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Iowa State Gun Policy: Tired of Being Canadian

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - September 12, 2007

Some schools have responded to the Virginia Tech massacre by adopting the use of text messages as an emergency alert system, but Iowa State University seems to prefer fighting fire with fire. The school's faculty senate recommended to its president and regents that university police officers should be armed, the Iowa State Daily reports. more >>

A Generation's Defining Moment

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - September 11, 2007

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 >>

Trail Mix

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - August 27, 2007

Daily roundup from campuses nationwide. more >>

'We Swear. He's Not a Chaplain'

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - July 31, 2007

In the newest chapter of Iowa State's "Chaplain? Or not a chaplain?" saga, not much progress seems to have been made. While the athletic department had earlier conceded and appointed a "life skills assistant" instead of a "chaplain" for the football team after 130 professors threw a massive hissy fit, the Iowa State Daily reports the same person who would have been named the team's religious counselor now fills the PC-ified position. more >>

What Did You Expect? I'm Just an Anthropomorphic Squirrel

By Jackie Mantey - The Paper Trail - July 25, 2007

Smokey Bear has lasted almost 63 years, yet Kent State University's crime prevention mascot, Simon the Squirrel, may be abandoned after just one year because of budget constraints, reports the Daily Kent Stater. more >>

You'd Want to Pray Too If You Went 4-8 Last Season

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - June 26, 2007

In response to faculty discontent over a football team chaplain at Iowa State University, the school's athletics council approved a "volunteer life skills assistant" position instead, the Iowa State Daily reports. Critics say that the guidelines would offer a bogus "one size fits all" religious counseling experience and that "life skills volunteer" is really just a superfluously syllabic way of saying "chaplain. more >>

Iowa Really Doesn't Want You to Drink

By Jackie Mantey and Alison Go - The Paper Trail - June 22, 2007

Old news: Alcohol is linked to bad decisions. Sort-of-new news: Alcohol is linked to bad decisions over time, the University of Iowa's Daily Iowan reports. more >>

Trail Mix

The Paper Trail - November 27, 2006

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Iowa State, Home of Meat Science, Confused by Show of Love From PETA

The Paper Trail - November 9, 2006

Iowa State students have solved the mystery of how their school, which has a famous meat science program, won an honor from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals as "vegetarian friendly." Apparently, the Iowa State Daily reports, Iowa State's dining halls serve rice milk. more >>

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Trail Mix

Iowa State Gun Policy: Tired of Being Canadian

A Generation's Defining Moment

Trail Mix

'We Swear. He's Not a Chaplain'

What Did You Expect? I'm Just an Anthropomorphic Squirrel

You'd Want to Pray Too If You Went 4-8 Last Season

Iowa Really Doesn't Want You to Drink

Trail Mix

Iowa State, Home of Meat Science, Confused by Show of Love From PETA

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