Shailaja NeelakantanSportsMany U of Idaho Football Players Don’t Want to Play This Fall, Says ReportClose to three-quarters of University of Idaho football players don’t want to play this coming fall because of health concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reported Stadium, which cited “multiple players” as its sources. These players told the publication that they have communicated their concerns to university authorities, including the head coach, assistant coaches, athletic […]August 5, 2020COVID-19Faculty Discontent Over In-Person Fall Semester GrowsDiscontent over reopening college campuses for in-person classes in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic is growing and more faculty and staff around the country are demanding that instruction be moved online for health and safety reasons.August 5, 2020LGBTQ+Supreme Court Rules That Federal Law Protects LGBTQ Workers From DiscriminationThe Supreme Court ruled on Monday that federal law protects LGBTQ workers from discrimination. In a landmark decision, the top court said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex, also applies to sexual orientation and gender identity. The 6-3 opinion was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch and […]June 15, 2020African-AmericanAfter Black Alumni Lambast Him, Liberty U’s Jerry Falwell Jr. Apologizes for Blackface TweetAfter Black alumni strongly denounced his actions, Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr. apologized on Monday for a May 27 tweet — which he has now deleted — in which he posted a picture of a blackface mask. Several alumni and staff of the Virginia university called the tweet racist and at least three Black staff members, including a professor, have since resigned.June 9, 2020African-AmericanU of Central Florida Professor Tweets About ‘Black Privilege,’ Many Want Him FiredUniversity of Central Florida (UCF) students and many others are calling for the institution to fire Charles Negy, a professor who has been tweeting about ‘black privilege’ and ‘minority idolatory’, among other things, since the death of George Floyd in police violence. The university, on its Twitter account, said it’s reviewing the issue “while being […]June 4, 2020African-AmericanIn the Wake of George Floyd’s Death, Prairie View A&M and Oberlin to Start Racial Justice InitiativesIn the wake of George Floyd’s death in police custody, Prairie View A&M University and Oberlin College will start racial justice initiatives at their institutions, they announced. Prairie View A&M has already received “a substantial gift” to establish a Center for Race and Justice under the rubric of African American Studies, said university president Ruth […]June 4, 2020African-AmericanTroy University Suspends its Police Chief Over George Floyd CommentsTroy University has suspended its chief of police John McCall after he made “inflammatory” comments on social media that George Floyd, who died last week in Minneapolis after police violence contributed to his own death. Troy has also begun an internal investigation into the matter, its chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr. said in a statement. […]June 4, 2020African-AmericanU of Minnesota Closed Partially on Thursday, the Day of George Floyd’s Memorial ServiceThe University of Minnesota closed the institution from noon onward Thursday to honor George Floyd, whose private memorial service was to be held in Minneapolis the same day. Floyd died in Minneapolis last week from violence by officers of the Minneapolis Po lice Department. Shortly after, the University of Minnesota was one of the first […]June 4, 2020StudentsAfter Racist Posts About George Floyd, Some Colleges Expel Students, Professor ResignsSome universities have taken strict action against students, and in one case, a faculty member, for their racist and offensive comments and videos about George Floyd, a Black man who died last week after a Minneapolis police officer pinned him down with his knee on his neck for approximately nine minutes.June 3, 2020African-AmericanUVA and Harvard Presidents Criticized for Their Responses to George Floyd’s DeathJim Ryan and Dr. Lawrence Bacow, the presidents of the University of Virginia (UVA) and Harvard University, respectively, have been criticized for what some say are their weak responses to the death in police custody last week of George Floyd, a Black man, in Minneapolis.June 2, 2020Page 1 of 5Next Page
