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Leadership & Policy
Regents Detail Secret Harreld Meetings During U. of Iowa Search
IOWA CITY, Iowa — A majority of University of Iowa governing board members have described under oath how they secretly recruited Bruce Harreld weeks before hiring the businessman as president, circumventing the Iowa Open Meetings Law, court records show. Five of nine members of the Board of Regents met Harreld  —  a former IBM executive […]
September 25, 2017
Sports
Racism, Bullying Best Defeated by a Team
Current controversial exchanges between President Trump and those protesting against police brutality and social inequality drives home the point that Black athletes can teach us about more than just sports.
September 25, 2017
Students
U.S. Appeals Court Agrees That University of Cincinnati Can’t Suspend Student Accused of Sexual Assault
A federal appeals court panel Monday upheld blocking a university’s suspension of a male student who argues he was completely denied his right to confront a female student accusing him of sexual assault.
September 25, 2017
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Students
Lawmaker Condemns Student Video Depicting Police Beheading
MILWAUKEE — A university student’s video depicting the beheading of a police officer drew a strongly worded rebuke from a Wisconsin state lawmaker who denounced the imagery as “vile” and an attempt to incite violence. The video shows University of Wisconsin-Madison students dressed as officers wearing pig masks, including one leading a black student to […]
September 21, 2017
Students
Cornell Student Charged in Attack Apologizes for Behavior
ITHACA, N.Y. — A White Cornell University student charged with beating a Black student has apologized for the language he used during an attack that police say may have been racially motivated. Nineteen-year-old John Greenwood issued a statement Thursday saying that last Friday in Ithaca he was involved in a “verbal exchange” that he regrets. […]
September 21, 2017
News Roundup
Post University Dismisses 5 employees Amid Theft Probe
WATERBURY, Conn. — A private for-profit college in Connecticut has dismissed five employees as police investigate the suspected theft of $47,000 believed to have been paid out in bogus tuition reimbursement checks. Post University in Waterbury said Wednesday that it discovered irregular activity in February and immediately launched an internal review before contacting police. Waterbury […]
September 21, 2017
Students
Frat at Cornell University to Close Amid Beating Probe
ITHACA, N.Y. — A national fraternity says it will close its Cornell University chapter in the wake of an investigation into an attack against a Black student by a white student that police say may have been racially motivated. Psi Upsilon’s alumni board of governors told the Ivy League school on Tuesday that the chapter […]
September 20, 2017
Students
Protests, Investigation Follow Georgia Tech Shooting
On Tuesday, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation released the recording of the 911 call made by 21 year-old Scout Schultz, the Georgia Tech engineering student who was shot and killed by campus police.
September 19, 2017
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Students
Attack on Black Cornell University Student Under Investigation
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University plans to form a task force to address what its president calls “persistent problems of bigotry and intolerance” at the Ivy League school in the wake of the beating of a Black student. Authorities in Ithaca say they’re looking into whether last week’s attack against the student was racially motivated. […]
September 19, 2017
Students
Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over Debunked Rolling Stone Story
NEW YORK — A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was reinstated Tuesday by an appeals court in a manner that one judge says would allow any member of a school fraternity to join the lawsuit. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said […]
September 19, 2017
Students
Wheaton College Football Players Accused in 2016 Hazing Face Felony Charges
WHEATON, Ill. — Suburban Chicago authorities say five members of a Christian college’s football team accused of hazing face felony charges. The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s office announced Monday that the five Wheaton College players are charged with aggravated battery, mob action and unlawful restraint. A judge signed arrest warrants and set $50,000 bonds for […]
September 19, 2017
Students
Czech Appeals Court Upholds Hijab Ban at Nursing School
PRAGUE — A Czech appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that went against a Somali student who accused a nursing school of discrimination because she wears a hijab. Ayan Jamaal Ahmednuur demanded an apology and 60,000 koruna ($2,750) in compensation but the Prague 10 district court ruled in January there was no evidence […]
September 19, 2017
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