Trail Mix

*University of Massachusetts students are planning a strike (otherwise known as skipping class), hoping to draw attention to contentious issues like student fees and campus policing, the Daily Collegian reports.

*It's wrong to make fun of people doing good things, but the beginning of this Dartmouth story, taken out of context, is too good: "As the holiday season approaches, the Dartmouth Center for Advanced Learning has pledged to pool the money that is usually spent on intra-office gifts to purchase a goat from Heifer International."