October 2012
October 30th, 2012
Written by Ryan J. Foley -... in Latest News, Setting It Straight with 0 Comments
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Two black men wrongly convicted in the 1977 murder of a white Iowa police officer hope to prove something they couldn't during trials that sent them to prison for 25 years: that detectives framed them to solve a high-profile case.
During a civil trial that starts Wednesday in Des Moines, Terry Harrington and Curtis McGhee will argue that Council Bluffs police officers...
October 29th, 2012
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ATLANTA (AP) — Emory University is apologizing for years of anti-Semitism at its dental school, when dozens of Jewish students were flunked out or forced to repeat courses, leaving many feeling inadequate and ashamed for decades despite successful careers.
The Atlanta school invited many of those former students to meet with president James Wagner on Wednesday and then attend a screening of a...
October 29th, 2012
Written by Sean Murphy - A... in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 2 Comments
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — African-American students were given preferential treatment in admissions to the University of Oklahoma despite lower average test scores than white students, according to a study released Oct. 22 by a conservative think-tank.
University officials deny the claims made in the study by the Virginia-based Center for Equal Opportunity, which analyzed students admitted to OU's law...
October 29th, 2012
Written by Yadana Htun - A... in Religion's Mighty Rivers, Latest News with 0 Comments
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — At least 56 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 homes destroyed in the latest outbreak of ethnic violence in western Myanmar, a government official said Oct. 25.
The 25 men and 31 women were reported dead in four Rakhine state townships in violence between the Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities that re-erupted Sunday, local government spokesman Win Myaing...
October 29th, 2012
Written by D. A. Barber in Latest News, National Collegiate Dialogue with 4 Comments
For decades, American schools have strived to integrate and equalize educational opportunities in an ever-changing, multiracial society. But a new report by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project analyzing segregation trends in the nation’s public schools shows “persistent and serious increases in segregation by race and poverty,” especially in the South and West where students of color now comprise the...