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U. Kentucky Athletics revokes student newspaper’s access to basketball interviews
A decision involving U. Kentucky Athletics and a Kernel editor brought the First Amendment into question Monday.
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Cal State U. justifies president salaries
The Cal State U. Board of Trustees held a discussion about its executive hiring and compensation policies after recently drawing criticism for awarding San Diego State President Elliot Hirshman a $400,000 salary.
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Notre Dame, IOSHA reach settlement in case of Declan Sullivan’s death
Eight months after the death of junior Declan Sullivan, Notre Dame reached a settlement today with the Indiana Department of Labor, agreeing to take a number of steps to prevent future accidents and to honor Sullivan's memory. Sullivan, a student videographer for the football team, died Oct.
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Harvard students lobby for university financial disclosure
A group of Harvard students and employees in addition to a state senator and representative testified Friday in front of a State House committee in support of a bill that would require the University to reveal a slew of financial information that includes increased information about investments and ...
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Facebook chooses Farid’s photo-recognition, anti-child pornography tool
Facebook became the first online service to implement PhotoDNA — a photo recognition software developed by computer science professor Hany Farid in 2008 to quickly identify images of child pornography circulated on the web — to target illegal photos and their distributors, Facebook announced on ...
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Duke University repurchases $500M recession debt
Earlier this month, the University repurchased all of the $500 million of debt it issued during the financial crisis, a tangible display of Duke’s increased confidence in its finances.
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Strikers hungry no longer as protest comes to an end
Last Monday morning, remnants of chalking efforts on the pavement in front of California Hall were the only tangible indicators in the area of the 12-day hunger strike that had concluded the evening before.
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Graduate student union files lawsuit against the University of California
A union representing nearly 12,000 academic student employees throughout the UC system filed an unfair labor practice charge against the University of California Friday afternoon, more than six weeks after union members at UC Berkeley filed 63 grievances and a formal information request over a ...
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Prof’s ‘f-word’ e-mail to conservative group sparks controversy
A University of Iowa professor likely won't face punishment for a controversial e-mail she sent to members of the UI College Republicans this week.