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UW students stage protest against food concessionaire for athletic facilities

Several dozen University of Washington students occupy a conference room Wednesday at Gerberding Hall, where they unfurled a banner protesting the university's contract with Sodexo, the food concessionaire for UW athletic facilities. …

Rabbi Jeremy Stern, 27

As a rabbinical student at Yeshiva University four years ago, Jeremy Stern noticed an announcement for a protest rally in Queens at the home of a man who had not given his wife a get (Jewish divorce). The rally was organized by the Organization for the …

UK universities hike fees, cut courses

British students have occupied London Metropolitan University in protest at bosses' plans to cancel almost 70 percent of the college's courses. The union of London Met students, as well as the University and College Union (UCU) and Unison unions …

Crowd cheers students arrested in immigration protest

Six students arrested during a student-led protest at the Statehouse appeared today at Marion Superior Court 12 for a hearing on misdemeanor trespassing charges. The hearing was continued until June 14. After the students left the courtroom, …

Midnight raid on university protest

On 9 May university management at London Metropolitan used police and private security to evict a peaceful occupation of the Holloway Road Graduate centre. Students at London Met's North Campus staged the occupation in protest against planned cuts of …

Changes In Higher Education Funding Make UCAS Personal Statements More …

Higher Education has been something of a hot topic in Britain over the last year, with the debate over rising student fees seeing thousands of young people taking to the streets in protest . Now that the dust has settled, however, and the sheer number …

Burnaby parents protest new anti-bullying policy

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – There are anti-bullying policies in place to stop discrimination based on race, gender and religion. But the Burnaby School Board's plan to include gay and lesbian students is not sitting well with all parents. …

Play reprises student protest at Northern High

Weary of receiving what they believed was an inferior education compared to schools in primarily white neighborhoods, students at the predominately black Northern High School in Detroit took their future into their own hands. …

Parents Protest Burnaby School District’s LGBT Friendly Policy

On Tuesday, May 10, parents in Burnaby, British Columbia will be holding a protest against the Burnaby School District's new gay-friendly policy. The policy, which is intended to combat discrimination against LGBT students, is being criticized by the …

Governing Board meeting flooded by disgruntled protesters

Supporters of disqualfied student government pres. candidate demand trustees intervene, promise to protest ASG tomorrow By David Leonard Protesters flooded into the Governing Board meeting tonight demanding trustees intervene into the battle between …

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