Cheyney News

WHEN CHEYNEY University President Michelle Howard-Vital attended homecoming last year, in her second year as head of the nation's oldest historically black institution of higher education, what moved her were the stories of how the school had turned around the lives of alumni, faculty and staff.

Pennsylvania higher-education officials are in talks with Mayor Nutter's office about opening a state university campus in Philadelphia, state and city officials confirmed yesterday.

A federally recognized agency has warned Cheyney University that it could lose its accreditation if it does not make changes in its long-range planning and finances.

When the stock market climbed back over 10,000 two weeks ago, there wasn't a lot of celebration, except on Wall Street where the bonuses are flowing once again.

"What seems to have happened here is that Nobel was really giving the award to the American public - for electing a president who indicated that he would affect a less arrogant foreign policy." Lesson to be learned here folks.... Put your countries best interests above western europe and get ridiculed and zero cooperation.

CHEYNEY, Pa. - Lenny Macklin made it to 10th grade before having a teacher who looked like him - an African-American male.

Students from the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, and Cheyney University and a parent of five from Fox Chase yesterday told U.S. Sen.

While Freeman's will be busy next week with a two-day catalog sale of fine English and Continental furniture, silver, and decorative arts, a catalog sale in New York will focus on an African American painter who developed his skills in Philadelphia, Barkley L. Hendricks.

If she could live her life backward, there would be more hugs for Willy. She would pay attention when he explained how to change a flat tire or take a break from work to just watch television or play tennis.

Must wait until 2024 for next hearing "Despite the years of protest against Leonard Peltier's wrongful imprisonment; despite government officials' admissions over the years that they have no idea who killed FBI agents [Ronald A.] Williams and [Jack R.] Coler; despite the overwhelming evidence of egregious FBI malfeasance including civil and human ...

Although the Division I football season doesn't start until tomorrow, the region's Division II and Division III schools have already kicked off.

Governor Ed Rendell is praising state-owned and state-related universities for holding the line on tuition increases.