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Jamion Christian will attempt to shake up a Mount St. Mary's program that went 8-11 last season. (Mount St. Mary's University)
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Washington, D.C. residents come out to vote in a special election to replace Harry Thomas for Ward 5 city councilmember at a University of the District of Columbia Community College building, formerly Backus Middle School on South Dakota Avenue in northeast, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A D.C. resident who declined to give his name walks into a University of the District of Columbia Community College building, to cast a vote in a special election in this May 15, 2012 file photol. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times) **FILE**
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Delano Hunter, second from left, a candidate running in a special election to replace Harry Thomas for Ward 5 city councilmember, discusses local issues with Bertha Paige, second from right, and her grandson Aaron Paige, 19, right, as they head to the polls at a University of the District of Columbia Community College building, formerly Backus Middle School, on South Dakota Avenue in Northeast, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Candidate Delano Hunter, left, watches as candidate Frank Wilds, right, hugs D.C. resident Jean Johnson, outside a University of the District of Columbia Community College building, formerly Backus Middle School, on South Dakota Avenue in Northeast, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Hunter and Wilds are two of the candidates running to replace Harry Thomas for Ward 5 city councilmember in a special election. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Delano Hunter, right, a candidate running in a special election to replace Harry Thomas for Ward 5 city councilmember, discusses local issues with Bertha Paige, left, and her grandson Aaron Paige, 19, center, as they head to the polls at a University of the District of Columbia Community College building, formerly Backus Middle School, on South Dakota Avenue in Northeast, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 15, 2012 (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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President Obama delivers the commencement address May 14, 2012, to graduates at all-female Barnard College on the campus of Columbia University in New York. Barnard was the first college in New York City where women could receive the same liberal arts education available to men. (Associated Press)
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Tori Pinheiro (left) of New Bedford, Mass., the girlfriend of Austin Brashears, one of the students killed in the van crash in New Zealand, holds a candle during a vigil with others on Marsh Plaza at Boston University on Saturday after word of the fatal accident was received.
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Police examine the scene of a minivan crash near Turangi, New Zealand, that killed three Boston University students and hurt five others on Saturday. The students were studying in New Zealand and were on their way to a hiking destination when the driver lost control and the van rolled over. (Associated Press)
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Columbia University janitor Gac Filipaj, an ethnic Albanian who left his native Montenegro 20 years ago to escape war, give a thumbs-up during the School of General Studies graduation ceremony in New York on Sunday. (Associated Press)
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Boston University students, including Tori Pinheiro (third from right) of New Bedford, Mass., hold a candlelight vigil on the university's Marsh Plaza on Saturday, May 12, 2012, in Boston, for three students studying in New Zealand who were killed when their minivan crashed during a weekend trip. Miss Pinheiro was the girlfriend of Austin Brashears, one of the students who died. (AP Photo/Bizuayehu Tesfaye)
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** FILE ** Former Penn State Vice President Gary Schultz (left) and Tim Curley (right), who is on leave as the school's athletic director, enter a district judge's office for an arraignment in Harrisburg, Pa., in November 2011. (AP Photos/Brad Bower [left] and Matt Rourke [right])
