Tag: Crime: Page 21

African-American

Putting the Facts and Race in Perspective in the Zimmerman Acquittal

Still have a problem with the acquittal in the Trayvon Martin killing? The basic facts still don’t add up to me either.

July 15, 2013

HBCUs

Veteran Elizabeth City State University Officer Fired

The upheaval on the Elizabeth City State University police force continues after the university fired its most veteran officer.

July 11, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Va. University, College Leaders Defend Va. Tech’s Steger

Virginia’s public university and community college presidents argue in a state Supreme Court filing that Virginia Tech’s president should have immunity from any civil action stemming from the 2007 massacre on his Blacksburg campus.

July 2, 2013

Leadership & Policy

National Urban League CEO New Member of Xavier Trustee Board

NEW ORLEANS–Former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial is one of three new members of Xavier University’s Board of Trustees.

June 30, 2013

Leadership & Policy

FAMU Lifts Suspension of Marching Band

Florida A&M University’s interim president said Thursday he was lifting the suspension of its famous Marching 100 band about a year and a half after a drum major’s death that led to the departure of school leaders and reforms trying to crack down on brutal hazing in the band.

June 27, 2013

Students

Santa Monica College Reopens After Deadly Rampage

The school reopened under extra security Monday, except for the library, where police shot and killed a gunman after a rampage that left five people dead.

June 10, 2013

Sports

Man Charged in Florida A&M Hazing Case Gets No Jail Time

By Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — The roommate of the Florida A&M drum major who died after undergoing a hazing ritual in 2011 won’t spend any time in jail for his role in the hazing death. Rikki Wills was sentenced Friday to one year of house arrest and five years probation. Wills previously pleaded no […]

June 9, 2013

Opinion

Schools, Universities Under Fire for Sexual Assaults on Campus

Numerous colleges and universities have recently been investigated for failing to address sexual assault cases on campus.

May 29, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Suspect in FAMU Hazing Death Files Written Plea

The attorney for the last of the suspects charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major during a hazing ritual said his client didn’t have to appear for an arraignment Tuesday because he’d already entered a written not guilty plea.

May 21, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Yale Fined $165K for not Reporting Sex Offenses

Yale University has been fined $165,000 by the U.S. Department of Education for failing to report four on-campus sex crimes in 2001 and 2002.

May 16, 2013

Students

Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Still Needed on Campus

Just in case, you didn’t realize it, this is Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

May 12, 2013

Home

Some Pa. State Schools Allow Guns Amid Review

At least five Pennsylvania state-owned universities are now allowing guns on campus after the state’s lawyers concluded that an outright ban on weapons was likely unconstitutional.

May 12, 2013