March 11th, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in National Collegiate Dialogue with 45 Comments
Dartmouth College administrators say they are taking steps to address concerns raised by student demands for what they call "transformative justice" at the Ivy League school.
A group of students last month sent administrators a "Freedom Budget" decrying racism, classism, sexism and other campus problems and making 70 demands, including increasing enrollment of black, Latino and Native American...
March 11th, 2014
Written by Brian Bakst in National Collegiate Dialogue with 24 Comments
The Minnesota legislator whose tweet about the NBA aroused cries of racism is known as a feisty lawmaker who has long enjoyed ribbing his liberal counterparts.
Rep. Pat Garofalo, a fifth-term Republican from Farmington, has faced an avalanche of criticism for suggesting this weekend that pro basketball players had criminal tendencies, but didn't back down from the statement Monday.
"Let's be...
March 6th, 2014
Written by Jake Coyle in National Collegiate Dialogue with 63 Comments
The 86th annual Academy Awards easily takes the prize for being the most diverse list of Oscars winners in its history.
For the first time, a film directed by a black filmmaker - Steve McQueen of "12 Years a Slave" - won best picture and a Latino - Alfonso Cuaron of "Gravity" - took home best director in a ceremony presided over by a lesbian host and overseen by the academy's first black...
March 6th, 2014
Written by Joe Mandak in National Collegiate Dialogue with 38 Comments
Officials of a central Pennsylvania Catholic school were forced to fire the new headmaster after less than two months when it was discovered he had previously been fired by the Archdiocese of New York for writings it deemed racist.
Erie Bishop Lawrence Persico named Frank Borzellieri headmaster of DuBois Area Catholic School, a K-12 institution about 75 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, on Dec. 3,...
February 24th, 2014
Written by The Associated Press in National Collegiate Dialogue with 73 Comments
A fraternity chapter at the University of Mississippi was indefinitely suspended Friday by its national organization and three of its freshman members were kicked out because of their suspected involvement in hanging a noose on a statue of James Meredith, the first black student to enroll in the then all-white college.
In a statement, Sigma Phi Epsilon said it suspended the Alpha Chapter at the...
