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Trail Mix
Tweet Share on Facebook November 29, 2006 Comment (15)- The CIA wants you to work for it--but don't expect a James Bond lifestyle, says the Arizona State Press.
- At the University of North Texas, drunk students don't just cab it home--they can get a limo ride with a Christian driver ("Limo Don") who sees shuttling them as his mission, the NT Daily says.
- University of Pennsylvania frat members convicted on hazing charges could see job prospects dwindle, reports the Daily Pennsylvanian.
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Primate Research Foes Will Open a Museum Between Two Primate Research Centers
Tweet Share on Facebook November 28, 2006 Comment (35)A Wisconsin animal rights group wanted to build a museum that showcases "the history and current use of monkeys and apes in publicly funded experimentation," so it bought a piece of land right between two research centers that conduct publicly funded experiments on monkeys, the Daily Cardinal reports. When the University of Wisconsin-Madison learned about the plan, it tried to outbid the group, topping its offer of $675,000 with a promise of $1 million. But a circuit court ruled yesterday the first sale should be final, though the property's original owner is expected to appeal that ruling.
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Time Capsule Finally Uncovered at U. of Utah
Tweet Share on Facebook November 28, 2006 Comment (23)It took seven months, one density-measuring machine, and two radar technicians, but the University of Utah has finally recovered a time capsule buried inside a student union building almost 50 years ago. Technicians measured the density of red bricks around the union's fireplace until they found a spot with a large air hole--and then, a rusty box, the Daily Utah Chronicle reports. The contents of the box won't be revealed until the union celebrates its 50th anniversary in January. Luckily, radar technology should not be required to open it.
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Minnesota Law Prof. Challenged over Role in Bush Administration
Tweet Share on Facebook November 28, 2006 Comment (93)Students at the University of Minnesota law school are signing a petition to protest the school's choice of a constitutional law professor for next semester. Before he came to Minnesota, Robert Delahunty—who also teaches at the University of St. Thomas law school—worked in the Bush administration's Office of Legal Counsel, where he coauthored a memo on the military's treatment of detainees, according to the Minnesota Daily.
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Trail Mix--Special Crime Log Edition
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- Thieves at the University of Michigan seem to have simple needs. After raiding 17 rooms over Thanksgiving, the Michigan Daily reports they stole only two iPods and a few rolls of quarters.
- A robber near the University of Massachusetts-Amherst may need some remedial thieving classes as well. After allegedly attempting to break into and enter a home, the suspect ran away--but left a book bag with a name on it at the scene, the Daily Collegian reports.
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Welcome Back! Or Did You Even Leave?
Tweet Share on Facebook November 27, 2006 Comment (19)Money concerns outweighed turkey cravings for some students this Thanksgiving break. At the University of Florida, one student forced herself not to go home so she could earn extra money by working the holiday shift at Gap. At Yale, another accidentally scheduled job interviews to coincide with her break.
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Flight With a Beauty Queen Inspires Business Plan for BU Grad
Tweet Share on Facebook November 27, 2006 Comment (19)College students are among the customers of a new online dating service called AirTroductions, which matches up customers with compatible seating partners during air travel. The business's founder, a Boston University College of Communications graduate, tells the Daily Free Press he got the idea after sitting next to Miss Texas in 2002. "The flight felt like it took a lot less time," the founder says. "I tried to figure out why." Maybe because they were so wonderfully compatible? Or maybe because she was a beauty queen.
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Columbia Builds Breast-Feeding Room...in Freshman Dorm
Tweet Share on Facebook November 27, 2006 Comment (1)"I don't know of many lactating freshmen," says one student, "but I think it adds a spark to Carman," the freshman dorm that just opened a room dedicated to breast-feeding. "A sink, a soft leather chair, counter space, and a fold-down changing station" are provided for female staff members and students, the Spectator reports.
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Discrimination Complaints Target Lehigh Athletic Department
Tweet Share on Facebook November 27, 2006 CommentOne cross-country runner says his coach treated him differently because of his sexual orientation, telling him recruits would not feel comfortable staying in his dorm room because he is gay, according to the Brown and White paper at Lehigh University. The coach tells the paper she has apologized to the student. Another student, who worked as a diversity delegate in the admissions office last year, tells the campus paper that she felt racial and sexual bias in some comments Lehigh's former head football coach made to her last year. That coach, who now is at Elon University, tells the Brown and White he doesn't remember any such conversation with the student, adding that he feels "insulted" by the accusation.
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At Northwestern, Black Enrollment Is Way Down, but Why?
Tweet Share on Facebook November 27, 2006 Comment (19)Black alumni of Northwestern University are concerned that the school's black enrollment has dropped by half in the past 30 years. The Daily Northwestern says theories for why the drop happened vary, but increased competition for high-achieving black applicants probably plays a role.