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Education Law Center to Host Annual Lecture

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The event will feature remarks from former Washington Post editor Valerie Strauss and a response panel including NJ Spotlight News education writer John Mooney and Rally Principal Ashley Burns. to 5:30 p.m. Mooney is the founding editor of NJ Spotlight.

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University of Maryland to Investigate Fraternities, Sororities

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The University of Maryland, College Park, has suspended social events involving alcohol and new member recruitment for 21 fraternities and 16 sororities pending an investigation into alleged misconduct.

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Students Increasingly Don’t Remember the 9/11 Attacks

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For them, 9/11 is a historical event, little different from Pearl Harbor. Marita Sturken is a professor of media, culture, and communication at NYU, who teaches about 9/11 as a case study of memorialization and as a global media event. They are just as capable of thinking of it as a historical event with meaning.

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10th Minority Male Initiative Set to Shape the Future

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Dr. Daniel Jean "The Minority Male Initiative conference has consistently been a platform for empowerment and growth," said Dr. Fidel Wilson, event coordinator and director of One Stop Services and Regional Locations at Brookdale. mainframe computing communications media; 3.) Jean rose from abject poverty, progressing from a 1.9

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The College of Saint Rose to Close Permanently at the End of School Year

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We are in close communication with city and county stakeholders, state and local government leaders, academia, and developers to ensure that we are all working together to reimagine the CSR campus to minimize the impact of the college’s closure,” Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan and Albany County Executive Daniel P. “In

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Campuses Host a Range of LGBTQ+ Programming for Pride Month

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Shane Windmeyer At Emory University , those from multiple generations of the LGBTQ+ community were allowed to tell their stories and discuss American queer history at a Jun. 7 event, “Our Stories: A Celebration of Pride and Living Histories.” 16 and was open to the public. history, and queer identity.

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UW-La Crosse Chancellor Dr. Joe Gow Fired After Adult Videos of Him and Wife Discovered

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He previously announced that he would step down at the end of the current 2023-2024 school year and return as a communications professor. Five years ago, Gow similarly received criticism for inviting adult film star Nina Hartley as a campus guest speaker during a "Free Speech week" event.

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