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Students

Anti-hazing Programs Focusing on Younger Students

Today, efforts to combat hazing have been challenged by a proliferation of social media sites boasting negative messages about racial and ethnic groups and gender-specific groups.

December 5, 2016

Native Americans

North Dakota Pipeline Protesters Vow to Stay Despite Victory

CANNON BALL, N.D. — Protesters celebrated a major victory in their push to reroute the Dakota Access oil pipeline away from a tribal water source but pledged to remain camped on federal land in North Dakota anyway, despite Monday’s government deadline to leave. Hundreds of people at the Oceti Sakowin, or Seven Council Fires, […]

December 5, 2016

Students

University of South Carolina Fraternity Violations at 5-year High

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Fraternities on the University of South Carolina’s flagship campus are setting records for misconduct this fall despite earlier warnings about bad behavior. The student societies on the Columbia campus racked up 22 misconduct violations this fall, the most in any semester since the school began keeping track of violations online five years […]

December 4, 2016

Students

UNLV Math Instructor Issues Apology about Immigration Posts

LAS VEGAS —A part-time math instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, issued an apology after protests about social media posts he made saying he would tell immigration authorities about students in his class who are in the U.S. illegally. The instructor, George Buch, acknowledged with a statement to students in his classroom and […]

December 4, 2016

Students

Grad Student Held in Stabbing Death of USC Professor Bosco Tjan

The University of Southern California will mourn the loss of professor Bosco Tjan in a special prayer ceremony Monday, as the graduate student believed to have stabbed Tjan remains jailed.

December 4, 2016

Students

Land-grant HBCUs Seeking Aid from Congress

The nation’s 19 historically Black land-grant colleges are expected this week to have a Congressional hearing on a plan to strengthen the institutions’ financial ability to provide opportunities for those pursuing studies in the agricultural sciences.

December 4, 2016

Native Americans

In the Spirit of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

Chicago poet Susana Sandoval says her stay at Standing Rock has been a spiritually transforming experience and the camp itself is a ceremony.

December 4, 2016

Students

Texas A&M Sets Unity Event During White Nationalist’s Speech

HOUSTON —Texas A&M University has announced it will hold an event to highlight diversity and unity at the same time a White nationalist is set to speak at the College Station campus in December. The “Aggies United” event was put together after Richard Spencer, who is a leader in the “alt-right,” — a movement that […]

December 1, 2016

Students

Mosque Director Says He Didn’t Know Ohio State Attacker

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The director of a mosque attended by the Ohio State attacker says numerous programs are in place to help youth and prevent self-radicalization. Horsed Noah says he wasn’t familiar with Abdul Razak Ali Artan, the OSU student born in Somalia who police say carried out the car-and-knife rampage that left 11 people […]

November 29, 2016

Leadership & Policy

Auditor Gets Access to Iowa State President’s Flight Log

AMES, Iowa  — An auditor has examined Iowa State University President Steven Leath’s log book detailing when and where he has flown planes in recent years. The Board of Regents is auditing flights taken by Leath, following a damaging hard landing during vacation. One question was whether Leath would turn over his log, which pilots […]

November 28, 2016

African-American

Rodriguez: Nation Not Treading Lightly in Unchartered Territory

Without question, this country is in unchartered territory. People across the country continue to express themselves in despair. Others in fear. Some panic, while still others prepare.

November 27, 2016

Students

Yale Settles Lawsuit Over Slain Grad Student

HARTFORD, Conn. — Yale University has agreed to pay $3 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a graduate student killed in a research lab days before her wedding. The settlement amount was listed in probate court documents obtained Tuesday by The Associated Press. In a court document filed last […]

November 22, 2016