Sunday, November 8, 2009

Ohio University

Ohio Students Protest President's Raise

They say their college head should give up pay, like a dozen other presidents have. more >>

Ohio May Shift to New College Funding Model

Public schools would receive money from state partially based on performance and not just enrollment. more >>

College Newspapers Endorse Obama Over McCain, 63 to 1

The only student paper to pick McCain as of October 31 was from the University of Mississippi. more >>

Two Students Kicked off Semester at Sea for Plagiarism

Some question the strict University of Virginia honor code. more >>

Ohio Students Work on Alternate Rankings

These "output" rankings will go live on the 'Forbes' magazine site in late summer. more >>

Fewer Ohio Students Caught Drinking

From three years ago, number of judicial offenses drops by more than half. more >>

Ohio Uses SAT and ACT for Math Placement

But students who bombed the tests can still take the school's version online. more >>

Moms and Kids Bond Over Tea and/or Beer

Moms Weekend at Ohio University was not all tea and crumpets and watching chorale concerts: Some mothers hit up the bar scene with their kiddies, too. more >>

Ditching Cafeteria Trays for the Environment

Several schools across the country have begun experimenting with and implementing cafeteria tray bans in hopes of reducing waste and water usage in dining halls. more >>

Ohio Suicide Attempt Thwarted; S.C. Student Accidentally Shoots Himself

While much of the media rushed to make sense of the apparent murder-suicide at Louisiana Technical College on Friday, two other schools had their own scares last week. more >>

Making Student Loan Companies Pay

Shady student loan companies continue to make amends for the use of the school's logo and mascot to deceptively market loans. more >>

Trick or Treat. Please Don't Arrest Me

Even the best costume won't protect you from stepped-up law enforcement at campuses nationwide this Halloween weekend. more >>

Fire Officials So Over Street Blazes

The fire department in Athens, Ohio, is looking for a way to stop "idiots" from setting street fires around the Ohio University campus. more >>

Trail Mix

The University of Minnesota is now offering an urban studies class based on the August 1 Minneapolis bridge collapse, the Minnesota Daily reports. more >>

Trail Mix

Daily updates from campuses nationwide. more >>

Trail Mix

*How much would it take for the University of Iowa's College of Public Health to sell out and name itself after an insurance company? Apparently, $15 million wasn't enough, reports the Daily Iowan. "The [$15 million] struck me . more >>

Trail Mix

*A theater group at the University of Kansas will perform Pageant, featuring a bevy of guys in drag, the University Daily Kansan reports. The production is not a drag show but redundantly described by the director as a "parody of beauty pageants. more >>

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