Investigators say dean made students do housework for scholarships

Dean accused of trading scholarships for labour
The suspended vice-president and dean of St. John's University in New York has been charged with embezzling more than $1 million and forcing Students to do chores for her or risk losing their Scholarships. Cecilia Chang, 57, is charged with forced Labour and Bribery in addition to previous accusations of embezzlement that resulted in her suspension from the university in January. "Chang threatened the Students and placed them in fear that if they refused to perform these personal services, they...

Accused St. John's embezzler Cecilia Chang accused of bribing students with scholarships
Disgraced St. John’s University dean, Cecilia Chang, who was charged earlier this month with embezzling over $1 million in donations from the college, was nabbed again today by the FBI and accused using Scholarship Students as domestic servants. Chang, 57, allegedly forced Students to do her laundry, clean her house, cook and chauffeur her son around. “Chang threatened the Students and placed them in fear that if they refused to perform these personal services they would lose their...

Ex-dean 'made NYC students do chores'
AP One St John's University Student was ordered to make meals at a Veteran administrator's home. Another withdrew cash that was delivered to the same official at a casino. A third had to answer personal emails - or else be kicked out of school. The allegations in a Federal complaint unsealed on Thursday were the latest in a widening Scandal involving Cecilia Chang, the former dean of the Institute of Asian Studies and Vice President for international relations. A judge jailed Chang on Thursday...

I'M NOT SURE THIS SHOULD BE FILED UNDER "HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE," BUT. . . . Investigators say dean...
I’M NOT SURE THIS SHOULD BE FILED UNDER “Higher Education BUBBLE,” BUT. . . . Investigators say dean made Students do housework for Scholarships. “Investigators say a former Vice President and dean at a New York university forced Students to cook, clean, wash clothes and chauffeur her family — and threatened that their Scholarships would be revoked if they refused. An arrest affidavit unsealed by Federal Prosecutors this week alleges that Cecilia Chang required...

Feds: Dean Treated Students Like Slaves
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — Just when it looked like things couldn’t get worse for accused Fundraiser embezzler, Cecilia Chang, new Federal charges allege that the former dean of the Institute of Asian Studies at St. Johns University threatened her Scholarship Students with revoking their funds if they didn’t do such menial tasks as taking out her garbage and shoveling the snow from her driveway. A New York judge jailed Chang on Thursday on forced labor charges. The Federal case is...

St. John's Dean Arrested For Allegedly Using Students As Laborers
The problems continue to mount for earlier this month for former St. Johns University dean, Cecilia Chang. Earlier this month, Chang was accused of embezzling over $1 million in donations from the college. Now the FBI is also alleging that she essentially used Students as slave laborers around her house. Chang, 57, is accused of forcing Students on Scholarship to do her laundry, clean her house, cook, and serve as chauffeurs. The Arrest Warrant states Chang threatened the Students and...

The Center for Reproductive Rights Announces the 2010-2011 CRR Innovation in Scholarship Awardee: Professor Alice M. Miller
10.01.10  -  (Press Release) The Law School Initiative at the Center for Reproductive Rights is excited to announce the next Innovation in Scholarship Awardee, Professor Alice M. Miller. The Innovation in Scholarship Award recognizes a distinguished scholar whose research advances the academy's understanding of Health, women's Rights, Human Rights, Constitutional Law, and related fields. Award winners have made significant contributions to the intellectual basis of these fields...

Center for Reproductive Rights Announces Innovation in Scholarship Award
10.01.10  -  (Press Release) The Law School Initiative at the Center for Reproductive Rights is pleased to announce the CRR Student Policy Advocacy Award. This award recognizes policy advocacy by Students within their Schools and communities that advances the principle that Reproductive Rights are Human Rights which those in power must respect, protect, and fulfill. The award, a cash prize of $250, will be given on an ad hoc basis to Student groups that are doing the hard work of...

