University Wire back issues from Tuesday, June 24:
COLUMN: Racial profiling is a price we shouldn't pay for security
Jun 24, 2003; ... Wayne Ma University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Illini) (U-WIRE) GRAHAMSTOWN, South Africa -- A few months ago, a friend of mine expressing support for racial profiling in airports. Her views were unusual given she is an Indian American. "If I get hassled a little more at the ...
Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, rejects point system
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jeremy Berkowitz & Tomislav Ladika University Wire 06-24-2003 (Michigan Daily) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON -- Considering a college applicant's race is constitutional, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision Monday. But in a 6-3 vote, it struck down the College of Literature, ...
Freshman goes from Buckeyes to Canucks
Jun 24, 2003; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State men's hockey team forward Ryan Kesler experienced some off-season success June 21. The freshman from Livonia, Mich., was selected in the first round of the NHL draft. As the ...
Supreme Court tells U. Michigan to alter numeric admissions system
Jun 24, 2003; ... Tomislav Ladika University Wire 06-24-2003 (Michigan Daily) (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Although the racial plus factor used by the College of Literature, Science and the Arts' admissions policy at the University of Michigan brings an underrepresented minority applicant with a 3.0 ...
Hearing decision, emotional Coleman proclaims victory
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jennifer Misthal University Wire 06-24-2003 (Michigan Daily) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON -- Rushing into the cafeteria of the Supreme Court, communications Prof. Anthony Collings called out "we've won, we've won" to University President Mary Sue Coleman, standing alone at a long table Monday ...
UCLA claims its 1st Lexus Gauntlet trophy
Jun 24, 2003; ... Gilbert Quinonez University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- USC's winning streak over UCLA is over. In the Lexus Gauntlet at least. The Bruins are the winners of the second annual Lexus Gauntlet trophy, which was presented to Athletic Director ...
U. Michigan wins in law school decision
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jeremy Berkowitz University Wire 06-24-2003 (Michigan Daily) (U-WIRE) WASHINGTON -- The lingering presence of former Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell could be felt Monday morning as his protege, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, read the decision upholding the University of Michigan's ...
EDITORIAL: Court hands victory but leaves little room for complacency
Jun 24, 2003; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 06-24-2003 (Michigan Daily) (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The nation's highest judicial authority has reaffirmed the importance of diversity in the most significant civil rights case the U.S. Supreme Court has faced in a quarter century. Despite the ...
Texas A&M seeks relief plan to stem insurance woes
Jun 24, 2003; ... True Brown University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Graduate students and part-time workers in the Texas A&M System will be met with significant increases in their health insurance costs in 2004, but University officials say a plan will be put ...
Changes on way for schools across nation
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jordan Schrader University Wire 06-24-2003 (Michigan Daily) (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The U.S. Supreme Court handed the University of Michigan only a partial victory Monday, but many other colleges had more to celebrate. A university's ability to consider the race of an ...
$1.3M given to battle substance abuse in Detroit
Jun 24, 2003; ... Gregg Moore University Wire 06-24-2003 (The South End) (U-WIRE) DETROIT -- The Detroit Health Department's Bureau of Substance Abuse was recently awarded a grant for $1.3 million from the U.S. Department of Mental Health Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services. This grant ...
Supreme Court to rule on sodomy
Jun 24, 2003; ... Delaney Hall University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- The nine Supreme Court Justices will hang up their robes before the end of June, but the next week promises to be a busy one, with the court expected to hand down decisions on three major ...
Ohio neighbors unite to fight violence
Jun 24, 2003; ... Mandy Heth & Amy McCullough University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- It takes nine months to create a life, but only seconds to take that life away. On May 29, Alamar John- William Wright, four weeks old, was fatally shot, along with his mother's ...
TExas A&M writing program aims at improving science rhetoric
Jun 24, 2003; ... Megan Orton University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- A $481,850 grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation to the creators of a writing program that incorporates writing assignments into courses such as mathematics, biology and physics ...
Summer brings challenge of long-distance love
Jun 24, 2003; ... Kristin McNulty University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- Students who enter into a relationship during the school year may find themselves separated for the summer because of different responsibilities and goals. "Neither of us wanted it to ...
CD REVIEW: Depeche Mode founder goes solo
Jun 24, 2003; ... Sara Aldridge University Wire 06-24-2003 (The South End) (U-WIRE) DETROIT -- With the monstrous success of Depeche Mode's 2001 album "Exciter," founding member Martin L. Gore could have easily spent the last 18 months lying on a beach, sipping fruity tropical drinks and listening to ...
