When a federal court recently threw out the NCAA's academic standards for freshman college athletes because the standardized tests they were based on were thought to be culturally biased against blacks, it effectively set up yet another barrier for groups ...
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Many years ago, when I was still a first grader, my father and I went for a walk. We strolled past a brand-new building made of shining white concrete and gleaming glass doors. My father had been quite interested in ...
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How many nightmarish scenes of youth violence must America witness before we realize that this is the harvest of a generation which has turned its back on God? We have banned prayer from the public schools and God from public ...
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Newspaper readers nationwide chuckled recently, reading Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and Associated Press stories about a southern Florida sports club that had banned soap, shampoo and shaving cream for the club's locker room.(1) The club had recently paid more than $50,000 ...
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A newsletter covering regulatory reform efforts in Washington and across America, published by The National Center for Public Policy Research 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 507-6398 * Fax (301) 498-1301 E-mail [email protected] Web http://www.nationalcenter.org Issue ...
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Issue Seventeen March 26, 1999 The National Center for Public Policy Research Amy Moritz Ridenour, President 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20001 Phone (202) 507-6398 Fax (301) 498-1301 [email protected] http://www.nationalcenter.org Contents: * Lions and Tigers and... Bolivians ...
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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 call Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter's March ruling overturning the NCAA's minimum acadmic standards for freshmen athletes a fit of "March Madness" that will devastate student athletics for years to come. Project 21 ...
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Lions and Tigers and... BoliviansA Texas judge has delivered a sharp jab to the funny bone of the Republic of Bolivia after the Bolivian government filed suit against the U.S. tobacco industry in Brazoria County, Texas. Last month, the Bolivian ...
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Death Tax and Proposed Cigarette Tax Unfair to Low-Income and Minority Citizens Two taxes in the state of Maryland - inheritance taxes and a proposed increase in the cigarette tax - are criticized by members of the African-American leadership network ...
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NCAA Academic Standards Ensure Accomplishment in Classroom and on the FieldMembers of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are outraged by the March 8 ruling of a federal judge overturning minimum academic standards instituted by the NCAA to ensure college ...
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