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Trial Nears for Severed-Pig's-Head-on-Chancellor's-Car Incident
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2006 CommentA 28-year-old Southern Illinois University senior will soon get his day in court after university police accused him of placing a dead pig's head on his chancellor's car, sticking an apple in its mouth, and attaching a sign reading: "Wendler, stop pigging out on tuition $$!!" The pig's head and sign were discovered on SIUC Chancellor Walter Wendler's Crown Victoria last May. Garth Kiser was arrested September 8 on charges of disorderly conduct and harassment. Kiser told the Daily Egyptian he believes police traced an E-mail advertising the protest to his computer, but he would not comment on whether he was involved in the incident.
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Harvard Tries to Be Historic Again
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2006 CommentIn 1945, Harvard faculty issued a so-called Red Book plan to transform its curriculum and ended up transforming higher education. A new team of Harvard faculty wants to do the same thing, with a report they plan to release today that will call for mandatory study of religion and U.S. history, the Crimson reports. Their ambition might be warranted: After Harvard dropped early admissions last month, several other schools followed suit. But whether this move will incite the same reaction is far from clear--especially since this report still has yet to be approved.
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Southern Methodist Sororities Set Facebook Rules
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2006 CommentAthletic directors aren't the only ones playing Big Brother. According to new guidelines issued by Southern Methodist University's Panhellenic Council, "It is an infraction to be friends with or write on [freshman girls'] Facebook wall." Sisters caught violating the rule, meant to make the rush process more fair, will receive perhaps the ultimate punishment: mandatory Facebook deactivation, with no reactivation until rush's conclusion, the Daily Campus reports. Panhell officers said they will be strict about enforcing the rule. Of course, there is a limit. "I can't physically make someone get off Facebook," the Panhell president admitted. Can't, that is, unless you get Mark Zuckerberg involved...
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Spartans' Coach Will Stay
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2006 CommentMichigan State University football coach John L. Smith still has a job, an MSU trustee tells the State News--despite rising calls from fans that he be sacked. The fan criticism got so heated last week that a local talk radio host lost his voice screaming about it (listen to the clip here). H.R. Pufnstuf, the host said, would make a better coach than Smith, whose team has lost its last two games. "A lot of coaches have lost two games," the trustee told the State News. But have any psychedelic puppets? Didn't think so.
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At MIT, Like Luther's 95 Theses...but at a Deli Shop
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2006 CommentStudents unhappy with a change in management at a local market staged a protest via Post-it Note last Friday, the MIT Tech reports. The new management at LaVerde's shortened the store's hours, changed its product selection, and took away a suggestion box ("the real kicker," one of the protesters told the Tech). The students, who waged their Post-it Protest on a Friday night, wrote messages including: "Bring back sandwich cards" and "Verde's is my antidrug."
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Best Job Ever? U-Texas Alum Turns Halo Obsession Into Contract With Microsoft
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2006 CommentBurnie Burns spends his days playing Halo, hanging out, and making "stupid jokes" with friends. Then he gets paid. Seriously! Burns uses video clips from all the Halo-playing to produce a weekly animated series that has won him and his friends a contract with Microsoft Corp.'s Bungie Studios, which, in turn, apparently makes it unnecessary for them to have actual jobs, the Kansas State Collegian reports. Burns and his friends write a script for "Red vs. Blue"--available at www.redvsblue.com--and then act it out, using 12 Xbox consoles and between 40 and 50 hours of their week.
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Trail Mix
Tweet Share on Facebook October 4, 2006 Comment- Columbia's club ice hockey team—suspended two weeks ago after explicitly phrased recruiting posters offended administrators—will not be suspended after all. The school's athletic department decided to give another (unnamed) punishment instead, the Spectator reports.
- At Brown, undergrads are no longer allowed to take "primary ethical responsibility" for research on human subjects, the Daily Herald reports. The university contends this is no big deal, but some worry it could make professors too afraid to take on student advisees.
- At Boston College, a volunteer group has found a way to get more applicants than it actually has room for: appeal to vanity. The 4Boston group gives students time to help others, but it also sets aside time for them to talk among themselves—presumably about how very good they are, the Heights reports. Hey—whatever works.
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