Saturday, November 28, 2009

Howard University

South African First Lady Visits Howard

Ceremony followed by performances welcomes Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma. more >>

Howard University Research Center to Stay Open

The school had flirted with closing a well-known research facility before students and alumni spoke up. more >>

Black Colleges Well Represented at Inaugural Parade

Six marching bands from historically black colleges and universities play in D.C. more >>

Howard Nursing Students Picket

Students say they've received shoddy teaching and are unprepared for real-world work. more >>

Stanford Treated to Oprah Giveaway

The talk show host speaks at commencement and dispenses two books and advice, to boot. more >>

Super Tuesday on Campus

Students got their voting shoes on Tuesday—a day filled with trials, tribulations, brawls, and celebrity. more >>

A Foolish (and Trusting) School and Its Money Are Easily Parted

It's not a school president allegedly charging a $100,000 bar tab to the university but a former salesman with a yearbook printing company who pleaded guilty to mail fraud after pilfering more than $400,000 from schools like George Washington University and Howard University. more >>

At Howard, Another Shade of the Gender War

It's no secret that black men battle stereotypes. But at Howard University, male students say the stereotypes are coming from an unlikely place: their female peers. more >>

Trail Mix

University of Alabama football players were "shocked" by their coach's firing, the Crimson White reports . A movement of frustrated students that started at Howard University last year with a "Declaration of Student Frustration" has resuscitated itself, the Hilltop reports. more >>

Nonelection News

A University of Miami defensive end was shot and killed yesterday, the Hurricane reports. Penn State football coach Joe Paterno is coaching--from his hospital bed, the Collegian says. more >>

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