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NCAA President Dr. Mark Emmert to Meet With Protesting Basketball Players
NCAA President Dr. Mark Emmert is planning to meet this week with basketball players who protested rules banning student-athletes from earning money from their names, images and likenesses (NIL), ESPN reported. Emmert is scheduled for a videoconference call with Michigan’s Isaiah Livers, Iowa’s Jordan Bohannon and Rutgers’ Geo Baker on Thursday. The three protestors used a social media campaign […]
March 31, 2021
News Roundup
Football Coach Fired After Attacking Stacey Abrams on Twitter
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has fired one of its football coaches after he posted a racist tweet targeting Stacey Abrams and falsely accusing her of election fraud on Twitter, reports MSN. “Congratulations to the state GA and Fat Albert @staceyabrams because you have truly shown America the true works of cheating in an […]
January 7, 2021
African-American
Houston Rapper Travis Scott Offers to Pay Tuition for 5 HBCU Students
Houston Rapper Travis Scott offered to pay the tuition of five students that currently attend historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), reported Click2Houston.com. Scott said he plans to cover tuition for the students’ first semesters. His announcement on Twitter said, “Why not?” The tweet went viral on social media. He also revealed that his mother […]
October 9, 2020
News Roundup
White U New Hampshire Professor Accused of Posing as Immigrant Woman of Color, Making Racist Comments
A white University of New Hampshire chemistry professor is accused of posing as an immigrant woman of color on Twitter to make racist and sexist comments and attack users who supported progressive causes, the Associated Press reported. The school has not named the professor but said the institution was being investigated over the allegations. The […]
October 6, 2020
African-American
New Media, New Possibilities: How Social Media Is Shaping Today’s Social Movements
For young activists in the 1960s, television was the promising new medium through which they could prevent the world from turning a blind eye to violence against Black people. Or, as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. poignantly stated in 1965: “We will no longer let them use their clubs on us in the dark corners. We’re going to make them do it in the glaring light of television.” But now, iPhones and the internet offer new ways to spotlight injustice. With nearly everyone having their own publishing platforms in the palms of their hands, no longer are major news outlets the main filter of public dialogue. Social media provides a voice for anyone with an internet connection.
August 19, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
UCLA Law Professor Wonders on Twitter if One of His Chinese Students Brought Back Coronavirus
Stephen Bainbridge, a University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law professor,  wondered last week on Twitter whether one of his Chinese students brought back the coronavirus from China, reported Law 360 and Above The Law. After a strongly worded letter of condemnation from the school’s students, for racism and xenophobia, Bainbridge apologized publicly […]
April 16, 2020
Latinx
Ethnic Studies Faculty Embrace Academic Twitter
When Harvard University denied tenure to renowned Latinx scholar Dr. Lorgia GarcĂa Peña, a small group of faculty took GarcĂa Peña’s plight to perhaps the largest academic forum of them all — academic Twitter.
March 4, 2020
News Roundup
Two Dead, One Wounded Following Shooting at Texas A&M-Commerce
Two people have died and another remains wounded following a shooting at a Texas A&M-Commerce University residence hall on Monday. At approximately 2 p.m., A&M-Commerce cancelled classes and instructed its students to take shelter as it investigated a shooting at Pride Rock, a three-story residence hall for freshmen. Since then, shelter recommendations have been lifted, […]
February 3, 2020
Community Colleges
Owens Community College President Creates Initiative to Combat Community College Stigma
To combat “pejorative” and “outdated” views on community colleges, Owens Community College President Dr. Steve Robinson launched a social media campaign.
December 5, 2019
News Roundup
Disappointment Sparks Howard Student Hashtag Campaign
Howard University students dispute the university’s claims that students are organizing against the institution solely based on scholarship qualifications, according to a story by WAMU. Students say administrators have ignored their needs for mental health support after sexual assault and other incidents. Some of the latest responses from students come after the university announced it […]
July 24, 2019
Latest News
Lawyers: More Sexual Misconduct Victims, More Perpetrators at Morehouse College
In the wake of allegations of sexual harassment and assault against a Morehouse College administrator that lit up social media late last week, an attorney representing one of the young men said there appear to be numerous victims and perpetrators and accused the men’s school of ignoring complaints for years.
July 22, 2019
News Roundup
Morehouse Staffer on Unpaid Leave Amidst Sex Assault Probe
An assistant director of student services has been placed on unpaid administrative leave at Morehouse College as the all-male Atlanta HBCU investigates allegations by several students that the employee sexually assaulted them, CBS Atlanta has reported. The accusers posted videos of themselves on Twitter in which they accuse DeMarcus Crews of unwanted sexual advances. The […]
July 20, 2019
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