Students at American University are protesting a conference, scheduled to be held at the school, by a group they say has promoted ecoterrorism, destruction of property, and harassment of students on AU's campus, the Eagle reports. Boston College announced it has eliminated all freshman students' predeclared majors; even those declared during the fall semester will disappear from the records, the B. more >>

The lacrosse controversy that began last spring got very ugly--with "merciless, distorted," even racist attacks in E-mails and blogs--because of the "condition of our era," Duke Provost Peter Lange said yesterday in a speech. Blogs and E-mails have let faculty and untenured outsiders alike take liberties with their liberties, saying mean things rather than smart, thoughtful ones. more >>

Two happy developments late last year.. more >>

News that the case's alleged victim is pregnant could be the final plot twist in the Duke lacrosse scandal. Defense attorneys say they could be one motion away from erasing all charges against their clients, three former members of the university's lacrosse team charged with raping an exotic dancer they hired to perform at a party, the Chronicle reports. more >>

New DNA evidence sheds more doubt on accusations against three former Duke athletes charged with rape, kidnapping, and sexual offense. The tests, performed by a private lab hired by the prosecution, found no DNA from any of the three players on their alleged victim, the Duke Chronicle reports. more >>

To fight rising tuition it calls a "war on the poor," Penn State's Black Caucus will mobilize other student groups, the Collegian reports. Princeton has poured $20,000 into a new television studio, which it hopes will "highlight. more >>

Federal abstinence education funds, meant to encourage 20-year-olds not to have sex, will flow to the University of Iowa, the Daily Iowan reports. The Durham district attorney who led the investigation of three Duke lacrosse players will remain in office-despite a campaign against him led by the lacrosse team, the Chronicle reports. more >>

A Duke Chronicle election blogger saw more students "absorbed in their economics textbooks or their dinner conversations" than by televisions tuned to CNN. A Rutgers University voting station had only 12 voters by noon yesterday, the Daily Targum reports, picking "quiet" as the euphemistic adjective of choice. more >>