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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS
TO SETTLE DISCRIMINATION
FOR $1.8 MILLION
In August 2011, a federal court held that the University of California at
Davis had violated Title IX in a lawsuit brought by three female wrestlers.
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STING NETS FOUR TEXAS CHRISTIAN
UNIVERSITY PLAYERS
Texas Christian University (TCU) campus police and Ft. Worth police were
investigating the sale of illegal drugs on the TCU campus. To date, 17
students, including four (TCU) football players, have been arrested.
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JURY RULES VIRGINIA TECH
UNIVERSITY NEGLIGENT IN SHOOTINGS
The parents of two students who were killed in 2007 on the Virginia Tech
campus declined to take any of the $11 million the University proposed as a
global settlement in the shooting deaths. Instead, they claimed that the
deaths of their children were due to negligence on the part of Virginia Tech.
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PARENTS SUE SCHOOL DISTRICT
FOR ASSAULT ON THEIR SON
DURING A BASKETBALL GAME
The parents of Jeremy Brokaw sued the Winfield Mt. Union School District
for assault and battery for failing to control a player who struck their son
during a high school basketball game.
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SETTLEMENT OF $425,000
REACHED FOR WIDE RECEIVER COACH
Charlie Baggett, a former wide receiver coach on the staff of Derek Dooley
at the University of Tennessee (UT), has agreed to a settlement of $425,000.
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"FIGHTING SIOUX" LAWSUIT
The North Dakota Board of Higher Education will file a lawsuit challenging
a state law requiring University of North Dakota athletic teams to be called
the "Fighting Sioux."
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JURY AWARDS $1.6 MILLION
IN DAMAGES IN DEATH OF WOMAN
A Sacramento, CA Superior court jury decided Entercom was liable in the
death of a woman for negligent conduct in a trial which ran for 26 days.
The 28-year-old woman died during a contest "in which she and other
contestants tried to drink as much water as possible without urinating" to win a
W11 game.