Awareness, common sense can prevent campus crimes
Jun 24, 2003; ... Charlotte Hsu University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- For students enjoying dorm life, keeping the door open is convenient and a gesture of hospitality. But for Jolieba Jackson, it meant more than that -- it cost Jackson the brand-new iBook computer ...
Court ruling reaffirms U. Colorado policy
Jun 24, 2003; ... Meagan Balink University Wire 06-24-2003 (Colorado Daily) (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. -- A diverse student body will continue to be pursued by universities as a compelling state interest thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Monday, but the affirmative action and diversity debate at ...
Supreme Court ruling pleases top U. Iowa officials
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jerod Leupold University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Daily Iowan) (U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The University of Iowa can breathe a sigh of relief following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the University of Michigan affirmative-action admissions policy. The court struck down an ...
High court upholds affirmative action
Jun 24, 2003; ... Simon W. Vozick-Levinson University Wire 06-24-2003 (Harvard Crimson) (U-WIRE) CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Supporters of affirmative action in higher education-including Harvard University's top administrators-breathed a sigh of relief Monday as the Supreme Court delivered two landmark ...
Iowa State U. seeks broader parental leaves
Jun 24, 2003; ... Kate Braser University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Daily Iowan) (U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa State University is striving for a policy that would allow biological fathers to have paid parental leave, a benefit University of Iowa employee David Johnson seeks through a lawsuit he filed ...
Kappa Alpha Psi kicked off U. Alabama campus for hazing
Jun 24, 2003; ... From Staff Reports University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Crimson White) (U-WIRE) TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Kappa Alpha Psi, the University of Alabama's first nationally recognized black fraternity, has been suspended for two years after pleading guilty to hazing violations, UA officials ...
Supreme Court votes to uphold affirmative action in U. Michigan case
Jun 24, 2003; ... Charles Proctor University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- In what some affirmative action-supporters are hailing as a huge victory, a divided Supreme Court ruled that universities can give minority applicants an edge in the admittance process -- within certain ...
BYU students find summer employment at Living Scriptures Inc.
Jun 24, 2003; ... Shelley Gardner University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Daily Universe) (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- For some Brigham Young University students, summer means easier classes and a less crowded campus. But for others, summer means leaving BYU and their families to knock on doors and to offer ...
Imposed education reform suffers in Utah
Jun 24, 2003; ... Neal Legler University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Daily Universe) (U-WIRE) PROVO, Utah -- Utah is not quite like other states, Utah educators and officials say, so adapting to one-size-fits-all education reform measures imposed by the federal No Child Left Behind Act has been ...
CD REVIEW: Old band has new sound on 'Hail to the Thief'
Jun 24, 2003; ... Brian Duff University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- In what has become typical Radiohead dramatic fashion, the group entered 2003 on the cusp of yet another career-defining album. Each one of the band's previous five records had redefined Brit-pop, ...
BOOK REVIEW: Battle brews in latest 'Harry Potter' offering
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jen Miller University Wire 06-24-2003 (U-WIRE) (U-WIRE) SAN DIEGO -- At 12:01 Saturday morning, the fifth installment of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," officially went on sale. In that first day, 5 million copies were sold, surpassing the record ...
FILM REVIEW: 'Hulk' leaps from comic to screen
Jun 24, 2003; ... Chad Curts University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Surrounded by unfavorable speculation regarding special effects, director Ang Lee's "The Hulk" opened last Friday in theaters around the country. Despite negative assessments of the trailer by the ...
U. Texas area leads nation in renewable energy
Jun 24, 2003; ... Nicolas Brulliard University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- The sun may be hitting Austin, Texas, hard two days after the official beginning of the summer, but solar energy still represents a minor source of the city's electricity. City officials are ...
EDITORIAL: Court's split decision on affirmative action best
Jun 24, 2003; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Race matters. But it can't matter too much. That's what the Supreme Court told the country Monday. In a 5-4 decision the court found the admissions policies of the University of Michigan Law ...
Exhibit features Ohio State U. art students' finest designs
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jordan Gentile University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Research for a class project can often seem unbearable, but is it ever sexy? For Michael Lai, a student in advertising and graphic design at the Columbus College of Art and Design, it has been ...
Student government attracts students of all interests at UCLA
Jun 24, 2003; ... Menaka Fernando University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- From music to politics, student government provides an outlet for a variety of interests and skills. With a wide array of programming and the numerous duties they entail, the undergraduate and ...
EDITORIAL: Supreme Court inconsistent on affirmative action policy
Jun 24, 2003; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Although expected to be the most crucial decisions regarding affirmative action since the 1978 Bakke verdict, the future of affirmative action policy still remains somewhat unclear after yesterday's ...
