Tag: Crime: Page 38

Students

Student Murder Shatters ‘Morehouse Mystique’

The body of Carlnell Walker Jr. was found stuffed in the trunk of his car in July by Clayton County, Ga., police…

October 4, 2006

Home

Memorial Museum To Emmett Till Opens In Miss.

GLENDORA Miss. As relatives of Emmett Till toured the new Emmett Till Historic Intrepid Center in this tiny Mississippi Delta town earlier this week, they expressed hope that the startling exhibits will make a difference in race relations.

September 20, 2006

Home

Prison Instead of Princeton

It costs approximately $22,000 per year to incarcerate each of the 2.2 million people in U.S. prisons…

September 20, 2006

Home

Homespun to Hard-news

During his career as the publisher of a Vietnamese newspaper, Yen Do would frequently buy articles from writers…

August 9, 2006

Home

Looking for Fair and Balanced News Coverage

When journalist Walid el-Gabry came to the Financial Times’ Manhattan bureau on Sept. 1, 2001…

August 9, 2006

Leadership & Policy

University of Cincinnati Offers Free Cell Phones to Incoming Freshmen

The University of Cincinnati has launched a voluntary program that offers all incoming freshmen a free cellular telephone…

August 9, 2006

Students

Perspectives: Blogging Opens Up New Avenues For Professors

Academic blogging can increase a professor’s visibility, but it also presents unique challenges.

July 18, 2006

Students

A Favorable Prognosis

Dr. Keith Amos’ undying support for his undergrad alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana…

July 12, 2006

African-American

Perspectives: A View of the ‘N-Word’ from Sociolinguistics

During his hate crime trial, a White defendant said he used the N-word to “greet” a Black man, and not as a racial slur. He would later beat the man with a bat. Dr. Arthur K. Spears, an expert in sociolinguistics, says some words have complex histories and patterns of use.

July 11, 2006

Leadership & Policy

A Favorable Prognosis

Dr. Keith Amos’ undying support for his undergrad alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana, took an unusual turn last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina…

July 11, 2006

Home

Study: Defendants With “Black” Features More Likely To Get Death Penalty

Jurors are more likely to hand down death sentences in capital crime cases to defendants with stereotypically Black features, especially when the victim is White, according to a new study from four universities.

July 9, 2006

Students

Clemson Student’s Death Causes Reexamination of Campus Safety

The arrest of a suspect in the murder of Clemson student Tiffany Maries Souers has brought relief to the university community. However, Gail DiSabatino, Clemson’s vice president of student affairs, says the case has led some people to rethink the university’s safety measures.

June 15, 2006