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NIH Crisis Could Hurt Research Scientists--and Science
Tweet Share on Facebook September 20, 2006 CommentThe University of Michigan could lose up to 40 percent of its research faculty if a crisis at the National Institutes of Health continues, the Michigan Daily reports. NIH's annual grants now total $28 billion, but a congressional funding freeze could imperil that money. At Michigan, one of the country's largest research universities, that would have huge consequences, the Daily concludes, adding: "If the university wishes to remain among the leaders and best in biomedical research, it must act on behalf of its research faculty before it's too late."
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Sex on Campus: Not Enough or Way Too Much?
Tweet Share on Facebook September 20, 2006 CommentA Tufts University sex columnist who believes female college students know too little about sex releases her first book this month. Hooking Up's chapter titles include "Vaginas: What the Hell?," "Pleasing Yourself," and "Hooking Up and Having Sex: Did I Shave My Legs for This?," the Tufts Daily reports.
Meanwhile, today at Texas Christian University, a self-described "recovering sex addict" will encourage students to beware of sex. The speech is part of his "Porn Nation" tour, which aims to reach 100,000 students at 250 campuses in the next three years. The speaker "lost his wife of 15 years and his two sons because of his addiction," the Daily Skiff reports.
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New Group Will Help Veterans Go Back to School
Tweet Share on Facebook September 20, 2006 CommentMoving from high school to college is hard. Moving from war to college can be even harder. To smooth the transition, U.S. military veterans at the University of Massachusetts have organized a new support group, reports the Daily Collegian. "I never wanted an education so bad until I got deployed," said one organizer. But an education can be difficult after a military service, said the student, who was deployed in Kuwait and Iraq before coming to UMass.
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Trail Mix
Tweet Share on Facebook September 20, 2006 Comment- It's election season at the University of Mississippi, and turnout is very, very high. After all, students have to determine not only the next homecoming king and queen but also the next homecoming "maid," the Daily Mississippian reports.
- Millions of dollars are at stake as Texas Tech and Texas A&M battle over where to hold their annual football game, the Daily Toreador reports.
- The University of Maryland is thinking about instituting mandatory health coverage for all students, the Diamondback reports.
- The next frontier of piracy charges: DVDs, Lehigh's Brown and White reports.
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No. 1 Follows No. 2 in Admissions Change
Tweet Share on Facebook September 19, 2006 CommentAgreeing that early admissions favor the rich, Princeton decided over the weekend to cut its binding early decision program, the Daily Princetonian reports. Princeton's admissions dean said concerns about fairness outweighed concerns about rankings. Yesterday, officials at Columbia also followed a model, this one set first by Princeton, the Spectator reports. Starting the next academic year, the university will eliminate debt for students with family incomes of $50,000 or lower.
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How Was Your Weekend? At Two Schools, So Good--And Then Not So Good
Tweet Share on Facebook September 19, 2006 CommentUniversity of Iowa students racked up a combined $50,500 in alcohol-related fines this weekend, the Daily Iowan reports. Miles away, police arrested 54 Amherst College students this weekend on charges related to underage drinking, says the Daily Collegian. The Iowa fines seem to be related to an Iowa versus Iowa State football game. The Amherst arrests appear to be related to it being a weekend. At Iowa, students don't appear to be fazed, according to one student who was ticketed while he sat in a rocking chair outside a party. "I'll be out this Friday and Saturday," he told the Iowan. "Actually, probably, I'll be out this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday."
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Michigan Affirmative-Action Ban Likely to Pass--Despite Polls, Say Political Analysts
Tweet Share on Facebook September 19, 2006 CommentIn 2003, the Supreme Court had its say. This November, Michigan voters will have the chance to respond, voting yes or no on a proposal that would ban affirmative-action programs, including the one used at the University of Michigan that the court previously ruled was legal. The proposal, called the Michigan Civil Rights Initiative, mimics similar ones passed in California and Washington states in the late 1990s. Polls show the proposal lacks sufficient support, but analysts told the Michigan Daily that polls had said the same thing in California and Washington To be accurate, said one expert, pollsters should do a better job replicating the voting experience. "You need to let people be as bigoted as they really are," he said. And how often do you get to do that!
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How Does Your Formal Wear Represent the Gator Nation?
Tweet Share on Facebook September 19, 2006 CommentThirty-eight sorority women danced to Frank Sinatra and showcased casual wear, formal wear, and their GPAs last night in the University of Florida's homecoming pageant, but only three of them made the final cut, the Alligator reports. Competing against their peers is not really that bad, according to Kelly Van Buskirk, whose best friend also entered the pageant. "Even though we're judged, I don't feel like I'm being judged," said Van Buskirk, after she became a finalist and her best friend didn't.
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Trail Mix
Tweet Share on Facebook September 19, 2006 Comment- Using the Internet could make you dumber--or at least hurt your GPA, a Michigan State University poll has found. The poll results were reported on a website, but the State News did not say whether reading them also would lead to a decline in academic performance.
- The University of Utah has ended its gun ban, but not without a fight. A Supreme Court decision led to the change, but Utah officials who believe guns disrupt the school environment want to challenge that, the Daily Utah Chronicle reports.
- The University of Connecticut has set up a free "conduct hotline" to monitor ethics violations, the Daily Campus reports.
- An Emory student plans to launch a website with AOL that will take blogging to the next level. "Video blogging," the Wheel reports, would be like YouTube and MySpace combined.
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Trail Mix
Tweet Share on Facebook September 18, 2006 Comment- After 23 years, Boston University's gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender group has gone totally apolitical, the Daily Free Press reports Daily Free Press.
- A letter to the editor, published in Friday's Brown Daily Herald, has stirred up online debate about campus racism. The letter calls students who marched against police brutality "snotty students foaming at the mouth for a cause in which they can 'fight the man.'"
- A month before his second election battle, Arnold Schwarzenegger has given UCLA $9 million to build a new public-health center, the Daily Bruin reports .
- New, horrible details have been revealed in a Wharton student's murder trial, the Daily Pennsylvanian reports. The student is charged with killing her ex-boyfriend's new girlfriend.
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