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Tue., Dec. 18, 2012, 4:49 p.m.
13 surrender in Illinois fraternity drinking death
DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Thirteen of the 22 people facing hazing-related charges following a Northern Illinois University student’s death have turned themselves in to police. A DeKalb Police Department spokesman …
Tue., Dec. 18, 2012, 4:31 a.m.
Ill. frat members charged in student hazing death
DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Nearly two dozen fraternity members at Northern Illinois University have been charged with hazing-related counts after a freshman was found dead at their fraternity house following …
Wed., Dec. 12, 2012, 8:42 a.m.
U. Iowa adds optional LGBT question to application
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa has become the nation’s first public university to include optional questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on its application, a …
Tue., Dec. 4, 2012, 2:19 p.m.
Harvard recognizes group promoting safe kinky sex
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Kinky sex has been admitted to Harvard. The nation’s oldest university has formally recognized Harvard College Munch, a group promoting discussions and safe practices of kinky …
Sat., Nov. 17, 2012, 5:53 p.m.
UMaine: 3 plane crash victims were frat brothers
OWLS HEAD, Maine (AP) — A small plane that spiraled downward and burst into flames after striking a pickup truck shortly before takeoff was carrying two University of Maine students …
Mon., Oct. 1, 2012, 2:27 a.m.
Central figure in Miss. integration defies labels
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — James Meredith is a civil-rights icon who hates the term “civil rights.” It’s as if civil rights were somehow set apart from — well, rights.
Sat., Sept. 29, 2012, 6:51 a.m.
Students, experts recoil at alcohol enema case
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Before an unruly Tennessee party ended with a student hospitalized for a dangerously high blood alcohol level, most people had probably never heard of alcohol enemas. …
Fri., Sept. 28, 2012, 12:02 a.m.
Pa. college revives sororities after 79-year ban
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nearly 80 years after women at Swarthmore College voted to ban sororities because they were too exclusive, a group of female students will reinstate Greek life this …
Thu., Sept. 27, 2012, 11:38 p.m.
Pa. college revives sororities after 79-year ban
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a nearly 80-year absence of sororities at Swarthmore College, female students will soon have the option of going Greek. Kappa Alpha Theta is establishing a chapter …