Thursday, January 8, 2009

University of Massachusetts

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UMass Alumni Contest the 'Amherst' Name

Some think the regional designation diminishes the school's reputation. more >>

UMass’s Controversial Safer-Sex Brochure

It has had two student groups fighting for at least a week. more >>

Trail Mix

Students plan to go on strike at the University of Massachusetts. more >>

Massachusetts Can't Get Enough Weird Bomb Scares

Massachusetts has had several bizarre bomb scares, including an empty Keystone Light box at UMass. more >>

Can You Dishonor an Honorary Degree?

Despite many violent deaths attributed to his regime, Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe still holds the honorary degree he got from the University of Massachusetts in 1986, the Daily Collegian reports. "UMass President Jack Wilson has acknowledged that stripping Mugabe of his degree is not out of the question, but almost no real action has been taken in the 20 years since the degree was given," the paper writes. more >>

Trail Mix

–Students at Yale Law sued the Department of Homeland Security last week, charging racial discrimination against local Hispanic residents. It was the second time in the last month the law school has taken on the department, the Yale Daily News reports. more >>

Trail Mix--Special Crime Log Edition

Afroman Plays at Northwestern, Stays in Wisconsin

Northwestern's Chi Psi fraternity hosted the rapper Afroman this weekend, paying him with two 40-ounce bottles of Colt, dinner, and a hotel room. Afroman, whose song "Because I Got High" has won him a place on many iPods, "didn't have a dressing room, and the stage was only about 8 by 15 feet," but his biggest complaint was with the hotel. more >>

Girls Are Crazy, Female Columnist Declares

The University of Massachusetts Daily Collegian columnist's reasons? They don't like being rejected, they don't like being led on, they get attached to people they spend a lot of time with. Hmm: Does crazy mean human? . more >>

Second Bests: "In a Relationship" . . . with Voting

Inspired by Gov.-elect Deval Patrick's higher-ed positions, University of Massachusetts students voted enthusiastically, the Daily Collegian reports. more >>

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