News topics — basketball; poverty; part-time students

Following are links to several recent media articles regarding WSU faculty and staff, or addressing issues in higher education. To see a full article, just click on the live URL link.

* Seattle Times — Men’s basketball: Cougs get two to commit, http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/sports/2003762429_coug26.html

Also see video highlights of the Cougs’ 2006-07 season at http://www.cstv.com/allaccess/player/06-oas-mediaplayer.html?content=mms://a1981.v8108e.cv8108.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/1981/8108/v0001/cstvcbs.download.akamai.com/8108/open/wast/06-07/video/m-baskbl/06jun/061907_wsu_m-baskbl_hl.wmv&school=wast&

* Seattle Post-Intelligencer — State seeks to lead fight against global poverty, disease and inequity. Ambitious initiative launched by nonprofits, academics, others (including WSU), http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/321554_globalwa28.html

* InsideHigherEd.com — Two kinds of part-time students, a report by the U.S. Education Department providing a detailed look at part-time college students, http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/28/parttime

* InsideHigherEd.com — The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on race, striking down two school desegregation plans that involved assigning children to schools based on race, http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/06/28/supreme

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