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...past two years. In fact, CNN’s “Capital Gang” could have used events at my alma mater for one of their “outrages of the week” every week for the past three years. A particularly glaring scandal took place in December when the Concordia Student Union (CSU) banned the Jewish student association Hillel without due process...
Whether or not this is a scandal born of ambition, it is also being cast as a story about race. Publications like the Times work hard to find and keep the best black reporters. That sometimes involves hiring minority reporters whose experience was "significantly below what we'd normally require because we wanted a lot of minority reporters," says one Times senior manager, who notes that a special training program helps bring young reporters up to speed. As Blair's record came to light, some colleagues concluded that he got second chances that others might not have. But others deny...
...Harrick scandal at Georgia erupted when it was learned that the coach improperly paid some bills for one of his players and that other players had received credit for a coaching course--taught by Harrick's son and assistant--that they never attended. Harrick was fired from an earlier job--at UCLA--for expense-account irregularities...
...clever in the ways we find new sources of data, mine information from the new and old, generate information, make it available for analysis, convert it to knowledge, and create actionable options," Poindexter said last year. Poindexter has been controversial for his role in the Reagan administration Iran-Contra scandal, which led to a 1990 conviction for providing false information to Congress, though that verdict was ultimately overturned...
DIED. ALBERT HAKIM, 66, Iranian-born Silicon Valley businessman and financial guru behind the Iran-contra scandal of the 1980s; of a heart attack; in Inchon, South Korea. Hakim masterminded the web of bank accounts used to funnel U.S. weapons and funds to Iran and Nicaraguan rebels. As part of a plea bargain, he paid a $5,000 fine and served two years of probation...