Archive | Administration
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Ticket scandal cost U. Kansas more than $1 million
The U. Kansas Athletics program has shined in recent years. Men's basketball is the top team in the Big 12 and the football team has seen some of its best years in the past decade. But while all that occurred, Athletics Director Lew Perkins missed a scam worth $1.03 million in tickets.
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Iraq asks Stanford to return records
The Iraqi National Library and Archives has asked Stanford U’s Hoover Institution to return Baath Party records acquired in early 2008 on a five-year loan — a request Hoover is resisting because it doesn’t deem security in Baghdad sufficient to ensure the documents’ security.
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U. California System, Cal Grants Escape Cuts in Governor’s Budget
California's public university systems saw a reprieve Friday as they escaped Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budgetary axe in his revision of the state budget.
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Elena Kagan’s management style amped up pressure at Harvard Law School
In her pursuit of the highest standards at Harvard Law School during her tenure as dean, Elena Kagan gained a reputation for her effective leadership and assertive management style.
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Meeting marks end of hunger strike
After 10 days without food, hunger strikers at U. California-Berkeley ended their demonstration Wednesday evening while representatives of the strikers met with UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau to discuss their demands.
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Ohio U. eyes half-billion dollar campus overhaul
Ohio U.'s entire campus could receive a full facelift soon. A renovation plan that once included only OU's South Green now includes the other two residential greens and numerous academic buildings.
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Hunger strikers forced to move at U. California-Berkeley
The 18 hunger strikers who have been camped outside California Hall at U. California-Berkeley since last Monday took down their tents and left this morning after being told by campus officials they would be arrested if they stayed.
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Obama nominates former Harvard Law School Dean Kagan to Supreme Court
Former Dean of Harvard U. Law School and Solicitor General Elena Kagan has been nominated to replace Justice John Paul Stevens on the Supreme Court by President Obama. Obama announced his appointment at 10 a.m. this morning with Kagan by his side.
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Hunger strike presses on, awaits chancellor’s return
Instead of securing last-minute graduation tickets and dealing with frantic relatives before graduation like most U. California-Berkeley seniors, Horacio Corona and Alejandro Lara-Briseno are enduring the hunger pangs of going without food for more than 168 hours.