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The Trouble With Title IX And Quotas

Sabrina Schaeffer | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Women's Sports, Sports, Quotas, Women and Sports, James Madison University, College Sports, American Association of Women, Affirmative Action, Title IX, Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, Secretary Duncan, Women News

The problem with anti-discrimination legislation like Title IX is not with its intentions. The trouble is that the goal posts keep moving

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The 10 Best Dining Halls

Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Bryn Mawr College, Colby College, Washington University in St. Louis, Bowdoin College, James Madison University, Cornell University, Umass Amherst, Wheaton College, Virginia Tech, 10 Best Dining Halls, University of Georgia, College News

Are you hungry yet? Princeton Review recently named the colleges with the best campus food. Wheaton College in Illinois topped the list, followed b...

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Search Intensifies For Missing Pregnant College Student

Carly Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bethany Anne Decker, Virginia Woman Missing, Bethany Ann Decker, Bethany Decker, James Madison University, Bethany Anne Decker Missing, Pregnant Virginia Woman Missing, Pregnant College Student Missing, Bethany Decker Missing, Video, College News

Police on Wednesday intensified search efforts for Bethany Anne Decker, a young woman from Virginia last seen and heard from at the end of January. D...

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Tech Transfers: Turn-Offs or Start-Ups?

Angela Haines | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tech Transfer, Biotechnology, James Madison University, Hospital for Special Surgery, Kauffman Foundation, Angel Investors, Science Translational Medicine, Microbiology, Alan Paau, Bayh Dole Act, Start-Up, Cornell, Golden Seeds, Business News

This December marks the 30th anniversary of the Bayh-Dole Act which in effect gave birth to the idea of tech transfer.

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Colleges Ramp Up Anti-Binge Drinking Efforts

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Madison University, Binge Drinking, Underage Drinking, The South, Wake Forest University, College News

James Madison and Wake Forest University are cracking down on underage and binge drinking. Both schools have initiated a broad effort to rein in drin...

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College Media Censorship: Year in Review

Dan Reimold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spj, Ohio State University, James Madison University, College, Towson Towerlight, Towson University, Newspaper, Baltimore Sun, Washington Post, News Media, Splc, Media, Higher Education, Censorship, Journalism, X-Men, College News

College media censorship has a lot in common with Mystique. The mutant supervillain associated with the X-Men is best known for her duplicitous shape-shifting aimed at doing harm.

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JMU Newsroom RAID: Police Seize Riot Photographs

Huffington Post | Leah Finnegan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Student Press Law Center, Jmu Riot Photos, Jmu Police, Jmu Breeze Photos Seized, Student Press Law Center Breeze, Jmu Newsroom Raid, Jmu Riot, The South, James Madison University, Jmu Breeze Raid, Jmu Breeze Newsroom, Jmu Police Raid, Jmu, James Madison University Newsroom, Jmu Breeze, James Madison University Riot, College News

Following a widespread campus riot last weekend, James Madison University's newspaper, The Breeze, became the subject of intense police scrutiny. Why...

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Search Warrant Served on Student Newsroom Violates Federal Law

Adam Goldstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jmu-Springfest, James Madison University, The Breeze, Jmu-Blockparty, James Madison, Jmu, Reporters-Privilege, Privacy Protection Act, Censorship, College News

The net result of searches like this is that more crimes will go unpunished because people with the information that could bring those crimes to light will never come forward to the media.

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James Madison U Block Party Turns Into A Riot, 30 Arrested

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jmu Blockparty, James Madison University, Jmu Block Party, Jmu Party, Jmu, Jmu Springfest, Tear Gas, College News

Spring is in the air. But for students at James Madison University, there's now also a hint of tear gas. This Saturday at JMU, the school's annual Sp...

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