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N.C. State Posts Landmark Victory in Capital Campaign
Tweet Share on Facebook November 20, 2006 CommentNorth Carolina State could become "the land-grant university that everyone compares themselves to," Chancellor James L. Oblinger said Friday, announcing that the school's capital campaign had reached its target goal of $1 billion. That makes the school a member of a group of about 50 universities around the world to pull in as much funding, the Technician reports.
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College Grads Can Get Manufacturing Jobs, Survey Says
Tweet Share on Facebook November 20, 2006 Comment (1)College graduates' employment outlook is good--especially if you're a computer science, engineering, or business major, a Michigan State survey of over 800 companies found. Manufacturing jobs hold particularly good opportunities, thanks to an aging labor force. Meanwhile, in the short term, college students should think about applying for part-time seasonal jobs this Thanksgiving and Christmas, the University of Connecticut Daily Campus reports.
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Trail Mix
Tweet Share on Facebook November 20, 2006 Comment (18)- One student died and three others were in critical condition after a fire struck a Nebraska Wesleyan University fraternity house this weekend, the Daily Nebraskan reports.
- The UCLA student who says he was Tasered by police last week plans to file a lawsuit, the Daily Bruin reports.
- Casual sex is emotionally harder on women, according to a new study covered in the University of Maryland Diamondback.
- Tomorrow's off-campus bonfire at Texas A&M will be the culmination of months of preparation, says the Battalion.
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UCLA Students to Protest Tasers Today
Tweet Share on Facebook November 17, 2006 Comment (15)UCLA students plan to hold a protest today in response to university police officers' repeated use of a Taser gun against a student Tuesday, Inside Higher Ed reports, linking to this Facebook announcement of the march. Police hit Mostafa Tabatabainejad four times with a Taser after he failed to provide a student ID card during a random check, the Daily Bruin reports. The Facebook announcement calls on students to join the march "not just because you're Persian/Iranian but because you care about your fellow human beings." A cellphone videotape of the evidence, obtained by the Daily Bruin, gives a detailed account of the library incident.
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After Proposition 2, a 'New Edge' to Racial Harassment
Tweet Share on Facebook November 17, 2006 CommentRacial slurs and hate speech aren't new at the University of Michigan. But since the state voted yes on Proposition 2, an affirmative action ban, they've gotten a "new edge," the university's dean of students told the Michigan Daily. Some of the messages are tied directly to Proposition 2; one student received a Facebook message calling him a "n-----" after he posted his opposition to the amendment on his profile. That student has now asked his peers to save similar examples as evidence that "equality and fairness does" not exist in this state."
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Growing Trend at U.Va. Discouraged by Administrators
Tweet Share on Facebook November 17, 2006 CommentSome students and administrators are trying to stop a growing tradition called the "fourth-year fifth," which dictates that University of Virginia seniors consume a fifth of alcohol, or about 17 shots, at the last home football game of their fourth year. One tool of opposition: a 5K race, says the Cavalier Daily.
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Student Complains That Nothing Happens in Maine
Tweet Share on Facebook November 17, 2006 CommentThe "lack of news," says assistant news editor Brian Sylvester, "is disturbing." Almost as disturbing as Sylvester's plea for a mutant invasion or a "triple homicide."
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Home of "Uncommon App" Considers Going Common
Tweet Share on Facebook November 17, 2006 Comment (13)The University of Chicago, proud home of the "uncommon application," may soon join the Common Application bandwagon, the Maroon reports. The student newspaper's editorial board said it supports the move, but one op-ed contributor says that's all just "symbolic of how the University of Chicago has lost its way."
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Trail Mix
Tweet Share on Facebook November 17, 2006 Comment- Mansfield University—known as the site of the first outdoor college football game to be played at night, in 1892—has decided to cut its football team, the Associated Press reports.
- The University of Iowa may announce its next president today, the Daily Iowan reports.
- Maryland's new Democratic governor may help the University of Maryland move forward with benefits for gay and lesbian partners, says the Diamondback .
- A Washington State University student group offered support for a rule change that would allow university patrols of student dorms, despite a court decision--and despite a poll showing most students don't support the change, the Daily Evergreen reports.
- Florida State University and the University of Florida were created on the same day with the same piece of legislation, but the schools claim two different founding dates--probably for marketing reasons, says the Daily Alligator.
- Montana state universities could start mandating classes in American Indian history and culture, the Montana Kaimin reports.
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California State Faculty Protest Attracts Thousands
Tweet Share on Facebook November 16, 2006 CommentIt looked like the 1960s yesterday at California State–Northridge—but this time, it wasn't students who led a 1,500-strong march against the man. It was middle-aged faculty members, some of whom managed to get inside a trustee meeting, where they sat cross-legged and linked arms in gray-haired solidarity. Faculty members argue they don't make enough money to do their jobs well, but maybe the protest is a teaching moment: photos prove some members of Generation Apathy also attended the march.
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