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Students

Former Yale Basketball Captain Sues School Over Expulsion

NEW HAVEN, Conn. ― Former Yale basketball captain Jack Montague filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing the Ivy League university of wrongfully expelling him over a sexual assault allegation. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Connecticut, says Montague was punished over what he believes was consensual sex. It says Montague had a relationship with the […]

June 9, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Hearing Officer Awards $175K to Harassed MSU-Northern Dean

HAVRE, Mont. ― A hearing officer with the Montana Human Rights Commission has awarded $175,000 to a dean at Montana State University-Northern who complained that the former provost sexually harassed him. Hearing officer Terry Spear said the university owed Randy Bachmeier damages for emotional distress, the Havre Daily News reported. The former Provost, Rosalyn Templeton, […]

April 26, 2016

Students

Men Want Retrial on Pennsylvania University Sex Abuse Claims

Three men who lost their lawsuit against a former state university administrator over allegations he sexually abused them are taking their case to a federal appeals court. The former East Stroudsburg University students filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit against Isaac Sanders, the school’s former vice president of advancement, alleging he used his high-powered job to […]

April 7, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Report: 19 UC Berkeley Employees Violated Harassment Policy

BERKELEY, Calif. ― Documents released by the University of California, Berkeley show 19 employees, including six faculty members, were found to have sexually harassed students, employees or both since 2011. The records obtained Tuesday by the East Bay Times after a Public Records Act request reveal 11 new cases that had not been disclosed during […]

April 6, 2016

Students

March Madness: The Rest of the Story

March harkens the smell of roses, cut grass and light spring rains for most folks. For me, March ushers in the smell and shine of hardwoods, leather and tennis shoes—and sheer Madness.

March 31, 2016

News Roundup

George Mason University Naming its Law School for Scalia

ARLINGTON, Va. ― George Mason University plans to name its law school for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, following an anonymous $20 million donation from a Scalia admirer and a $10 million donation from the foundation of industrialist and philanthropist Charles Koch. The law school announced Thursday that its anonymous donor approached the […]

March 31, 2016

Students

Student Who Says He Was Expelled for Rough Sex Wins Lawsuit

McLEAN, Va. ― A student who said he was wrongly expelled from George Mason University for engaging in consensual, sadomasochistic sex has won a federal lawsuit demanding his reinstatement. The student, who is identified only as John Doe in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, was expelled in 2014. His ex-girlfriend said […]

March 28, 2016

Students

California Jury Rejects Graduate’s Suit Against Law School

SAN DIEGO ― A jury found Thursday that a San Diego law school did not mislead a graduate who sued on the grounds she was lured to the school by false promises that her degree would land her a job after graduating. The San Diego Superior Court jury rejected Anna Alaburda’s claim against the Thomas […]

March 24, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Bill to Defund University of Tennessee Diversity Office Withdrawn

Lawmakers, angry over web postings by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion of the University of Tennessee, want to strip the office of all state funding for the coming fiscal year.

March 24, 2016

African-American

San Jose State Scrambling to Address Racial Tensions

Last week’s campus protest has put new pressure on administrators to hire a chief diversity officer to handle festering racial tensions at the Bay Area university.

March 23, 2016

Leadership & Policy

A Positive thing about Donald Trump’s Presidential Run

While people point to Donald Trump tapping the anger of the American electorate, you always know that, in the political physics, Newton’s third law still applies, that for “every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”

March 21, 2016

News Roundup

Notre Dame to Take ESPN Lawsuit to State Supreme Court

INDIANAPOLIS ― A University of Notre Dame spokesman says the university plans to take a lawsuit from ESPN to the Indiana Supreme Court after an appeals court ruled the school’s police department is a public entity that is subject to state open-records laws. The three-judge panel overturned a lower court decision, ruling Tuesday that the […]

March 15, 2016