Dean Charged With Forced Labor for Scholarships
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Just when it looked like things couldn't get worse for accused Fundraiser embezzler Cecilia Chang, new federal charges allege that the former dean of the Institute of Asian Studies at St. Johns University threatened her Scholarship Students with revoking their funds if they didn't do such menial tasks as taking out her garbage and shoveling the snow from her driveway. A New York judge jailed Chang on Thursday on forced labor charges. The federal case is based in part on FBI...

Walk To Cure Diabetes 2010
NEW YORK (CBS 2) — New Yorkers turned out Sunday for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Walk To Cure Diabetes. Registration began at 8:30 a.m. and the five mile walk itself was scheduled for 10:00 a.m., starting at Battery Park. The event is intended to raise funds for research into Type 1 Diabetes. In this disease, the body’s immune system destroys beta cells in the pancreas - the responsible for producing Insulin. Insulin is the hormone that causes the liver...

"Winnipeg students" join jihad in Pakistan, local Muslims "stressed" over ongoing investigation
There are so many better things to be "stressed" over here than feigning Victim-hood over the investigation. At the very least, they could be concerned about their co-religionists whose sons have disappeared on them. Better yet, they could be concerned for the potential Victims of the Winnipeg Jihadists. And most of all, they could and ought to be deeply "stressed" over the Islamic teachings that drive young Muslim men to wage Jihad at home and abroad. If there's so much "misunderstanding" of...

Center for Reproductive Rights Announces Student Policy Advocacy Award
10.01.10  -  (Press Release) The Law School Initiative at the Center for Reproductive Rights is pleased to announce the CRR Student Policy Advocacy Award. This award recognizes policy advocacy by Students within their Schools and communities that advances the principle that Reproductive Rights are Human Rights which those in power must respect, protect, and fulfill. The award, a cash prize of $250, will be given on an ad hoc basis to Student groups that are doing the hard work of...

Drew Edmondson
Professional experience Edmondson served in the United States Navy from 1968 to 1972, including a year tour of Active Duty in Vietnam. Before entering Law School, he was elected to a single two-year term in the Oklahoma State House of Representatives . Upon receiving his Law degree, he worked as an intern for the Muskogee County District Attorney's Office and became an Assistant District Attorney there in 1979. That same year he joined the Private Practice Law Firm of Edmondson Law Offices ...

When Lawyers Can Peek at Facebook
Could the legal world be moving toward a new set of Miranda warnings: Anything you say, do — or post on Facebook — can be used against you in a Court of Law? I give those warnings to my kids all the time, joked Stephen P. Younger , the president of the New York State Bar Association. Within the past two weeks, both the state Bar Association and the citys Bar group (pdf) have issued opinions saying that lawyers are allowed, under certain conditions, to get...

FBI makes arrest in armored truck robbery in Fla.
M IAMI — One man has been arrested and federal authorities are searching for at least two others in the Robbery and killing of an armored truck Guard outside a South Florida bank, FBI officials said Sunday. Nathaniel Moss, 31, was caught shortly after Friday’s heist after the suspects crashed their getaway car into a trash bin and ran away. FBI Special Agent John Gillies said the suspects made several mistakes that "gave an opportunity for Law Enforcement to react quickly." He would...

FBI makes arrest in armored truck robbery in Fla.
One man has been arrested and federal authorities are searching for at least two others in the Robbery and killing of an armored truck guard outside a South Florida bank, FBI officials said Sunday. Nathaniel Moss, 31, was caught shortly after Friday's heist after the suspects crashed their getaway car into a trash bin and ran away. FBI Special Agent John Gillies said the suspects made several mistakes that "gave an opportunity for Law Enforcement to react quickly." He would not elaborate on...

