Wednesday, November 25, 2009

UCLA

University of California Loses $40 Million

Students win breach-of-contract case sparked by tuition hike. more >>

Nonstory of the Year

College students do the darndest things. Vote on 2007's most asinine news. more >>

Finals: Stress, Caffeine, Drugs, and Procrastination

Survival advice from Murray State, Notre Dame, Texas, and UCLA. more >>

Where There Is Nudity, Controversy Soon Follows

A GW theater group has been butting heads with its cast and crew over a brief nude scene in an upcoming production. more >>

For Impostor Students, Old Habits Die Hard

Remember Azia Kim? The fake Stanford student who fooled dorm residents, teachers, and even the ROTC into thinking she was an enrolled member of the university community? Well, in all that hubbub, Paper Trail failed to report on Elizabeth Okazaki, who spent a good four years at Stanford attending graduate physics seminars, using offices reserved for doctoral and postdoctoral physics students, living in the lab—all with "no real reason to be there," according to the Stanford Daily.. more >>

It's Like Family Feud but With Biz Students

On CNBC's Fast Money MBA Challenge, teams of business grad students duke it out. more >>

Another Look at the UCLA Taser Incident

An independent investigation of the infamous UCLA Taser incident--university police zapped a student after he refused to show his school ID, and a cellphone clip of the incident was posted on YouTube--says the officers violated use-of-force policies and guidelines of office conduct, the Daily Bruin writes. more >>

Trail Mix

* Apparently the police at UCLA are much more appreciative of some skin than those over at Notre Dame. The California cops blocked traffic and got an eyeful as almost 9,000 Bruins (and a rubber blow-up doll) shed their clothes and celebrated the end of the year during the school's triannual Undie Run, reports the Daily Bruin. more >>

UCLA Taser Cop Was Once Officer of the Year--And Once Shot a Homeless Man

Terrence Duren is the officer who used a Taser gun to shoot UCLA student Mostafa Tabatabainejad for failing to present an ID while in a campus library, campus police announced Monday. Duren, who was named officer of the year in 2001, also was accused of brutality in 2003, when he shot a man he believed was intruding in a university hall. more >>

Trail Mix

One student died and three others were in critical condition after a fire struck a Nebraska Wesleyan University fraternity house this weekend, the Daily Nebraskan reports. The UCLA student who says he was Tasered by police last week plans to file a lawsuit, the Daily Bruin reports. more >>

UCLA Students to Protest Tasers Today

UCLA students plan to hold a protest today in response to university police officers' repeated use of a Taser gun against a student Tuesday, Inside Higher Ed reports, linking to this Facebook announcement of the march. Police hit Mostafa Tabatabainejad four times with a Taser after he failed to provide a student ID card during a random check, the Daily Bruin reports. more >>

When Young People Vote in Greater Numbers, Does Anyone Hear Them?

Two million more young people voted this year than did in the last midterm election, a research group told student reporters yesterday. The change could bring higher-education issues to the forefront. more >>

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