

September 19, 2007

Yale loses court case over military recruiters

NEW HAVEN Conn. Yale Law School prepared Wednesday to end its policy of not working with military recruiters after a court ruling this week jeopardized about $300 million in federal funding.

September 18, 2007

How India’s affirmative action law is joining Christians and Muslims

MEDIPALLY, India Every Sunday, women and children gather to pray in a tiny, white-washed church on the edge of this southern Indian village, sitting cross-legged on blue plastic sheets as they sing Christian hymns.

September 18, 2007

Turkey’s PM says ban on headscarf in state universities should be removed

ISTANBUL Turkey A ban on women wearing Islamic headscarves in Turkish universities should be lifted, the country’s prime minister said Wednesday, signaling a significant change in his stance on the contentious issue.

September 18, 2007

Perspectives: Racist Cartoon Art Imitates Life

Last week The Recorder, a non-official student newspaper distributed at Central Connecticut State College, ran an explicitly sexual cartoon about urinating on a 14-year-old Latina being held prisoner that set a new level for campus racism and sexism.

September 18, 2007

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