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Students

Coming to Terms with the ‘D’ Word

Hoping for the best, expecting the worst. That’s one way of describing what I was feeling….

August 23, 2006

African-American

Marshall Drops ‘African-American students only’ From Course List

CHARLESTON, W.Va. Marshall University has dropped the words “African-American students only” from an orientation class listed on its fall schedule, following a warning from an educational foundation that it could be violating state and federal law.

August 12, 2006

African-American

Cosby Leads Discussion In Black Male Forum

“When we sit down and talk on an honest level, we see there is a problem in our neighborhood…

August 9, 2006

Students

Black Colleges Diversifying By Recruiting More Hispanics

ATLANTA Squeezed by stiff competition for their traditional students, historically Black colleges are making a push to recruit Hispanics.

August 2, 2006

African-American

Cosby, Scholars and Youth Seek Answers to the Problems of Black Men

A forum held yesterday in Washington, D.C. sought solutions to problems faced by Black men from a diverse panel that included Dr. Bill Cosby, former gang members working against gang violence, educators, scholars and two Black men who graduated at the top of their high school class.

July 17, 2006

African-American

Civil Rights Group President Pushes Self-Reliance

Black Americans should end “victim-like thinking” and seize opportunities to help close gaps between the nation’s rich and poor, NAACP President Bruce S. Gordon said Monday.

July 17, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Franklin Symposium: Black Achievement Suffers

In this city, now unfortunately infamous for an elite university’s lacrosse team party that may have gotten out of hand…

July 12, 2006

African-American

SUNO Works to Restore its Collection of African Art

Even after fetid floodwater receded from the Southern University at New Orleans’ campus…

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

African-American

Southern University Works to Restore its Collection of African Art

Even after fetid floodwater receded from the Southern University at New Orleans campus, the soggy artifacts in its collection of African art marinated for months in dark, dank buildings.

July 4, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Black Professors Under Pressure

Three months after she was chosen to head the committee on race in response to the university’s lacrosse scandal…

June 28, 2006

Students

Celebrating 40 Years of Activism

Armed with well-honed leadership skills, established organizational techniques and a fearless demeanor…

June 27, 2006