Margaret KamaraStudentsNew Facts, Still Mind-bogglingBALTIMORE CITY, Md. After first lying to police that they were shot in a gas station robbery, and then claiming to invite a gun wound in an attempt to avoid a fraternity initiation, one shooting victim has confessed the true reason why he asked a Morgan State University student to shoot him — to avoid National Guard duty in Iraq.May 24, 2007HomeUndocumented Students Urge Passage of DREAM ACTWASHINGTON, DC Illegal immigrants told a sympathetic U.S. House panel on Friday what life is like for immigrants struggling to get a college education with the threat of deportation hanging over their heads. A bill before Congress, the DREAM ACT, offering a path to citizenship, is part of the immigration reform bill the U.S. Senate is set to vote on this week.May 20, 2007HomeThe Increasingly Diverse U.S.WASHINGTON, D.C The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the minority population has reached 100.7 million, meaning one in every three U.S. residents is a racial or ethnic minority. That level of diversity has not reached U.S. colleges.May 16, 2007Faculty & StaffAAUP: New Orleans Institutions Failed Professors After HurricanesWASHINGTON, D.C The American Association of University Professors on Tuesday accused five New Orleans universities, including historically Black Southern University New Orleans, of abandoning their existing financial contingency plans after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in favor of policies that contributed to the displacement of 15,000 faculty members.May 14, 2007HomeTexas Southern Takes Step Back to StabilityAUSTIN, Texas Texas Southern University has a new, five-member board of regents, confirmed by the state Senate on Friday. The appointments come after weeks of uncertainty about the historically Black institution’s future caused by the resignation of the entire previous board at Gov. Rick Perry’s request.May 13, 2007Asian American Pacific IslanderAsian Panel Debunks “Model Minority” MythWhen early news reports about the Virginia Tech shootings indicated the alleged perpetrator was Asian, Yixin Li, a University of Maryland freshman, said he prayed the shooter, Seung Hui Cho, would be Korean or Vietnamese and not a fellow Chinese. That distinction didn’t matter to some observers because “after the incident people started calling me Cho,” Li recalled Wednesday at a forum, “The End of the Model Minority Myth: Reflections on the Virginia Tech Tragedy from Asian American Perspectives.”May 9, 2007StudentsMinority Scholarships Fall Victim To Fear Of Anti-affirmative Action LawsuitStarting this fall, a scholarship created to boost Black student enrollment at Northeastern University will be open to White students, one of several policy changes the university has taken to avoid becoming the target of an anti-affirmative action lawsuit.April 8, 2007Previous PagePage 5 of 5
