Morning Rounds: Meningitis Outbreak, Nurse Turnover and a New Gout Treatment
Hospitals coping with nursing shortages and high turnover are setting up residency training programs, like those for doctors, to boost their retention rates, and matching new nurses up with mentors who are more experienced, the Associated Press reports.
Black history month: Going Greek
Fraternities and sororities are social organizations, but they're more than that. For African-Americans, they encourage community involvement that can become a lifetime habit.
"What is seen the most are the parties," said Alpha Phi Alpha member Robert
'Seven years of college down the drain'
The University of Utah has poor timing when it comes to reviving its frat culture. Most people figure the so-called Greek system deserves to pass into the mists of history after the recent death of a Utah State University freshman of alcohol poisoning
Greek presidents charged for underage drinking at off-campus retreat
A fraternity and sorority event was interrupted the weekend of Feb. 7, when students at a meeting of Greek chapter presidents in the Philadelphia suburbs received citations for charges relating to underage drinking and other alcohol-related
Three meningitis cases cause campus scare
The three students who were hospitalized for meningococcal infections last week are now recovering, and the condition of two other students hospitalized with flu-like symptoms is not serious, University officials said yesterday.
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HW Bio: Alain LeRoy Locke
Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1886 ? June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is unofficially called the ?Father of the Harlem
U. wants to revive slumping Greek scene
was once assaulted by three female revelers she confronted in her backyard. Arnett and others would like to see the dwindling Greek community fade away, but U. administrators have a different future in mind.
GREEK ROW MESS
Beth Arnett (R), and
