Charles S. FarrellHomeIs racism a male thing? Study suggests that men have less tolerance than womenA new study that suggests racism within small groups appears to affect men more than women may have immense implications.June 22, 2007StudentsIs the NCAA playing a numbers game? – National Collegiate Athletics Association – appraisal of graduation ratesWhile the National Collegiate Athletic Association has spent all summer putting a happy face on its annual Division I Graduation-Rates Report, others caution that, to avoid being misleading, the rates need to be put into perspective. Claiming that Division I student athletes who receive athletic scholarships continue to graduate at a higher rate than […]June 22, 2007SportsThe kiddie brigade heads for the NBA – underclassmen’s preference for National Basketball Association over educationA record 37 underclassmen, plus three high school students, made themselves available for the recent National Basketball Association draft, adding to the growing concern of many that more and more young men, particularly Black men, will abandon educational pursuits for hoop dreams.June 20, 2007StudentsFore! NCAA division I: golf taps its first historically Black college – National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I golf tournament raises doubts on commitment to nurturing black golfersJackson State University made history this spring by becoming the first historically Black institution to have its golf team invited to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I golf tournament. Division 110 the NCAA’s top competitive division.June 18, 2007SportsSneaker madness: historically black schools no shoe-in for lucrative dealsBefore the Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) men’s basketball team got booted from the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s 1996 tournament, the historically Black school got sneakered.June 16, 2007Previous PagePage 2 of 2