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Feds toss Michigan complaint to ban Indian mascots
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A federal agency has dismissed a complaint seeking to ban the use of American Indian mascots and imagery in Michigan's K-12 schools, saying a state department cited no specific cases of harm to students in 35 districts. The...
Tags: Kansas City Chiefs, National Football League, Students, Justice and Rights, Washington Redskins
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Goshen HS mascot temporarily removed 'to be respectful of differing views'
Do you think Native Americans should be used as sports mascots? If you think that is fine, should names that are considered racist slurs like "redskins" be changed? A few students at Goshen High School were concerned about the fate of their mascot,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Sculpture, Arts
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Dowagiac rallies around school logo
WSBT-TVDOWAGIAC, Mich. – There's no question that people have strong feelings about their high school sports programs. So, when the state mandates you change your mascot, it certainly gets people worked up. On Friday, the Michigan Department of Civil...Tags: Schools, Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, High Schools, High School Sports
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Complaint: End Native American mascots in schools
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Department of Civil Rights wants the federal government to step in and prohibit the use of American Indian mascots and imagery in Michigan schools. The department filed a complaint Friday with the U.S. Department...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Crime, Law and Justice
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Offensive mascots? 4 local school districts face complaint
Are Native American mascots offensive in a manner similar to blackface or the depiction of other cultures as brutal "savages" in old movies? Are they just harmless fun? Does the answer vary depending on how the mascot is portrayed? Four school districts...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Racism, Crime, Law and Justice
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$35 million community center heads to public vote in Goshen
GOSHEN – Voters will have a say in whether a $35 million community center is built in Goshen. Tuesday night, the Goshen City Council voted 4-3 in favor of a referendum on the proposal. The public vote will be held in May. Plans for the...
Tags: Elections, Politics
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BCS Championship: Tale of the tape
Everything about the BCS championship between No. 1 Notre Dame and No. 2 Alabama seems larger than life. Not only do these schools stand among the best ever in college football, they also lead the pack in celebrating that success and in investing for...Tags: Sugar Bowl, College Football, Georgia Institute of Technology, Lobbying, Bowl Championship Series
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SeaWorld attack: Video captures dolphin biting little girl
8-year-old Jillian Thomas is so obsessed with dolphins that when her parents brought her to SeaWorld Orlando last week, she made sure to visit the dolphin cove twice. But she and her parents received the fright of their lives when the marine mammal...
Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Zoology, SeaWorld, Tetanus, Theme Park Vacations
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New community center in Goshen up to taxpayers
WSBT-TVGOSHEN – Goshen has talked about building a new community center for years, and now land is available. The next step is to see if people who live there will pay for it. “There has not been anything like this in Goshen,” said Bruce...Tags: Demographics
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Fort Wayne detective claims fellow cops pressured her to watch pornography
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A female detective who complained that male officers invited her to watch pornographic videos and kept a sex toy as an office mascot was exposed to sexual material because she works in the department's sex crimes unit, Fort...
Tags: Justice System, Pornography, Trials, Laws, Litigation
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