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Harvard University has renamed its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office following the Trump administration’s decision to freeze billions in federal funding to the school. The university made the announcement on Monday; the name adjustment was announced by Sherri A. Charleston, the school’s former chief diversity officer. ... Harvard University has renamed its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) office following the Trump administration’s decision to freeze billions in federal funding to the school. The DEI center, which was previously called the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, has been renamed to the “Office of Community and Campus Life,” as...

Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos was the first Latino four-star general in the Army. The U.S. Army base formerly known as Fort Hood in central Texas was officially changed to Fort Cavazos on Tuesday during a ceremony at the III Armored Corps Headquarters in honor of the first Latino four-star general in the Army, Gen. Richard Edward Cavazos. Cavazos retired from the Army after 33 years of service in 1984, and died in 2017. "General Cavazos was known around the Army as a battle proven warrior," Lt. Gen. Sean Bernabe, Commanding General of III Armored Corps, said at the ceremony. "A...

The educrats strike again, and make themselves look ridiculous again, according to a 16 year old student identified only as Jessica, who volunteered to do a project at a local elementary school, supplying plastic eggs filled with jellybeans. From MyNorthwest.com: "I went to the teacher to get her approval and she wanted to ask the administration to see if it was okay," Jessica explained. "She said that I could do it as long as I called this treat 'spring spheres.' I couldn't call them Easter eggs.

Even if Congress does move decisively to cut off funding from the self-described network of community organizers who previously called themselves ACORN, the renamed entities are likely to remain potent and well-funded into the foreseeable future, former insiders say. In fact, donors may find it easier to channel funds in the direction of liberal activists who describe themselves as community organizers now that the sullied name has been dropped, they suggest. Shortly after ACORN’s leadership announced that it was dissolving on April 1, national and state affiliates repackaged themselves under generic sounding descriptions.

CHICAGO – The Sears Tower, one of the world's iconic skyscrapers and the tallest building in the U.S., was renamed the Willis Tower on Thursday in a downtown ceremony, marking a new chapter in the history of the giant edifice that has dominated the Chicago skyline for nearly four decades. Mayor Richard Daley unveiled the tower's new name on a large black sign in the lobby with the help of Joseph Plumeri, the Chairman and CEO of Willis Group Holdings, the London-based insurance broker that secured the naming rights as part of its agreement to lease 140,000 square feet of...

Streets renamed after fallen soldiersBy CAROLYN THOMPSON, Associated Press Writer Wed Jun 14, 3:15 AM ET Taps is played during an unveiling ceremony for R. V. Derenda Lane in honor of Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert V. Derenda, in Cheektowaga, N.Y., Saturday May 20, 2006. Derenda was killed in Iraq last August. The names of the fallen soldiers of Iraq are becoming permanent fixtures on the landscapes the soldiers themselves will never return to. (AP Photo/David Duprey) BUFFALO, N.Y. - Loretta Derenda's home sits only a few steps from what used to be called Candlelight Lane, where her son Robert...

NEWVILLE, Pa. (Army News Service, May 25, 2006) – The Newville, Pa., Post Office will be named in honor of Newville native Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart May 29 at 3 p.m. Shughart was killed in October, 1993, defending downed helicopter pilot Michael Durant in Mogadishu, Somalia. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest decoration. Durant will speak at the dedication ceremony, and Black Hawk helicopters will fly over the town and land in the community ball field. “Shughart's heroic actions are an example of the exemplary men and women we have serving abroad today to...

NEW YORK (August 4, 2005) -- The Queens Community Veterans Affairs Clinic was renamed after a Medal of Honor recipient of the Vietnam War, Lance Cpl. Thomas P. Noonan, recently. The legislation of approval for the renaming of the clinic to the Medal of Honor recipient came after a group of former and active duty Marines from Noonan’s hometown of Queens sent a request to the Veterans Administration. According to former Marine Cpl. Jack O’Connor, the group of Marines, totaling near 150, meet annually on the Marine Corps’ birthday to celebrate the Marine Corps traditions. These Marines, who mostly hail...

Minnesota Republicans finally won one for the Gipper on Thursday, passing resolutions in the House and Senate declaring this Sunday (his birthday) as Ronald Reagan Day, and then upping the ante with a proposal to designate the Twin Cities Interstate 494/694 loop the "Ronald Reagan Beltway." Minnesota is the only state never to have voted for Reagan, and recent proposals in the aftermath of his death last June to rename the State Office Building and the Olson Memorial Highway (Hwy. 55) for Reagan have been panned by DFLers. (Floyd B. Olson was a radically liberal Farmer-Labor governor in the 1930s.)...

The Major League Baseball club scheduled to play next season in Washington was officially renamed the Nationals this afternoon, as District Mayor Anthony A. Williams joined club officials and a lunchtime crowd of a few hundred onlookers at Union Station in unveiling the team's new logo. "Baseball is about our way of life," Williams told the crowd. "It's about community. It's about opportunity. And now, with the Nationals, it's about our nation's capital, Washington, D.C." Though Major League Baseball owners last week delayed a vote on whether to officially approve the move of the Montreal Expos to Washington, and despite...