Friday, July 25, 2008

Cornell University

Chinese Schools Are Top Feeders for U.S. Doctorates

Tsinghua and Peking surpass UC-Berkeley in producing Ph.D. recipients. more >>

Clinton Beats Rove in Popularity Contest

Bush's "Boy Genius" gets jeers while the former president gets hardy cheers from the respective Duke and Brandeis crowds. more >>

Letting the Eagle Soar

Former Attorney General John Ashcroft spoke at Ithaca College yesterday amid disruptive protests. more >>

Merits of Being a Good Samaritan

A school considers a policy that exonerates students who call 911 for an alcohol-poisoned friend. more >>

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Asian and Pacific Islander applicants to the University of California system now have 23 ethnic sub-categories to choose from. more >>

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Louisiana State's live tiger mascot makes debut; Cornell's compost collects large roadkill; PSU's Brock and Bridle Club protest vegetarians more >>

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At least four dead pigs shot in the head have been found on and off campus at Baylor University. more >>

A Wake-Up Call on Campus

Virginia Tech has inspired counseling services to reassess. more >>

A Generation's Defining Moment

In an anniversary year that isn't even a multiple of five, colleges (and their newspapers) across the nation commemorate the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon six years ago. more >>

Cornell Loves Its Booze-Selling Grandma

Grandma, the owner of a convenience store at Cornell University, is herself a campus landmark. more >>

More Rankings News, But Sexier

U.S. News is not the only publication that ranks colleges, and the others that do have just as many detractors. Administrators at West Virginia University are up in arms over being named the No. 1 party school by the Princeton Review, the Daily Athenaeum writes. more >>

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*The Delta Chi fraternity at Oregon State University is looking for its statue of the Roman god Vulcan, according to the Daily Barometer. Maybe it should send a search team to Cornell University. more >>

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*The Cornell University Police Department recovered its replica of the Sleeping Ariadne statue from an unnamed, off-campus fraternity house, according to the Cornell Daily Sun. Estimated value of a goddess of fertility statue: $20,000. more >>

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MIT has launched a fundraising drive--but this one will raise money just for students, the Tech reports. Cornell University's antihazing website is a "great place to pick up hazing ideas," IvyGate reports. more >>

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