Tag: Fraternities & Sororities: Page 23

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Campus Racial Flaps Dog Alabama Despite Progress

Months after the university unveiled a plaza and clock tower named for its earliest Black students, the campus was swamped with unwelcome attention after a White student was disciplined for yelling racial slurs.

February 20, 2011

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Witnesses Say Shots Led to Stampede at Ohio Fraternity Party

Partygoers stampeded to escape gunfire that killed one college student and wounded 11 people at an Ohio fraternity house, authorities said as they searched for a motive in the weekend shooting.

February 7, 2011

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Mississippi Governor Juggles White House Hopes, State’s Past

Haley Barbour’s latest efforts to talk about civil rights and race have seen improvement, a sign that the Mississippi governor knows that if he is to carry his party’s 2012 banner against the nation’s first African-American president, he will have to be more forthright about Mississippi’s troubled history, experts say.

January 30, 2011

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Unindicted Prairie View Student: Pledge Death ‘My Fault’

A Texas college student who wasn’t indicted last year for his role in the hazing death of a fraternity pledge tearfully told police two days after the incident that he was responsible for the death, according to an audio tape obtained by The Associated Press.

January 24, 2011

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Perspectives: A Little Bit of Knowledge (about BGLOs) is a Dangerous Thing

I am critical of Black Greek-letter organization undergrads but I believe there is also enough blame to go around. And Student Affairs and Greek Life personnel who advise BGLO members deserve their fair share of blame.

September 19, 2010

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Parents of Prairie View Hazing Victim Settle Suit Against Fraternity

The parents of the Prairie View A&M University student who died in a hazing incident last year have settled their wrongful death lawsuit against their son’s fraternity, court records show.

September 15, 2010

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Prairie View A&M University Hazing Death Followed Other Incidents

One of Texas’ oldest universities has sought to come to grips in the last year with one of the age-old problems of campus life – hazing. But officials at Prairie View A&M were aware of a problem long before the 2009 death of a fraternity pledge.

August 25, 2010

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Undocumented Immigrant Student in Georgia Hopes Case Helps Spur Reform

When Jessica Colotl, an undocumented immigrant college student, got arrested for a minor traffic violation at her suburban Atlanta campus, she became an accidental poster child for immigration reform.

May 16, 2010

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Fraternity Inspired by Robert E. Lee Bans Rebel Uniforms

A college fraternity inspired by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has banned members around the country from wearing Confederate uniforms to “Old South” parties and parades after years of complaints that the tradition was racially insensitive.

April 22, 2010

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Va. Gov., Black Fraternity to Meet Over Confederate History Month Flap

Members of a Black fraternity at the College of William and Mary plan to meet with Gov. Bob McDonnell to discuss the contentious issue of Confederate History Month.

April 18, 2010

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Online Debate Rages Over White Team’s Step Competition Win

A white Arkansas sorority team’s win in an Atlanta step competition has stirred a fiery debate over the African-inspired tradition and whether the integration of a once-ethnically-exclusive activity constitutes a form of cultural theft.

March 1, 2010

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UC-San Diego Condemns Party Mocking Black History

The chancellor of the University of California, San Diego, is condemning a ghetto-themed party organized by fraternity students to mock Black History Month, but officials say no one is likely to be disciplined.

February 18, 2010