[THIS WEEK’S QUESTION: On Thursday, Darrell Allison became the 12th chancellor of Fayetteville State University, an historically Black university, the history of which stretches back to 1867. His tenure officially begins March 15. Allison is a former member of the UNC Board of Governors and resigned from that position last fall to pursue the top job at FSU. He beat out more than 60 other candidates and was appointed by the UNC board, which governs FSU and other state universities. Some have objected to his appointment, while others say he should be given a fair chance to succeed. What are your own thoughts about the selection of Allison to lead FSU? Share your comments online at bit.ly/fayopinion, see the form below this article or email eletters@fayobserver. com, subject line: Observer forum. We’ll publish a selection of responses.]
glenarden, maryland, he has spent considerable time in the hospital since then and doctors say he still faces several searches but the family says deon dre is doing well. he s good, he s here. it s amazing he s doing well. wednesday a jury convicted 18-year-old devon matos for the shooting and he ll be sentenced in june. we re starting to learn more about the sudden closure of a.c.t. college in northern virginia. the department of education says the school falsified records, made illegal payments and school administrators can t be trusted. the college had three campuses in northern virginia before it closed. kristin fisher has more on the allegation. reporter: what they are accused of doing is failing to distribute hundreds of thousands of dollars in financial aid to students, and then lying about it repeatedly to the federal government. to the department of education, they cut off all financial assistance which forced the college to close but that doesn t explain w
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saying it s the unrepensive saying it s the media. some business owners sell bad products. i could have used a better choice of words. reporter: the words he used is we have to do something about these asians coming in opening up businesses, dirty shops, i tell you that, but we need african-american people to be able to take their place. council ought to reprimand him. unbelievably racist and insensitive. insensitive. i wouldn t accuse him of being a racist. i don t think he s a racist. reporter: the ceo of the pan-asian area of commerce. i was shocked. i couldn t believe it. reporter: many of the small businesses are his words have asian owners who he says. don t hide anybody from the community. don t participate in the community. reporter: but he cites the asian owned martins as an example of a business. they give us a plan and contributes money. reporter: the asians ought to go remark. i apologize to the asian community for anything i said that wa
statement saying he was deeply disappointed by the councilmember s comments. barry says he represents a ward that is 97% black. we found there are a number of his constituents that support his statements. as you know this story is causing quite a buzz on twitter tonight. councilman barry has been to reading a lot himself about the issue. but to our web site wjla.com to read those tweets. this holiday weekend may be more painful than you were anticipating. the national average jumped to $3.94. in virginia it is $3.93. d.c. and maryland averages are above $4 a gallon. that means your easter road trip will cost you more. here in the state of maryland there is a 51 cent difference in the cost for a gallon of gas depending on where you are in the state. here in bethesda you can see they are charging $4.79 for a gallon of gas, a painful price if you are heading out of town. with the heavy traffic of a long holiday weekend in comes the record-setting gas prices in the washin