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DAVID LIPSCOMB HIGH SCHOOL

A David Lipscomb Campus School cafeteria worker's connection with hurricane evacuees prompted students to “adopt” an extended family of 32 people.

The evacuees - 10 children and 22 adults - are all related to Lucille Anderson, a Sodexho employee who works in the cafeteria at the Nashville, Tenn., school.

Students began a clothing drive and provided gift cards, meal money and other personal resources for the family.

“It is so easy to feel helpless in this situation, being so far from the destruction,” high school Principal Mark Pugh said. “I believe that this group was delivered to us to do something for them as a way that we can help them even though we are so far away.”

Harding nixes speech by pundit Ann Coulter

HARDING UNIVERSITY

Harding University, Searcy, Ark., nixed conservative pundit Ann Coulter (left) from its 2005-06 Distinguished Lecture Series after receiving criticism from alumni.

“I think the phrase used to describe some of her presentation is 'mean-spirited,' and that's not an adjective we want used to describe our lecture series,” Harding spokesman David Crouch told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. “It's not an image we want for our student body, either.”

Harding never had a signed contract with Coulter, who is a four-time New York Times best-selling author, the newspaper reported. Crouch said that the school had notified her of the decision.

Zell Miller, the former Democratic senator from Georgia who gave a keynote address at last year's Republican National Convention, did survive the cut. He's scheduled to close the series April 27.

Freed-Hardeman has record enrollment

FREED-HARDEMAN UNIVERSITY

Fall enrollment at Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, Tenn., hit 2,030 - a new school record.

“We've been above 1,900 students for several years now, so crossing the 2,000 mark is very special for us,” said Wayne Scott, Freed-Hardeman's vice president for enrollment management.

The record number includes 473 freshmen and new students, Scott said. Sixty-one percent of students are residential undergraduates.

York marks 50th year as church institution

YORK COLLEGE

York College in Nebraska is marking its 50th year of church of Christ association this fall - and its 115th year overall since its founding in 1890. The college will celebrate both milestones with a series of special events at its annual Homecoming the weekend of Oct. 14-16.

York is honoring Mabrey Miller and his wife, Madge, who moved to the college after it reoponed under church of Christ leadership.

This marks his 50th year of teaching at York.