| At Indiana, the rules are fine, but winning is better
The action came after a confrontation between Knight and a student that violated a previous zero-tolerance policy that Brand had established. Davis, who succeeded Knight, was in a hopeless position, even though he took Indiana to the national championship game in the 2002 season. He was too young, too new, too fresh to make an imprint at Indiana. But Sampson has weight. He had history of success at Oklahoma. He has a touch of the wheeler-dealer - enough to have landed Oklahoma on probation and thrown Indiana into an investigation. Knight went by the NCAA book, but he also threw the book - and chairs. There is a laundry list of embarrassments to the university that led to his dismissal. (He outraged women's groups in a 1988 interview with Connie Chung when he said, "I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.") Sampson coaches a style of play that fans want to watch and players like to play.
Virus warning: Don't join MyParty
Anti-virus vendor MessageLabs reports it is already the most popular virus of the last 24 hours. The worm spreads by attempting to trick victims into opening a file promising entertaining party snaps. Once executed the worm sends itself to everyone in the victim's address book - appearing to come from the infected machine's owner. As such when future recipients receive the virus, it will most likely come from a friend or colleague, increasing the likelihood of it being opened. As yet virus experts have identified no malicious payload. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for Sophos anti-virus, said the worm represents a new level of social engineering. "This is something that comes from your mates, and promises party photos. It is very plausible for many users," he said.
House Subcommittee Holds Hearing To Review Efforts To Expand SCHIP In ...
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on Tuesday held a hearing to review efforts in 2007 to pass legislation to reauthorize and expand SCHIP, CQ Today reports.
During the hearing, witnesses said that the number of uninsured children will increase because of the current economic recession and the inability of Congress to expand public health insurance programs or prevent changes to programs by President Bush. Cindy Mann, executive director of the Center for Children and Families at Georgetown University, said that the number of uninsured children increases by about 2,000 daily and that the "weakening economy will inevitably push these numbers upward unless action is taken by Congress to put the nation back on track."
In addition, Dennis Smith, Medicaid director at CMS, during the hearing defended an Aug.
TheStar.com | News | More black-focused schools?
Hundreds of people were speaking in favour. And I realized multiculturalism isn't about having a standard system for everyone, but working together to make sure we don't leave any group behind. It's about understanding the cultural challenges some students face, not suspending them. You know, some people think the community is being demanding, but people have been waiting 30 years for this kind of school. Actually, I think we've been pretty passive." Stephnie Payne "I voted against it because there was a process in place from four years ago, where the board began an Africentric committee to look at an inclusive, Africentric curriculum, the whole Africentric way of teaching. ... The committee members and myself did not think having a black school was appropriate for the reasons that it's not just the schools, it is the community and the parents and it starts in the home.
January 2003
New cabinet level departments, entitlements galore and so much more! W. James Antle III wants to know why government can afford everything except for tax cuts?
Single Federal Code Redux Part Two: Using Congress to safeguard our liberties: Bruce Walker continues his look at the benefits of a more powerful federal government with the role that Congress would play in his scheme
Blackmun's bane: Attorney Mark M. Trapp reads Roe v. Wade and it's supporting documentation, something few people have apparently bothered to do, and discovers something interesting
Fighting for freedom while losing our freedom: Once again American soldiers stand ready to defend their nation's interests and free a people from tyranny. Alan Caruba says it's a shame no one cares about the diminishing freedom of Americans
Problems for the Axis of Weasel: Jackson Murphy says that world events are rapidly illustrating the irrelevance of nations like France and Germany
Walking on thin ice: All the protests and UN posturing doesn't change a fact, says Henry Lamb, Saddam Hussein is on the thin edge of the wedge and it's going to be George W.
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TIME LISTS '25 MOST IMPORTANT FILMS ON RACE': Works span nearly 100 years; shows transformation through eras. *Time Magazine, in partnership with CNN, has marked Black History Month with the selection of 25 movies it believes honors the artistry, appeal and determination of African Americans on and behind the big screen. "The 25 Most Important Films on Race," spanning nine decades, includes such works as "Hallelujah!" (1929), "Imitation of Life" (1934), "Gone With the Wind" (1939), "Carmen Jones" (1954), "Killer of Sheep"
(1977), "Boyz N the Hood" (1991) and Will Smith's latest film "I Am Legend."
The list "reveals a legacy that was tragic before it was triumphant,"
writes Time magazine's Richard Corliss.
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