EDITORIAL: Society in which race is irrelevent should be our goal
Jun 24, 2003; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Daily Iowan) (U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Ethnic discrimination by government institutions is acceptable, so long as it is limited in scope and serves the compelling interest of providing a diverse learning community. That is the ...
Former U. Texas students face legal action for unpaid loans
Jun 24, 2003; ... Shelley Li-hua Shan University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Texan) (U-WIRE) AUSTIN, Texas -- Former University of Texas students reluctant to repay their loans after leaving school are courting disaster, or at least a court date with the University. The UT System's Office of General ...
EDITORIAL: U.S. should follow Canada's lead on gay marriage
Jun 24, 2003; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Daily Iowan) (U-WIRE) IOWA CITY, Iowa -- When a man wants to enter into a legally binding lifelong relationship with a woman, or vice versa, he must only fill out the appropriate paperwork and have his blood tested, and he's on his way ....
Ducks close championship run at USAs
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jesse Thomas University Wire 06-24-2003 (Oregon Daily Emerald) (U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- Becky Holliday propelled herself further into national stardom Saturday at the USA Track and Field Championships. After a school record and an NCAA championship, Holliday took her skills ...
Iowa State football players trade in helmets for hammers
Jun 24, 2003; ... Summer Mumford University Wire 06-24-2003 (Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- Several Iowa State University football players got a different kind of workout Saturday when they assisted Story County Habitat for Humanity. The players worked with several community ...
Iowa State U. professors in search of better beef
Jun 24, 2003; ... Beth Loberg University Wire 06-24-2003 (Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- An Iowa State University beef breeding project is beginning to reap the rewards of the research it has been conducting on bulls. Research performed with Angus cattle is not only improving meat ...
Iowa State's Sanderson wins U.S. wrestling title
Jun 24, 2003; ... Mike Dean University Wire 06-24-2003 (Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State wrestlers Cael Sanderson, Chris Bono and Joe Heskett went to Indianapolis with high expectations, but only one returned with a reservation on the U.S. wrestling team. Those three Cyclones ...
'Sopranos' make fans wait for fifth season
Jun 24, 2003; ... Ramona Muse University Wire 06-24-2003 (Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- America's favorite Mafia family is making fans wait once again. HBO announced last week the hit crime drama "The Sopranos" will not premiere its fifth season, currently in production, until March ...
FILM REVIEW: 'From Justin to Kelly' a waste of celluloid
Jun 24, 2003; ... Annie Krumhardt University Wire 06-24-2003 (Iowa State Daily) (U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- "From Justin To Kelly" is a mass-produced piece of generic fluff hardly qualifying as the "musical romantic comedy," Fox has described it as. Instead, it's an extremely cheesy tale between "American ...
Dorms leave little room for privacy, cleanliness
Jun 24, 2003; ... Patricia Ju University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Showering without sandals and sitting on a toilet seat without worrying about what deed the previous user may have committed are luxuries students living in the dorms are forced to give up. As if ...
U. Colorado responds to markets
Jun 24, 2003; ... Sarah-Jane Wilton University Wire 06-24-2003 (Colorado Daily) (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. -- When Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's announced earlier this month that natural gas prices are likely to continue to rise, homeowners across the nation shuddered at the thought of bigger ...
BOOK REVIEW: Lighthearted escapism gone in latest 'Harry Potter' entry
Jun 24, 2003; ... David Wycislak University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Illini) (U-WIRE) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Few things have been hyped as much as J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." Three years in the making, the secrecy surrounding this tome has been so strict that in late 2002 an ...
Big 12 All-Stars will represent U.S. women's hoops in World University Games
Jun 24, 2003; ... Anthony J. Cerretani University Wire 06-24-2003 (Colorado Daily) (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. -- USA Basketball and the Big 12 Conference announced Monday that the United States will be represented this summer at the 22nd World University Games women's basketball competition by a Big 12 ...
EDITORIAL: Path to peace in Middle East is road to nowhere
Jun 24, 2003; ... Staff Editorial University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With the recent statements being made by U.S. officials, it is becoming increasingly difficult to take the Bush administration's Middle East road map for peace seriously, even when such a path to ...
Alternative ways to get books can save buyers cash
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jennie Herriot University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- At universities across the country, expenses never seem to stop piling up, and buying textbooks is no exception. Along with online bookstores and auctioning forums, the University of ...
Oregon scores dual top-20 NCAA finishes
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jesse Thomas University Wire 06-24-2003 (Oregon Daily Emerald) (U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- The Oregon men's and women's track teams hit and overcame a few milestones in the NCAA championships, which finished June 14 at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, Calif. From the first NCAA ...
