Columbia Will Take Look at Football Team’s Futility
With the team on a 20-game losing streak, the university president, Lee C. Bollinger, ordered a comprehensive review of the football program, but supported Coach Peter Mangurian.
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With the team on a 20-game losing streak, the university president, Lee C. Bollinger, ordered a comprehensive review of the football program, but supported Coach Peter Mangurian.
On his radio call-in show, Jimbo Fisher, the Florida State football coach, hears plenty of praise, but no questions about the team’s off-field scandals.
President Obama’s order would allow American forces to carry out missions against the Taliban and other militant groups threatening American troops or the Afghan government, sources said.
Some former protesters said they were unsure if they would again join the demonstrations that are expected after a grand jury decides whether to indict Darren Wilson, a white police officer, for killing Michael Brown, 18.
The email between employees of Delphi, the manufacturer, discussed pressure from a G.M. engineer over an ignition switch that is linked to at least 33 deaths.
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2014While playing with a toy gun in Cleveland, 12-year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by a white police officer.[†]
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