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Students

Guillermo: Michelle Obama Delivers Message of Diversity and Hope

If it weren’t for the FBI Director James Comey’s actions, the political highlight of last week would have been Michelle Obama’s speech at Wake Forest University.

October 30, 2016

Opinion

Standing Rock Standoff Just Latest in Pipeline Crises

The struggle at Standing Rock is about the water, the air, the Earth and, in the end, it is about our bodies and their dehumanization by the state and private capital.

October 30, 2016

Students

University of Kentucky Blames Newspaper for Fewer Sex Assault Reports

LEXINGTON, Ky. ― University of Kentucky officials claim that a student newspaper’s stories about alleged sexual harassment by a professor are to blame for a drop in sexual assault reports on campus.University officials said in court filings that the number of sexual assault reports to the university’s Violence Intervention and Prevention Center fell to 38 […]

October 30, 2016

African-American

HBCUs are America’s National Treasures

Many of the historic buildings and sites on HBCU campuses have deteriorated over the years and are at risk of being lost completely if not preserved and protected.

October 25, 2016

Opinion

How Did the Republicans Lose Their Hope and Their Party?

The political posturing and back and forth will come to a screeching halt on Tuesday, November 8.

October 24, 2016

Students

U.S. Policy Makers Urged to Act on Degree Attainment Lag

Although the U.S. was the first nation to offer universal high school to all students, American students have since fallen woefully behind their peers in China, Korea and Canada in math.

October 23, 2016

Opinion

Flirting with Facism, Dancing with Apartheid

The University of Arizona, where I teach, is probably little different than most universities; there’s little support for the GOP nominee here.

October 23, 2016

Sports

Expert: Non-Whites Must Flex Growing Political Muscle Now

Based on longstanding efforts to squelch their voice at the polls, people of color in the U.S. must prepare for the political power they stand to gain through population increase—or risk being ruled by a White minority.

October 23, 2016

Disabilties

Ex-Wichita State University Worker Files Discrimination Suit

WICHITA, Kan. ― A former Wichita State University administrative assistant filed a federal lawsuit accusing the university of discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Vicki Huntoon said in the lawsuit that she was fired from the university because of her generalized anxiety disorder after two doctors diagnosed the disorder and she requested to work […]

October 19, 2016

Students

University of New Mexico Agrees to Reform Sex Assault Response

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. ― The U.S. Justice Department says it has reached an agreement with the University of New Mexico to improve how the school handles and investigates sexual harassment and assault cases. The agreement comes six months after the Justice Department released an investigative report saying the school failed to comply with federal law in […]

October 17, 2016

African-American

Civil Rights Stalwart Jack Greenberg Dies

Jack Greenberg, the last surviving lawyer of the Thurgood Marshall-led team that argued Brown v. Board of Education before the Supreme Court, died Wednesday at age 91.

October 13, 2016

Students

Trump’s Lewd Remarks Concern Campuses Fighting Sex Assault

NEW LONDON, Conn. ― At Connecticut College, as at a growing number of campuses nationwide, students are encouraged to speak up if they hear remarks celebrating or condoning sexual aggression against women. In one training scenario, male students ask a peer if he really means it when he boasts of such conduct. So when news […]

October 12, 2016