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		<title>Former executive claims &#8220;frat party&#8221; atmosphere, unequal pay, at Anheuser-Busch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Suit alleges Anheuser underpaid female executive

ST. LOUIS — A former Anheuser-Busch executive who was the company&#8217;s top-ranking woman has sued the brewer claiming it encourages a &#8220;frat party&#8221; atmosphere and pays women less in salary and bonuses than men.
Francine Katz, former vice president of communications and consumer affairs for the maker of Budweiser, Bud Light [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals panel dismisses case involving Christian fraternity after U. of Florida changes policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
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Appeals panel dismisses Fla. Christian frat case

ATLANTA — A federal court has dismissed an appeal by a Christian fraternity that tried to force the University of Florida to recognize it as an official organization.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling Tuesday found the controversy was moot because the university had amended its policy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 frat members plead guilty in alcohol hazing death of college student from NYC</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Ex-frat members plead guilty in NY hazing death

GENESEO, N.Y. — Two former members of a banned college fraternity have admitted they plied a student with so much alcohol during a hazing episode near the New York college campus that the young man died.
Nineteen-year-old sophomore Arman Partamian (AR&#8217;-mahn par-TAY&#8217;-mee-in) of Queens was found dead March 1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado college presidents racing to come up with rescue plan for higher education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven K. Paulson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — Racing to come up with proposals to save higher education from a financial cliff, Colorado&#8217;s college presidents held a brainstorming summit Thursday at the state Capitol to come up with new ideas that all of them could support.

Senate Majority Leader John Morse, a Democrat from Colorado Springs, said the economic crisis has given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protests greet anti-Islamic Dutch lawmaker at Philadelphia university campus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — Amid tight security and a large turnout of protesters, Dutch right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders told an assembly of Temple University students that Europe and America must fight an ongoing &#8220;stealth jihad&#8221; that threatens democracy and free speech.

&#8220;Where Islam sets roots, freedom dies,&#8221; Geert Wilders told the students during his 30-minute address organized by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philadelphia university campus on edge ahead of speech by anti-Islamic Dutch lawmaker</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — A European lawmaker whose anti-Islamic views once led British officials to ban him from visiting that country will address Temple University students on Tuesday, despite protests from campus organizations.

Dutch politician Geert Wilders has outraged Muslims by comparing their holy book, the Quran, to Adolf Hitler&#8217;s &#8220;Mein Kampf&#8221; and for his calls to end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UC Irvine refers Zionist group&#8217;s complaint about Muslim students&#8217; campus fundraising to feds</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IRVINE, Calif. — A University of California campus has asked the U.S. Justice Department to look into allegations that money raised at a Muslim student group event went to a terrorist organization.

UC Irvine spokeswoman Cathy Lawhon said Wednesday that the university forwarded to federal investigators a complaint that funds collected at a May 21 speech [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frat member pleads guilty for role in hazing death of NY college student during drinking binge</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GENESEO, N.Y. — One of three former members of a banned fraternity in western New York has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for his role in the hazing of a college student who died of alcohol poisoning.

Daniel Wech, a 21-year-old from Buffalo, will spend weekends in jail for three months.
He pleaded guilty to unlawfully dealing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado State suspends sorority after alleged hazing incidents</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/colorado-state-suspends-sorority-after-alleged-hazing-incidents-151953/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Colorado State University has withdrawn recognition of a sorority after an investigation into several alleged incidents of hazing, including being deprived of food and sleep.

University officials on the Fort Collins campus temporarily suspended Zeta Phi Beta sorority in April and permanently withdrew recognition Aug. 5.
A police report obtained by The Rocky [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free speech vs. cultural sensitivity: Missouri campus program seeks balance when views collide</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, Mo. — They call it Speakers&#8217; Circle, a First Amendment gathering spot at the University of Missouri where just about anything goes.

Confrontational evangelists condemn abortion and gay marriage. Conservative students bash President Obama&#8217;s bailout plan. The rhetoric is heated, and the discussions not always polite.
College campuses have long been hotbeds of activism, from Vietnam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Brothers Big Sisters partnering with 3 black fraternities to increase black male mentors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorie Turner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA — Three of the country&#8217;s largest black fraternities are joining forces with Big Brothers Big Sisters to help woo black men into the mentoring program.

Big Brothers Big Sisters President and CEO Judy Vredenburgh says the nonprofit has struggled to attract minorities to pair with a growing list of black youths from mostly single-parent homes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese security out in force in Tiananmen Square on 20th anniversary of crackdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Bodeen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING — A massive police presence ringed China&#8217;s iconic Tiananmen Square on Thursday, the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy activists, as the government continued an overwhelming drive to muzzle dissent and block commemorations.

An exiled protest leader — famous for publicly haranguing one of China&#8217;s top leaders 20 years ago — was also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiananmen protest leader says Macau denies him entry ahead of crackdown anniversary</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tiananmen-protest-leader-says-macau-denies-him-entry-ahead-of-crackdown-anniversary-70712/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:40:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG — The second most-wanted student leader from the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests was denied entry to the southern Chinese territory of Macau on Wednesday, a day before the 20th anniversary of China&#8217;s crackdown. He said he was being detained at the airport.

Wu&#8217;er Kaixi told The Associated Press by phone that he traveled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tiananmen leader seeks entry in Macau, says he&#8217;ll turn self in ahead of crackdown anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Min Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG — The second most-wanted student leader from the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests arrived in the southern Chinese territory of Macau to turn himself in Wednesday, a day before the 20th anniversary of China&#8217;s brutal crackdown.

Wu&#8217;er Kaixi told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday that immigration officials at Macau&#8217;s airport took him to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prominent Tiananmen leader says he&#8217;s arrived in Macau, seeking entry before anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HONG KONG — A prominent student leader from the 1989 pro-democracy protests at Beijing&#8217;s Tiananmen Square says he&#8217;s arrived in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau to turn himself in.

Wu&#8217;er Kaixi told The Associated Press by phone Wednesday that immigration officials at Macau&#8217;s airport took him to a room after he arrived from Taipei. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Old South&#8217; fraternity again facing complaints over Confederate flags, uniforms on campus</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 02:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jay Reeves</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A white fraternity that traces its roots to the Civil War and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is again facing complaints over its antebellum-themed events.

This time, University of Alabama alumnae are upset after Kappa Alpha Order members wearing Confederate uniforms and carrying battle flags paraded past a historically black sorority as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NH police arrest college students on hazing charges, say frat pledges branded with hot bayonet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HENNIKER, N.H. — Police in New Hampshire say two college students have been arrested over a pledging ceremony where fraternity initiates were burned with a hot World War II-era bayonet.

Henniker police say 25-year-old Nicholas Weiss and 22-yeasr-old Kevin Phelps were each charged with four misdemeanor counts of student hazing this week. Police say the two [...]]]></description>
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