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University declining to release info on fired IUSB professor Otis Grant
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterThe public may never know specifics about why tenured professor Otis B. Grant was fired in late 2011 from Indiana University South Bend. Indiana University isn't required to release any additional details about Grant's dismissal, according to an informal...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Indiana University, Career and Workplace, Students, Anthropology
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Tenured IU South Bend professor Grant fired for alleged misconduct
Otis B. Grant, a tenured professor at Indiana University South Bend, was dismissed for engaging in "serious personal and professional misconduct," according to the university.
Grant's last day of employment on the IU faculty was Dec. 31, 2011.
"The...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Health, Indiana University South Bend, Sociology, Indiana University
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Students stand behind IUSB professor fired for alleged misconduct
Several former students are standing behind an IU South Bend sociology professor fired for what the university is calling “serious personal and professional misconduct.”
The university won’t say what Otis B. Grant is accused of doing,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Indiana University South Bend, Sociology, Indiana University, Students
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Being a pill about the pill? Santorum vs US views
WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Americans don't share Rick Santorum's absolutist take on abortion. He's out of step on women in combat. He questions the values of the two-thirds of mothers who work. He's even troubled by something as commonplace as birth...Tags: Christianity, Health, Sociology, CBS Corp., The Pentagon
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Purdue University warns students: Show proof of measles shots
Purdue University is warning nearly 1,000 students that unless they show proof of measles immunization by March 12, the school will place holds on their academic records and bar them from registering for classes.
Purdue Student Health Center Director...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Purdue University, Health, Disease Prevention, Immunization
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New UCLA basketball Coach Steve Alford's honeymoon was very short
UCLA and Steve Alford. A basketball program of unmatched pedigree led by a former prodigy who became a national champion and Olympic gold medalist before making a steady climb up the coaching ladder. On paper, a harmonic convergence. How they came...
Tags: Mountain West Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Iowa Hawkeyes, Illinois Fighting Illini, Crime, Law and Justice
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Napravnik reflects on early days at Pimlico as she prepares for Preakness ride
Sitting in front of a microphone Friday morning, Rosie Napravnik fielded questions about her first race at Pimlico Race Course while donning a hat from her new sponsor, Snickers Bites. For the 25-year-old jockey, it was a fitting juxtaposition, as she's...
Tags: Breeders' Cup, Pimlico, Pimlico Race Course, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes
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Class of 2013 Is a Whole New Ballgame
As the class of 2013 dispenses with college, reflects on commencement oratory and embraces quests beyond the campus cocoon, the rest of us would do well to consider their context and our choice. This is a class rooted in the last century (born in 1991),...Tags: Graduation, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Business, Employment, Career and Workplace
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Voice of the People, May. 18
Mental-health medicines This is in response to "Psychologists seek prescription power; Health professionals split over contentious bill now up to House" (News, May 12) and "Rx: Slow down; Psychologists and mental health medicines" (Editorial, May 13)....Tags: Philosophy, Psychology, Navy Pier, Health and Medical Professionals, Wrigley Field
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Topless Beatrice Arthur painting part of record $495-million auction
Did it come with a card attached that says, "Thank you for being a friend"? A 1991 painting depicting a topless Bea Arthur that was created by artist John Currin has sold at an auction Wednesday for $1.9 million. The sale was part of a larger Christie's...Tags: The New York Times, J. Crew, Arts and Culture, Jackson Pollock, Auction Service
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Basquiat work sells in NY for record $48.8M; Lichtenstein, Pollock also fetch top prices
NEW YORK (AP) — A Jean-Michel Basquiat (zhahn mee-SHEHL' BAH'-skee-aht) painting has set a new auction record for the graffiti artist at a sale of postwar and contemporary art in New York. Christie's says "Dustheads" sold for $48.8 million on...Tags: Arts and Culture, Jackson Pollock, Auction Service
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Actress Gina Lollobrigida's Diamonds Fetch $4.9 Million At Auction
(Reuters) - Diamond jewelry belonging to Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida sold for more than 4.74 million Swiss francs ($4.9 million) on Tuesday in Geneva and set a record for pearl earrings, auctioneer Sotheby's said. Lollobrigida, a leading sex symbol...
Tags: Celebrities, Auction Service, Sotheby's Holdings Incorporated, Italy, Medical Research
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