Endowments Down Across Colleges in 2002
A NACUBO survey of 660 institutions shows average endowment declines of 6 percent in fiscal 2002, the worst year since 1974. While some wealthy schools like Harvard fared better with only a 2.7 percent drop, others faced cuts, layoffs, and budget freezes as institutions refinance debt and rethink spending amid the bear market and slower fundraising.
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National Association of College and University Business Officers
Commonfund Institute
Washington
Nacubo
Boston University
Hillsdale College
Michigan
Dartmouth
Duke
Stanford
Scott Malpass
University of Notre Dame
Commonfund
Malpass
Illinois Wesleyan University
Thomas Corts
Samford University
Birmingham
Ala
Harvard
King's Day events spread anti war and pro equality message
Civil rights leaders and politicians marked Martin Luther King Jr Day across the nation urging peace over Iraq war and supporting affirmative action. Coretta Scott King spoke at Ebenezer Baptist Church urging peaceful world leadership while protests and marches highlighted calls for justice and diversity.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Iraq
Supreme Court
King
Coretta Scott King
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Martin
Ebenezer Baptist
Joseph Roberts
Roberts
Sweet Auburn
Sea of Heads
Seattle
O’kelly McCluskey
Denver
Saddam Hussein
Vicki Rottman
Women In Black
Tiffany Smile
New York’s
State University At
Purchase
Pilots warned about friendlies before Kandahar bombing
Air Force intelligence testified that Majs. Harry Schmidt and William Umbach were told during briefings that friendly troops could be on the ground at Tarnak Farms near Kandahar. The hearing explored miscommunications and uncertain ground conditions as the two face potential court-martial for the 2002 Afghan incident.
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Barksdale Air Force Base
U.S
Afghanistan
Air Force
Evan Cozadd
183Rd
Harry Schmidt
William Umbach
Cozadd
Schmidt
Ambach
Umbach
al- Qaida
Kandahar
Tarnak Farms
Marshall S. Woodson III
Craig Fisher
Woodson
Democratic hopefuls vie for black support on road to White House
Democrats used Martin Luther King Jr. Day to attack President Bush on civil rights and court rulings while courting black voters. Kerry Edwards Lieberman Gephardt and Dean spoke at events in various states. Bush defended progress at a King Day event and addressed ongoing prejudice.
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Landover
King
America
Sen
John Edwards
Supreme Court
University of Michigan
Edwards
North Carolina
Boston
Martin Luther King
Caring Hands Silva
Natick
Richard Barrett
Barrett
Virginia
Chesterfield
Billy Cannaday Jr
Tracey James
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Bob Riley
White House
Richmond
Massachusetts
John Kerry
Carolinas
Connecticut
Joe Lieberman
Detroit
Missouri
Dick Gephardt
Washington
al Sharpton
New York
South Carolina
Michigan
Charles Pickering
Mississippi
Court of Appeals
Kerry
Winston Salem
N.C
Lieberman
Moses
Dean
Kwame Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Plane crash near Charlotte prompts weight balance concerns
Investigators probe a US Airways Express crash on January 8 that killed 21, examining heavy takeoff weight and improper weight distribution possibly aided by a malfunctioning elevator. The incident spurs scrutiny of how the industry computes passenger and cargo weights amid rising obesity.
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Charlotte
N.C
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