Tag: Politics: Page 34

Crackdown happening during ASU tailgate parties

MESA Ariz. Over the last two weeks, more than 100 Arizona State University students and people tailgating near Sun Devil Stadium have been arrested and cited for underage drinking.

September 18, 2007

Student arrested, Tasered at Kerry forum in Florida

A University of Florida student was Tasered and arrested after trying to ask U.S. Senator John Kerry about the 2004 election and other subjects during a campus forum.

September 17, 2007

Spain big surprises in women’s volleyball at University Games

BANGKOK Thailand The Spanish women’s volleyball team is the big surprise at the World University Games, upsetting Russia and Brazil to qualify for the quarterfinals in first place in its group.

August 12, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Meehan opens checkbook to reward staff, supporters

WASHINGTON Former Rep. Martin Meehan is the first to admit he’s tight with a buck.

July 22, 2007

38 opposition politicians and activists released after Ethiopian government pardon

ADDIS ABABA Ethiopia Ethiopia freed 38 opposition members following international condemnation of the two-year case and the country’s history of human rights abuses.

July 22, 2007

Ex-Norfolk State Professor, 34 Others Sentenced to Life in Ethiopian Court

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia A court sentenced 35 opposition politicians and activists, including a former Virginia professor, to life in prison and denied them the right to vote or run for public office for inciting violence in an attempt to overthrow the government, a judge said Monday.

July 17, 2007

OSU President Greeted Like State’s New Governor

COLUMBUS Ohio There was something mighty familiar about the selection-slash-coronation of Gordon Gee as Ohio State University’s new president last week.

July 15, 2007

Taking the Initiative

In the wake of Washington State’s passage of Initiative 200, pro-affirmative action scholars call for a new combat strategy

July 14, 2007

The Tuskegee Experiment’s Long Shadow

Scholars examine the impact of conspiracy theories on African Americans

July 14, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Chicago board fires outspoken Temple – Black academic Ronald J. Temple

Chicago Dr. Ronald J. Temple, buoyed by the support of a group of African American ministers, recently waded into the murky, shark-infested waters of Chicago politics. But the chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago system discovered his feisty rhetoric was no match for the vicious bite he received on March 5, when he was fired outright by the board of trustees.

July 12, 2007

Can a rift be avoided? Historically Black and Hispanic-serving institutions are all vying for the same federal funds – includes related article on the US Dept. of Education’s proposed changes in the Title III – Cover Story

Historically Blak and Hispanic-Serving Institutions Are All Vying for the Same Federal Funds.

July 11, 2007

Obama, Clinton Bring Campaigns to Essence Festival, Dillard U.

NEW ORLEANS Two rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination courted voters at one of the nation’s premier black cultural events, the Essence Music Festival, which has long mixed partying with efforts to effect social change.

July 5, 2007

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