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Gallaudet Board Terminates Appointment of Controversial President
Tweet Share on Facebook October 30, 2006 Comment (20)Jane Fernandes will not head Gallaudet University, the school's board announced yesterday, in a decision it called "a necessity at this point." Fernandes's appointment had caused weeks of protests that put regular university operations on hold, the Daily Colonial reports. The board's announcement has led those protesters to start partying, reports one blogger who advocated against Fernandes.
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More MIT Grads Take Finance, Consulting Jobs
Tweet Share on Facebook October 30, 2006 Comment (19)Thirty-three percent of 2006 grads took jobs in either finance or consulting, up from just 19 percent two years ago, the MIT Tech reports. A cool chart shows exactly which firms are to blame. Goldman Sachs is high on the list of most improved players--but so is another suspect: MIT.
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Schwarzenegger Challenger Puts Student Issues Front and Center
Tweet Share on Facebook October 30, 2006 Comment (19)Democratic candidate Phil Angelides visited the University of California-Los Angeles's campus for the second time in just over two weeks last Thursday, hammering a point he's been focusing on since he took on the famous California governor: college affordability. Angelides advocates lowering state fees, the Daily Bruin reports.
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Kenyon President "Sorry to Hear" that Parent Subscribes to Campus Newspaper
Tweet Share on Facebook October 30, 2006 Comment (21)"I'm sorry to hear that," Kenyon College President S. Georgia Nugent told a parent at a town hall meeting last week, after the man said he subscribes to the Kenyon Collegian. Nugent, the Collegian dutifully reports, "said the Collegian has taken a particularly negative stance toward the Kenyon administration this year and has not sufficiently reflected positive events on campus."
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After 11 Months, Auburn Finally Decides What to Call Its Tree Lighting
Tweet Share on Facebook October 30, 2006 CommentAfter a petition stoked controversy, Auburn's student government association held two open forums and created one committee. Eleven months later, the ceremony formerly known as the "Holiday Tree Lighting" will now be called the "Holiday Celebration Featuring the Lighting of the Christmas Tree," the Plainsman reports.
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Harvard Crimson's Navel Gazing Reveals Lint
Tweet Share on Facebook October 30, 2006 CommentAfter exposing a fellow student last year by reporting plagiarism allegations that led Kaavya Viswanathan's book and movie deals to die, the Harvard Crimson has taken its critical eye to a new location: its own staff. Last week, the paper announced it was cutting a columnist who borrowed examples from a Slate magazine story without attribution. Today, the paper airs allegations that one of its editorial cartoonists may also be stealing ideas. But no word yet on whether it will ax her, too.
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Trail Mix
Tweet Share on Facebook October 30, 2006 Comment- A video game competition hosted by San Jose State's student union lasted 10 1 /2 hours, the Spartan Daily reports.
- Lots of Michigan faculty, including both the university president and her husband, are giving lots of money to oppose the affirmative action ban on the ballot this November--and very few are giving money to support it, says the Michigan Daily.
- New York University's College of Dentistry will offer free dental care to underserved city kids, in a program that begins tomorrow, the Washington Square News reports.
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How Did Villanova Get 50 Cent and Yayo to Perform?
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2006 Comment (1)Not that they didn't absolutely love it, but how did Villanova students get so lucky as to have a concert last Friday night with both Tony Yayo and 50 Cent? The man to thank seems to be men's basketball coach Jay Wright, a "big friend" of Yayo's, Yayo told the Villanovan. After Wright persuaded Yayo to play at Friday's Hoops Mania event, Yayo persuaded Fiddy. "I called up 50, who's like a brother to me, and he said he wanted to roll up," Yayo said. "Jay Wright wanted to surprise the students by having me there, so I had to outdo him and surprise everyone with 50."
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In Iowa, Tongue Piercings Decline in Popularity
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2006 CommentTongue piercings are losing ground to nose and naval piercings, says one piercer--and this Daily Iowan trend piece concurs.
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RESEARCH ROUNDUP
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2006 Comment- University of Calgary professors have invented a very hot bra—which might help women after heart surgery.
- The Beatles were right--sort of. Money will buy happiness, but only very fleeting happiness, concludes a new study by a University of Southern California professor, the Daily Trojan reports.
- Is "pre-gaming" a safe way to drink or a much less safe way? A Pennsylvania study is trying to find out, the Cavalier Daily reports.