Dearborn report: 23 agents say imam refused to surrender
The 300-page report supported the conclusion reached Thursday by the State Attorney Generals office, whose review said that the FBI acted appropriately in the 2009 shooting death of Abdullah, a Muslim leader from Detroit suspected of dealing in stolen goods. The report says that 20 FBI Agents and three other federal Agents from U.S. Border Patrol, Oakland County Sheriff and ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) testified that Abdullah ignored commands to show his hands and surrender....

Help Stop ISA Jihad Academy: Demand "Full Disclosure" from Fairfax Supervisors Considering Vote on Radical Saudi Academy's Lease
Atlas has been supporting the heroic effort of James Lafferty of the Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force to halt the expansionism of the wahhabi radical academy in Fairfax, The Islamic Saudi Academy.  I have been following the precedent-setting events of the ISA. The valedictorian of the ISA was convicted of plotting to assassinate the then-President Bush -- and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Here's the latest. VAST Calls for Full Disclosure from Fairfax Supervisors...

"Full Disclosure" Asked Of Fairfax County Supervisors Who May Renew Radical ISA School Lease
The subject of the Saudi-funded Islamic Saudi Academy's lease with Fairfax County over the property they use in Alexandria will come up again in October, and full disclosure is being asked of supervisors in making the decision. From Atlas Shrugs comes this Press Release from the Virginia Anti-Shariah Task Force: A Virginia group has called on members of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to “fully disclose” donations they have received from groups and individuals with an...

Women Leaders Throw Fundraiser for AG Candidate Kamala Harris on Sunday, Oct. 3
So much attention has been paid to the Senate race between Barbara Boxer and Carly Fiorina or the gubernatorial race between Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown you may have missed the other critical race on Nov. 2 - the race for Attorney General. How important is it? Well, current AG Jerry Brown decided that Prop 8 is Unconstitutional and has refused to defend Prop 8 in the current federal trial. San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris says she agrees with Browns position. Her...

Cecilia Chang, Former St. John's Dean, Allegedly Treated Students Like Servants
Former St. John's Dean of Asian Studies and Vice President Cecilia Chang, fired in June for embezzling about $1 million worth of donations from the university, was charged again on Thursday -- this time, for forcing Students to act as her servants. The New York Times reports that Chang was in charge of granting 15 Scholarships annually, most of which went to overseas Students. Told that they must work for the university in order to maintain their Scholarships, Students were surprised to find...

Former Hamas Fundraiser to Speak at CAIR Banquet
Keynote Speaker at the annual banquet of the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). During the HLF trial, FBI Agent Lara Burns testified that CAIR was a front for Hamas

Joe Biden urges Democrats to 'stop whining'
Reporting from Washington — Vice President Joe Biden took on a more urgent tone as he campaigned for Democrats in New Hampshire on Monday, saying the party's base needs to "stop whining" about stalled priorities and consider the impact a Republican Congress would have. Using the GOP 's "Pledge to America" as New ammo, Biden warned at a Fundraiser outside Manchester that Republicans would add Trillions to the National Debt and "eliminate every program in the government from the ...

Maan News Agency: UK charity supports Nablus
FONSA recently paid the Tuition fees for three Students to study at Al Quds open university, and the trust has also planted more than 2,500 trees in villages in the district. During their visit, trustees met Nablus Governor Jibreen Bakri and Palestinian Authority official Ghassan Doughlas to discuss coordination regarding future projects, including a guesthouse to provide employment for locals, and initiatives to support womens cooperatives, FONSA chairman Nehad Khanfar said. The trust would...

Mother faces jail after telling son, 12, he had cancer in a bid to make money from donations
Last updated at 2:15 AM on 1st October 2010 A mother convinced her 12-year-old son he was dying from Cancer in an attempt to get donations from well-wishers. Carol Lynn Schnuphase drugged her son Christopher to make him look ill and even shaved his head and eyebrows in an effort to convince people the youngster was dying from leukaemia. The 47-year-old spiked her son's meals with drugs to make him appear ill before contacting local businesses and church groups to raise funds for his treatment....