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A University of Texas at San Antonio student has become one of the first recipients of a scholarship offered only to Caucasian males. The pre-law student accepted the $500 scholarship from the Former Majority Association for Equality on Wednesday evening in New Braunfels. The nonprofit group, started by a Texas State student, claims to be the first to offer an ethnically-based scholarship for Caucasian males. Daniel Crotty, in his junior year at UTSA, said he was pleased to be awarded the scholarship. "I'm honored because this organization has such honorable intentions," Crotty said. "I'm just proud to be a part...

Why Obama Should Not Have Checked 'Black' On His census Form Elizabeth Chang April 29, 2010 I have always considered Barack Obama to be biracial, and I had hoped that his election would help our country move beyond the tired concept of race. Unfortunately, the president is not getting with my program. Although I knew Obama self-identifies as African American, I was disappointed when I read that that's what he checked on his census form. The federal government, finally heeding the desires of multiracial people to be able to accurately define themselves, had changed the rules in 2000, so he...

As Sarah Kreager, 26, tried to sit down on a Baltimore City bus Tuesday, police say, a middle-schooler told her she couldn’t. When she attempted to take another seat, a middle-schooler wouldn’t let her. Finally, according to police, Kreager just sat down. She was “immediately attacked” by nine students — three females and six males — from Robert Poole Middle School. They punched and kicked her at 2:59 p.m. at the intersection of 33rd Street and Chestnut Avenue, according to Maryland Transit Administration police. Kreager was dragged off the bus and her boyfriend, Troy Ennis, attempted to get her back...