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FBI Arrests Loyola Student Suspected Of Threatening To Blow Up Campus Building

The FBI has arrested a Loyola University student suspected of threatening to blow up a building on the Uptown campus, apparently to avoid taking a test. Evelyn Hubbard, a junior biology major, sent two profanity-riddled emails to the Loyola Police Department on the morning of Nov. 17, saying she would blow up Monroe Hall and kill five professors whom she did not identify, according to an FBI affidavit.

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The Times-Picayune

Proposal Would Require Arkansas College, University Officials To Report Suspected Child Abuse

Officials at Arkansas colleges and universities would be required to report child abuse or suspected child abuse under a proposal by the state Department of Human Services.

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AP via The Republic

In Wake Of Scandals, U of Wisconsin System Eyes Policies On Contact With Minors

High-profile child sex abuse scandals at two universities have prompted the University of Wisconsin System to review its policies on employee and volunteer contact with minors and the reporting of crimes against children on campus.

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Wisconsin State Journal

Univ of Central Arkansas Hit By Tabletop Twister

The University of Central Arkansas and the City of Conway emergency personnel took part in an exercise to review the university’s emergency operations plans.

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Log Cabin Democrat

Steps to Greater Latino College Completion

Stats Watch
Melissa Ezarik
University Business, Nov 2011

With Latinos now representing one in six U.S. residents, the international competitiveness of the nation will depend on the academic success of Latino students, notes the opening of a recent College Board report on Latino college completion. Although the national average of 25- to 34-year-olds in 2009 who had attained an associate degree or higher was 41 percent, just 19 percent of Latinos had done so.

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Learning Management
Risk Management
Student Life Cycle Management
Student Retention

Boca Dad Files $180 Million Suit Against Cornell For Son's Death

The father of a Cornell University freshman who committed suicide by jumping from a high bridge spanning a gorge is suing the college for $180 million in damages.

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Sun Sentinel

U of Central Arkansas Event Focuses On Campus Safety

The University of Central Arkansas Physical Plant worked with the UCA police department, administration, the UCA Student Government Association and university housing student leaders for the second Operation Safe Walk event Thursday night in an attempt to identify safety hazards around the UCA campus.

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Log Cabin Democrat

Alabama A&M Says Crime On Decline So Far In 2011

With a variety of new approaches and a new police chief, Alabama A&M is aiming to lower its high crime statistics that are among the worst in the state.

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The Huntsville Times

Univ Of California, Berkeley Looking To Avoid 2nd Clash With Protesters

Mocked and criticized, UC Berkeley administrators are softening their defense of the violent response by campus police against protesters, and say they hope to avoid similar aggression this week at a planned student walkout.

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The San Francisco Chronicle

The Psychological Impact of Cyber Bullying

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Jerry Will and Clim Clayburn
University Business, Nov 2010

School violence, the threat of violence, and harassment continues to worry educators locally, nationally and internationally. Although violence exits in its rawest form, i.e., shootings, rape, kidnapping, and bomb threats; more passive and pervasive forms of harassment and/or bullying also exist.

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Risk Management
Student Life Cycle Management
Student Wellness

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