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Counterpoint: Slam Dunk is Not Life’s Ultimate Experience

Counterpoint: Slam Dunk is Not Life’s Ultimate ExperienceDuring the recently completed National College Athletics Association men’s basketball tournament, how many times did you hear that rap about dreams of one sort or another coming true on that mystical, magical road to the Final Four? Whether the dream is of future upsets on Selection Sunday, an […]

April 26, 2000

Rebel Flag Stance Could Diminish Competitiveness

Rebel Flag Stance Could Diminish CompetitivenessNAACP Warns Athletes AwayGREENVILLE, S.C. — The state NAACP is increasing the pressure on South Carolina to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Statehouse dome by encouraging Black student athletes to stay away from state colleges and universities.“We think a number of them would support us and would rather […]

November 24, 1999

Black Basketball Players’ Graduation Rates Sink

Black Basketball Players’ Graduation Rates SinkINDIANAPOLIS — Graduation rates for African American college athletes in both men’s and women’s basketball sank again, setting off fresh concern that schools care more a winning season than academic excellence.The National Collegiate Athletic Association reported this month the graduation rate for black male basketball players at the nation’s biggest […]

September 15, 1999

Low Score for Collegiate Sports

Low Score for Collegiate SportsLatest report shows colleges and universities are among the worst when it comes to hiring and promoting women and people of color in the coaching and managerial ranks of sports.WASHINGTON — College sports departments scarcely received a passing grade when it came to the hiring and promotion of minorities and women, […]

September 1, 1999

Professional Appointments

Branch to head Community college ofBaltimore County-ESsexDr. Wayne Branch has been named president of the Community College of Baltimore County-Essex. Previously, he was vice president for student affairs at the Community College of Philadelphia. Branch earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and art from West Virginia State College Institute; and a master’s and doctorate degrees […]

August 18, 1999

Hate Wave?

Hate Wave?While Indiana University community mourns the victims of isolated violence, school officials seek ways to restore peaceBLOOMINGTON, Ind. — More than 2,700 people — including U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno — attended a memorial service and candlelight vigil on July 12 for Indiana University doctoral student Won Joon Yoon, who was gunned down in […]

August 4, 1999

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