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James Madison Student Newspaper and Attorney Reach Deal
Tweet Share on Facebook June 2, 2010 CommentWhen a state attorney ordered the raiding of the James Madison University student newspaper's offices in April, it rang a few alarms. There was significant freedom-of-the-press outcry after the Rockingham County Commonwealth's Attorney Marsha Garst, with the help of police, stormed the Breeze newsroom and seized more than 900 unpublished photos in an effort to aid her office's investigation of a raucous off-campus party at JMU. After initially taking a firm stand that police had to see the photos, Garst relented, allowing the photos to be sealed by a third party until she and the Breeze could work out some kind of agreement.
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Trail Mix: Today's College News
Tweet Share on Facebook June 1, 2010 CommentHere are some interesting tidbits circulating in college news today:
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Haverford Will Return Stolen Descartes Letter
Tweet Share on Facebook June 1, 2010 Comment (1)What started as an awesome discovery at a Haverford College library turned into quite a story.
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Community College's Scholarship Catches Grief
Tweet Share on Facebook May 28, 2010 Comment (7)If the new laws in Arizona didn't do enough to make the immigration fire hotter, a new scholarship for illegal immigrants at a California community college will.
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College Kids Lacking Empathy, Study Says
Tweet Share on Facebook May 28, 2010 Comment (15)There's a reason the moniker "Generation Me" has been attached to the new generation of young people, and a new study has some information that sheds light on how the nickname came to be.
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Huge Fight at Bates College Leads to 11 Arrests
Tweet Share on Facebook May 27, 2010 Comment (7)We've heard all about big parties on or near college campuses going horribly awry. It happened at the University of Maryland and James Madison University this year. Well, add a new one to the list: Bates College in Maine.
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Living With History at College ... Literally
Tweet Share on Facebook May 27, 2010 CommentAs a young, bright-eyed freshman at the illustrious University of Pittsburgh, Paper Trail told everyone that his dorm room formerly housed Pitt football god Dan Marino. Of course, there was no legitimacy to the claim. But in a great New York Times blog post, several students can legitimately claim some historic digs.
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Ann Curry's Wheaton Flub Goes Viral
Tweet Share on Facebook May 26, 2010 Comment (14)You have to feel for Ann Curry. The Today show anchor made a serious flub in her commencement speech at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., this past weekend. Curry ran through some names of Wheaton's most famous alumni during one part of her speech. The problem? She named a few grads from the Wheaton College in Illinois. Oops.
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University of Michigan Imposes Sanctions on Its Football Team
Tweet Share on Facebook May 26, 2010 Comment (5)The other shoe dropped in the University of Michigan football scandal. After an investigation into allegations that the football team had violated NCAA rules, the university has come to the conclusion that the allegations were accurate. The school admitted that the football team had "surpassed" the maximum number of mandatory workout hours listed by NCAA rule.
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University of Utah Journalists Allowed to Graduate
Tweet Share on Facebook May 25, 2010 CommentEvery year since 1999, departing seniors at the University of Utah's Daily Utah Chronicle have done a going-away prank. This year's drew some criticism.