Arizona State U. Fraternity Suspended Over Martin Luther King Party
Arizona State University has suspended its Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity chapter for throwing an “MLK Black Party” that offended many people on the Tempe campus, according
Thorny Exchanges on Campus Can Hold Educational Value
Politically charged ideas are a mainstay on many campuses. So is the controversy they provoke.
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Parties Seize On Abortion Issues in Midterm Race
WASHINGTON — When the Republican National Committee gathers for its winter meeting here on Wednesday, the action will start a few hours late to accommodate anyone who wants to stop first at the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion demonstration on the National Mall. And if they need a lift to the meeting afterward, they
As Parents Age, Asian-Americans Struggle to Obey a Cultural Code
SOUDERTON, Pa. — Two thick blankets wrapped in a cloth tie lay near a pillow on the red leather sofa in Phuong Lu’s living room. Doanh Nguyen, Ms. Lu’s 81-year-old mother, had prepared the blankets for a trip she wanted to take. “She’s ready to go to Vietnam,” Ms. Lu said.
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Where Free Speech Collides With Abortion Rights
BOSTON — A couple of mornings a week, Eleanor McCullen stakes out a spot outside the Planned Parenthood clinic here and
U.S. Investigating Civil Rights Complaint at Lehigh
The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating a federal complaint alleging that Lehigh University failed to respond to race-related harassment on
Federal guidelines unveiled to avoid racial bias in school discipline
Federal officials kicked up their
2 Parties Place Political Focus on Inequality
WASHINGTON — Senator Kay Hagan, a North Carolina Democrat who is up for re-election, is admonishing Republicans back home as “irresponsible and cold-hearted” for slashing unemployment benefits. Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, says that her party’s thinking is “stale and old and doesn’t really address the magnitude of the problem.”
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California Assembly Creates Panel to Review Hate Crimes on Campuses
In the wake of a racial-bullying case that caused shock and outrage at San Jose State University, the California Legislature’s Assembly has created a committee that will investigate student harassment and hate crimes at all of the state’s public colleges, according to the Los Angeles Times and the Bay Area News