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		<title>Students, Lab Tech Okay After SCSU Lab Explosion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several students and a lab techncian from South Carolina State University are in good health days after a chemistry lab explosion on the campus caused minor injury and required decontamination by Orangeburg emergency management services. The Times and Democrat today reports that a updated ventilation system in the Leroy Davis Sr. Science and Research Complex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Witness Offers Contradictory Analysis in Maryland HBCU Equality Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Baltimore Afro-American today filed its latest dispatch on the Maryland HBCU Equality lawsuit, calling into question last week&#8217;s dubious testimony from state witness, Allan Lichtman. The expert, Allan J. Lichtman, a history professor at American University in Washington, D.C., testified: “The bottom line is the state has been investing substantial amounts of capital [and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fayetteville State Officials: Higher Academic Standards Paying Dividends</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a meeting with UNC system officials today, academic administrators at Fayetteville State said that enrollment, retention and projected graduation rates are all up just three years after raising admission and academic standards. (FSU Provost Jon) Young said the school&#8217;s enrollment dropped from 6,692 to 6,217 when the admission standards went up and from 6,283 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Texas Southern Law Students Sue School Over Grading Disputes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Texas Southern law school students, Karla Ford and Jonathan Chan, are suing the school for what they classify as improper grading and resulting dismissal from the program. In the lawsuit, filed Feb. 2 in U.S. District Court, Ford and Chan say the low grade brought their aspiring legal careers to a sudden halt. &#8220;When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virginia Union Announces Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program; First in State</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia Union University has begun offering the first Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program in Virginia. The program began in the spring semester of 2012 and is being held at the City of Richmond Jail, bringing traditional college students and incarcerated men and women together to learn as peers in the same class room. The Inside-Out model [...]]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina A&amp;T Scientist Receives $490K Food Research Grant</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Shengmin Sang, lead scientist for functional foods at the Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis, has received a $490,000 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to research the connection between diabetes and flavonoids, which are a group of compounds found in fruits, vegetables, herbs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ESPN Profiles FAMU Alumna, Renowned Stylist Rachel Johnson</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Florida A&#38;M University alumna Rachel Johnson has earned a national reputation as a stylist for celebrities in sports and entertainment, a rep that has earned her a lengthy profile on ESPN.com. Before she became the NBA&#8217;s makeover maven, players roamed the sidelines wearing oversized suits or trends from the latest hip-hop videos. Now, her fashion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kentucky State Students Protest State Budget Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A delegation from Kentucky State University today joined college students from throughout the state at the  capitol building in protest of budget cuts to higher education. The students voiced concern with a proposed 6.4 reduction in state funds to Kentucky campuses, a point of particular concern for KSU student leaders. KSU student body president Demetrick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revised SCSU Budget Won&#8217;t Cut Jobs, Salaries</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A budget proposal amended by South Carolina State University leadership will solve the school&#8217;s nearly $4 million shortfall without the elimination of jobs or reduction of salaries, the Times and Democrat is today reporting. The university decided not to spend $1.5 million designated for capital projects. These funds, which can be used for deferred maintenance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VIDEO: Activist Boots Riley: Erykah Badu, E-40 Recorded Material at Grambling</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tenured hip-hop veteran and social activist Boots Riley makes an exciting claim for hip-hop fans worldwide in his new documentary, Self-Help in Hard Times. Grambling State alum soulster Erykah Badu and rapper E-40 made music together in college. Imagine that duet on today&#8217;s charts.]]></description>
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