Grant enhances imaging research
Jun 24, 2003; ... Mandy Heth University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Winning the lottery is lucky, but it took more than luck for one Ohio State University researcher to hit the jackpot. Michael Knopp, a professor of radiology and director of imaging research at OSU, ...
U. Oregon task force seeks to upgrade area standards
Jun 24, 2003; ... A. Sho Ikeda University Wire 06-24-2003 (Oregon Daily Emerald) (U-WIRE) EUGENE, Ore. -- The West University Task Force met with the Eugene (Ore.) City Council earlier this month to propose strategies aimed at improving conditions in the area, and University of Oregon students can ...
UC-Berkeley activists celebrate high court decision
Jun 24, 2003; ... Lupe Carrillo University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- Just a few hours after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the consideration of race in college admissions, University of California-Berkeley students -- led by ASUC executive officers -- draped in ...
Women outnumber men attending college
Jun 24, 2003; ... Cassie Duong University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Evergreen) (U-WIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. -- Watch out men, women are coming. Over the years a growing trend has occurred across the nation as more women have enrolled in college than men. "It is probably because woman have to ...
Cal's Shipp hopes to be selected in NBA draft's second round
Jun 24, 2003; ... Eli Miller University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- Round and round and round he goes -- where will this Shipp stop? Only NBA general managers know his final destination. Joe Shipp will officially begin the rest of his basketball life ...
COLUMN: Racial profiling not racist
Jun 24, 2003; ... Michael Regula University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Last week the Bush administration, acting on guidelines from the Justice Department, banned federal law enforcement officers from using racial and ethnic profiling in routine police work ....
Big East schools file suit against ACC
Jun 24, 2003; ... Adam Caparell University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Daily Campus) (U-WIRE) STORRS, Conn. -- Presidents from Big East Conference members Rutgers, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, Pittsburgh and UConn filed suit in Hartford (Conn.) Superior Court on June 6th against the Atlantic Coast ...
Racial profiling: 'Perception does not necessarily mean reality'
Jun 24, 2003; ... Cassie Duong University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Evergreen) (U-WIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. -- Everyone is on the same playing field when it comes to being ticketed by the Washington State Patrol. A team of Washington State University faculty are involved in a study for the Washington ...
Civil liberties groups criticize USA PATRIOT ACT
Jun 24, 2003; ... Chris Gillon University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Daily Campus) (U-WIRE) STORRS, Conn. -- The recently enacted USA PATRIOT Act is being criticized by many, who say it infringes on peoples' privacy. The act allows the government to view records of people who have checked books out ...
Prep standout Villanueva spurns NBA, heads to UConn
Jun 24, 2003; ... Adam Caparell University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Daily Campus) (U-WIRE) STORRS, Conn. -- Charlie Villanueva, considered to be one of the top high school basketball players in the nation, has decided to attend UConn, spurning the NBA after he could not get a guarantee that he would be a ...
New UConn athletic director named
Jun 24, 2003; ... Adam Caparell University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Daily Campus) (U-WIRE) STORRS, Conn. -- With the departure of Lew Perkins to take over the as the new athletic director at the University of Kansas on June 9, UConn officials knew they had to act quickly to find a suitable ...
MTV shows reinforce negative stereotypes, UCLA greek community says
Jun 24, 2003; ... Jamie Hsiung University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Television viewers may get a kick out of watching cat fights and backstabbers on reality television's portrayal of greek life, but many members of University of California-Los Angeles sororities and ...
Digital transition offers better sound
Jun 24, 2003; ... Chris Juhl University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Digital broadcasting will enhance programing options for WOSU Channel 34 Columbus and WPBO Channel 43 Portsmouth, Ohio. "We think this holds incredible potential," said Thomas Rieland, general ...
Caligiuri named director of Ohio State U. cancer center
Jun 24, 2003; ... Seth Teter University Wire 06-24-2003 (The Lantern) (U-WIRE) COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Dr. Michael Caligiuri, director of the Division of Hematology and Oncology and professor in the Division of Human Cancer Genetics, will take over as director of The Ohio State University Comprehensive ...
COLUMN: Examine self, greek system before pledging your allegiance
Jun 24, 2003; ... Roman Barbalat University Wire 06-24-2003 (Daily Bruin) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Two years ago, I entered UCLA hoping I would fit in. I wanted everything in college to go right. A good social life was definitely part of the plan, and I decided that a fraternity could offer me the kind ...
INTERVIEW: India.Arie comes home to croon
Jun 24, 2003; ... Wendy Kale University Wire 06-24-2003 (Colorado Daily) (U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. -- India.Arie is getting back to her Denver roots. Arie is returning to Denver after three successful years at the top of the record charts. The singer/songwriter was chosen to headline Friday's ...