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Students

Tennessean Editorial Page Editor Dwight Lewis Retiring After 40 Years in Journalism

Veteran journalist and educator interviewed well-known people from boxing great Muhammad Ali to convicted assassin James Earl Ray to President Obama.

August 11, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Haskell Indian Nations University President Chris Redman Looking to Future

The new president of Haskell Indian Nations University said it’s time to move on from recent unrest at the school, and instead focus on providing more opportunities for its students.

August 7, 2011

Sports

No Charges in Saggy Pants Arrest of College Football Player at Calif. Airport

Prosecutors said Wednesday they will not file charges against a University of New Mexico football player who was arrested after wearing saggy pants on a plane at San Francisco airport.

July 14, 2011

Students

Michigan State Law Professors Say Div. I College Athletes Qualify as ‘Employees’

The way football and basketball players in Division I programs juggle athletics and school undermines the NCAA’s contention they are student-athletes, contend law professors Robert and Amy McCormick.

July 14, 2011

Sports

Friends Remember North Carolina State Hero Lorenzo Charles

Lorenzo Charles was remembered Tuesday for his imposing presence on the court and his gentle demeanor away from it, one day after the hero of the Wolfpack’s most recent championship team was killed in a bus wreck.

June 28, 2011

Sports

2011 Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Commits to Wisconsin for Fourth Year of College Football

Former North Carolina State quarterback Russell Wilson is headed to the University of Wisconsin, potentially solving one of the biggest hurdles standing between the Badgers and a Big Ten title.

June 27, 2011

Sports

Ohio State Trustees To Review Athletic Program

Ohio State University trustees will spend up to six weeks reviewing the athletic program after the scandal that led to the suspension of five players and the forced resignation of football coach Jim Tressel.

June 23, 2011

Sports

NCAA Forum Aims to Increase Minority Head Coaches

Seven African-American coaches, including three former NFL players, participated Friday in The Champion Forum, the top tier of the NCAA’s coaching academy, during a weeklong convention of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics.

June 19, 2011

Sports

No More National Anthem at Pacifist Indiana College

A small Christian college with ties to the Mennonite Church has decided to stop playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at sporting events after some complained the song’s images of war undermined the school’s pacifist message.

June 8, 2011

Students

NCAA President Mark Emmert: Increased Emphasis on Student-Athlete Academic Performance Due in Part to Reforms

There’s a greater emphasis on the performance of student-athletes in the classroom—thanks in part to academic reforms of the National Collegiate Athletic Association over the past decade, NCAA president Mark Emmert told a national group of academic advisors on Saturday.

June 5, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Saint Paul’s Athletes Face School With No Sports

More than 250 student athletes at St. Paul’s College are left with a tough decision — stay at the historically Black Virginia college and give up their sport or transfer in hopes of finding a new team and a new academic home.

May 30, 2011

Students

HBCU Conference Schools Take Big Hits in Latest NCAA Academic Progress Report

The NCAA banned Jackson State and Southern of the Southwestern Athletic Conference from postseason play in football next season and did the same thing for Southern and Grambling in men’s basketball.

May 24, 2011