-
Virginia Tech, One Month Later
Tweet Share on Facebook May 16, 2007 CommentEver since the April 16 shooting at Virginia Tech, campus life across the nation has changed. A look at what's happened and where colleges are going from here:
-
Anti-Gambling Laws Do Little Except Encourage Creativity
Tweet Share on Facebook May 16, 2007 CommentLaws passed by Congress last fall that prohibited credit card, check, and electronic fund transfers to gambling sites have fostered ingenuity in the most zealous of online gamblers, the Diamondback reports.
In order to work around the legislation, University of Maryland high rollers switched from sites like PartyPoker.com, which now blocks all U.S. players, to sites like Bodog.com, Pokerstars.com, and Fulltiltpoker.com. To pay, they use Western Union, CVS cards, check cards, FedEx checks, or even phone deposit cards in place of credit. "The online gambling ban is nothing but a farce," says an official who works with gambling addicts. --A.G.
-
Two Enterprising Students Run New Radio Station
Tweet Share on Facebook May 16, 2007 CommentRemember that episode of Saved by the Bell when the crew resurrected KKTY Tigers Radio, discovered Mr. Belding was quite the rebel himself, and then used the power of the airwaves to save the Max? Well, two latter-day Zach Morrises are trying to repeat fake-history at Cal State Poly-Pomona by starting a new campus radio station, the Poly Post reports.
The students are snipping through the red tape to fill an underserved student niche, while also looking to expand off campus. First things first, though. They need to increase their audience and create revenue--without any money to pay royalties, the station plays only classical music. --A.G.
-
Trail Mix
Tweet Share on Facebook May 16, 2007 Comment- Lightning hit the campus of Bowling Green State University, causing a campuswide blackout, the BG News reports.
- A study shows that high ceilings encourage open and free thought while low ones stimulate attention to detail, the Poly Post at Cal State Poly-Pomona writes. Paper Trail's suggestion for the renovation-less application of results: Hire short artists and tall engineers.
- Giving Al Gore a run for his money, Bill Nye "the Science Guy," the original environmental geek rock star, received "squeals of excitement from women in the front row" at a lecture about global warming at Ohio State, according to the Lantern.
-
Community College Student Newspapers Battle for Survival
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2007 CommentThe Seattle Times reports on the slow death of community college newspapers. The disappearing act has been attributed to declining enrollment, small and struggling journalism programs, increased publishing costs, plus the challenge to train and engage students who graduate after just two years.
Why this is bad: Budding journalists won't get to work long hours for little to no pay; readers miss out on the often boring school administration coverage, pretentious music reviews, incoherent and poorly written op-eds; but, worst of all, Paper Trail will have less content to read and ridicule. --Alison Go
-
Stanford Students Say Google Can, In Fact, Do Wrong
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2007 CommentWhen school ends, many Stanford students aspire to enter "a heaven of sorts" by scoring a job at Google's Mountain View headquarters a couple of minutes southeast of the school's campus, the Stanford Daily reports. But getting past the blue, red, yellow, blue, green, and red gates can be surprisingly difficult.
Google, in its quest for world domination, has managed to annoy some of the potential employees behind the 1,300 applications the company receives daily. Their hiring process can be long and haphazard, taking weeks and up to a dozen interviews that are often peppered with nonsensical queries. "People who consider themselves well-educated will take offense because they should be asked stuff about computer science, not little riddles that they got in math club in high school," says one former applicant. "Google has a 'you want us more than we need you' attitude," says another. Well, duh. --A.G.
-
Trail Mix
Tweet Share on Facebook May 15, 2007 Comment- "Super seniors" (AKA fifth-year students), if you already feel bad about taking the scenic route to graduation, here's someone to make you feel even worse. Fifth-year senior Devin Gaines graduated from the University of Connecticut with five majors and four minors, the Hartford Courant reports. "I love learning," he says. And self flagellation, apparently.
- A University of Wisconsin cyclist has a mangled helmet and a new lease on life after a delivery truck ran over his head, the Capitol reports. The lesson is obvious: Ban all delivery trucks.
- Ohio State braces for an influx of vampires, the Lantern reports.
- University of Washington Daily columnist Sara Wilson is a self-hating caffeine addict who "can't shake the feeling that America might be developing a problem." She also reads and quotes U.S. News & World Report. Shameless plug!
- Sex Fest '07 at UC-Davis, an event intended to raise student awareness of sexual health and safety, "will be pleasuring participants with all kinds of sexual carnival games," the California Aggie writes. Wheeee?
-
New Admissions Process Boosts UCLA Minority Numbers
Tweet Share on Facebook May 14, 2007 Comment (1)In their very unholistic breakdown of preliminary numbers, UCLA admissions officials are pleased to see that black enrollment will most likely more than double from last year's dismal 96 students, the Daily Bruin reports. Meanwhile, numbers for first-generation and low-income students decreased. --Alison Go
-
Stressed Out? Blame Your Parents
Tweet Share on Facebook May 14, 2007 CommentStudents afflicted with "Stanford Duck Syndrome"--looking calm and well adjusted on the surface but flailing their well-heeled legs behind the scenes--make up the new generation of clandestine problem children, the Stanford Daily reports. Speakers at a Stressed Out Students, or SOS, program event placed the blame squarely on pushy parents. "What I'm seeing is some incredibly perverted knowledge of what it means to push a kid," says one of the speakers. --A.G.
-
Michael Moore Takes a Break from Making Film to Wax Nostalgic
Tweet Share on Facebook May 14, 2007 CommentTaking time away from his next project--Sicko, a healthcare expose--Michael Moore joined forces with fellow documentary filmmaker Kazuo Hara, who he called his "soul brother in Japan," for a talk at the University of Michigan, the Daily reports. Depending on your political persuasion, you can blame/thank Hara for the portly provocateur's evolution as a documentarian. Moore said his rabble-rousing tactics can be traced back to a fateful viewing of Hara's The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On, a look at Japanese World War II war crimes. "If you put politics first in a film, you will end up with a crappy movie," says Moore. Funny: If that's truly the case, then can someone please explain the success of Fahrenheit 9/11? --A.G.
advertisement
