1.   The university says the report is just an attempt to grab headlines.

2.   Also in the U.S., several universities said they would reject research funds donated by tobacco companies.

3.   Although the overall situation may seem discouraging, some universities say they have been able to make significant progress toward equal opportunities for male and female athletes.

4.   At Arizona that fall, he played varsity football, the university has said.

5.   Both universities say they will conduct national searches.

6.   All three universities say the odds have never been tougher.

7.   But on Tuesday, the university said it had no record that he was ever enrolled in a Ph.D. program at the school.

8.   But the university said it had no student by that name, and Palestinians in Nablus said no such person had been traced in the city.

9.   But the university said he was never part of the full-time faculty.