Tag: Student Athletes: Page 71

Leadership & Policy

Mfume: ‘it’s all right now to come back home.’ – Kweisi Mfume, NAACP president, views on role of youth in civil rights struggles

Winston-salem, NC The nation’s Colleges will be the incubators for new soldiers in America’s civil rights struggle, Kweisi Mfume told a group of students.

June 16, 2007

Students

Student-athletes at work: NCAA work rule will be ‘difficult to monitor.’ – National Collegiate Athletic Association

In a surprise development at its annual convention, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) approved new legislation allowing athletes to work part-time jobs during the school year.

June 15, 2007

Students

Grants & Gifts

The City College of New York has received a four-year, $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue the college’s participation in the Institute of General Medical Sciences’ SCORE program. The program provides research funds for faculty development at minority-serving institutions. A collaborative effort between the City College of San Francisco and […]

May 30, 2007

Sports

The Prevalence of Black Females In College Sports: It’s Just An Illusion

If you had a chance to watch the NCAA women’s basketball championship in April, you probably noticed that 80 percent of the starters for Rutgers and Tennessee were non-White.

May 30, 2007

Sports

Prosecutors File No Charges in Case of Calif. College Alleged Gang Rape

SAN JOSE, Calif. Santa Clara County prosecutors announced Monday they have declined to file charges in the case of the alleged rape of a 17-year-old girl by De Anza College baseball players at a party in March.

May 22, 2007

Sports

Sparks Fly at Morehouse Panel on Black Athletes

ATLANTA Negative images of law-breaking Black athletes stem from societal issues, not something inherent to the athletes, according to a star-studded panel on the Black athlete at Morehouse College Monday.

May 8, 2007

Sports

Life After Imus

The debate has already begun over whether hip-hop culture perpetuates the denigration of Black women.

May 2, 2007

Sports

A Revealing Series of Events

I didn’t think the Rutgers University women’s basketball team needed to go public. After all, why dignify nationally syndicated radio host Don Imus’s remark with a response? But I’m so glad they did, because they humanized this news event and presented an image that was in stark contrast to his “nappy-headed hos” comment.

May 2, 2007

Sports

Perspectives: Will the Messages in Rap Music Change Because of Russell Simmons’ Efforts?

In the wake of Don Imus’ sexist and racist slurs against the Rutgers women’s basketball team, a new voice was added last week to the to the chorus line against inappropriate lyrics in music. To my surprise, Russell Simmons, the pioneering rap industry mogul who also has a line of clothing, has joined in the effort to clean up rap lyrics.

April 29, 2007

Students

In a League of Her Own

It seems paradoxical, but by being the ultimate team player, DeCarol Davis, a junior at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, is leading the way in academics, basketball, student government — and even in transforming the Academy itself.

April 11, 2007

Sports

Imus Show Suspended, Takes His Lumps on Sharpton’s Show

NEW YORK CBS Radio and MSNBC both said they were suspending Don Imus’ morning talk show for two weeks following his reference last week to members of the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.”

April 9, 2007

Students

Standing Out As Student-Athletes

College sports are huge! And at no time throughout the year is that as evident as during March Madness.

April 4, 2007