Tag: Crime: Page 22

HBCUs

Pa. University to Allow Guns on Campus

An eastern Pennsylvania university has dropped its blanket prohibition on guns and will now allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry them onto campus under certain conditions, officials said Thursday.

May 9, 2013

African-American

Sotomayor Makes Herself at Home at NYC Literature Festival

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has said she wants to be called just “Sonia from the Bronx.”

May 6, 2013

Leadership & Policy

U. of Central Arkansas Opts Out of Guns on Campus Law

The University of Central Arkansas’ Board of Trustees has voted to not allow faculty and staff members with concealed-handgun permits to carry their weapons on campus.

May 5, 2013

Home

Guns on Campus Bill Scheduled for Texas House Vote

This bill would eliminate the current ban on concealed weapons at colleges and universities, but it still allows public schools to ban weapons if they first meet with students, faculty and staff to consider their input.

April 29, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Special Report: Money and Finance

Balancing Act: Many contingent faculty struggle with lack of financial security: Holding the line: Colleges choose to make big moves to battle tuition increases.

April 26, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Purdue Students Stage Campus Anti-Racism Rally

Purdue University students, faculty and staff upset by the recent discovery of the words “white supremacy” written on a mirror inside the campus’ Black Cultural Center turned their grievances into a protest march that ended outside the school’s main administration building.

April 23, 2013

Faculty & Staff

‘Central Park Five’ Activists Want Columbia Law Professor Fired for Role in Infamous Case

Protesters are calling on Columbia University to fire part-time law professor Elizabeth Lederer who along with Linda Fairstein were the lead prosecutors who handled the botched 1989 case.

April 21, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Kansas Governor Signs Concealed Carry Measure

TOPEKA, Kan. — A measure Gov. Sam Brownback signed into law will allow Kansas public schools, universities and colleges to arm employees with concealed guns and loosens restrictions on carrying concealed weapons into public buildings, starting in July.

April 17, 2013

Students

Former Florida A&M Band Member Pleads No Contest in Hazing Death

A former Florida A&M University student faces a possible prison term after he pleaded no contest Tuesday to the felony hazing of a drum major who died.

April 16, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Washington State University President Reacts to Assault on Professor

Washington State University President Elson Floyd has donated $10,000 to the reward fund to help catch whoever assaulted a faculty member near campus.

April 10, 2013

Home

Liberty University Relaxes Firearms Policy

Liberty University’s Board of Trustees has loosened the school’s weapons policy to allow firearms inside all campus facilities except dormitories.

April 3, 2013

Students

Explosives Safely Removed From UCF Dorm

ORLANDO, Fla. — A college student killed himself in a dorm at the University of Central Florida and authorities found explosives and guns in the room early Monday, authorities said, leading to the evacuation of hundreds of students and cancellation of morning classes. University spokesman Grant Heston said normal campus operations resumed around noon after […]

March 19, 2013