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Students

University of Kentucky Trying to Defend Image After Racially Charged Cartoon, Death Threat

LEXINGTON Ky. A Southern university is trying to defend its image after the student newspaper published a cartoon of a black man being sold at auction and a racist death threat was scribbled on the door of a black student leader’s dorm room.

October 21, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Hispanic graduation rate at the University of Maryland lagging

The six-year graduation rate among Hispanic students at the University of Maryland is lagging behind those of white and Asian students by about 15 percent, university President Dan Mote said in his State of the Campus address this year.

October 8, 2007

Students

The Rise of the Ghetto-Fabulous Party

In a recent article published in Colorlines, Dr. C. Richard King, an associate professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University, and Dr. David J. Leonard, an assistant professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University, argue that the “gangsta” parties could be the culmination of two decades of conservative politics at colleges and the “corporatization” of American universities.

October 4, 2007

African-American

University of St. Thomas Won’t Host Desmond Tutu, Citing His Criticism of Israel

ST. PAUL, Minn. A private Roman Catholic college in Minnesota has shelved plans to invite Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu to speak, fearing that his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will offend the Jewish community, a school official said.

October 3, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Hispanic graduation rate at the University of Maryland lagging

The six-year graduation rate among Hispanic students at the University of Maryland is lagging behind those of white and Asian students by about 15 percent, university President Dan Mote said in his State of the Campus address this year.

October 2, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Ellen Chaffee says she’s leaving as Valley City State University president

BISMARCK N.D. The president of Valley City State University says she’s stepping down in June.

September 23, 2007

Faculty & Staff

In Brief: Floyd Flake’s No-Confidence Vote, Diversity Efforts Pay Off At CU, Kentucky Institutions

The labor union representing the faculty at Wilberforce University has issued a vote of no confidence in President Floyd Flake that the school said on Friday is tied to contract talks. Black enrollment at the University of Colorado is up 24 percent within this year’s freshman class while the University of Louisville has hired 45 Asian, Black and Hispanic professors.

September 4, 2007

Students

Tufts Dean Reverses Byline Requirement on Conservative Student Journal

MEDFORD, Mass. A Tufts University dean earlier this week reversed a campus board’s requirement that a student-run conservative journal include authors’ names with articles — a rule imposed after the magazine published an unbylined parody that many found racist.

August 29, 2007

African-American

Museum guide program reflects NYC diversity

NEW YORK When a young boy loses interest in a museum tour, guide Hassan Mohamed expertly draws him back in.

July 28, 2007

African-American

Past may be destroyed: Development threatens hidden artifacts

GREENSBORO N.C. Mark Willis and several of his friends have spent decades combing the fields, stream banks and woods north of Greensboro in search of lost treasure.

July 22, 2007

African-American

Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Black Man – Review

Thirteen Ways of Looking At a Black Man by Henry Louis Gates Jr., Vintage Books, $12.00, 256 pages.

July 14, 2007

Students

Bi News Briefs

At Central State: Prosecutors Resume Investigation; Fund-Raising Drive Benefits Needy Students

July 14, 2007