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Bob Huber has close ties to skinhead groups in the region. He operates a hate-based record label in Newark and plays guitar for a hardcore band called Teardown. He is featured in the "Skinhead Hall of Fame" on a popular white supremacist Web site. He sports racist tatoos.
Ashlee Greenwell was not a child beauty pageant queen. In fact, the Miss Delaware USA pageant was only her second ever. Ashlee has come a long way since her childhood as a shy girl who lacked confidence. As an infant, Ashlee had constant ear infections that damaged her eardrums.
Student demand for Public Safety escorts is growing and has exceeded the number of requests made during the past academic year, according to UDaily. James Flatley, director of Public Safety, said the service, which has been available for several years, is available after dark, seven days a week.
"A Commitment to Delawareans," a document intended to aid Delaware residents in high school on the path to admission into the university, is being assembled by Provost Dan Rich and the Office of Admissions, and will be finalized this spring. The document will provide a curriculum for students, teachers and administrators to guide in-state residents applying to the university.
Congress cut $12.7 billion from federal student loan programs earlier this month, as part of the Deficit Reduction Act. The act includes a plan to slash $39 billion from the federal budget, with one-third of those cuts coming out of federal student loan programs.
The New York Times published an article in December revealing the National Security Agency's secret wiretapping program. As a result the American Civil Liberties Union has filed suit against the United States government, and the Bush administration wants to bring charges against the Times and force reporters to reveal their sources.
The students walking through the doors of Lieberman's University Bookstore Saturday afternoon did not come to peruse the shelves or hassle employees for a used textbook. Instead, more than 30 people gathered to meet and support author Summer Hill Seven and celebrate his book, "Notes of a Neurotic.
The Franhofer USA Center for Molecular Biotechnology, a Newark-based research company, is currently working on new technology to combat biochemical threats like anthrax. The U.S. government granted approximately $3.5 million to the Franhofer company. Although it has been some time since the last public anthrax scare, bioterrorism is still considered to be a national threat.
A hand-blown glass necklace sparkles in the light coming through the window. A silk kimono, dyed sunset pinks and oranges, drapes from the wall. Next to it, carefully stitched jean jackets are on display, begging to be worn. But there are no changing rooms here.
In 1794, the British Rev. William Jackson undertook a spy mission on behalf of revolutionary France. He planned to travel to London and Dublin to coordinate English and Irish uprisings with a French invasion fleet. The goal was to overthrow the British monarchy and institute a republican government in England.
The Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, a new commission established by the U.S. Department of Education, is planning to discuss the administration of a standardized test to all colleges and universities and will release its recommendations in approximately six months.
Twenty-five people died and more than 50 suffered from serious heart problems while using drugs prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Disorder between 1999 and 2003, according to a Food and Drug Administration report released earlier this month. Nineteen of those who died were children.
Law school application rates have dropped significantly in the past few years. This is arguably due in part to the recent boost in the economy. As a result, many young people are starting their careers upon graduation rather than continuing with schooling.
On Feb. 16 the new university exhibition, "Objects of Desire," was unveiled in Old College. The exhibit, a display of "Personal Passions: from Collecting to Display," was prepared by art history graduate students Lorena Baines, Dawn Morehouse, Ellery Foutch and history graduate student Emily Ruby - all of whom helped transfer and research the works.
The idea that marriage can only be defined as a union between one man and one woman is being challenged in the New Jersey Supreme Court as seven same-sex couples await the Court's decision, which could legalize gay marriage in the state. The Court heard opening arguments on Wednesday from the state and Lambda Legal, the gay civil-rights organization which first filed the suit in 2002.
As of early this month, two new awards adorn the halls of the Office of Residence Life. The office is the 2006 winner of two of the four annual awards given by the American College Personnel Association's Commission for Social Justice Educators. The university applied for two awards: a general award for overall commitment to social justice issues and an award for a specific, innovative response to an issue that may have occurred on campus.
Community members and university students came together Friday night at the Bacchus Theatre to see local talent and support the university radio station's fund raising efforts. The "Fly and Flashy" concert was part of the WVUD Radiothon, a program that sponsors several concerts and events in order to raise money for the non-profit radio station.