Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Education

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November 02, 2007 04:32 PM ET | Alison Go | Permanent Link | Print

*Housing authorities at Brown University are doling out $100 fines for candles, the No. 1 cause of dorm fires, the Brown Daily Herald reports. One official called candle-hiders "pathetic," yet the severe punishment has drawn mostly jeers from students. "Room inspectors are coming," joked one. "Hide your alcohol bottles under your candles."

*More than a week before Halloween, Syracuse University's Department of Public Safety arrested a man who stole a laptop from a school building by dressing up as a construction worker as nearby renovations were underway, the Daily Orange reports. "But Officer, I was just trying on my Village People costume...."

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